Event

RISE

FRI & SAT, JAN 23 & 24

"Funny, endearing...full of heart."
"Scott Barry is electrifying."
"Captivating, hilarious."
"Awesome performance... a great personal journey."
"Love the wisdom and the laughs."
"His delivery was perfection. The crowd loved it."
"I laughed and I cried. A riveting story."

RISE
written & performed by Scott Barry

Fri & Sat, Jan. 23, 24 8pm

Elephant Stages' Studio Theater
6322 Santa Monica Blvd (enter at 1076 Lillian Way)
Los Angeles, CA

Fantasy bargains with reality in this provocative comedy about one man's desperate quest to regain his lost mojo, find love, and experience the ultimate happy ending.

But first he must deal with his petulant penis, free internet porn, bitter ex-girlfriends, Candy the all-nude stripper, poisonous soy beans, morning wood, a prescription drug phobia, and a truck load of self-doubt.

Scott Barry's critically acclaimed solo show, "Solo Gig Squared," was nominated for solo performance of the year by the Bay Area Theater Critics Circle.

"Funny and poignant. A brilliant Joycean reverie." SF Guardian,
"A beautifully written and constructed jazz riff." SF Bay Times
"Stop-time power of a perfectly thrown spiral." SF Chronicle
"Rich and evocative." Bay Area Reporter
"Intelligent. Elliptical. Visceral." Back Stage West
"Compelling." Oakland Tribune
"Hilarious." San Jose Mercury News.

RISE marks Scott's 10th play and 2nd solo show as a produced playwright, screenwriter, and solo performer. His work has appeared on various LA stages including the Second Stage, Strasberg, Celebration, Hudson and Complex theaters. Scott's adapted screenplay, Rollover, was optioned by Academy Award-winning actor/producer Michael Douglas. He recently adapted the best-selling novel, The Green, for NYC based Hawker Entertainment. He co-wrote the indie thriller, Tunnel Vision, that screened at the Urban World Film Festival in Manhattan, and his adapted short film, Answer Man, screened in the New York International Film Festival. Scott is a graduate of U.C. Davis where he was an All-American quarterback and NFL draft pick of the S.F. 49ers.