{"id":6942,"date":"2018-11-26T11:58:51","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T19:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/?p=6942"},"modified":"2019-03-05T11:51:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T19:51:46","slug":"pontypool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cohoproductions.org\/old\/coho-season-production\/pontypool\/","title":{"rendered":"PONTYPOOL: Season 23"},"content":{"rendered":"

CoHo Productions with Christy Bigelow,\u00a0<\/span>Gavin Hoffman & Pat Moran present<\/h3>\n

PONTYPOOL by Tony Burgess
\nFebruary 8 – March 2, 2019<\/h2>\n

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SHOCK JOCK.
\nZOMBIE RIOT.
\nSMALL TOWN, USA.
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\nDirected by Gavin Hoffman
\nFeaturing Christy Bigelow, Jimmy Garcia, Paige McKinney, Pat Moran, and Todd Van Voris<\/p>\n

When the sleepy town of Pontypool, Oregon is hit with a devastating and\u00a0mysterious epidemic, shock jock Grant Mazzy (Todd Van Voris) and the staff at the local radio station must ask,\u00a0“Is this just fake news?” As reports of\u00a0escalating violence in the streets come in, tensions rise in the basement studio where Mazzy continues to broadcast. Based on<\/span>Pontypool Changes Everything<\/em>, the cult horror novel-turned-film-turned-radio play by Tony Burgess, this suspenseful and gory stage adaptation merges thoughtful semiotic satire with America’s zombie obsession. (Yes, there will be blood.)<\/span><\/div>\n

\u201c(Pontypool) plays like the twisted terror\u00a0<\/em>found in the pulp classic EC comics, with a slight hint of WKRP and a gnarly squib. It\u2019s fast. It\u2019s fun and it\u2019s a frightening treat for both horror and theater fans alike.<\/em>\u201d
\n– Chicago Stage Review<\/p>\n

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SPECIAL EVENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sunday February 10<\/strong>
\nPost-show discussion: Creating SFX for the Stage & Screen<\/strong> with Janet Price and Dani Turner<\/p>\n

Sunday February 17<\/strong>
\nPost-show discussion: Creating\u00a0<\/strong>Horror Theatre<\/strong> with Aubrey Jessen, Joel Patrick Durham, and Dylan Reiff (additional panelists TBA)<\/p>\n

Sunday February 24<\/strong>
\nPost-show discussion: Zombie Movies\u00a0<\/b>with Anthony Hudson<\/p>\n

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ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT<\/strong><\/p>\n

Tony Burgess<\/strong> is a novelist and screenwriter living in Stayner, Ontario, with his wife Rachel and their two children.\u00a0He is best known as a master of literary horror fiction whose novels include\u00a0<\/span>The Hellmouths of Bewdley<\/em>, <\/span>Pontypool Changes Everything<\/em>, <\/span>Caesarea<\/em>, <\/span>Fiction for Lovers<\/em> and <\/span>Idaho Winter<\/em>. Pontypool<\/em> <\/a>was made into a cult film by Bruce McDonald in 2008, and Burgess has adapted the story for both radio and stage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

ABOUT THE CO-PRODUCERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

Christy Bigelow<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>is a proud graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy\u2019s studio program in NYC. Since moving to Portland she has worked with many theater companies, including Northwest Classical Theatre Company, Theatre Vertigo, Lakewood Theater, Classic Greek Theatre of Oregon, Artists Repertory Theatre, defunkt, and CoHo Productions (appearing in Season 20’s<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>The Yellow Wallpaper<\/em>). Christy was also a company member and writer with the sketch comedy troupe Superego, and can be seen on several episodes of<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Portlandia<\/em>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gavin Hoffman\u00a0<\/strong>is a well-known Portland-based actor, having appeared in\u00a0Astoria (Part I & Part II)<\/em>, Great<\/em> Expectations, Cyrano, Othello <\/em>and Clybourne Park\u00a0<\/em>(Portland Center Stage),\u00a0American Hero, The Understudy<\/em> and The Monster- Builder<\/em>\u00a0(Artists Repertory Theatre), The Tripping Point<\/em> (Shaking the Tree), Fifth of July<\/em>\u00a0 (Profile Theatre), Body Awareness<\/em>\u00a0(CoHo Productions, where he also directed ‘Night, Mother in 2014), and A Noble Failure<\/em> (Third Rail Repertory Theatre). He is a four-time Drammy Award winner who has worked regionally and in New York City. Gavin has guest-starred in The Big Easy<\/em> (USA) and Leverage<\/em> (TNT), co-starred in Grimm<\/em> (NBC) and appeared in Portlandia<\/em>. He is a graduate of P.C.P.A. and has a B.F.A. in acting from Ithaca College. Gavin is a proud member of Actors\u2019 Equity and SAG-AFTRA.<\/p>\n

Pat Moran\u00a0<\/strong>Pat Moran is a director, playwright, teaching artist, actor, producer and photographer living and working in Portland, Oregon. Originally from Seattle, he received his BA in theatrical performance from the University of Portland, and spent many years touring and teaching with Oregon Children\u2019s Theatre, where he created residency programs to bring free art and health programming to\u00a0high-need schools.\u00a0As OCT\u2019s Educational Theatre Program\u2019s Head of New Work and an ensemble teaching artist, he\u00a0wrote, directed, and dramaturged\u00a0educational plays that\u00a0toured to over 60,000 students in Oregon and Washington. Pat is dedicated to writing, producing, and directing new work, and has recently appeared as an actor in Action\/Adventure Theatre’s School Dance<\/em>, Northwest Children’s Theatre Company’s Robin Hood<\/em>, and Oregon Children’s Theatre’s Timmy Failure<\/em>. His photography has been featured in the Portland Mercury, Portland Monthly, the Oregonian, Artslandia, Willamette Week, and more.<\/p>\n

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