“TRACERS” AT LOLA Downtown
LOFT ENSEMBLE AND PLAYWRIGHT JOHN Di FUSCO TEAM UP TO PRESENT THE GROUNDBREAKING, CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED PLAY, “TRACERS”.
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES, CA – The LOFT ensemble* in the Little Tokyo Arts District presents a new production of TRACERS. TRACERS tracks the surreal journey of six enlisted men through the Vietnam experience and it’s after effects. These six “maggots” fight to maintain their humanity amid the body bags, drugs, rats, prostitutes, death, and all the horrors they have encountered.
Artistic Director Christina Howard directs using Viewpoints Techniques to dig deeply into each actor’s soul, finding the truth and spirit of each character. Howard uses tribal and ritualistic elements to dramatize the spirit of the soldier that lies within us and the spirits of the soldiers who have passed.
Tracers was conceived by writer/director John DiFusco who created the play through workshops with a group of VietnamVets/actors: Vincent Caristi, Richard Chaves, Eric E. Emerson, Rick Gallavan, Merlin Marston, Harry Stephens, and writer Sheldon Lettich. John DiFusco has received several awards, including the New York Drama Desk Award and The Los Angeles Drama Critics’ Circle Award. His most recent play WALK’N THRU THE FIRE premiered at the Hayworth Theatre (Los Angeles) with rave reviews and is now on LA Weekly Steven Mikulan’s 2007 New Plays Ten Best list.
Tucker Smallwood, a Vietnam Vet and accomplished actor, joins the LOFT ensemble as Sergeant Williams, bringing his own personal experience and wisdom to the production. Tucker Smallwood has an extensive acting resume, with roles on shows such as Star Trek: Enterprise, and The Sarah Silverman Project, and has performed in several productions for the Mark Taper, Cast Theater, and Odessey Theater. Two LOFT ensemble members who have become viral celebrities, Adam Chambers (I ♥ Vampires) and Sean Durrie (Easy to Assemble) join the cast as Dinky Dau and Scooter respectively.
THE FACTS
WHAT:
TRACERS a play conceived by JOHN DiFUSCO; written by VINCENT CARISTI, RICHARD CHAVES, JOHN DiFUSCO, ERIC E. EMERSON, RICK GALLAVAN, MERLIN MARSTON, HARRY STEPHENS, with SHELDON LETTICH
Directed by CHRISTINA HOWARD
Production Manager ELIZABETH GORDON
Associate Producer ALLY ISEMAN
Studio Manager GEOFFREY HILLBACK
Assistant Director LARISSA WISE
Stage Manager MARISSA GALLOWAY
Costume Design by EDWIN GARCIA II
Set Design by JASON RYAN LOVETT
WHO:
FEATURING TUCKER SMALLWOOD, BRETT ERICKSON, KEVIN MEOAK, EDWIN GARCIA II, ADAM CHAMBERS, SEAN DURRIE, GEOFFREY HILLBACK, JASON RYAN LOVETT, KENNETH PHENIX, MATT McCROSCKEY AND JOHN SISK
WHEN:
EXTENDED: SATURDAYS
JULY 10, JULY 17, JULY 24, JULY 31, AUGUST 7, AUGUST 14
WHERE:
L.A. Fringe Theatre
929 E. 2nd St. Studio 105
(Corner of 2nd St. and Vignes, Entrance is on Vignes)
Los Angeles, CA 90012
TICKET PRICES:
$20 General Admission
$18 Students/ Seniors
$10 Veterans
RESERVATIONS:
(213) 680-0392
www.LOFTensemble.com
*LOFT ensemble's mission is to achieve creative unity by providing a place for artists to explore their individual talents freely, within a strong and supportive ensemble. By bringing the ceremony and ritual of non-traditional methods back to theatre, and exploring the spiritual connection we have to one another and to our subject matter, we achieve (and inspire) internal and external transformation.
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