Horrifying Comedy Slasher from Zephyr on Melrose
Zephyr Theatre (7456 Melrose Ave. Hollywood, CA 90046)
- Full Price:
- $20.00 - $25.00
- Our Price:
- FREE - $12.50*
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All offers for Slasher have expired.
The last date listed for Slasher was Sunday November 22, 2009 / 7:00pm.
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- Full Price:
- $25.00
- Our Price:
- $12.50
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Goldstar Member Tips
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MattCA on What to Wear
Casual. I was in shorts and a t-shirt and felt right at home.
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SLASHER on Where to Eat
The Zephyr on Melrose does not sell wine or beer. The 2 BUCK CHUCK for $3.00 is incorrect.
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MattCA on Other
Liked the venue. Unique U-shaped seating. Seats are slightly bigger than a lot of smaller theaters.
Goldstar Member Reviews
MattCA
I am not quite sure what I expected, but this somehow fell a little flat for me. I liked aspects of it, but other parts of the story seemed, well, confusing and conceived just for the sake of filling in the blanks. Not enough *WOW* for a play called "Slasher", IMHO. The soundtrack was great and the sets were perfect. The script needs a re-write to simplify and strengthen. A good time though. 2.5 stars (not quite 3), and a thumbs up for effort and polish on the part of the cast and crew. Talent carried this one. Leads are strong, especially the mother.Written on Oct 26 2009
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cacheer986
Overall I really enjoyed this show. The acting was strong especially the assistant and the girl playing multiple parts. The starlet wasn't as good as i thought she could be but with the rest of the cast being so strong it didn't matter. As far as there "not being enough blood and gore from a play called Slasher", there was enough for what the play called for. It is a play about a D- list Hollywood director making a horror film. In a film of such a low budget they aren't going to have these intense gory death scenes. So I think what the director did with the props was exact to what was being called for in this play. I have to admit I wasn't expecting much with this show and they blew me away. I'm actually considering seeing it again.Written on Oct 31 2009
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charles Belenky
More stupid than funny, but has they say, dieing is easy, comedy is hard.Written on Oct 26 2009
Good try.
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Luis M.
Who thought being slashed, impaled and chained up could be so funny? Slasher was great fun. The comedy was poignant and very real. The use of the set to create the illusion of multiple spaces on the same stage and with such limited props was amazing. If you're thinking about going - just go - you won't regret it.Written on Oct 24 2009
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More Information About Slasher
Website
http://www.slashertheplayla.com
Description
Written by Allison Moore
Directed by Lee Sankowich
Playwright Allison Moore captivated audiences at the 2009 Humana Festival with this edgy, satirical and laugh-out-loud thriller, Slasher. This Halloween, The Zephyr on Melrose Theatre brings to Los Angeles all the hilarity, blood, and gore of Moore’s witty and brilliantly written black comedy. Slasher is the story of a D-list Hollywood movie director, Marc Hunter, who goes to Texas to shoot "Bloodbath," a low-budget slasher flick. After he loses his 'name actress' he hires a local “Hooter” waitress, Sheena McKinney, as ‘The Last Girl’ to be killed, which unleashes her 'invalid' mother's thwarted feminist rage. The ensuing events -- comical, intense, and emotional -- result in a degree of horror Marc could never have imagined.
Allison Moore is a displaced Texan living in Minneapolis, where she is a Core Member of The Playwrights' Center. Her plays include Hazard County, Eighteen, Urgent Fury, The Strange Misadventures of Patty, Cow Town, and American Klepto. Her work has been developed or read at the O'Neill Playwrights Conference, Williamstown Theatre Festival, InterAct Theatre, and Manhattan Theatre Club; and produced at the Cherry Lane Alternative, Kitchen Dog Theatre, Actor's Express, Actors Theatre of Louisville, and The Playwrights' Center, among others. Ms. Moore has received two Jerome Fellowships, a McKnight Advancement Grant, and the Iowa Arts Fellowship. She is a graduate of Southern Methodist University, and received her MFA from the Iowa Playwrights Workshop.
After serving for 16 years as Artistic Director of the Marin Theatre Co., Lee Sankowich resigned to return to producing and directing independently. Among the 45 plays he directed there were two world premieres of previously unproduced Tennessee Williams' plays. His career got off to a jump start with his successful productions of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest which ran for two and a half years in New York, five and a half years in San Francisco, a year and a half in Boston, and in Israel. In all, he did eleven productions of the play. Since then he has worked in Regional Theatres across the country including Baltimore Center Stage, The Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, Florida Stage, Geva, Jewish Repertory Theatre, City Theatre, Pittsburgh Public Theatre where he was a Resident Director, and was an Associate Professor of Drama at Carnegie Mellon University. Lee directed the seven-month run of The Last Schwartz in 2007-8 and most recently Someone's Somebody at the Zephyr. Among his several awards, he has been the recipient of four San Francisco Bay Area Drama Critics Awards for Direction. Lee owns and operates the Zephyr Theatre.