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Join us for our next free play reading and
go back in time to January 1942, as M.G.M. "fixers"
Eddie Mannix and Howard Strickling converge at the El Rancho Hotel in
Las Vegas with the studio's top star, Clark Gable, after a plane
carrying his wife, actress Carole Lombard, goes missing in the nearby
mountains. Charged with managing the crisis and getting Gable back to
work, the two fixers clash over motives, methods, and morals—while
all three fight to survive. King of the Hollywood Fixers by
Douglas J. Cohen is a compelling look at the intersections of fame,
loss and personal responsibility in an era when image was paramount
and few could reveal their true selves.
We've gathered an exciting group
of industry professionals for the reading. The cast will feature
Briga Heelan, who recently starred as Cinderella
in Once Upon a One More Time on Broadway and
appeared on TV's Cougar Town and Ground
Floor, and Robert Sella, whose
many Broadway credits include Flying Over Sunset, Sideman
and Cabaret. Rounding out the cast are Larry
Mitchell (TV’s Paterno, Zero Day, We Own This City;
theater: 17 Minutes, off-Broadway and Edinburgh Fringe
Festival), and Mike Giese (Triptych,
The Barrow Group) who has appeared on TV’s Nurse
Jackie, and in multiple short and feature length films,
most recently Life Hack.
While the reading is free, donations will be gratefully accepted. We
hope to see you Monday, April 14th at 7pm at Hamilton Stage.
