Congratulations to our cast for A Place Where People Go to Die. Karissa Marston, Christina Ricucci, Evan Wallace, Alexa Radson and Taylor Stone. Show opens August 16th at the Avery Schreiber Playhouse in North Hollywood.
Auditions are just one day away! We're excited to see all your awesome auditions!
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WRITER/DIRECTOR'S NOTE
The title The Defecate-ables says it all on my opinion of this past election of 2016. I voted for Hillary. Not that I was with her, but to see the Donald Trump as President was just horrifying to me! Yet, as a writer... to have Donald Trump as President left myself along with many other writers kind of excited to have great material to work with. He's definitely a unique character. Unfortunately he's our President. But, to make fun of Mr. Trump is just too easy. When writing this piece I had no intention to prove Trump is an idiot, that Hillary is crooked or a saint sent from God. And I have no intention to point out that Politicians are criminals. This is a play about the election and the election alone. This story focuses on the hysteria of the election, the confrontations that the election brought, elements of fear that were used to fuel the election, social media's impact on the election, and most importantly the two main characters that led the ridiculous election of 2016-- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
This story was not easy to write due to the assumption that nobody is ready to laugh at the results of the election. Both sides and in between had no time to use humor to heal from what this country experienced in November of 2016. Everyone had completely lost their sanity! I held the belief that everyone would rather fight than laugh and move on. So I was extremely anxious of not only writing this story but showing it to others-- and I never hold back. I've created shows with stories that include Gay Priests, Jesus doing hard drugs, couples defecating on each other for sexual pleasure... and the list goes on of crude and offensive material. But, for once I felt a dread that I had never felt before as a writer.
Seven months later we have a play at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. This was a very difficult play to put on stage. The narrative alone requires a unique creativity and focus in which we center not only on the election of Donald Trump but a look at other undesirable leaders. Set in a mocumentary style including musical and dance numbers. This production brings a unique story line that I hope pushes the audience to not take it so serious. This play is silly, vulgar, and at times thought provoking... maybe. The Defecate-ables alone should be a title that encourages the audience to not take things so seriously. This is a fun play that has no political agenda. There is no propaganda to be forced or hammered into people's minds. You can go to Facebook and Twitter for that. The Defecate-ables is only to poke fun at the silliness of the Election. I hope everyone can relax and laugh even though our future may look daunting.
Enjoy the show,
Mark Anthony Smith
The title The Defecate-ables says it all on my opinion of this past election of 2016. I voted for Hillary. Not that I was with her, but to see the Donald Trump as President was just horrifying to me! Yet, as a writer... to have Donald Trump as President left myself along with many other writers kind of excited to have great material to work with. He's definitely a unique character. Unfortunately he's our President. But, to make fun of Mr. Trump is just too easy. When writing this piece I had no intention to prove Trump is an idiot, that Hillary is crooked or a saint sent from God. And I have no intention to point out that Politicians are criminals. This is a play about the election and the election alone. This story focuses on the hysteria of the election, the confrontations that the election brought, elements of fear that were used to fuel the election, social media's impact on the election, and most importantly the two main characters that led the ridiculous election of 2016-- Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton.
This story was not easy to write due to the assumption that nobody is ready to laugh at the results of the election. Both sides and in between had no time to use humor to heal from what this country experienced in November of 2016. Everyone had completely lost their sanity! I held the belief that everyone would rather fight than laugh and move on. So I was extremely anxious of not only writing this story but showing it to others-- and I never hold back. I've created shows with stories that include Gay Priests, Jesus doing hard drugs, couples defecating on each other for sexual pleasure... and the list goes on of crude and offensive material. But, for once I felt a dread that I had never felt before as a writer.
Seven months later we have a play at the Hollywood Fringe Festival. This was a very difficult play to put on stage. The narrative alone requires a unique creativity and focus in which we center not only on the election of Donald Trump but a look at other undesirable leaders. Set in a mocumentary style including musical and dance numbers. This production brings a unique story line that I hope pushes the audience to not take it so serious. This play is silly, vulgar, and at times thought provoking... maybe. The Defecate-ables alone should be a title that encourages the audience to not take things so seriously. This is a fun play that has no political agenda. There is no propaganda to be forced or hammered into people's minds. You can go to Facebook and Twitter for that. The Defecate-ables is only to poke fun at the silliness of the Election. I hope everyone can relax and laugh even though our future may look daunting.
Enjoy the show,
Mark Anthony Smith
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