Bakersfield Mist: Acclaimed New Comedy About Art
Fountain Theatre (5060 Fountain Ave Los Angeles, CA 90029)
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The last date listed for Bakersfield Mist was Saturday December 17, 2011 / 2:00pm.
Goldstar Member Tips
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Goldstar Member on What to Wear
Very casual hollywood crowd
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GT on Other
Seats were pretty narrow, but the view was good even from the back row.
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Goldstar Member on Where to Park
Ton's of street parking too
53 Goldstar Member Reviews
terry
Bakersfield Mist is as good as theater gets. Impeccable actors delivering a great script. Easy to see why it's already won a bunch of awards.Written on Jun 06 2011
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Remarkable performances by both actors! A major treat.Written on Oct 31 2011
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Thoroughly enjoyed every aspect of this show. It is one where you think about it long after. Another great show at the Fountain!Written on Oct 24 2011
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Alan Trevor
Wonderful acting. This theatre always does first class productions.Written on Oct 21 2011
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More Information About Bakersfield Mist
Website
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Quotes & Highlights
- This play is part of the National New Play Network's 2011 Rolling World Premieres program.
- Actors Jenny O'Hara and Nick Ullett have been married since 1986 and have three children together. Read a LA Stage Times profile of the couple.
- Visit writer-director Stephen Sachs' website for photos and bio information.
- "It's exhilarating in the extreme when a world premiere strikes rich on every conceivable level. Such is the case with Stephen Sachs' Bakersfield Mist at the Fountain." --Los Angeles Times (Critic's Choice)
- "A triumph... Even though the year is but halfway through, Los Angeles seems unlikely to see a more deftly crafted item than writer-director Stephen Sachs' absorbing, hilarious two-hander ... Hugely gratifying!" --Back Stage (Critic's Pick)
- "A knockout punch." --ReviewPlays.com (Pick of the Week)
- "Sachs directs the two-hander with an abundance of spirit, smartly letting the outstanding actors brawl and emote with delightful abandon... O'Hara brings a gleeful raunchiness to Maude throughout." --LA Weekly (Go!)
- "A brilliant new play written and directed by Stephen Sachs ... consistently spectacular ... a tour de force ... Jenny O'Hara and Nick Ullett are impeccable actors and they respond wholeheartedly to each other, to Sachs' keen direction, and to his incomparable dialogue and humor." --Examiner.com
- "A knock out punch! Wonderful! Classic theatre! Jenny O'Hara and Nick Ullett are such excellent actors ... a great comedy couple ... keeps the audience howling with laughter." --ReviewPlays
- "A brilliant new play ... Jenny O'Hara and Nick Ullett bring this quirky story beautifully to life. This is the Real McCoy. The Art of Theatre, when presented with such care, as this show is, is undeniable." --LAOnStage.com
Description
The world premiere of Bakersfield Mist, a funny, touching and thought-provoking new comedy about art by Stephen Sachs is next up at the multiple award-winning Fountain Theatre. Starring veteran actors Jenny O’Hara and Nick Ullett and directed by Sachs, Bakersfield Mist is the first in a series of productions set to take place at regional theaters across the U.S. as part of a National New Play Network rolling world premiere.
Bakersfield Mist is a lively comedy inspired by true events. Maude Gutman, an unemployed ex-bartender living in a run down California trailer park, believes the painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered masterpiece worth millions. When stuffy New York art expert Lionel Percy arrives to evaluate the work, a fiery battle erupts over class, truth, value, and the meaning of art.
Stephen Sachs is a multi-award winning playwright and director. As a playwright, Sachs is the author of eight plays produced around the country: Bakersfield Mist (NNPN Rolling World premiere at 8 theaters nationwide), Miss Julie: Freedom Summer (Fountain Theatre, Vancouver Playhouse, Canadian Stage Company, LA Drama Critics Circle award and LA Weekly award nominations for Best Adaptation), Gilgamesh (Theatre @ Boston Court), Open Window (Pasadena Playhouse, Media Access award for Theater Excellence), Central Avenue (PEN USA Literary Award finalist, Back Stage Garland award, Best Play), Sweet Nothing in My Ear (PEN USA Literary Award finalist, Media Access award, NEA grant award), Mother's Day, The Golden Gate (Best Play, Drama-Logue), and The Baron in the Trees. He wrote the teleplay for Sweet Nothing in My Ear for Hallmark Hall of Fame which aired on CBS starring Marlee Matlin and Jeff Daniels.
As a director, Sachs recently directed the U.S. premiere of The Train Driver by Athol Fugard and Warren Leight's Side Man, starring Christine Lahti and Tony-winner Frank Wood, for LA Theatre Works. Sachs was nominated for the SDC Foundation's 2009 Zelda Fichandler Award, honoring outstanding stage directors in the Western United States. Sachs co-founded The Fountain Theatre with Deborah Lawlor in 1990.
Jenny O’Hara (Maude Gutman) has starred on Broadway in the female version of The Odd Couple; The Iceman Cometh; Promises, Promises; The Kid; and The Fig Leaves Are Falling. Off Broadway credits include John Guare’s New York Actor; Steve Martin’s Wasp; Peter Hedges’ Good as New; EST’s Marathon ’93; and Allan Miller’s The Fox. Regional and Los Angeles: Mother’s Brief Affair (South Coast Rep); A Skull in Connemara; The Last Seder; Little Egypt, The Musical; The Bold Girls (Matrix); The Body Of Bourne (Taper); Lanford Wilson’s Sympathetic Magic; the LADCC-nominated Book Of Days at Theatre Tribe; and the Drama-Logue award-winning The Fox. Recent TV credits: NCIS, The Closer, House, Cold Case, CSI, Nip/Tuck, Grey’s Anatomy, Ghost Whisperer, Six Feet Under, The Practice, and If These Walls Could Talk 2. Films: M. Night Shyamalan’s Devil; Heartbeat, Ridley Scott’s The Matchstick Men, Clint Eastwood’s Mystic River, Forty Shades of Blue, Two Weeks, Jonathan Toomey, How To Make Love To A Woman, Hit List, Extract, Angie, and Career Opportunities. She is a founding member of Ensemble Studio Theatre in N.Y.C. and L.A., and a member of the Matrix and Theatre Tribe Companies.
Nick Ullett (Lionel Percy) has appeared on Broadway in Me and My Girl and Loot. Off Broadway credits include Tooth and Claw (Ensemble Studio Theatre), Laughing Matters (Primary Stages), The Importance of Being Earnest (Samuel Beckett Theatre) and Cole Porter's Gay Divorce (Carnegie Hall). California audiences have seen Nick on stage at the Mark Taper Forum, South Coast Rep, La Jolla Playhouse, Laguna Playhouse, Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA, Greenway Court Theatre, and the Zephyr, among many others. Some of his most memorable roles include the Pinball Wizard in The Who's Tommy at Hollywood's Aquarius Theatre, the pirate jailer in Stephen Speilberg's Hook, one of the more bizarre of Murphy Brown's secretaries, and as an irritant to Tim Allen on one of the final episodes of Home Improvement. His solo show, Dying is Easy… Comedy is Hard had a run at L.A.’s Matrix Theatre last fall. Radio listeners may recognize his voice as a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered.