Edgy Scam Comedy greedy (With psych's Maggie Lawson) at El Centro Theatre
El Centro Theatre - Circle Stage (800 N. El Centro Hollywood, CA 90038)
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- $20.00
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The last date listed for greedy was Saturday January 29, 2011 / 8:00pm.
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15 Goldstar Member Reviews
Sammy Green
This was more like an TV action movie than a quality play. A lot of traffic in a very small set, a lot of boring dialogue and movements. I think most of the casts did not really believe in what they were playing and talking.Written on Jan 10 2011
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terry
Well written, produced, acted and directed. Great entertainment.Written on Jan 17 2011
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Arvee
Love the set and lighting design. The continuous sound of rain/water made me want to pee the whole time though. Okay for the price we paid.Written on Feb 02 2011
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Amy
As fan of Psych, our family looked forward to seeing this play. The actors were great, sets very inventive, directing and technical were fine. The story, a good concept but there were some muddling areas which could use some rework.Written on Jan 27 2011
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More Information About greedy
Website
http://www.reddogsquadron.com/productions/#greedy
Quotes & Highlights
- Visit Playwright Karl Gajdusek's website.
Description
Five people struggle with greed, hope, desire and integrity in the wake of an emailed plea for money that promises big returns. Is it a scam or a golden opportunity? Red Dog Squadron presents the West Coast premiere of greedy by Karl Gajdusek. Red Dog Squadron Co-Artistic Director James Roday directs a cast that includes Amanda Detmer, Kurt Fuller, Peter Mackenzie, Ivana Milicevic, Brad Raider and Roday’s co-star on the USA series psych, Maggie Lawson.
“I’m fascinated by Nigerian scam letters and, even more, by the psychology of the victims,” explains Gajdusek, who has done some significant rewriting since the play’s Off Broadway premiere and is collaborating closely with Roday and co-artistic director Brad Raider on this production. “These people who’ve lost everything in these schemes. What causes them to engage in the first place? Sure, money, but that's just the entry point. What's going on in their hearts once they realize they’ve been taken, but are incapable of admitting it to themselves and so keep getting in deeper?
"Greed seems to be the last remaining value we share as a culture, and we will go through incredible contortions to chase a pile of money, or to feel that we are doing something ‘large’ with our lives – what I call a kind of ‘greed of the spirit.’ ”
“Is there such a thing as a truly unselfish act?” asks Roday, who is best known to TV audiences for his role as Shawn Spencer in the USA Network original series psych, and to theater audiences for his performance as Finn opposite Michael Weston in last season’s Extinction. “You might think you know the score – who’s greedy and who’s not. But this play looks at living in the gray area. You might be wrong.”
Greedy follows on the heels of Red Dog Squadron's wildly successful world premiere production of Extinction, which transferred from the Elephant Space in Hollywood to the Cherry Lane Theatre in New York.
“After Extinction, we wanted to find something equally exciting for our next production,” says Raider. “When we came across greedy, we immediately recognized richly drawn characters, complex themes, and a dark, subversive humor to which we’re both naturally drawn.”
Greedy was the first recipient of the Clubbed Thumb Biennual Playwright Commission, part of the four-time OBIE Award-winning company’s mission to commission, develop, and produce “funny, strange, and provocative new plays by living American writers.” The play received a four-week workshop production as part of the company’s 12th annual Summerworks festival of new plays.
Variety wrote, “Production (and [prize-winning] dough) were fairly earned for show's nose-thumbing attitude toward greedy buyers and selfish sellers of dubious commodities… there’s a certain nasty fun in watching these victims squirm… the playwright scores with highly theatrical moments.”
Karl Gajdusek’s plays have been produced across the country and in New York, including FUBAR, Fair Game; Silverlake; North; Minneapolis; Dr.s F.s in the Terminal Ward; Big Sun Setting Fast; The Gilded Garden of Patchew; Malibu; and Waco, Texas, Mon Amour. In L.A., FUBAR was recently produced by Theatre of NOTE. Karl’s feature screenplay Trespass recently finished production and he is a writer on the upcoming films Unknown White Male and The Mechanic. He was a story editor on Showtime’s Dead Like Me, creating four of the 2004 season episodes. He is the recipient of the 1991 Jacob K. Javits fellowship, the 1996-97 & 1998-99 Jerome Fellowships, the 1997 McKnight Screenwriting Fellowship, the 2000 McKnight Advancement Grant, and the 2005 Clubbed Thumb Biennual Commission.
James Roday is best known as Shawn Spencer in the USA Network original series psych, which has just been picked up for its sixth season, and he has also directed several of the episodes. Last year, he starred in Red Dog Squadron's acclaimed, world premiere production of Extinction, which moved from Los Angeles to an Off Broadway run at the Cherry Lane Theatre. Also for Red Dog, he performed in Sexual Perversity in Chicago, and he wrote and directed sustenance which starred Amanda Detmer and Brad Raider. New York theater credits include The Three Sisters; Twelfth Night; A Respectable Wedding; and Severity's Mistress. Roday starred in Wim Wenders' Don't Come Knocking, Rolling Kansas directed by Thomas Haden Church, and the Warner Bros. film adaptation of The Dukes of Hazzard, as Billy Prickett. In addition to acting and directing, Roday co-wrote both the Season 1 and 2 finales of psych as well as other episodes in later seasons.