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WTF?! Festival
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- Tom Morello
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Given that Tim Robbins founded the Actors Gang in response to a lack of opportunities for independent writers and actors to produce socially and politically salient new work, it's no surprise that his response to the threat of a paralyzing budget crunch was to curate an ambitious ten-week fundraising festival of theatre, dance, music, conversation, performance, and education. Featuring a new experience every Tuesday through Saturday until the end of December, Robbins brings together scores of voices as diverse as those of Tom Morello, Naomi Klein, Gore Vidal, John Doe, Sarah Silverman, anti-war veterans, and members of Cirque du Soleil — all in the name of saving one of the country's bravest voices for progressive art by raising not only money, but awareness. Upcoming highlights include Tom Morello on Dec 5, John Doe and Jill Sobule on Dec 12, Vox Femina with Culver City caroling on Dec 19, and the ongoing Johnny Cash prison-tribute/cooking-show concert, All Cake, No File.
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Check out Flavorwire's exclusive interview with Tim Robbins.
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EVENT DETAILS Print
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Various prices
Buy Tickets - When
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Oct 13, 2009 – Dec 19, 2009
Tuesdays–Thursdays (7pm)
Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2 & 7pm)
(schedule) - Where
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The Actors' Gang Theatre
9070 Venice Blvd
310.838.4264
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- All Cake, No File
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Sarah Silverman and Tenacious D--and that's just the FIRST WEEK!!
And now this next Wednesday (10/21)! i'm just going to camp out in the Ivy Substation park until December. Paul Provenza presents The Aristocrats - LIVE - One hundred superstar comedians tell the same very, VERY dirty joke in this hilarious film. There's both the movie and live performances, plus new joke variations. Nice.
- HALLOWEEN PARTY! - 8PM showing of the film HELL HOUSE (2004). This doc gives a verite window into the strange and brutally graphic Christian Halloween horror houses - Followed by a COSTUME PARTY @ 10 pm... and you better DRESS UP! - $10
Friday, October 30 at 9 pm (Bar opens at 8 pm) - All Cake, No File - a Johnny Cash prison tribute cooking show-concert! Get ready for jailbreak cakes at every performance, backed up by Johnny Cash tribute band With a Bible and a Gun. Special Guests: The Broken Numbers Band on Friday, October 30 (Opening Night). - $15
Tuesday, November 3 at 8 pm - PEN CENTER USA hosts a conversation with GORE VIDAL and Los Angeles Times Book Editor DAVID ULIN - $20
Vaudeville circus w/dance, humor, hula hoops and bawdy allure, 11.5 8pm
11.6 9 pm, "All Cake, No File," $15, 9pm
11.10-11.11, 8pm FREE: soldiers' voices gathered from interviews by L.A. actors/writers.
Saturday, November 14 at 8:30 pm (Bar opens at 7 pm) - 89.9 KCRW Presents JENNY LEWIS of Rilo Kiley and Friends. LIVE! (only 100 seats) - $100/$75
In case you've never experienced this eerie wonder, The Actors Gang is showing "The Wizard of Oz" with "Dark Side of the Moon" on Wednesday, November 18, 8pm. $20.
November 20, All Cake, No File - A Johnny Cash prison tribute cooking show-concert! 9pm, $15.
Pen Center USA hosts a conversation with award-winning novelist T.C. Boyle November 24, $20, 8pm at the Actors' Gang.
November 25, "Embedded Live" (2004), written and directed by the Actors' Gang's own Tim Robbins, 11.25, 8 pm, FREE.
I am so on my way to the Wizard of Oz right now.
THIS JUST IN FROM TOM: Attention Nightwatchman Fans! You now have the exclusive chance to purchase special half price tickets to see Tom Morello perform THIS SATURDAY (12/5) with Shooter Jennings at the WTF?! Festival. To get these tickets, call 310.838.4264 ext. 15 and mention this email when reserving for $25 tickets (originally $50).