Blazeco Productions' THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED Plays Now thru 7/8

A closeted film actor. The rent boy who loves him. His girlfriend. The agent who sees love as just another irritating speed bump on the road to serious power.

Those conflicted characters take center stage in Douglas Carter Beane's Tony Award-nominated comedy The Little Dog Laughed, presented by Blazeco Productions at The Secret Rose Theatre in North Hollywood tonight, June 15 – July 8, 2012.

In The Little Dog Laughed, a hot young Hollywood actor, Mitchell, is up for the role of a lifetime. His agent, Diane, will do anything in her power to keep his "slight recurring case of homosexuality" under wraps. But then Alex, a gay-for-pay hustler, enters the scene, with a girlfriend and their own set of secrets. What are these four conflicted characters willing to give up and compromise for success?

"Little Dog Laughed" was nominated for a Tony in 2007 for Best New Play, and won a Best Actress Tony award for Julie White. It was also nominated for a GLAAD Media Award and Lucille Lortel Awards.

This show contains adult situations, on-stage smoking, drinking, and male nudity, and is not recommended for anyone under the age of 17.

Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 6 p.m. Tickets are $25 general admission. $10 student rush tickets are available at the door with valid ID.

Special $10 general admission tickets are available on opening weekend June 16 & 17, use code Happy Ending when ordering tickets. Special $15 general admission tickets are available for most performances, use code Uncle Steve when ordering tickets. For tickets, click here. Half price tickets are also available on Goldstar for most performances here.

The Little Dog Laughed stars Bernadette Birkett, Trip Langley, Owen Martin and Laine Jennings. Directed by Jon Cortez, the design team for The Little Dog Laughed includes Carlo Maghirang (Production Set Design) Jose Raul Guzman (Set Dresser), Josh Holt (Lighting Design), Roxy Ramirez (Costumes), Rob Siegel (Sound Design). The Stage Manager is Melissa Gilleece, and the producer is Jon Cortez and Blazeco Productions. Artistic Director of the Secret Rose Theatre is Mike Rademaekers.

For more information, visit The Little Dog Laughed Facebook page.

The Secret Rose Theatre is located at 11246 Magnolia Boulevard, 1 and 1⁄2 blocks west of Lankershim in the NoHo Arts District of North Hollywood, Calif. The Secret Rose Theatre is handicapped accessible.