World Premiere of MARLENE Opens at Write Act Rep, 7/30

MARLENE, a new solo play about the legendary actress, performer--and patriot-- Marlene Dietrich, will have its world premiere at 7pm on Sunday, July 30 at Write Act Repertory @ the Brickhouse Theatre in N. Hollywood. Produced by John Lant, written by Willard Manus, directed by Judith Rose, the play stars Cindy Marinangel.

MARLENE will be performed every Sunday night at 7:00PM through August 27 at the Brickhouse, which is located at 10950 Peach Grove Street, at Camarillo & Vineland, in NoHo.

MARLENE tells a true story. In May, 1960, Dietrich returned to Germany to perform on stage for the first time since fleeing the Hitler regime in 1939. The play is set in Dietrich's dressing-room at Berlin's Tatiana Palast Theatre, where she is trying to decide whether she should go through with the recital. Threats have been made on her life by Nazi sympathizers who still resented her for having spent much of WW II entertaining American soldiers on the front lines. In their eyes she is a turncoat, a traitor, and should be killed.

THE TEAM

Cindy Marinangel - "Marlene"

Willard Manus - Playwright

Judith Rose - Director

John Lant - Producer

Jonathan Harrison - Associate Producer / Stage Manager

Tamra Pica - Producer @ Write Act Rep / Production Consultant (Marlene)

Ken Cosby - Lighting & Sound Designer

Alonzo Tavares - Production Associate @ Write Act Rep

Sandra Kuker PR - Publicist

MARLENE - Opens at Write Act Repertory @ the Brickhouse Theatre, 10950 Peach Grove St., N. Hollywood, CA 9l601 (one block east of Vineland). Performances are July 30 - August 27, Sunday nights only at 7pm. Tickets are $20. Tickets available at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3034406

Additional information available at: http://www.writeactrep.org/index.html