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Ann Noble and Jeffrey Johnson return with “52 Pick-Up” at the Echo Theater Company

What happens when two poor clowns, one good at cards, one good at music, meet on the street after an unfortunate incident?  How can they communicate when words are dangerous?  Will kindness prevail?  Or criminality?  Will hearts be stolen or shared?

Ann Noble redons a clown nose as “Penny”, who’s left beaten and battered amongst the garbage in an alley; she’s found by another clown, “Arcade” (Jeffrey Johnson), who can’t help but try to figure out what happened.  It all gets very tricky as they struggle to discover a common language with which to tell each other their stories.  And even with one only speaking music and one only speaking magic, they will find they understand each other perfectly; but then what will they do, when the truth is finally out?  The show’s almost sold-out debut run at this year’s Hollywood Fringe was hailed as “brilliant” “genius” “magical” “heartbreaking” “profound” “whimsical”, and garnered a nomination for the “Theatre Theater Playwright Award”.  Additional performances take place with the Echo Theater Company in Atwater Village, July 22 – 31 for a limited engagement.

Written and directed by Ann Noble (A Bella Incarceration, Little Parts Hunts a Baby-Daddy), original music by Jeffrey Johnson (Drunken Troubadour, Three Witches), and originally produced by Michael Perlmutter & Carolina Rodriguez (Theatre Ghosts) at the Hollywood Fringe. 

Ann Noble is a veteran Theatre Ghosts/Fringe director & performer.  Other recent theatre work includes:  A Noise Within, Rogue Machine, Son of Semele/The Victory, Ghost Road, Antaeus, Echo, Vs., Kayenta Arts (Utah), South Coast Rep, Moving Arts, The Road, LA’s LGBT Center, LA’s MOTH.  She is also an award-winning playwright, acting coach/teacher and jail chaplain.

Jeffrey Johnson has worked with such lauded theatres as Critical Mass, The Evidence Room, Vs. Theatre, Son of Semele, Moving Arts, Bad Puppets, Bootleg Theatre, the Odyssey, and more.  Most Notably, Mr. Johnson has been the voice of T-Mobile since 2012.  “Captain Black”, his feature film debut (writer/director/lead actor) earned him several prestigious awards for Best Actor, Best Film and Best Direction. 

52 Pick-Up is being presented Tuesday & Thursday evenings @ 8 pm on July 22, 24, 29, 31 (see website for more details) only.  All tickets are $15.  Produced by both The Echo Theater Company & Theatre Ghosts at The Echo’s theater space in Atwater:  located at 3269 Casitas Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90039

For more information and to purchase tickets go to The Echo Theater Company