Fake Gallery (Los Angeles, CA)
The Fake Gallery hosts Happy Hour, a pair of nationally-acclaimed one-man shows by veteran comics. Jim DeCroteau presents The Bar Guy, in which he portrays an opinionated tavern-dweller; it recently had a successful run in Boston. The other show, Just Add Waterman, chronicles David Waterman's transformation from drug addiction to a life as a drug abuse prevention counselor.
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David Earl Waterman is one of the funniest comics I've seen in a loooong time! He is full comedy from body language and vocal intonation to quirky delivery and subtext. I LOVED it!
David Waterman is brilliant. What an amazing show! Only one week left--August 13th. Get there!
The Bar Guy
written by and starring Jim DeCroteau
Directed by Suzy Nakamura
Jim DeCroteau brings his critically acclaimed one character play "The Bar Guy" back to Los Angeles after a successful run in Boston. DeCroteau stars as Jeff Tabor, a barfly who frequents his neighborhood pub to dispense his thoughts and opinions to all who care to listen. …and to some who don't. Tabor sees himself as friend to all and a welcome member of his bar community. But, we soon discover that he is in a world of his own as he comes up with excuses as to why no one ever talks to him much less asks him to be in the football pool. Over the course of a year in the bar, and with some carefully placed flashbacks, we see Tabor’s life fall apart as his delusions isolate him further and further from the reality of his insignificance and anonymity. DeCroteau brings incredible warmth and lovability to a character that lacks the self awareness for self pity. By the end of the performance, you feel more uplifted by his impenetrable optimism than sorry for him. Directed by Suzy Nakamura from “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, “The Bar Guy” has been performed at the Steve Allen Theatre in Los Angeles and the Off Broadway Theater in Boston
Just Add Waterman
written by and starring David Earl Waterman
Directed by P.F. Kozlowski
Remember "The Drug Talk" you had with your parents before the prom, or when that cop showed up to your 5th grade class with a bag full of mock drugs and scary stories about drug dealers? For many of you, the information was sketchy or seemed a little over the top. Statistics suggest that the drug education you got had little or no effect on your decision to "experiment" with drugs. Actor/Counselor David Earl Waterman was one such youth who entered the drug scene at age 13 only to end up 20 years later wandering aimlessly along the 101 freeway seriously considering walking in front of a tractor trailer due to the effects of addiction. Today; clean and sober for 11 years, Waterman still dabbles in show biz (The Sarah Silverman Program, Mind of Mencia, The Drew Carey Show) but finds his true calling is traveling around the world telling kids how f#*ked up he was before his recovery. This summer, Waterman brings his expertise as a drug abuse prevention specialist along with his love for sketch comedy and theater to the Fake Gallery for a one-person show he calls "Just add Waterman." You'll laugh and learn while Waterman confronts all the demons he's been wrestling with since that first high!
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