Solo Collective to Present BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS at VS. Theatre, Begin. 10/12

Paul Stein and THE SOLO COLLECTIVE (L.A.'s only Solo Collective company) in residence at VS. THEATRE COMPANY have announced a special return engagement of the BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS, written and performed by Drew Droege and directed by Molly Prather. BRIGHT COLORS AND BOLD PATTERNS will perform on Sunday, October 12 at 7pm; Tuesday, October 14 at 8pm & Thursday, October 16 at 8pm at VS. Theatre Company, 5453 W. Pico Blvd. in Los Angeles.

Based on one of the first invitations to a gay wedding in Palm Springs he received last year with the request, "Please refrain from wearing Bright Colors and Bold Patterns," Drew Droege plays Gerry, a charming, over-opinionated, completely loving, mildly overbearing character busted out his mind on coke, trying make sense of gay marriage. A gay man himself, he's not in favor of gays marrying for fear that he doesn't want to end up like the boring suburb bound stereotype he's been fighting against his whole life. It's hilarious, heartbreaking and surprisingly has some really important and surprising things to say about gay marriage.

DREW DROEGE has been playing Chloe Sevigny on stage (The Groundlings, Upright Citizens Brigade, Comedy Central Stage) and on the internet for over 10 years. His videos have been called "compulsively watchable" by The Advocate, and featured on EW's Popwatch, PerezHilton.com, Jezebel.com, New York Times, New York Post, and Huffington Post. His podcast, Glitter In The Garbage, was deemed "lowbrow and brilliant" in New York magazine's Approval Matrix. He's the recipient of Outfest Film Festival's Special Programming Award for Emerging Talent, one of OUT magazine's Out 100, and one of LA Weekly's Top Comedy Acts to Watch in 2012. The Los Angeles Times recently called Drew "the high priest of parody", for his work as a sketch comedian, director, and theatre performer. His TV credits include Baby Daddy, Hot In Cleveland, Key & Peele, Drunk History, How I Met Your Mother, Up All Night, New Girl, Jon Benjamin Has A Van, Nick Swardson's Pretend Time, Glory Daze, The Sarah Silverman Program, Halfway Home, Campus Ladies, Reno 911!, and Logo's Scandalicious and New Now Next Awards. He can be seen in the films Eating Out: Drama Camp, Sassy Pants, Freak Dance, Ass Backwards, Mr. Christmas, and I'm Afraid Of Virginia Wolf.

PAUL STEIN (Artistic Director) is the Founder and Artistic Director of The Solo Collective. Mr. Stein has directed numerous one-person shows in Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Aspen and Toronto including productions forsoloNova at P.S. 122, Summer Works Theater Festival, Symphony Space, U.S. Comedy Arts Festival, and Hollywood and NYC Fringes. A few solo directing highlights: Leonard Nimoy's one-person play Vincent starring Jean- Michel Richaud at theatres in L.A. San Diego, New York (and upcoming in Paris, France and for UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance in 2015); Antonio Sacre's Let Them Eat Meat, winner of "Best Storyteller" at the 2012 United Solo and LA Weekly Award nomination for Best Solo Performance; Alan Aymie's A Child Left Behind at the Beverly Hills Playhouse; and W. Kamau Bell's The Bell Curve: Ending Racism in about an Hour at various theaters across the country.

Additionally, Paul is the Artistic Producer and Conceiver of The Car Plays, a site- specific event recently mentioned inTime Magazine, American Theatre and The New York Times, and named by Broadway World.com in their "Best of Southern California Theater". Presented by Moving Arts Theatre, past Car Plays shows include: The Car Plays: San Diego at La Jolla's Playhouse's Without Walls Festival 2013; The Car Plays: L.A. Stories at RADAR L.A. Festival (REDCAT & Public Theater, Producers); for the Segerstrom Center's Off Center Festivals in Costa Mesa; and The Car Plays: San Diego for the La Jolla Playhouse's WoW Series which received the 2012 Craig Noel Award for "Outstanding Special Event" by the San Diego Theater Critics Circle. Currently, Paul is the Executive Producer of the Comedy Central Stage, a development venue sponsored by the television network. As an instructor, he enjoys teaching his Solo Writing and Performance Workshops around town and on the road. He is a graduate of L.A.C.C. Theater Academy, holds a B.A. in Theatre from Cal State University, Los Angeles and is a proud member of the Dramatist Guild andSDC.

Ticket prices are $15.00 for all performances. Tickets are available online at www.thesolocollective.com orwww.brownpapertickets.com or by calling 323-739-4411.

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