Pandemonium Press
An Irregular Publication of
RAY BRADBURY’S
PANDEMONIUM THEATRE COMPANY
Celebrating its
45th ANNIVERSARY YEAR!!

Issue No. 44 April/May 2008

THE PLAY’S THE THING

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury’s Science Fiction Classic Fahrenheit 451
opens at the Fremont Centre Theatre on April 19!

Firemen in a world of the near future don’t put out fires, they start them. They burn books. Reading is banned in the interest of maintaining a becalmed, dumbed-down society. People are fed contrived TV “reality” shows in which viewers participate in the action.

But the human intellect and instinct for freedom can’t be completely denied and a rebellious few will read books regardless of the consequences. One of the rebels is a fireman himself. Can rebel fireman Montag and his friends save their cultural heritage?

First published in 1953, Ray Bradbury’s classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 is eerily prescient and as relevant now as it was on the day it first appeared. It has been made into a film (by Truffaut), an opera, and a play. Now, Ray Bradbury’s masterpiece returns, opening at the Fremont Centre Theatre on April 19.

The cast includes David Polcyn (as Montag), Michael Prichard, Roses Prichard, Steven Robert Wollenberg, Meaghan Boeing, Joshua Moore, Lee Holmes, Simon Russell, Fred Hamel, Grady Hutt, Robert Kerr, Eddie Ruiz, Joan Jack, Paul Bond, Courtney Meritt, Jessica D. Stone and Philip Sokoloff. Produced by Ray Bradbury and Racquel Lehrman, Alan Neal Hubbs directs this production, with John Edw. Blankenchip, Production Designer; Peter Strauss, Lighting Designer; Dean Cameron, Costume Designer and Elliott Woodruff, Production Stage Manager.

Fremont Centre Theatre
1000 Fremont Ave. (at El Centro)
South Pasadena, CA 91030

Previews Friday, April 18, 2008 at 8 pm
Opening Night: Saturday, April 19, 2008 at 8 pm
Performances: Thursday through Saturday at 8 pm – Sunday at 3 pm
Closing Night: Saturday, May 24, 2008 at 8 pm
Admission: $20. Seniors: $15. Students: $10.
Reservations and Information: 323-960-4451
Online Ticketing: www.Plays411.com/raybradbury

. . . excerpted from the Press Releases by Philip Sokoloff (showbizphil@sbcglobal.net)




RAY AROUND TOWN

Saturday, April 26, LA Times Festival of Books

Ray will be signing books at the Vagabond Book booth #634 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm.
He will lecture at Royce Hall at 4:30 pm.

For more information, go to www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks

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RAY IN PRINT

News from Doug M.

THE WRITER magazine for April 2008 is reprinting an article by Ray, "How to Keep and Feed the Muse," which originally appeared in the magazine's July 1961 issue.

Ray contributes a short autobiographical chapter to the book 80: OUR MOST FAMOUS 80-YEAR-OLDS, ed. by Gerald Gardner & Jim Bellows (Sourcebooks, Inc., 2007).

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Be sure to check in on Ray’s website: www.raybradbury.com



Ray Bradbury's Pandemonium Theatre Company
Established 1963
Ray Bradbury, Co-Founder, Producer and Playwright
The late Charles Rome Smith, Co-Founder and Director

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This is a more direct link to the play's information:
https://www.plays411.com/newsite/show/play_info.asp

The poster for the play.

451Play.jpg (59 Kb, 6 downloads)

I very much want to attend the Mars conference for May 17. Trouble is I don't know how to get to Riverside!

Steve, try Google Maps!

(Or is it a transport/funding problem?)

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Originally posted by Steve Dylag:
Trouble is I don't know how to get to Riverside!

Just take a left turn at Albuquerque!

Please note this only works if you're originating in southern New Mexico. (smiley face - I can't bring myself to post one of those things.)

Updated 4/15/2008:

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Doug Spaulding,

http://www.fremontcentretheatre.com/

This weekend opens the new theatrical production of Fahrenheit 451. I sat in on a run-thru the other evening and was very impressed with what I saw.

The premiere night, Saturday, has already been sold out. The preview night, Friday, still should have tickets available.

Mr. B has indicated that he will be in attendance both evenings.

You lucky son of a B...

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Originally posted by Parish:
...son of a B...

Son of a Bradbury?

quote:

Originally posted by jkt:
Mr. B has indicated that he will be in attendance both evenings.

Alas, we will not. We're going to Palm Springs that weekend, and FangoCon the next, then we're having mum in from the east.

We'll get there one of these nights!

quote:

We'll get there one of these nights!

Some people just don't have their priorties straight. (I have no problem with smiley faces.)

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Originally posted by jkt:
I have no problem with smiley faces.

Then nor should I!

I rather fancy the one wearing sunglasses. But it looks like the sun, so what light does it seek to protect itself from?

My previous post puts me in mind of a deep philosophical point: often, the most dangerous thing we need to protect ourselves from is ourselves!

Ok so who here wants to get me an autographed bottle of Dandelion Wine?

Perhaps it can be an early birthday present from all of you to me?

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Originally posted by Parish:

That's a mighty big smiley face!