FORGET ABOUT SPAGHETTI FESTIVAL: 10 NIGHTS OF WILD NEW SHOWS. SEE WHAT STICKS!
*PROOF OF FULL VACCINATION REQUIRED FOR ENTRY*
It’s a childhood game of Telephone, except instead of whispering ear-to-ear, one performer is given a seed word to create a performance piece which they pass on to the next artist, and so on. Over the course of several weeks multi-discipline performance artists attempt to capture the originating theme in their piece … with only the first artist in line knowing the secret seed phrase for it all.
Created by eight-time Broadway actress Vasthy Mompoint and TV/film actress Geri Courtney-Austein (Better Call Saul, Atypical), the two thread the material with ever-evolving characters and sketches, melding these artistic disciplines into a wild collaborative adventure. The Telephone Gospel is an immersive exploration of the human lens through which a singular word is passed along, distorted through art to discover what is gained and lost along the way. It is the audience’s task at the end to identify the seed phrase, with whoever can do so crowned Supreme.
Featuring
Vasthy Mompoint
Geri Courtney-Austein
Charissa Kroeger
Reshma Meister
Mason Granger
Lindsay Ford
Jackie Uweh
Whitney Kaufman
Carl Draper
Myles McGee
Carl Foreman
Sarah Rebottaro
Kaelynn Harris
Jazzston Williams
Alyson Synder
Vasthy Mompoint is a multi-hyphenate, Haitian-American artist who lives in Los Angeles and New York City. On Broadway, she performed and was in the original cast of 8 shows including, Mary Poppins, The Prom, and The Spongebob Musical. As a writer, she has been part of the CBS Sketch Comedy showcase and is currently on a writer's scholarship with Saturday Night Live. Vasthy has recently been seen on The Bold and the Beautiful, Nora from Queens, NCIS LA, The Prom Movie, and Weird, The Al Yankovic movie. As a choreographer, Vasthy’s work can be seen in The Prom Movie, The Miracle Workers, Weird, the Al Yankovic, and most recently a film for Comedy Central. Stay tuned to hear her voice as a recurring character, Briney the Whale, on the Nick Jr. Show, Baby Shark.
Geri Courtney-Austein is a triple-threat actor, director, and voiceover artist who absolutely loves creating and storytelling. As an actor, she can most recently be seen in Better Call Saul, the animated feature, Little Sorcerer, and starring alongside Michael Dorman, Sophia Bush, and Dermot Mulroney in the feature, Hard Luck Love Song. She can also be seen on hit TV shows like Atypical (Netflix), This Close (Sundance Now), and Scream Queens (Fox) to name a few. She has performed improv and sketch all over Los Angeles, produced and directed the award-winning digital action comedy series, James Blondes, and is currently producing and hosting the hit sex-positive podcast called, Finding My Yum.
This show is part of The Elysian's FORGET ABOUT SPAGHETTI FESTIVAL from October 20th to 30th.
Doors at 7 PM, Show starts at 7:30 PM
Seating begins 15 minutes before showtime, there is NO LATE SEATING. Seats are assigned on a first come first served basis, from the front of the theatre to the back. If you want to sit closer, be sure to arrive earlier.
Shows start no later than 10 MINUTES after the scheduled show time.