Bright Eyes Productions Presents TALLEY'S FOLLY

Bright Eyes Productions is pleased to present Lanford Wilson's beautiful pulitzer prize winning play, TALLEY'S FOLLY at The Hudson MainStage Theatre. The show will open Feb. 16th, with previews Feb. 9th, 10th, & 11th. Tickets on sale at: www.plays411.com/talleysfolly

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. Set in a deserted Victorian boathouse (a "folly") in Lebanon, Missouri in 1944, Matt Friedman has arrived to plead his love to Sally Talley, the susceptible but uncertain daughter of the Talley family. Telling his innermost secrets and in return, learning hers, Matt gradually awakens Sally to the possibilities of a life together, two kindred spirits who, in their union, will find a wholeness rare in human relationships.

THE PRODUCTION TEAM

• Playwright Lanford Wilson
• Directed by Richard Kilroy
• Assistant Director & Stage Managed by David Pascucci
• Produced by Bright Eyes Productions
• Publicity by Sandra Kuker PR
• THE STELLAR CAST
• Brian Chase - "Matt Friedman"
• Theresa Moriarty - "Sally Talley"

Talley's Folly will open February 16 - March 11, 2018, at The Hudson MainStage Theatre. Located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. 90038. Performances are Friday & Saturday at 8:00PM and Sunday at 7:00PM.

There will be three preview performances on Feb. 9 & 10 @ 8:00PM and 11 @ 7:00PM

Running time is 95 minutes (There will be no late seating).

Tickets on sale at: www.plays411.com/talleysfolly or Call: (323) 960-4412

General admission is $25.00 (Preview performance tickets: $15.00)

BIO'S

Brian Chase "Matt Friedman"

Brian Chase grew up performing on stage in the Washington D.C. area at various prestigious theaters, including The Kennedy Center, Church Street Theatre and Adventure Theatre. Locally he has performed at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in West Los Angeles, Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood and recently at the Broad Stage in Santa Monica. Favorite Theatre roles include Eugene in Brighton Beach Memoirs and Romeo in Romeo and Juliet. After being offered full scholarships for acting, he graduated from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts with extensive training at the Stella Adler Conservatory; as well as the Strasberg Institute and the Atlantic Theatre Company. Favorite Television credits include: FOX's House, NBC's Providence, and WB's Charmed. He has starred in wonderfully acclaimed independent ?lms like Pivot and HBO's Food for Thought. Brian's ?rst love is the theatre and works consistently. Brian has also been seen in countless national commercials from Apple, Bud-Light, Buick, Pizza Hut, Cheez-It, and Lincoln-Mercury among others. He has lent his voice to many big brands and animation voice-overs from video games, cartoons and national ads for McDonalds, Taco Bell, and is the current voice of California Avocados. He is honored to be a part of this prodigious production. Brian would like to dedicate this performance to his beloved dog Woodie. May we all know the unconditional love of a pet.

Theresa Moriarty "Sally Talley"

Theresa Moriarty is the youngest of five children, born and raised in Seattle, WA. She received her inspiration for acting from her father, Kevin Moriarty, who was an actor and playwright. When Theresa was little, she and her dad would put on plays in the backyard and invite all of the neighborhood kids to perform (Theresa, of course, would be given the lead roles). She was an accomplished basketball player until college, when she decided to focus her energy on theatre and voice. Theresa received her B.A in Stage and Screen Acting at University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Among her favorite roles at the Nevada Conservatory Theatre were Isabel in, My Children My Africa, (dir. Clarence Gilyard) and Frances in, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress (dir. Rayme Cornell). Theresa also performed in the Nevada Opera's production Don Giovanni. After graduation, Theresa was accepted into The Gaiety School of Acting's prestigious actor training program in Dublin, Ireland. There, she performed some of the classic Irish plays, including, Dancing at Lughnasa and By the Bog of Cats. After completing her training at the Gaiety a year ago, Theresa moved Los Angels. She is currently working on a feature film with producer Bruce Shwartz. Theresa would like to thank her mother for all her support and love. She is dedicating this performance in memory of her father. Find out more at www.theresajanemoriarty.com

Richard Kilroy - Director

Richard Kilroy is delighted to be returning to Bright Eyes Productions with his fourth directing effort for the company. Kilroy directed The Busy World Is Hushed at the Meta Theatre, Broadway in Burbank at the Colony Theatre and Nickel And Dimed at the Hudson Theater.

Richard wrote and directed A Marvelous Night which was performed at the Colony Theatre. He also wrote and directed the short film, Scene Stealer which ran at the Silver Lake Film Festival and screened at the Arclight Cinemas in Hollywood. Scene Stealer was included in the dream documentary, Dreams: Cinema of the Subconscious directed by Joseph Gordon Levitt which was featured on the Inception Blu-Ray release.

Kilroy's art has been featured in the films, Titanic, Driving Miss Daisy, Terminator 2 and in the publications Starlog Magazine, Cinefex and DC Comics.

Kilroy studied scene technique with John Miranda, directing workshop with Bruce Cook and acting for the stage with Winston Butler. He's also studied film technique under the tutelage of Emmy Award Winning filmmaker William Mesa.

David Pascucci - Assistant Director / Stage Manager

This is David Pascucci's fourth time working with Bright Eyes Productions, previously working on "The Busy World Is Hushed", "The Unexpected Man" and "Nickel And Dimed". He has held the positions of Audio Mixer/Sound Designer, Lighting Operator, Scenic, Assistant Director, Stage Hand and Stage Manager.

For the past 12 years David has worked for CBS Television City in which he has been Audio PA Mixer / DJ for the longest running game show in TV history "The Price Is Right" with host Bob Barker and current host Drew Carey, worked in the Promo Department mixing promos for TV, mixing PA for "The Late Late Show With Craig Ferguson", and now editing multiple languages to many of CBS' popular shows including Star Trek Next Generation, The Good Wife, CSI, NCIS and many more.

Besides being an audio mixer, David is also a singer with two albums to his credit. The first called "Inside André Previn" and the second entitled "Imitation of Life" available through CDBaby.com, Amazon and iTunes. David has recently performed at NYC's world renowned "Metropolitan Room" and Hollywood's "Gardenia Supper Club". Both performances can be viewed on YouTube.

Born in Lancaster, New York. David currently resides in South Pasadena, CA.

SANDRA KUKER PR (Publicist) Her 3-decade background in Music, Film, Television and Theatre has created a client list of diversity and successful campaigns. Sandra's experience also includes chartering ships for theme cruises, casting for Film and Television, as well as the Reality Television and Scripted Television & Documentary's. Highlights include My Child Mothers Of War, Voice Lessons, Adam Baum & The Jew Moviestarring Richard Kind, Sacred Fools Theatre Company and Past Time, Prairie-Oke!, Almost, Maine directed by Marty Papazian, the critically acclaimed musical - Adam & Eve And Steve by Chandler Warren and Wayne Moore, A Time To Kill by John Grisham, I Am Not A Comedian - I'm Lenny Bruce, Starring Ronnie Marmo, Directed by Joe Mantegna, Time Stands Still by Donald Margulies, author Bill Ratner of Parenting For The Digital Age, she works with Retronuvo Media on Reality TV and scripted television & Documentaries. Utilizing the strength of personal relationships, alongside social media and traditional PR. Website: www.SandraKukerPR.com

Bright Eyes Productions - MISSION STATEMENT

The primary mission of Bright Eyes Productions is to present the works of award winning playwrights drawn from the list of prize-winning American plays: e.g. Obie winners (59 years) or Tony winners (67 years) or Drama Desk winners (59 years) or Pulitzer Prize winners for drama (97 years) .... with the occasional (overlooked) new play our play-selection committee feels strongly about.

This distinguishes us from other theatre groups, most of whom reverse this ratio, focusing on producing new plays with an occasional production from the American canon.

Bright Eyes Productions (BEP) wants to bring back treasures from the vast store of superb American plays honored in their time, but now all but vanished We're not after museum reconstructions of once-famous texts. We want these works to be reborn again, living scenes as if for the first time. This is our mission as theatre artists.