Clownfish at Theatre Of Note

Theatre of NOTEReturns after a Two-Year Intermission andpresents the World Premiere ofCLOWNFISHby Amy DellagiarinoDirected by Laura StriblingLimited engagement opens Thursday, July 7at Theatre of NOTE in Hollywood!Theatre of NOTE finally returns and kicks off its first in-person season in over two years with the World Premiere of CLOWNFISH by Amy Dellagiarino and directed by Laura Stribling. CLOWNFISH will preview on Thursday June 30 & Saturday July 2 at 8pm; opens on Thursday, July 7 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, August 6 at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N Cahuenga Blvd (just north of Sunset) in Hollywood. Newly released from a mental hospital, Erica is trying hard to be a good bridesmaid but is finding that everyone is treating her differently...and it's getting really annoying. The only thing that could make this reunion worse? The wedding reception might just be being held in a haunted cabin. A dark comedy about mental illness, social stigmas, and the misguided desire to be normal.ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AMY DELLAGIARINO (Playwright) is a playwright and screenwriter whose work has been produced across the country.Her playFrom the Perspective of a Canoewon the 2021 Stage Play Script Competition at the Austin Film Festival.Her playThe Value of Moscowwas nominated for a 2019 Stage Raw Award for Best Playwriting and was published throughStage Rights. Her comedy feature filmFreelancers Anonymouswon the 2018 NCGLFF Audience Award for Best Womens Feature, was a recipient of the Frameline Completion Fund Award, and earned the Reframe Stamp for gender balanced media along with such films asThe Favourite, Can You Ever Forgive Me,andCrazy Rich Asians. Her short plays have garnered the Best Comedy award in various festivals. She has participated in developmental readings of several of her plays with noted LA theatre companies such as Sacred Fools, Theatre of NOTE, Rogue Machine, and The Blank Theatre Company, and she was a 2020 participant of Moving Arts Theatre's MADLab Play Development Series. She was a participant in the 2021 Kennedy Center Summer Playwrights Intensive as well as the resident playwright withDark Horse Theatre Companyin Virginia and a founding member ofWalking Shadow Readers Theatrewhich focuses on new playwrights and new play development. She earned her BFA from NYUs Tisch School of the Arts.LAURA STRIBLING (Director) has directed more than one hundred productions, workshops, and readings. Some selected titles includeHenry IV, Part 1, Orpheus Descending, The Fattest Man in the World Lives Upstairs, Troy Woman, Oedipus, Hedda Gabler, Of Mice and Men, A Little Night Music, Footprints, and The Last Nights of Scheherazade. Lauras writing credits includeNational Zoo,Celestial,Imitation of Falling, Primary Language,If I Fell,andRivers.Laura has a Masters of Fine Arts in Directing from the Yale School of Drama, where she was a Patricia Botkin Scholar, and a Fox Foundation Research Fellow.