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Staged reading of Bob Borrmann's & Luca Stein's THE DEATH OF COMEDY
Part of our STAGED READING series. Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 7:30p, The Club: The Death of Comedy by Bob Borrmann and Luca Stein.
One of the main priorities of the Club is to be an incubator and meeting place for Los Angeles’s incredible creative scene of filmmakers, writers, designers, actors, artists, of all stripes. We want folks to meet, mix, mingle, and create the next great projects together.
We’re super excited to host our very first STAGED READING of a work in progress by two of LA’s super talented up and coming comedy writers: Bob Borrmann & Luca Stein. Their TV pilot Dead John was picked up in 2018 and developed at Hulu.
We’re grateful for the honor to host the staged reading of their next work in progress. We’ll have a super talented team of actors reading the script at the club in front of you, the audience. And it will be a chance for the audience and creatives to mix and mingle.
Here’s a synopsis: The Death of Comedy, the latest script from Bob Borrmann and Luca Stein.
Comedy is dying. A mysterious masked killer is on the loose in Hollywood, murdering A-list comedians. With the police at at a loss, the only people who can see the pattern and solve the crime are two struggling, embittered comedy writers.
In order to unmask the killer, Bob and Luca must become self-made detectives, while simultaneously navigating their way through the ridiculous practices of the entertainment industry. Will they save comedy, or will their insecurities and pathetic jealousies get in the way – or worse, ruin their careers?
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So join us Tuesday, March 3, 2020 @ 7:30p for our very first staged reading. We’ll have concessions and all the regular theater amenities at end. And who knows? Maybe you’ll meet your next writing partner, TV creative, and start in on your own script!
Bio:
Bob Borrmann and Luca Stein are both graduates of the Dramatic Writing program at New York University, where they met and formed a writing partnership. In addition to The Death of Comedy, they have written The Carpet Store, and the TV pilots Sons of Liberty, Debt, Hip Dad, and Dead John, the last of which won the 2015 New York TV Festival award for Best Writing and was developed at Hulu in 2018. In 2019, they performed The Art of Collaboration: A Masterclass with Bob and Luca at the Comedy Central Theater.
Staged Reading Cast:
Bob Borrmann
Adlee Fayyaz (Reversal, The Fifty Cent Smile)
Andrew Hawkes (Cops and Friends of Cops [VS Theatre Company], Bug [Lost Angels Theatre Company], The Good Steno [The Hayworth Theatre])
Matt Porter (5 Doctors, New Timers)
Samantha Robinson (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Cam, The Love Witch)
Olivia Sandoval (A Simple Favor, For the People, Fargo)
Luca Stein
Max Winkler (Director of Flower and Ceremony)
Best always,
Craig Hammill
35mm Secret Movie Club Founder.Programmer
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We will screen a movie digitally if its original medium was digital. This usually means that we screen what’s called a DCP or Digital Cinema Print. Almost all movies shot in recent years are digital and screen on DCPs.
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CONCESSIONS: The Vista Concessions counter is open for all our events. So you will always have access to popcorn, soda, candy, coffee the works!
We strive to have concessions of some kind at all our events regardless of venue.
PARKING/PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION:
The Vista & Los Feliz 3 have no dedicated parking lots. Thankfully, there is parking in the residential areas around both theatres. Just plan to get to the theater 20 minutes early so you have enough time to park, walk to the theater, get your tickets, get a seat.
Make sure you read the street signs! A few streets are permit-only parking. We don’t want any Secret Movie Clubbers getting parking tickets.
There are many great public transportation options near the Vista & Los Feliz 3 including a Metro subway stop at the Vermont/Sunset station which is about 4 blocks from the Vista Theater.
The Secret Movie Club (1917 Bay Street, 2nd Floor, LA, CA 90021) has no dedicated parking lot. However, most folks can find free parking on side streets as well as a paid parking lot just two blocks away at the intersection of Mateo & Violet.
The Palace Theatre has no dedicated parking lot. However, most folks opt to park at the Pershing Square Parking Lot:
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