Panic! Productions Announce Two Winning Directors for John Patrick Shanley Plays at Theatre 68

Panic! Productions, in association with Theatre 68, present two productions from Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winning playwright John Patrick Shanley. Danny and the Deep Blue Sea and the world premiere of Shanley's one-act play, POISON. Ronnie Marmo hass signed on to direct Danny And The Deep Blue Sea, while Kay Cole will direct the newly written POISON. Both shows open March 9th - April 2nd at Theatre 68, located at 5112 Lankershim Blvd. No. Hollywood, CA., 91601. Tickets on sale at: www.plays411.com/danny

 

ABOUT DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA

Ronnie Marmo is thrilled to direct Danny and the Deep Blue. An explosive, deeply affecting study of alienation and the redemptive power of love, this provocative play from the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning playwright "is the equivalent of sitting at ringside watching a prize fight that concludes in a loving embrace" (New York Times).

Director Marmo has a long professional history with Shanley and his work. As Artistic Director of the 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company, he produced the 6-month long 13 by Shanley Festival in 2009, during which he also played the title role of Danny. "I am extremely excited to revisit Danny and the Deep Blue Sea as director," Marmo says. "Seeing the material from this point of view has made me fall in love with the play even more. Our production is extremely powerful and affecting.

Ronnie Marmo has directed and produced over ninety plays, including the critically acclaimed West Coast premiere of A Time To Kill, which opened in November 2016 and enjoyed a three month run, Bill W. and Dr. Bob, which enjoyed 350+ sold out performances over the past twelve years, the world premiere of 86'd, the Los Angeles Premiere of Sam Shepard's The Late Henry Moss, the 40th anniversary production of Lovers and Other Strangers, the world premiere of John Patrick Shanley's Last Night In The Garden I Saw You, and his own play, West of Brooklyn. Ronnie was the Artistic Director and Producer of the critically acclaimed first ever 13 by Shanley Festival which enjoyed a six-month run. Ronnie has appeared in more than fifty feature films and television shows, and on stage Marmo has starred in more than thirty plays, including his portrayal of Lenny Bruce in the one-man production of Lenny Bruce is Back. Ronnie had a three-year run on ABC's General Hospital as Ronnie Dimestico. He was nominated as a producer by the NAACP Awards for the productions of The Knights of Mary Phagan and Subway Series. He received the Robert Pastorelli Rising Star Award for achievements as actor, writer, director and producer at the 2010 Garden State Film Festival. He continues to serve at the Artistic Director of the 68 Cent Crew Theatre Company (Theatre 68) in Los Angeles and New York City. Marmo is very excited to be directing Danny and the Deep Blue Sea, a play in which he played Danny during the 6-month run of the 13 by Shanley Festival.

 

ABOUT POISON

John Patrick Shanley has revised his one-act dark comedy, Poison, and the new version is being produced for the first time in Los Angeles, directed by Broadway Veteran KAY COLE (created Maggie in A CHORUS LINE, directed DESPERATE WRITERS Off B’way NY.  Currently her solo CD "SOUVENIR" on Kritzerland.com)

Kay Cole is a true renaissance woman. She has been directing, choreographing, writing, and teaching in Los Angeles, New York, and London for many years. Her recent directorial successes are I Only Have Eyes for You, an original musical she also choreographed, Firecracker, an original play she also co-wrote, and Another Washington Affair, a timely and unique two-character play. She is in pre-production to direct and choreograph Daniel in Babylon, an original rock opera film.

 

Ms. Cole teaches Acting for Film and Television at Emerson College LA Annex and UCLA's Musical Theatre Conservatory. She is the proud recipient of the 2006 Playwrights Arena Award for her outstanding contribution to Los Angeles Theatre. In 2009, she received a nomination for best choreography from the NAACP theatre Awards for her work in ATLANTA, at the Geffen Playhouse. She is a proud member of SDC. Additional information about Kay Cole is available at: www.KayCole.net.

Panic! Productions is a theatre troupe committed to presenting professional-level productions of musicals and plays for the enrichment of its participants and the community at large. Founded in 2011 by Paul Panico and Robert Weibezahl with a critically acclaimed production of Working: The Musical, Panic! has since mounted fifteen productions, which have won numerous honors including a Broadwayworld.com Award, twenty-three Vee Cee Awards, and eleven National Youth Arts Awards. Presenting less-often produced works as well as new interpretations of familiar ones, Panic! hopes to enhance the theatre-going experience while educating, and, most of all, entertaining its audiences. Panic! Productions is a 501© 3 non-profit organization. All donations are tax deductible to the full extend allowable by law.

 

Tickets are available www.plays411.com/danny or (323) 960-4429

Additional information is available at: www.panicproductions.org

 

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