World Premiere of MONKEY ADORED Plays Rogue Machine

Multi-award winning Rogue Machine launches its sixth world premiere production in Los Angeles. Monkey Adored, by the writer who captivated critics with his "visually and emotionally gripping" Treefall - 10 BEST of 2009 - LA Weekly, will run for a limited time only. Last season, Rogue Machine's Four Places garnered 3 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards (including Production of the Year), 5 Garland Awards (including Production of the Year), and the Ovation Award for Best Production.

"This is a script that has been in my life for a long time. Slowly evolving through various readings at The Kennedy Center, Theatricum Botanicum, and a week-long workshop with The Inkwell Theatre in Washington, DC," reflects playwright Henry Murray. "I am very confident that Rogue Machine is the place to complete its development, with John Perrin Flynn at the helm."

The dog is in love with the monkey, who may be having an affair with the cat who's smitten with the rat...and let's not even talk about what the humans are up to. This allegorical and uniquely staged performance utilizes actors, puppetry, and projection in a collision of the comedic and the tragic. It is a tender love story that reeks of a ribald sex farce, set in a brutally violent world where compassion and understanding might still have a chance.

MONKEY ADORED opens on Saturday, October 8th and runs Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 3pm through November 20, 2011. ROGUE MACHINE is located at 5041 W. Pico Blvd., LA, CA 90019. Tickets are $25 (Fri) and $30 (Sat & Sun). Reservations: 855-585-5185 or at www.roguemachinetheatre.com.

HENRY MURRAY (Playwright) is the author of four full-length plays and a number of short plays including Down For The Count, a finalist for The Heideman Award at The Actors Theatre of Louisville. Henry's Treefall was named one of the "TEN BEST" of 2009 by the LA Weekly, now published by Dramatists Play Services. Henry's play Monkey Adored received a reading at the Kennedy Center (Page to Stage Festival) and a one week workshop at The Inkwell. His newest play, Three Views of the Same Object, has won the Woodward/Newman Drama Award. He is a member of The Actors Studio West Playwrights Unit, The Dramatist Guild of America, and The Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights.

John PerriN FLYNN (Director/Artistic Director) is responsible for launching the WORLD PREMIERE of John Pollono's hit play Small Engine Repair and the Los Angeles premiere of David Harrower's Blackbird, both productions garnered CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO- LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, and were both Ovation - RECOMMENDED. Most recently, John produced the critically acclaimed Vivien; GO-LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, and Ovation - RECOMMENDED. He directed the critically acclaimed and award nominated Los Angeles premiere of The Sunset Limited (CRITIC'S CHOICE-LA Times; GO - LA Weekly, CRITIC'S PICK-Backstage, Ovation RECOMMENDED), which played to sold out houses for nearly six months. John directed the multi-award winning World Premiere of Henry Murray's Treefall (now being produced regionally and published by the Dramatist Play Services) last season, and the critically acclaimed Los Angeles premiere of Rogue Machine's inaugural production, Compleat Female Stage Beauty. John helmed the Craig Lucas' hit Small Tragedy at The Odyssey Theatre and the world premiere of John Pollono's Lost and Found at The Lounge Theatre. He is Rogue Machine's founding Artistic Director and has been the Executive Producer of all three successful seasons. He was the Executive Producer and director of Lifetime's long running award winning series Strong Medicine, has produced two other series and 14 television movies or miniseries including the Emmy nominated Burden of Proof.

Matthew Elkins (Producer/Producing Director) produced the much lauded Los Angeles premiere production of Blackbird, the World Premiere of Yard Sale Signs, the LA Premiere of Stop Kiss (co-director), and the inaugural award winning production of Compleat Female Stage Beauty at Rogue Machine. He directed MilkMilkLemonade for Rogue Machine's Off-The-Clock late night series, which became so popular that it extended into a prime time slot for several weeks this season. Recent acting credits: A Chorus of Disapproval (Odyssey Theatre); Happy End, The Turn of the Screw (Pacific Resident Theatre); and NBC's ER.

ROGUE MACHINE presents plays that are new to Los Angeles. Since 2008 this has included 7 West Coast Premiere (THE WORD BEGINS, WISH I HAD A SYLVIA PLATH, FOUR PLACES, MilkMilkLemonade, AMERICAN DEAD, BINGO WITH THE INDIANS, and HALF OF PLENTY), 3 Los Angeles Premiere COMPLEAT FEMALE STAGE BEAUTY, STOP KISS, and BLACKBIRD), 1 American Premiere (NEVERLAND), and 6World Premiere productions which include MONKEY ADORED, SMALL ENGINE REPAIR, YARD SALE SIGNS, RAZORBACK, SHORTS & SWEETS, and the multi-award winning production of Henry Murray's TREEFALL. Last year the company worked extensively with multi-award winner Steven Sater (Tony, Grammy, Drama Desk, Outer Circle, Lucille Lortel awards for SPRING AWAKENING) in developing his play NEW YORK ANIMALS. The company creates high-quality productions by contemporary playwrights who specifically address our culture and time.

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