Monday, April 29, 2013

Crumble Reviews

Now that we are two weekends in, people are starting to talk. People.. who write for things on the interweb. For the most part, I like what I'm reading. My favorite - seeing our photo shoot pictures IN PRINT in USC's newspaper, The Daily Trojan. The review was by no means golden literature (due to some contradictions and faulty logic) but the IN PRINT aspect made the whole thing so romantic. Newspapers are like men who never leave the house without a hat. Neither the item nor the style are necessary anymore; technology and social customs have changed all that, but don't they just scream classic? Tangent. Anyway, here's some pulled SHELLY IS AWESOME quotes and links to the full reviews. I'll keep adding to this as they come out!

"Shelly Hacco (who also produced) delivers a standout performance as a grieving, borderline-manic adolescent.  Her comic timing is pitch-perfect in those early scenes that depict the ridge between herself and her mother thereby setting up the story’s conflict.  Even after the laughs subside, the aura of anxiety, left onstage for the actors to work with by her tornado-like tirades, is tangible." - LIFE IN LA PUBLISHING
Full review...

"The most haunting moments are centered around Hacco, who plays a convincing 11-year old oddball who creates satanic tea parties for her dolls." - DAILY TROJAN
Full review...

"Hacco’s Janice is an impressive mix of irrational and sympathetic. She grasps the pre-teen gait without making it too much of a caricature." - FRONTIERS IN LA
Full review...

"Shelly Hacco is believable as the precocious but unhappy Janice, whose ostracization at school and unhappiness at home have driven her to live in a primitive, hallucinatory state." -BC BLOG CRITICS (STAGE MAGE)
Full review...

"Spectacular acting skills from the likes of Stephen Kline as the Apartment and Heidi Rhodes as the mother, along with Shelly Hacco as Janice, only make this difficult and painful production a truly beautiful piece of art." - THE CALIFORNIA THEATRE CRITIC
Full review...

"It was the best play I’ve seen in Los Angeles." - LA SPLASH
Full review...

GOOD TIMES!

Tuesday, April 23, 2013

CRUMBLE is officially OPEN!

Oh jesus. I have a lot to report. Not only did we make it to the $3350 Indiegogo goal, we opened this past weekend without a hitch. I'm still in shock about the whole thing. Serious. Shock. As usual, tech week was a bit nightmare-ish. Despite our headstart, the set was still incomplete at our dress rehearsal and the sound was non-existent. The amazing Danny Cistone worked his last minute magic though and the results are nothing short of phenomenal. The set holds many surprises and the soundscape is so inventively eerie, I can't help but smile at how cool it all is. This first review by Frontiers in LA had a ton of great things to say about this aspect of the show (and a thing or two about yours truly!) Frontiers in LA "Crumble" Review

I meant to release our promo pictures as they became ready but with all the commotion, I'm lucky my head is still on straight. (Side note: Since I've been writing a lot of thanks yous and promotional copy for this thing, I've noticed that my writing style has become pretty grandma-ish. i.e. full of old cliches and catchy say-isms. This needs to stop. Now.) Let me re-phrase that last part in my normal custom - I meant to release the promo pictures earlier but I've been so fucking busy, I haven't had time to eat or poop. Here they are though, in all their wacky glory.

Now Open @ Theatre 68
5419 W. Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90027
Running until May 18th, 2013
Fridays/ Saturdays - 8pm
Sundays - 6pm

Stephen Kline as "The Apartment"

Julianna Bolles-Morrison as "Barbara"
Bill Doherty Jr. as "Father/Justin Timberlake/Harrison Ford"
Shelly Hacco as "Janice"

Heidi Rhodes as "Mother"

Stephen Kline (Apartment), Bill Doherty Jr. (Father), & Heidi Rhodes (Mother)