SAINT HOLLYWOOD
By Willard Morgan & Jerrold Ziman
Directed by Jim Milton
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JANUARY 25th - FEBRUARY 20th
Mon, Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat 7:00PM
SAINTS OF HOLLYWOOD FASHION SHOW & ART INSTALLATION OPENING
Friday, February 5th 7:00PM
IDEAL GLASS GALLERY
22 EAST 2nd ST. NYC
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WILLARD
MORGAN
actor/director/producer, debuted Saint Hollywood, at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Morgan has appeared in numerous indie features and on theatre and comedy club stages in New York and Los Angeles. His comic personal documentaries have screaned at festivals from Nashville, Tennessee to Milan, Italy, include Festival Fever which won the Sony Visions comedy award, the Best Short award at the Florida International Film Festival and the Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival. Me and Michael, his most controversial comedy feature, turns the camera on Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Michael Moore, who (ironically) dubbed Morgan a 'stalker.' He co-produced Babak Shokrian's feature, America So Beautiful, which opened in Paris, Los Angeles, and New York. Other producing credits include the Broadway debut of The Runner Stumbles and off-Broadway production of Say Goodnight, Gracie, both directed by Austin Pendleton. Misguided Tours, his comedy travel show, is in development. Morgan is always ready to done his super herojump suit and take the stage as Jelvis, the Jewish Elvis.
THE SAINT HOLLYWOOD BAND
GUITAR / MUSIC DIRECTOR: Mack Price
a renowned guitarist and songwriter on the New York music scene. He has worked alongside such greats as Kaki King, Bumblefoot (Guns and Roses), and the legendary Dr. Hollywood. His work in The Prigs, a New York City anomaly, has set him on course to the hall of legends and will echo throughout the ages for all generations to enjoy.
DRUMS : Tom Roslak
is a Musician/Teacher/Producer who resides in New York City. Tom is a recent graduate of the prestigious Berklee College Of Music of which he earned a BA in Music Education.
In the past few years he has toured and recorded extensively. He has performed on upwards of 10 CD's with various artists including his own group with compositions ranging from 70s Rock, Jazz, Post Punk and Reggae. When not on tour he finds himself teaching private students in his studio.He has also performed with the Off Broadway dance sensation Revolution, performed on International Fox Televison, Recorded Commercial Spots and has performed on the Vans 2006 Warped Tour.Recently, Tom is working as a freelance percussionist in NYC.
VOCALS : Sahirah Johnson
Sahirah has been singing and recording professionally since she was 15 years old. She has been on tour with the famous 90s Dance act, DeeLite, and the National Tour of the Broadway show, Rent. Sahirah has recorded for many labels such as Electra, Atlantic, Warner Bros. and Sony Music. When shes not recording or on tour, Sahirah teaches Musical Theater to children throughout the tri-state area.
PIANO / SYNTH BASS : Yuval Semo
is a composer, producer and pianist from Tel Aviv, Israel. He played on various albums and tours, including Kaki King, Sonya Kitchell, The Prigs and more. He is most famous for his extensive work with Papa Pat Prig, for which he won several scholarships and grants. His film scoring career includes releases such as Japanese feature film Faces Of A Fig Tree (staring Japanese Oscar winner Kaori Momoi), documentary Victory Over Darkness, The Evening Journey (a short staring Malcolm Mcdowell and Jack Kehler), the award winning short, Real Magic, and many more.
BACKUP VOCAL : Taylor Greenwood
loves hamburgers.
BACKUP VOCAL (sub) : Shannon Antalan
has been seen on Broadway in Caroline or Change & Xanadu, Off-Broadway: Junie B. Jones & Rosa Parks. 1st National Tour : Hairspray as Lil Inez. A few of Shannons Favorite regional shows: Abyssinia as Abyssinia, High School Musical 1& 2 as Taylor, Yolanda in Crowns and more. She has also been in several commercials. Shannon studied at AMDA and continues her studies at acting studios such as: Penny Templeton Studios, Rodger Simon Studios, and workshops with teachers such as David Cady. She is represented by Bret Adams ltd & Atlas Talent. Theatre is a gift to share and Shannon loves sharing that gift with the world.
BACKUP VOCAL (sub) : Briana Layon
is a graduate of NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. She has appeared in such plays as: Iphigenia and Other Daughters (Electra) Romeo and Juliet (Juliet), and A Night in the Kremlin (Valentina), for which she received a nomination for best lead actress in a musical at the 2009 MITF. Briana has become a regular talent on CBS Radio's Rock Chicks Live! where she can be heard singing her own original music. Thanks to everyone in the St. Hollywood cast.
PRODUCTION
Jerrold Ziman is co-founder of Minetta Street Productions and was a founding partner in Hollywood of BBZ Films with Moritz Borman and Bill Benenson. He has developed, written, directed and produced stage plays and films. He starred in plays on and Off-Broadway, in films, TV series, TV serials and in commercials. Mr. Ziman is CEO of St. Andrews Capital Corp. He is a graduate of Francis W. Parker and has a degree in Philosophy from the University of Chicago..
Jim Milton (Director/Dramaturge) most recently directed The Germans in Paris by Jonathan Leaf and Robinson Jeffers Dear Judas at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. He has directed more than forty professional productions for such theatres as the NY Shakespeare Festival, Cincinnati Playhouse, La MaMa, American Conservatory Theatre, The Production Company, StageWest, The Magic Theatre and National Public Radio. Productions include True West, The Magistrate, A Life in the Theatre, In the Boom Boom Room, The Marriage of Mr. Mississippi, Ghosts, The Gilded Cage, Savage In Limbo, The Rimers of Eldrich, The Miracle Worker, Details Without a Map and Dexter Creed (by and starring Michael Moriarty). As the Artistic Director of Verse Theater Manhattan, he directed VKTMS (Michael McClure), Venus Observed (Christopher Fry), 1953 (Craig Raine), The Urban Stampede (an opera by Andrew Gant and F. D. Reeve), and adapted and directed the American premieres of Kings and War Music (both from Christopher Logues version of The Iliad) (Midwest and UK tours).
Randi Rivera (Asst. Stage Manager) is a director/designer/stage manager/technician from NYC. She is a Hamilton College graduate and studied theater at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama. Randi has proudly worked with many performing arts companies including HERE Arts Center, The Atlantic Theater Company, and Venue13 at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe. She is currently working with choreographer Faye Driscoll on her new work due to debut in March at Dance Theater Workshop. Randi is excited to work with Jim, Jerry, Will and the whole Ideal Glass team!
David Tirosh (Technical Advisor) Originally from Israel, David is a multi-media artist, performer and artistic coordinator. David is the Co-Founder of WAX, a supportive environment that inspires discourse among artists in all media and encourages the creation of new work through presentation, networking, audience building, artist's assistance and public dialogue. After the highly-publicized closing of the WAX facility in November 2004, David continued working as Company Manager of 3-Legged Dog and freelance designer, performer, artistic advisor and media support. He became the Technical Director of Galapagos Art Space in Dumbo and the Managing Director of the HomeBase project. David's work unfolds in various layers of the production process, from concept, to technological implications, to performance and full coordination and realizations of art projects in private and public venues. He is grateful to all the collaborators with whom he had the pleasure of working.
Jorge Emmanuel artist, curator and teacher born in Geneva, Switzerland. Lives and works in Rio de Janeiro and New York. Jorge's work has been exhibited in international shows such as Um Olhar Brasileiro, Ludwig Art Forum (Germany) and is represented in collections including Gilberto Chateaubriand Collection at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro. As a curator, he organized the revealing new artists show Fatos at Paco Imperial, Rio, and the multi-artist public art interventions project Banners, etc with a fellowship from RioArte Rio. As a teacher, he developed the recearch methology Circle of Clay at the School of Visual Arts, Parque Lage, Rio which presented workshops in Brazil, Cuba and Germany.
Scott Needhams most recent lighting designs include: The Arrangement at The Algonquin Theater, Examine Man Theaters The Secret Keeper and When in Disgrace, The Doctor and the Devils at The Milagro Theater, Once and Twice and White Widow with PASSAJJ Productions, The Death of Evie Avery at Looking Glass Theatre and The New School for Drama Theater, Five Women Wearing the Same Dress at Shetler Studios, the Rodney Graham Band at Henry Street Settlement, Matters of the Heart, a benefit for the American Heart Foundation, Little Princess, Oliver!, and A Midsummer Nights Dream at The Chapin School, and the International WOW Companys productions of Surrender and You Belong to Me. Scott has also assisted lighting designers such as Howell Binkley, Marcus Doshi, Frances Aronson, and Ed McCarthy.
Stefanie Koseff (video) is a Brooklyn-based video artist, filmmaker and editor. She holds a Masters degree in Media Philosophy from the European Graduate School. Her work has been shown at the The 3LD Art & Technology Center in New York City, and Open Source Gallery and the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center in Brooklyn, NY.
Uta Paata Bekaia (Fashion Show Designer and Garage Sale Contributor). Born and raised in Tbilisi , Georgia, ex-Soviet Union bloke, Uta has been living and working in New York City since 1998. Primarily a costume designer, he has worked on over 150 projects with theater companies using his background in fashion design. Some of them include: Shaw's Don Juan in Hell, Genet's The Balcony, James Joyce Finnegan's Wake and many others. He worked with director Jim Milton on Michael McClure's VKTMS. Always looking to express his visions and experiment with new ideas, Uta has lent his creative eye to numerous other projects involving fine art, film, interiors and industrial design. His main objective is to find beauty in our surroundings and highlight it for eveeryone to see. http://utajan.tripod.com/utapbekaia/
Christopher North (Sound Design) is a multi-instrumental composer and singer-songwriter based in New York City. His compositions have been performed at venues in Europe (London, Berlin, Edinburgh) and the U.S. (Texas, California, Illinois, Ohio, Hawaii), including collaborations with film makers (Tribeca, Big Apple and SXSW Film Festivals), theater companies (including Workshop Theater, NY and Edinburgh Fringe), choreographers (Wave Hill, Joyce SOHO) and concerts, including the 92nd Street Y. His childrens songs can be heard around the globe on the Disney Channel and the Noggin Network (Oobi). In 2002, he produced and released two albums of his own compositions: Opus Zero, featuring classical chamber music and art songs; and De La Sur, an eclectic rock/soul album on which he played most of the instruments. Recently, hes been focusing on collaborating sound design/ music for the play, The Forever Waltz, by Glyn Maxwell, the score for Angelica Torn's film, Lucky Days, and writer/director Matthew Miele's feature films Everythings Jake, in 2006 and Eavesdrop in September 2007.
Dani Clifford (Assistant Lighting Designer/ME) Lighting Design: Cruising: The Divide, 10 in 10, Stay Tuned, ALD on The Tempest (Actors Theatre of Louisville), Two Small Bodies, The Loveliest Day of the Year (Williamstown Theatre Festival), ALD on Romeo and Juliet (California Shakespeare Theatre). Dani has also worked at New York Stage and Film, The Atlantic Theatre, Roundabout Theatre Company, and Actors Theatres Humana Festival of New American Plays.
Darlene Ken is a mulitmedia designer and artist who divides her time between Los Angeles and New York, Ms. Ken has worked extensively with Ideal Glass Gallery. The Cambodian born artist's body of work includes interior design, lighting, and fine art. The Saint Hollywood installation and set design is her first theatrical effort and she looks forward to further collaborations in film and theatre.
Jessie A. Stead (video) is a multi-purpose artist and experimental motion-picture maker currently based in New York. Recent cinematic involvements have screened at the Museum of Modern Art, International Film Festival Rotterdam, The Times BFI London Film Festival, Anthology Film Archives, The New York Film Festival and have received notable awards including the Ken Burns Award for Best Film at the 45th Ann Arbor Film Festival. Jessie completed an MFA with honors distinction from The Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College in 2007. She is currently writing an experimental feature screenplay and sporadically presenting interdisciplinary work at festivals, art galleries and other miscellaneous and ephemeral venues internationally and in collaboration with other artists and musicians.
Debra Stunich (Production Stage Manager) is thrilled to be living the dream in NYC after originally hailing from sunny Florida. After earning a BA in Theatre from Stetson University, she worked at SeaWorld, Orlando for 3 years, stage managing the dolphin show. FL credits: Joseph/Dreamcoat (Tuscawilla Methodist), Sweeney Todd (Stetson), The Fantasticks (Stetson). NYC credits: Songs for a New World (Chernuchin Theatre), The Vagina Monologues (at New World Stages), Two Spoons (Otherside Productions), Our Country (winner of Best Musical from the Planet Connections Festivity), and The Hole (at Off Broadway venue Theatre _ St. Clements).
Ayaka May Komatsu (photography, graphics) was born in Nashville, TN, and grew up in Tennessee, California and Japan. Currently living and working in New York City as a freelance photographer and art director. Her work has been presented at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, the Osaka Municipal Museum of Art and the Kyoto Metropolitan Museum of Art (Girls Love Moments, RED:WEB), the world biggest photo gallery in Rochester Downtown Wallpaper Project, Gallery Countach (KONONBA). Her awards include prizes from the 34th Japan Advertising Photographers' Association and the Music Power Statio,Music Nation.
www.ayakamay.com
Daniel Koehler (Sound Engineer) is a New York City native and proud disciple of Saint Hollywood. Currently a student of Theater Technology at the City University of New York's Staten Island campus, his favorite sound department credits include: Sex! Drugs! and Ukuleles! (Engineer), The Set Up (Engineer), and the prestigious Drama Desk Awards (Asst. FOH Mixer). Other New York credits include Art's Heart (Lighting Designer) and Vampire Lesbians of Sodom (Stage Manager). His infinite thanks are due to his family, friends, and the entire Saint Hollywood team.
MINETTA STREET PRODUCTIONS
is an entertainment company based in Los Angeles and New York which develops and produces music, stage plays and films. Minetta Street presents performance events and exhibitions at Ideal Glass Gallery in Manhattan's East Village.
SAINT HOLLYWOOD'S LINKS
Ideal Glass Gallery
Minetta Street Productions
Jelvis
Dennis Woodruff
Saint Hollywood Youtube
THE
SAINTS of HOLLYWOOD
FASHION SHOW
February 5, 2009 7:00 PM
The Saints of Hollywood Fashion Show features creations by Uta Bekaia, avant-garde fashion designer and theatre artist from Tibilisi, Georgia. A one-night-only event, this dazzling catwalk bacchanal showcases new designs made fom "stuff" found at L.A. thrift stores and garage sales. Uta's designs are a sequined-and-spiked, unapologetically glamorous vision of transcendence in recycled urban street wear.
