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THEATRE OF NOTE PRESENTS

FOREVER IN THERE
OR F*CK AROUND AND FIND OUT

 A WORLD PREMIERE PLAY

WRITTEN BY ASHLEY ROSE WELLMAN
DIRECTED BY SPENSER DAVIS

With Amberlee Clark, Henry Cruz, Scout Gutzmerson, Kathleen O’Grady, Armando Torres, and Elizabeth Trieu.

Two amateur conflict journalists who were kidnapped for ransom during an ill-advised trip to an active war zone are released after years of captivity. They struggle to adjust to “normal life” while navigating their complex feelings for each other, the enormous debts they owe their loved ones, and the weird ramifications of what happens after you f*ck around and find out.

Oopening Thursday, October 8, at 8pm.
There will be one preview performance on Wednesday, October 7, at 8pm

Playing Friday and Saturday at 8pm, Sunday at 7pm, and Monday at 8pm

Ashley Rose Wellman is a playwright/screenwriter based in Los Angeles. Her 2023 Theatre of NOTE production of Kill Shelter won five LADCC Awards, and the Ted Schmitt Award for World Premiere of an Outstanding New Play, co-sponsored by The Black List. It was named a Distinguished Production at the Stage Raw Awards, won 10 StageSceneLA ‘Scenie’ Awards, and three LATheatreBites Awards. She was awarded the Humanitas PLAY LA Award, was commissioned with a grant from the Humanitas Foundation, is a two-time finalist and six-time semi-finalist for the O’Neill National Playwrights Conference and was highlighted on the 2020 Kilroys List. Her work has been developed and/or produced at Pasadena Playhouse, The Blank Theatre, Antaeus Theatre Company, IAMA Theatre Company, The Echo Theater Company, Midnight Summit Ensemble, The University of Southern California, and the Valdez Theatre Conference.

Spenser Davis is a director/playwright/filmmaker who made his LA directing debut with Philip Dawkins’ Le Switch, netting six StageSceneLA honors including Best Director. In Chicago, he received the Michael Maggio Directing Fellowship at the Goodman Theatre. Productions include premieres of Beth Steel’s Labyrinth and Jessica Swale’s Blue Stockings, Shannon O’Neill’s May the Road Rise Up and The Kelly Girls, and Michael Perlman’s At the Table, making Best of Year lists in the Chicago Tribune and Time Out Magazine, and named “One of the Best Shows of the Decade” by renowned critic Kris Vire. He developed new work at the Colorado New Play Festival, Steppenwolf 1700, American Blues Theater, and Broken Nose Theatre. Directorial include the Jeff Award (Chicago), B. Iden Payne Award (Austin), and the M. Elizabeth Osborn New Play Award from the ATCA.

Founded in 1981, Theatre of NOTE is a democratic ensemble of LA theatre artists dedicated to creating high-caliber, original work that challenges both its ensemble and audiences. NOTE is a non-profit company that stagedives the arena of theatre arts. The ensemble-based organization provides a creative environment in which to collaborate and develop maverick theater.