Kim Coles Hosts Opening Night Of FABULATION At Lounge Theatre 6/4

West Coast Ensemble is thrilled to announce that "In Living Color" & "Living Single" star Kim Coles will host the Opening Night Performance of a very special event, the inaugural project of West Coast Ensemble's Diversity Initiative, FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE, written by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynne Nottage (Ruined) and directed by Ben Campbell. FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE will open on Friday, June 4 at 8:00pm (with Kim Coles in attendance) and continue through Sunday, June 13 at The Lounge Theatre, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

Lynne Nottage's FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE takes a satirical look at stereotypes at both ends of the social spectrum. Undine Barnes Calles is a successful African American entrepreneur at the top of her game. When her husband suddenly disappears after embezzling all of her money, Undine retreats to her childhood home in Brooklyn's Walt Whitman projects, only to discover that she must cope with a crude new reality. Undine's riches-to-rags journey is a thought-provoking comeuppance tale with a comic twist. Hailed as "clever and consistently entertaining" by Variety and "robustly entertaining" by the New York Times, FABULATION: THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE is funded in part by a generous grant from the City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department.

ABOUT Kim Coles

Actress, comedian, author, playwright, and TV personality Kim Coles is truly a renaissance woman. Best known for her zany characters and outrageous sense of humor, Kim Coles skyrocketed to as the unforgettable Synclaire on FOX's ground-breaking comedy series, Living Single for which she was a four-time "Best Actress" nominee for the NAACP Image Awards. Kim has starred on numerous hit television programs, including "Frasier", "Six Feet Under", "In Living Color", "One on One", and TBS's "10 Items for Less". She has also served as co-host for several morning programs, including Fox After Breakfast and Lifetime's Lifestyle Magazine, New Attitudes, as well as the national syndicated daytime talk show, In the Loop. In addition, she has been a guest co-host for various shows, including The View and Good Day Live. Kim Coles is also known to reality audiences for having appeared on The Mole, VH1's Celebrity Fit Club and BET's search for "the next superstar of funny."

A well-known comedian (who got her start as the warm-up comedian for The Cosby Show), Kim Coles performs on Comedy Club stages across the country and recently returned to her early modeling roots by appearing in the Ashley Stewart print campaign. She has also co-written and starred in her own award-winning play, Homework, a one-woman stage show about the lives of three best friends who progress from elementary school to womanhood. She is currently the host on BET's game show "Pay It Forward", and is a co-host on BET's talk show "My Black is Beautiful." Kim is an author, BlogTalkRadio host and sought-after transformation speaker and in 2010 is launching her motivational program Open the Gifts, openthegifts.com.

The cast of FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE features Carlos Acuna, Ed Baccari, DeJon Mayes, Ace Gibson, Sachandra Grandoit, Regina Randolph, Lyn Michele Ross and Adeye Sahran.

ABOUT SCHEDULE AND PRICING

FABULATION: OR THE RE-EDUCATION OF UNDINE will open Friday, June 4 at 8:00pm and continue through Sunday, June 13 at The Lounge Theater, 6201 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood. Ticket prices are $20 general, $18 student/senior/union. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sundays at 3:00 pm. For tickets, please visit www.westcoastensemble.org or www.tix.com or call TIX.COM at 800-595-4849.

Founded in 1981 by Les Hanson, West Coast Ensemble Theatre has been a part of the Los Angeles theatre community for 27 years. A membership theatre ensemble, WCE is dedicated to presenting high quality theatrical productions which address the social, cultural and artistic needs of the Los Angeles community while providing an artistic home for its membership. Recent award-winning productions include Stephen Sondheim's ASSASSINS, Tim Acito's ZANNA, DON'T!, Jim Geoghan's TWO GENTLEMEN OF CORONA, and Adam Guettel and Tina Landau's FLOYD COLLINS.