In its world premiere at The Hollywood Fringe 2025: Captive Audience is a semi-immersive dramatic experience where YOU the audience are taken captive by the end of the 60 minute show. A frighteningly familiar show dreamed up by Co-writers Austin Valdez (Director) & Verity Van Dams (Producer) for this year's Hollywood Fringe Festival. You're playing the live studio audience for fictitious late night talk show "Hey Zeus What's Happening?!" (Don't worry: the cast won't pull you up on stage, but they will acknowledge you are there) where you witness witty host Zeus McGuire change drastically when the cameras switch off. Forced into an interview with a corrupt politician he'd rather not shake hands with; Zeus is further galled when he's limited to soft ball questions and ego fluffing lay ups. Is he even a real journalist anymore? Watch how Zeus gets pushed over the edge in this 1hr drama... or is it a political farce? Just like real life: you're not sure whether to laugh, scream or intervene. Find your seat in The Actors Company's "Other Space" theater, because once you're in it: you can't leave.
Content Warning: Faux Firearm (not loaded with anything -not even blanks- just a prop) // Sexual Harassment
Preview: June 6th @ 5pm
Run: June 15th @ 5pm // June 21st @ 1:30pm // June 25th @ 10pm // June 27th @ 7pm
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