Hollywood Adjacent at Santa Monica Playhouse - The Other Space

It’s BFF ’24 in ’25, the 9th Annual BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre, Feb 25 - April 4, the only FREE Fringe Festival in the nation, offering 30 plays, workshops and family-oriented events. Tonight:

Emilia Marcum was once Hollywood’s favorite actress. She is now washed up with more burned bridges than she can count. Feeling the weight of her faded relevance, and grieving over the death of her sister, Emilia hires Lizzy Singer - a young screenwriter of 22 - to write her bio-pic. This comes much to the chagrin of Howie - Emilia’s 30-year-old assistant and former lover. In a tale of consent, fame, and bizarre office politics these three find themselves entangled in an existential struggle to finish a screenplay. This struggle has the potential to turn violent when the question of credit enters the room. Written & produced by Zach Ring. Directed by Kazu Takeda. Performed by Carey Cannata, Isabella Feliciana, Janellen Steinger, Jacqueline Wright.

The BFF celebrates the range and depth of the human condition and the idea that theatre arts experiences are vital, transformative, and must be available for all. Special thanks to generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, and Playhouse PALS.

Rated 16+