The Late, Late Show
“Premiere:
Bootleg Theater, Los Angeles, CA
October 31, 2013
TEAM: Paul Outlaw (concept, script, original songs); Asher Hartman (staging); Jonathan Snipes and William Hutson (musical score, sequencing and keyboard programming); François-Pierre Couture (scenic and lighting design); Angi Bell Ursetta (costume design Act I), Brian Getnick (costume design Act II) and Victorian Emporium, Lauren Nakagawa and Ray Busmann (costuming Act III); Jessica Emmanuel (choreography); Circular Rhythm Productions (sound); Joe Seely (set decoration—Acts I and III); Don Snodgrass (coffin prop); Jasmine Orpilla (vocal coaching); Jeremy Arambulo (original artwork); Ray Busmann (program design)
Performers: Cristina Bercovitz (computer voice); Derek Chariton (Victor), Owen Clapp (bass), David Crittendon (piano), Ian Harrower (drums), Casey James Holmberg (Killer) and Paul Outlaw (Perry Cooper/Porphyria/Porphyrion)
Production Stage Manager: Meirav Rotstein
Assistant Stage Manager: Nina Bowers
Produced by OutlawPlay and Bootleg Theater”
This experimental promenade play with music follows a vampire’s journey from slave to abolitionist to undead entertainer, each of its three acts performed in a different location inside and outside the venue. The Late, Late Show showcases the work of three generations of Los Angeles-based theater artists, visual artists and musicians.
“A fantasia spanning three acts and three vastly different time periods in the life of 300-year-old former slave Porphyrion, the piece is a playground for visual exploration.”
- Mayank Keshaviah, LA Weekly
“The Late, Late Show is constructed in three unique segments, each part featuring aspects of the performer’s prodigious talents. We were amazed and illuminated by the virtuosity on display: whether as a singer, a dramatic player, or outrageous performance artist, Mr. Outlaw is in full command. At once a cri du coeur and tour de force, The Late, Late Show is not be missed!”
- Mark Thompson (Advocate Days and Other Stories) and Malcolm Boyd (Gay Priest: An Inner Journey)
David Jette on The Late, Late Show
OFFICIAL WEBSITE | ADDITIONAL PHOTOS
The Late, Late Show was developed over several years in a series of workshop productions (directed by Patrick Kennelly) and work-in-progress showings at Highways Performance Space and Gallery in Santa Monica, CA, and as part of the COLA Individual Artist Fellowship Showcases at Grand Performances and Plaza de la Raza in Los Angeles, CA (directed by Asher Hartman):
