Theater 175: Fast Moving Consumer Goods
Summary
A man gets the surprise of his life when he calls the Suicide Hotline.
Writer
Richard Fouts
An award-winning playwright, Fouts has had productions in New York, Washington DC, San Francisco and San Diego.
His previous plays include Running Mate, The Birthday Lottery, My Afternoon with Lenny, Summer Me, Winter Me, Family Secrets, and Dead Serious.
Richard Founts
Director
Rachel Berney Needleman
Rachel Berney Needleman is a director and dramaturg for new plays and classical work. As a director: 4 Minutes by DJ Hills (MeetCute LA 2022), Playground-LA (2021-22 Season), Theresa Rebeck’s What We’re Up Against (Pacific Resident Theatre Co-op), Cabaret Noel with Gigi Bermingham (Antaeus Theatre Co. and Skylight Theatre), Five Second Chances by Mattie Brickman (PRT Co-op), Cowgirls by Mildred Lewis (EST-LA), The Space Between (The Braid). Rachel has directed new play readings and workshops at The Blank, EST-LA, Skylight and Theatricum Botanicum. Her dramaturg credits include Antaeus (Diana of Dobson’s, Cloud 9, Henry IV) and Arizona Theatre Company (At Wit’s End). Rachel is also a co-author of the LA Anti-Racist Theatre Standards.
Rachel Berney Needleman
Noelle Evangelisti as Anita
Noelle earned an MFA in Acting from California Institute of the Arts. She has worked on major motion pictures including: Terminator Two: Judgement Day, LA Confidential, The Babysitter and Pacific Heights. Noelle has performed in numerous theaters in Los Angeles and Chicago. Three of her favorite and most memorable roles were: Prudence in Beyond Therapy at Ruth Page in Chicago, Liz in The Philadelphia Story and The Nurse in Romeo and Juliet at Hillside Rep in Los Angeles. She still loves working on commercials and voiceovers and had a great time doing a radio play pre-Covid with the Screen Actors Guild. She feels blessed to work with Bernadette and everyone at Open Door!
Noelle Evangelisti
Matt Foyer as Charlie
Selected acting credits include The Comedy of Errors (Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Portland), Unseen Shepherd (Edinburgh Fringe Festival - The Space on the Mile), Tir Na nOg (The Magic Theatre, San Francisco), Unfinished American Highwayscape’s, 9 and 32, Mother Courage and Her Children, and Tartuffe (theatre@Boston Court, Pasadena), Oscar (The Kennedy Center, Washington D.C.), and most recently, Once (Rubicon Theatre, Ventura), among others. He is a member of Theatre Banshee in Burbank. Recent films include Mistake (currently making the rounds at a film festival near you), The Whisperer in Darkness and Something Strange.
Matt received his education and training from The California Institute of the Arts. And, when not acting, Matt can be heard playing flute, Irish penny whistle, harmonica, and mandolin for the bands Slugger O Toole and The Johnny Come Latelys. Matt is a member of AEA and SAG/AFTRA.
www.mattfoyeractor.com
Matt Foyer
