Brett Singer & Associates, LLC
* NOTE:
NEW DIRECTOR AND ADDITIONAL AWARDS FOR PLAYWRIGHT/ACTRESS JENNIFER BOGUSH*
Sumo
Productions, LLC Presents
August 7, 2008 – Jennifer
Bogush's play, TRAFFIC JAM, will be presented as part of
The New York International Fringe Festival (FringeNYC). Ms. Bogush will lead a
cast of three in this new dark comedy.
Performances will be at SoHo Playhouse, located at 15 Vandam
Street. Performances will begin on August 9th
and
will continue through August 22nd.
About The
Play
In TRAFFIC JAM, Cassie, an absolute
train wreck, is eagerly waiting for Death to arrive (in a hospital waiting
room, no less.) When she shows her vulnerability to a handsome stranger named
Gary, he betrays her, like everyone else in her life.
TRAFFIC JAM won 3rd
place in the Playwright’s Theatre's Plays for the 21st Century Contest (Cash
Prize), the Emerging Artist’s (NYC) Contest, and was a Semi-finalist in the
Moondance International Film Festival. The Woolly Mammoth Theater Company was
“impressed by [Traffic Jam’s] humor and the vividness of [the] characters.” Jack Marshall, the Artistic Director of the
Playwright’s Theatre, said, “Jennifer Bogush [is] an extraordinarily talented
playwright. Traffic Jam was beautifully conceived and executed. The
dialog grabs and holds your attention.”
About The Cast and Creative Team
The cast for TRAFFIC JAM will be as follows: The role of
"Gary" will be played by Jeff
Branson, who is best known for his
three years playing "Jonathan Lavery" on the ABC Soap Opera "All
My Children", for which he received an Daytime Emmy Award nomination. He
also appeared in the film "The Big Bad Swim", "Shaft" and
many off-Broadway shows. Joe
Tuttle will play "Death";
in addition to playing "Hal" in Proof and Wesley in Curse
of the Starving Class, Joe recently appeared on "As The World
Turns". Author Jennifer Bogush will play "Cassie". Jennifer's acting credits include
"Guiding Light", "As the World Turns", and the lead role in
her film, “TRIO” under the direction of Danny Aiello III. “TRIO” won Best Short Screenplay in the
Queens International Film Festival in 2007, was a Semi-Finalist in The
Moondance International Film Festival, and is currently a Semi-Finalist in the
SoCal Independent Film Festival.
Set design will be handled by Bryan
Kenneth Parsons ("Blood Sisters"
at the D.U.M.B.O arts festival); Mariel
Matos will be the Stage Manager.
The director will be Melinda
Prom. Melinda most recently directed
the world premiere of The Good News by Dennis Jones in the 2008
Algonquin Theater One-Act Festival. She
is a member of Brief Acts Company, a division of Love Creek Productions, for
which she has directed numerous original plays, including Jack’s Choice by
J. Snodgrass, A Change of Plans by Dennis Jones, Dating is Dead
by Warren Schultz, and Not a Good Move by Marcus Jones. Melinda has also performed in several
regional and NYC productions, including the role of Nancy in The Elevation
of Thieves, written and directed by the award winning Nagle Jackson. This year she originated the role of Jane
Blaine in Warren Schultz’s Brooklyn Does Not Want You at the Player’s
Theatre Shortened Attention Span Festival.
She has recently taken up playwriting, and is thrilled that her first
short play Table Service will be performed this month at the Parker
Theater at the Algonquin Theater.
Melinda holds a B.A. from Carleton College, and is a graduate of the
American Academy of Dramatic Arts (NY).
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TRAFFIC JAM at FringeNYC
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About the Author
Jennifer Bogush has
written both plays and screenplays. Her play Low Grade Chocolate
received honorable mention in the Writer’s Digest Competition out of 19,000
submissions. Her screenplay for the short film “TRIO” won Best Short Screenplay
in the Queens International Film Festival 2007, and was co-produced and
directed by Danny Aiello III. "TRIO" is currently is a Semi-Finalist
in the SoCal Independent Film Festival.
Another screenplay, “LIVIN’ IN A ‘V’ WORLD,” won Best Short Screenplay
in the Terror Film Festival, was a 1st Round Qualifier in the American Gem
Screenwriting Contest, a Semi-Finalist in the BlueCat Screenplay Competition,
and is currently a Semi-Finalist in the SoCal Independent Film Festival
Finalist, a Quarter-Finalist in The Page Awards out of 3,895 scripts, and a
Finalist in both The Writer’s Place screenwriting contest, and the Reel Women
script contest. “Livin’ in a ‘V’ World” is also nominated for Best Action
Sequence, and Best Sci-Fi Short in The Action on Film Festival in LA. Her just
completed, original TV pilot, “SIDES,” was a Semi-Finalist in the Moondance
International Film Festival.
TRAFFIC JAM will play the following schedule:
SAT 8/9 @ 6:30 pm
THUR 8/14 @ 10:00 pm
MON 8/18 @ 3:30 pm
THUR 8/21 @ 6:30 pm
FRI 8/22 @ 10:00 pm
The running time will be 40 minutes.
Tickets will be $15.00 for all performances. Tickets may be purchased by calling 866-468-7619, or online at FringeNYC.org. For more information about TRAFFIC JAM please visit www.TrafficJamThePlay.com.
Part of The New York
International Fringe Festival
At SoHo Playhouse, 15 Vandam
Street (between 6th Avenue & Varick / 7th Avenue)
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Running time: 40 minutes
TICKETS: $15; Call 866-468-7619, or order online at
FringeNYC.org
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Phone: (212) 307-7181 Fax: (212) 813-9162