FILTHY TALK FOR TROUBLE MINDS Opens at City Garage 1/6

City Garage, resident company at Track 16, Bergamot Station, under the patronage of Tom Patchett, has announced the West Coast premiere of Neil LaBute's Filthy Talk for Troubled Times.

LaBute, known for his biting portrayals of misogynistic and deceitful men, subtitles the work "scenes of intolerance." City Garage, working with LaBute, is presenting the play in the entirely new setting of an opening at a high-end art gallery. In this provocative conception by director Frédérique Michel, featuring the paintings of Cameron Jordan, the art objects on display are naked females, but the drunk male patrons remain just as conflicted, angry, and baffled as ever by the eternal mystery of women.

This special project is a collaboration with the Robert Berman Gallery, running in conjunction with its show featuring the work of photographer Gerald Slota and the prose of Neil LaBute, Home.Sweet.Home. The shows will run together in January 2012, with the exhibition scheduled January 7, through January 29 and the play continuing through February 26th.

Nudity; adult language.

Production Title: Filthy Talk for Troubled Times
Author: Neil LaBute
Director: Frédérique Michel
Opens: Friday, Janurary 6, 2012
Performance Schedule: Thursdays - Saturdays, 8:00pm;
Sundays 4:00pm
Closes: Sunday, February 26, 2012
Admission: $25.00, Students/Seniors w/ID $15.00
Sundays: “Pay-What-You-Can” at the door only
Box Office/Information: (310) 319-9939
Online purchase: www.citygargage.org (link: Brown Paper Tickets)

Performance Address:
CITY GARAGE at
Track 16, Building C1
Bergamot Station
2525 Michigan Ave.
Santa Monica, Ca, 90404

Directions: City Garage performs at the Track 16 Gallery at Bergamot Station, which is located near the intersection of Olympic and Cloverfield in Santa Monica. 10 West to Cloverfield Exit. North on Cloverfield to Michigan Ave. Enter the Main Gate of Bergamot Station. Building C1 is to the left.

Fourth Weekend Q&A:
Please stay with us after the show for an informal discussion with the cast and director on Sunday, January 29th, 2012.

This project is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission. Generous support also comes from the Wells Fargo Foundation.