RENEGADE THEATRE EXPERIMENT PRESENTS "Avery Croziers Eat the Runt"

RENEGADE THEATRE EXPERIMENT PRESENTS Avery Croziers gender-bending play Eat the Runt

WHO: Renegade Theatre Experiment - San Jose-based theatre company with all-local cast. Cast: Iris Benson, Gabriel O. Esparza, Kevin Kelly, Danny Mastrangelo, Evangeline Maynard, Brian Murphy, Sean C. Murphy, Whitney Q. Stebbins, Katie J. Thies. Directed by Peter Canavese.

WHAT: Avery Croziers Eat the Runt, a non-gender-specific play about identity and competition in the workplace. The audience casts the show and any actor can play any part resulting in 40,320 different casting possibilities, many laughs, and startling revelations.

WHY: A chance for San Jose theatre patrons to experience the outrageous comedy thats never the same show twice; hailed as ...one wickedly clever theatrical creation." (Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com, June 9, 2000)

WHEN: July 23-24 (Pay-What-You-Can Preview) July 25-26, 30-31, August 1-2, August 6-9. All performances will begin at 8:00 PM.

WHERE: Benson Theatre, at the corner of Elm St. and Emory Ave., on the campus of Bellarmine College Preparatory, 960 W. Hedding St., San Jose, CA 95126. General Seating.

PRICE: Wed & Thurs: $15.00 General Admission $10.00, Student/Senior/TBA Member Discount with valid ID
Special: Wed./Thurs. is Runt Night - buy 3 tickets get one free!

Fri & Sat: $18.00 General Admission, $12.00 Student/Senior/TBA Member Discount with valid ID.

Tickets available online (www.renegadetheatre.com) and at the door.

Renegade Theatre Experiment (RTE) opens their new production Eat the Runt, by Avery Crozier, on Friday, July 25 at the Benson Theatre in San Jose, at the corner of Elm St. and Emory Ave.

The play will run on the following dates: July 23, 24 (Pay What You Can" previews), July 25, 26, 30, 31, August 1, 2, 6, 7, 8, 9. All performances will begin at 8:00 PM. Ticket prices range from $15-18 for General Admission and $10-12 for Students and Seniors. Wednesday and Thursday nights are Runt Night:" buy 3 tix get one free!
For the thousands of Bay Area professionals coping with workplace anxiety or unemployment, this utterly unconventional satire could not arrive at a better time.

Eat the Runt follows a candidate on a day of rigorous job interviews that turn increasingly outrageous as the jobseeker uses bizarre methods to negotiate the corporate battlefield. The anything goes" sense of fun is heightened as...Each night the audience casts the show - any actor can play any part resulting in over 40,000 different casting possibilities. Crozier has written the play genderless; cultural stereotyping one night may become sexual harassment the next. Its never the same show twice.

The play is directed by Peter Canavese: "It's a tremendous challenge for the cast to have memorized and prepared every role and a big thrill for the audience to cast the show on a nightly basis. Add to this mix that the show is staged in the round; this creates a pressure cooker of comedy and biting social commentary."

The Renegade Theatre Experiment (RTE) was founded in 2001 by a group of Santa Clara University alumni to bring edgy and entertaining new shows to the San Jose theatre community.

Publicity photos: http://www.renegadetheatre.com/press/index.html

Contact: Elizabeth Thies
408-351-4440
ethies@renegadetheatre.com

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MEDIA RESPONSE TO RTE, THE DICE HOUSE AND EAT THE RUNT

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Renegade Theatre Experiment:

It's already obvious from its résumé that Renegade Theatre Experiment is living up to
its name, and to its mission of presenting unique works away from the mainstream."
[Heather Zimmerman, Rose Garden Resident; June 5, 2003]

These self-professed renegades bring a new toy to town with some very serious talent
in the wings."
[W. Fred Crow, Milpitas Post; June 4, 2003]

...the Renegade Theatre Experiment is attempting to bring to San Jose edgy material
that would be overlooked by other local stage groups."
[Jim Aquino, Silicon Valley Newspapers; August 14, 2002]

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The Dice House by Paul Lucas (Producer: RTE):

...the Renegades brought off a very clever, funny performance."
[Marianne Messina, San Jose Metro; June 19, 2003]

Carrying the wit of Woody Allen, the recklessness of Monty Python, and the darkness
of Stephen King, "The Dice House" entertains at a visceral, adult level...The entire cast
was a kick...overall, a solid showing by a solid theater."
[W. Fred Crow, Milpitas Post; June 4, 2003]

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Eat the Runt, New York premiere (Producer: Mefisto Theatre Company):

New York Daily News: 2001 Top 10 Off Broadway Plays.

Avery Crozier...is toying with ideas of perception, political correctness, and societal
and cultural norms ...Runt is a play to see over and over again...At least see it once:
Eat the Runt is one wickedly clever theatrical creation."
[Martin Denton, NYTheatre.com, June 9, 2000]

Crozier's notion of building this play around a job interview...really resonates...where
else do perceptions and expectations collide and cohere so wantonly?" [Martin Denton,
NYTheatre.com, June 9, 2000]

The play becomes truly engaging when you realize that on any night the sexuality and
race relationships could be different depending on what gender or race is cast for each
role." [John Andover, Show Business Weekly]