THE SACRED BEASTS Gets World Premiere at Hollywood Fringe
In The Sacred Beasts, the booze and resentment-soaked real life friendship of Ernest Hemingway and Orson Welles is conjured in three scenes spanning three decades with the besotted wordsmiths played by different actors in each stage of their lives. Celebrated as much for their personal lives filled with prodigious beard growth, cigar chomping and romanticized alcoholism as anything they actually wrote, these two tempestuous, swaggering egos in human form are often elevated as mythic symbols of a particularly distinct and antiquated flavor of "manhood." This show breaks the idols and displays these sacred beasts as they were. Watch them drink, fight, hunt, smoke, and bloviate their way across such issues as easy success, hard win failure, and the corrosive effects of hypermasculinity. Claim your ringside seat as these fists of genius at last come to blows.
"In my research, I found a number of interesting parallels between the two men, and thought their stories and friendship would be an interesting way to address a lot of issues we're having in modern times regarding the prevalence of toxic masculinity and pride, amongst other things," said Wollman. "Plus, I just thought it would be funny."
When asked about what audiences can expect from The Sacred Beasts, Wollman said, "I'm hoping first and foremost that audiences laugh. That they feel they've learned something about these two men beyond the trivia and tall tales. Hopefully they might draw some parallels to things happening today in terms of men struggling with expectations and what it means to be a man."
TICKET PRICES: $15 with comps available for members of the press upon request. **Seniors and students $3 off with code "HFF17" ID checked at the door. Appropriate for Ages 16+. FOR TICKETS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: http://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/4589
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