Havok Theatre Company Presents THE STORY OF MY LIFE, 2/26 - 4/4

The Havok Theatre Company will present their production of the short-lived Broadway musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE, beginning February 26th. The show will begin previews on February 24th and will close April 4th. The two-man show will star Robert J. Townsend and Chad Borden.

Nominated for four 2009 Drama Desk Awards including Outstanding Musical, "The Story of My Life" tells the story of two childhood friends and how their friendship profoundly defined their lives. Thomas Weaver is a best-selling, award-winning author. Alvin Kelby was his best friend for thirty years. But time can test the bonds of friendship, and when it does, Thomas calls on the only resource he has - his stories of Alvin - to learn where things went wrong. "The Story of My Life" is a soaring tribute to the power of friendship and the people who change their lives forever.

The production is directed by Nick DeGruccio and features musical direction by Michael Paternostro. The rest of the design team includes set design by Tom Buderwitz, lighting
by Steven Young, sound design by Drew Dalzell, and production stage managing by Lindsay Martens. Producers for THE STORY OF MY LIFE include Kathleen Parker and Jodi Carlisle.

Nick DeGruccio is the recipient of the LA Ovation Award for Direction of both a Play and a Musical. Nick's most recent credits include the West Coast Premiere of The Andrews Brothers at Musical Theatre West, Jekyll & Hyde at Cabrillo Music Theatre, and the inaugural production for Havok Theatre Company of THRILL ME: The Leopold & Loeb Story. This year, Nick won the Los Angeles Drama Critics' Circle Award for Direction for the LA Premiere of Zanna, Don't! at West Coast Ensemble (also 2007 Ovation Nomination for Direction, Production). He also directed Bad Apples, a World Premiere Play for the Rubicon Theatre Company and Beehive at the El Portal Theatre, which was nominated for two 2007 LA Ovation Awards and five LA Drama Critics' Circle Awards including Direction. Also recently, he directed The Last Five Years and I Do! I Do! in rep at the Pasadena Playhouse, The Full Monty for San Diego Music Theatre's inaugural production and I Left My Heart...A Tribute to Tony Bennett for the Welk Resort, San Diego. He directed the LA Premiere of A Man of No Importance for MTG which was nominated for three 2006 LA Drama Critics' Circle Awards as well as a GLAAD Award for Production. Nick directed The Laramie Project for the Laguna Playhouse having directed the LA Premiere at the Colony Theatre, which received three LA Ovation Awards for Best Play, Best Direction, and Best Ensemble. Those two productions raised over $36,000 for the Matthew Shepard Foundation. He also directed the LA Premiere of Side Show, which received eight LA Ovation Nominations including Direction and was voted one of the Top 10 Plays of 2002 by the Los Angeles Times.

Nick directed 1776 at Performance Riverside which won five LA Ovation Awards including Best Musical and Best Direction. He directed Side By Side By Sondheim at the Rubicon Theatre which was moved to the Pasadena Playhouse (2004 LA Ovation Nominations for Production and Ensemble). He directed the acclaimed West Coast Premiere of Spitfire Grill at the Laguna Playhouse receiving the OC Award for Best Musical. At Musical Theatre West, Nick has directed Guys and Dolls (four 2005 LA Ovation Award Nominations including Direction) and La Cage Aux Folles (two 2004 LA Ovation Award Nominations). For the Colony Theatre Company, Nick directed Oscar Wilde's An Ideal Husband, City of Angels (LA Ovation Award for Best Musical - Smaller Theatre), the West Coast Premiere of Sondheim's Putting It Together (Garland Award and LA Ovation Award Nomination for Direction) and Tennessee William's Suddenly Last Summer. Other directing credits include Pippin at Burbank CLO, Basic Training at 2nd Stage (NAACP Nomination for Direction), Two By Two and How Now Dow Jones for Musical Theatre Guild at Pasadena Playhouse, Happily Ever After...After All (voiceovers by Angela Lansbury) for the 9 o'Clock Players, and a staged concert of Andrew Lippa's The Wild Party at the Alex Theatre (MTG). Nick is an alumnus of the Lincoln Center Theatre Director's Lab West.

Performance of THE STORY OF MY LIFE take place Thursday through Saturday at 8:00pm and Sunday at 3:00pm. Tickets are $38.00 with $20.00 tickets available to students, seniors, and AEA members. Tickets may be purchased online at havoktheatre.com.

Havok Theatre Company's mission is to produce Los Angeles Premieres of Broadway, Off-Broadway and Regional plays and musicals, World Premieres of new works, and revivals of rarely-produced critically-acclaimed pieces. Our top priority is creating the highest quality artistic experience possible. We will strive to contract LA's best union actors and designers and give voice to new playwrights, composers and lyricists. With a passionate, fresh and edgy approach to both art and business, we will bring our audiences highly entertaining and thought-provoking theatre.

For more information, visit www.havoktheatre.com.