GETTING THERE! to Return to Hudson Guild Theatre in August
The performance will take place on August 16.
The return engagement of the award-winning show Getting There!, written, produced, and performed by Rebecca O'Brien, and directed by Cameron Watson, will play the Hudson Guild Theatre (6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90038) on Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 8:15 p.m. Admission is $20. Preferred seating $40, and reservations can be made at http://onstage411.com//gettingthere.
Getting There! is a funny, heartwarming show that celebrates The Miracles of traveling with strangers as Rebecca commutes to and from the clinic for treatments for a life-threatening illness. She takes the bus with her little service dog. These travel stories, mental and physical, have an edge but are also charming, intriguing and will fill your heart.
Far from encountering an excess of big city nastiness and alienation, she finds that many of her fellow passengers end up offering her warmth, compassion, humor, joy, friendship and community. Who would have thought that you'd find these things in Los Angeles?
Rebecca pays tribute to the many different characters she met on the bus by portraying them in her show Getting There!
Rebecca O'Brien is a recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Natalie Schafer Award for Emerging Comic Actress. She has appeared in well over 40 stage production in Los Angeles, among them Bearings, Once in a Lifetime, Laura's Bush, The Women, Rebeck Revisited and Wearing My Own Brassiere (which she wrote). She has also appeared in film (Curdled with Keke Palmer; Come As You Are with James Russo) and on television (ER, NYPD Blue, Up All Night, Kath & Kim, more).
Cameron Watson directs Getting There! Called "one of our finest contemporary directors" by the Los Angeles Times, his directing credits include acclaimed productions of On the Other Hand, We're Happy; Steel Magnolias; Beloved; The Little Foxes; Bled for the Household Truth; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof; much more. He has also directed for television (Break a Hip) and film (Our Very Own; Landings).
Rebecca observes, "I honestly believe I was sent angels....I am open to how the universe is filled with good hearts in it. And since I am open, I see them everywhere."
A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the local non-profit organization WeSpark.
Get on the bus, sit back and relax, get ready for some laughs, and enjoy the ride. You're getting there.
ESTIMATED RUNNING TIME: 58 minutes.
CONSUMER ADVISORY: Suggested for mature audiences.
Doors open 7:50 p.m. No late seating.
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