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Five Uneasy Pieces
Five Uneasy Pieces is an evening of engaging and original monologues written and performed by Todd Waring that are by turns funny, arresting and disturbing. Waring embodies, at the critical moment when their lives are torn open, a woman struggling to convince her granddaughter that tattoos are not the measure of a man, a teacher who confuses art and life, a babysitter who needs watching over, a homeboy whose good thing goes bad, and a Jacques Brel knock-off who sings with something more than abandon.
These pieces were conceived, developed and first performed on the stage at Santa Monica Playhouse as part of The Jeffrey Tambor Monday night Workshop which meets there. This production marks Waring's first public performance of them.
Waring is an actor and writer living in Santa Monica. He has worked on TV and in the theater for many years and is married to actress Eve Gordon. He has played on Broadway with Glenn Close and Jeremy Irons in The Real Thing, Off-Broadway with Geraldine Page in Paradise Lost, and toured with Christopher Plummer in Garson Kanin's Pecadillo. Closer to home, he starred with Annie Potts in The Pasadena Playhouse's production of Diva. Most recently, he was seen on FOX's The Good Guys and in Grey's Anatomy. This marks his first solo show.
Directed by Don Manus. McManus is an actor on the stage and in film and television. On TV, you may have notably seen him on Northern Exposure, Seinfeld, NYPD Blue and more recently on 24, Parks and Rec, and Rescue Me. His film credits include The Shawshank Redemption, Magnolia, Air Force One, Under The Tuscan Sun and National Treasure. His stage work extends from the New York Shakespeare Festival to Manhattan Theater Club to the Matrix Company here in Los Angeles and most recently ACT in San Francisco, where he played the unusually smitten lead in The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia. As a writer, one of his plays, 25, is on permanent collection at the Yale School of Drama. He also directed that play for the Yale stage and has since directed for the stage in festivals at EST and LACC. He is pleased to be helping bring Todd Waring's richly imagined characters to the stage.
Produced by Devoted Inc. Productions
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LocationSanta Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401
United States
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| Minimum Age: 17 |
| Kid Friendly: No |
| Dog Friendly: No |
| Non-Smoking: No |
| Wheelchair Accessible: No |
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