Celebration Theatre Celebrates New Works with Reading of ZERO FEET AWAY

Celebration Theatre presents as part of its New Works Reading Series, ZERO FEET AWAY by Brian Otano, directed by Brad Griffith and performing one night only on Tuesday, March 21 at the West Hollywood City Chambers, 625 N. San Vicente in West Hollywood.

Max and Peter are models of 21st century urban coupledom: independent, successful and not completely sold on monogamy. Enter Fever, an eerily prescient mobile dating app that changes their relationship in a matter of phone taps. When Max and also-coupled friend Clark are offered a major career opportunity in Texas, the two couples must decide whether their professional and romantic relationships can withstand the trials of distance. A contemporary love story about fidelity, maturity, and the masochism of online dating, Zero Feet Away explores whether the direction of progress is best guided by endless choice or singular commitment.

ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST

BRIAN OTANO (Playwright) is a native New Yorker, where he spent nine years writing plays while working in The Metropolitan Opera's Scenic Department. Full-length plays include Tara(Interstate 73), The Ocean at Your Door (New Dramatists Van Lier Project), What We Told the Neighbors (Atlantic Theater's Latino Mixfest), Between the Sandbar and the Shore (AmoralFest 2014) and Zero Feet Away (Roundabout Underground Series). His work has been performed, developed and workshopped with NYTW, Roundabout Theatre Company, Page 73, Ars Nova, Atlantic Theater Company, New Dramatists, INTAR, LAByrinth, LARK Play Development Center, The Amoralists, The Attic Theater Company, Judson Memorial Church and SPACE on Ryder Farm. Residencies/Fellowships: NHMC TV Writing Fellowship, Page 73's Interstate 73 Writers Group, New York Theater Workshop 2050 Fellowship, New Dramatists Van Lier Fellowship, ArsNova's Playgroup. He currently resides in Los Angeles. Education: BFA, Dramatic Writing (SUNY Purchase).

BRAD GRIFFITH (Director) most recently created War and Peace: the One Man Show for the Hollywood Fringe, which was reprised for Interrobang Departure and Theatre Unleashed. Recent LA stage work includes Vampire Lesbians of Sodom, Loopholes: The Musical, Bitches, Prairie-oke, Are you there, God, It's Me, Karen Carpenter. He directed the musical Caste of the Wounded Tongues at Highways in Santa Monica, and was a founding member of Blueprint and Furniture Showroom theater companies in New York. "Under Construction," a short film he wrote and directed, premiered at Outfest, and was selected for other festivals nationally. He is currently producing and directing a documentary on long-term gay bear relationships, "Cohibernation." He holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Washington and MA in Dramaturgy from SUNY at Stony Brook. Read more at www.griffithparkproductions.org.

The cast of ZERO FEET AWAY will feature: AdrIan Gonzalez, Chris Pearson, Joshua Allen, Chuck Saculla, Royce Johnson, Mario Burrell, and David Tran.

PRICING

Admission is free... with donations gratefully accepted.

Celebrating New Works is produced by Celebration Theatre's Literary Director Nathan Frizzell. Celebration Theatre is headed by its Co-Artistic Directors Michael Matthews and Michael A. Shepperd, along with its Executive Director Michael C. Kricfalusi.