RETURNING FOR THREE WEEKENDS AFTER OUR SOLD-OUT RUN IN APRIL!! When Bruce and Sue meet four weeks after an uncharacteristic one-night-stand, Sue has this to say to him: one, I had a great time with you that night and two, let's never see each other again. Thus begins a 4,000 mile journey well beyond the confines of their carefully structured worlds. Bruce is fueled by an overwhelming but undefined compulsion to join her in Phoenix. Sue is reluctantly charmed by his persistence, but steadfast in her resolve to keep him at bay. Both are forced to consider a whole new world of possibility, though not one free of difficulty and loss. A dramatic comedy about courage. October 4th - October 20th Fridays & Saturdays 8PM Sundays 7PM The Broadwater Black Box Theater 6322 Santa Monica Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90038 Produced by Emanuela Bousbouvier and Gus Schlanbusch Directed by Michael Yavnieli Starring Emanuela Boisbouvier and Gus Schlanbusch CONTENT ADVISORY: This play includes mature subject matter that may not be appropriate for all audiences. For specific details, please email aegistheatre@gmail.com with subject line "content advisory" “Phoenix (Organ)” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Phoenix at Broadwater Black Box Schedule
Cast and Creative team for Phoenix at Broadwater Black Box
Cast
Emanuela Boisbouvier
Sue
Emanuela Boisbouvier is a Monégasque/Italian actor based in Los Angeles. She graduated with degrees in Political Science and Theater from UCLA, and is currently working on an Artist Visa in the US. Her recent theatrical credits include FINDING AVI at the La Jolla Playhouse WOW Festival and THE MOTHERF*CKER WITH THE HAT at Bold Theater. On screen, she most recently starred in the upcoming indie feature film JAUNT, directed by Alexi Papalexopoulos. She's excited to get back on stage in LA and to tell this story that’s close to her heart. She is playing the role of Sue in PHOENIX, and also co-producing along with Gus.
Gus Schlanbusch
Bruce
graduated from Northwestern University with a degree in Theatre and has also studied with the British American Drama Academy, the Prague Shakespeare Company, and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival of Canada. Gus is a founding member of Aegis Theatre Company, with whom he has directed past productions of THE ALIENS and DREAD, as well as producing ROUTE and PHOENIX. Chicago theatre: ARCADIA; THE GRAPES OF WRATH; DOMER. Television: CHICAGO PD. Gus is playing the role of Bruce in PHOENIX, and co-producing the play.
Creative Team
Scott Organ
Playwright
Michael Yavnieli
Director
Michael Yavnieli began directing theater in 2019, and PHOENIX represents his sixth stage play as director. In 2019, Michael helmed productions of James McLure’s LAUNDRY & BOURBON + LONE STAR in Los Angeles and San Francisco; then I AM MY OWN WIFE, DINNER WITH FRIENDS and COCK for Crimson Square Theatre Company in Los Angeles, receiving positive reviews for all, and garnering mention (for Cock) as one of Medium.com’s Top Ten LA Theatre Productions of 2019. In 2022, he produced and directed David Ives’ ALL IN THE TIMING + MERE MORTALS, which starred Patrick Warburton, at the Zephyr Theatre. Yavnieli is also an actor, having appeared in over thirty television and film productions and over forty theatrical productions in his three decade professional career. He is the founding teacher of MY Acting Studios, and studied his craft for many years at the Beverly Hills Playhouse.
Caitlin Grace
Stage Manager
Nick Howard
Technical Designer
Molly Sazer-Hopf
Graphic Designer
Taylor McCormick
Production Stage Manager
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