Wendy Michael's GOD AND SEX Premieres at Santa Monica Playhouse

When the road to normal is getting you nowhere, maybe it's time to take a detour. Playwright Wendy Michael's semi-autobiographic new comedy drama GOD and SEX - a Thrilling "Bi-Venture" opening Saturday March 11th in The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse explores what happens when you do. Bisexual, gay, straight, spiritual, atheist - all need apply - GOD and SEX has something for everyone.

A bride. A groom. A maid of honor (who just happens to be the Bride's ex-lover). What could possibly go wrong?! After spending many years in a lesbian relationship, Amy decides it would be easier to "be straight." The groom is Tim, her best buddy from high school who has loved her since the day they met. Assuming marriage and living a "normal, straight life" would be as easy as it appears in the movies, Amy commits to her goal of getting married to Tim. The couple's vision of the special day seems destined to go well until important details begin to crumble. Both desperate for their individual sexual and spiritual dreams to be realized, they plow forward and cling desperately to what they think they want, but divine intervention propels change in directions neither of them could have predicted.

GOD and SEX is loosely based on playwright Wendy Michaels' experiences leading up to her wedding and first year of that marriage and is helmed by Playhouse Artistic Director Chris DeCarlo, featuring Dennis Delsing (American Crime, No Way Out), Valerie Gould (Days of Our Lives, Gypsy), Rebecca Lincoln (Criminal Minds, Taming of the Shrew - American Studio Theater, NY), Andrea Gwynnel Morgan (Masters of Sex, Mother Courage - International Classic Theatre, Germany), Donald Rizzo (Let Go - opposite Kevin Hart, Love of Make Believe - R.E.D.C.A.T.). Costumes by award-winning designer Ashley Hayes, set by James Cooper and sound design by The Attic Room with Drue Devereaux as Production Stage Manager.

Actress and Playwright Wendy Michaels' first collaboration with The Playhouse was in Playwright Jerry Mayer's Almost Perfect. Shortly thereafter, she played the role of Becca in the Pulitzer winning play Rabbit Hole and was nominated for a Carbonell award for best Supporting actress. Favorite films include Bachelor Party 2, I Love You Phillip Morris and Single in South Beach. Recent TV roles include The Glades and a lesbian criminal in America's Most Wanted. She co-writes, co-produces and co-stars in the award winning web series My Sister is So Gay premiering on tello films 1/22/17 (www.tellofilms.com), featuring Loni Anderson.

Veteran director Chris DeCarlo has brought to the stage over 250 World Premieres and American Premieres, including Stephen King and Robert B. Parker's RAGE and the Ovation-nominated Picon Pie. Among his LA TIMES Critics' Pick productions are Last of the Knotts, Jerry Mayer's Aspirin & ELEPHANTS, Dying for Laughs starring Stuart Pankin, and Charlie Lustman's Made Me Nuclear. Recent credits: Santa Monica Playhouse's critically acclaimed productions of Arnold Schulman's Sleeping Ugly, Lisa Phillips Visca's Raise Me Up, and Jerry Mayer's Almost Perfect and How To Love A Republican.and the currently running world premiere of Albert James Kallis's A DeLUSIONAL Afair.

GOD and SEX plays Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm,through May 13, 2017. Discounts are available for students, teachers, seniors, members of the military and groups of 8 or more. eserve at http://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com/god-and-sex.html or call 1-310-394-9779 extension 1. Not recommended for those under 17 year of age.

The Other Space at Santa Monica Playhouse is at 1211 4th Street (between Wilshire and Arizona) in the heart of downtown Santa Monica. Convenient parking directly across the street in city lot #1. By public transportation: take the Santa Monica Blue Bus or the LA Metro Rapid #720 and exit at 4th and Wilshire or the Metro Expo Line to 4th and Colorado (end of the line). The Playhouse is 3.5 blocks north of the station.

Santa Monica Playhouse is supported in part by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, by the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and by U.S. Bank..