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 When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes very wrong, the accompanying explosions wake up something very old that has been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people go to when they desperately want to believe in something.
ROAD THEATRE COMPANY
Presents the Second Show of its 2024-2025 Season…
The West Coast Premiere of
SLEEPING GIANT
Written by Steve Yockey
Directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky
Limited Engagement Opens Friday, January 24
at the Road Theatre in North Hollywood
THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY and Taylor Gilbert, Founder/Artistic Director together with Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, announce the second show of its 2024-2025 season, the West Coast premiere of SLEEPING GIANT, written by Steve Yockey (Mercury, “The Flight Attendant”) and directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky (Mercury, The Civil Twilight). SLEEPING GIANT will open on Friday, January 24 at 8pm and perform through Sunday, February 23 at 2pm at the Road Theatre, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.
When a firework-filled marriage proposal goes very wrong, the accompanying explosions wake up something very old that has been sleeping in the nearby lake for thousands of years. What follows are intimate, darkly comic and sometimes startling vignettes about the lengths people go to when they desperately want to believe in something.
ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM AND CAST
STEVE YOCKEY (Playwright) is a Los Angeles-based writer. His plays Pluto, Bellwether, Afterlife, Octopus, Large Animal Games, Subculture, Cartoon, Very Still & Hard to See, Blackberry Winter, The Thrush & The Woodpecker, The Fisherman’s Wife, Wolves, Disassembly, Niagara Falls, Reykjavík, Sleeping Giant, Subculture, and Curiosities are published and licensed by Concord Theatricals. He holds an MFA from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts. Steve recently adapted the NYT Times Bestseller The Maid by Nita Prost into a film for Universal Studios and is working on the horror comedy Violent Shimizu Wants Revenge for Sister Studio. In television, he was a Co-Executive Producer on the series “Supernatural” and is the Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated creator/showrunner of HBO Max’s darkly comedic thriller “The Flight Attendant.” He is also the creator/showrunner of Netflix’s “Dead Boy Detectives,” adapted from the cult Vertigo/DC comic.
ANN HEARN TOBOLOWSKY (Director) recently directed the World Premiere of Shem Bitterman's The Civil Twilight at The Broadwater Theater in Hollywood. Previously at The Road Theatre: Mercury by Steve Yockey, Scintilla, by Alessandro Camon and Through the Eye of a Needle by Jami Brandli. In 2021, in the middle of the pandemic, Ann directed Reykjavík by Steve Yockey at The Road, which was filmed live, going on to win the award for Best Stage Play at the Swedish International Film Festival and Ediplay International Film Festival. She has directed numerous readings for The Road’s festivals. At Theatre 40: The Half Light, Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Silent Sky, Good People, As Good As Gold, Bus Stop, Holy Days, Driving Miss Daisy, and Another Part of the Forest. For Skylight Theatre, play readings by Shem Bitterman, Wendy Kout, Anna Mathias.
The Cast of SLEEPING GIANT features: Jacqueline Misaye as “The Naif,” Eric Patrick Harper as “The Raconteur,” Justin Lawrence Barnes as “The Messenger,” and Andrea Flowers as “The Convert.”
The Design Team for SLEEPING GIANT is as follows: Scenic Design by Katrina Coulourides Lighting Design by Derrick McDaniel Projection Design by Ben Rock Sound Design by David B. Marling Costume Design by Mylette Nora, and the Properties Design by Scottie Nevil. The Production Stage Manager is Maurie Gonzalez. SLEEPING GIANT is produced by Danna Hyams and Taylor Gilbert.
SCHEDULE AND PRICING
SLEEPING GIANT will open on Friday, January 24 at 8pm (press opening) and perform through Sunday, February 23 at the Road Theatre, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.
Performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm. There will be two captioned performances for the deaf and hard of hearing communities on Saturday, February 1 at 8pm and Sunday, February 8 at 2pm.
Tickets available online at roadtheatre.org: or call 818-761-8838.
Tickets: $15.00 (Previews) $39.00 (General Admission) $25.00 (Seniors) $17 (Students).
For more information, photos, press interviews or for press comps, please contact David Elzer/DEMAND PR at 818/508-1754 or at davidelzer@me.com.
Presenter / Producer: The Road Theatre Company
Listed Categories
Theater > Theatrical Comedy
Event Phone: 818-761-8838 x10747
Venue
The Road Theatre
10747 Magnolia Blvd.
North Hollywood CA 90046
Regions:
North Hollywood / Burbank / Glendale
Performance Dates: 1/24/2025 - 2/23/2025
Friday, 01/24/2025
Saturday, 01/25/2025
Sunday, 01/26/2025
Friday, 01/31/2025
Saturday, 02/01/2025
Sunday, 02/02/2025
Friday, 02/07/2025
Saturday, 02/08/2025
Sunday, 02/09/2025
Friday, 02/14/2025
Saturday, 02/15/2025
Sunday, 02/16/2025
Friday, 02/21/2025
Saturday, 02/22/2025
Sunday, 02/23/2025
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Performance Times
Opens: Friday, January 24 at 8pm (Press Opening)
Runs: Friday, January 24, 2025 – Sunday, February 23, 2025
Performances are Fridays & Saturdays at 8pm Sundays at 2pm
There will be two captioned performances for the deaf and hard of hearing communities on Saturday, February 1 at 8pm and Sunday, February 8
at 2pm.
The Road Theatre, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony,
10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.
Ticket Information:
Tickets: $39.00 (General Admission)
$25.00 (Seniors)
$17.00 (Students)
$15.00 (Previews)
Tickets available online at:
ww.roadtheatre.org or call 818-761-8838.
roadtheatre.org
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