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EXIT Stage Left is the story of The Lowry Theater Company and their attempt to stage a new play from a novelist turned first-time playwright and the seasoned director that returns to NYC to keep the production on track. A show within a show, a play told within the confines of a web series, and a chance to see what happens before the curtain goes up.

The Table Read tells the story of the first day that the actors (along with Ronny Simons, the director) get to read the entire play aloud. Told in three Acts, Act I gives us the chance to meet Courtney Nguyen the lacivious set-dresser/wardrobe mistress, the actors Charlie Aparicio & Ava Wagner, plus the young stage manager of the Lowry Theater Company, Jill Baynor.

Will Ronny find a way to handle the Pulitzer prize-winning playwright, without going crazy? Will Ava be forced to eat sushi at the end of a measuring tape? Will Charlie finally make it to Broadway, find out, on this episode of EXIT Stage Left.
"EXIT Stage Left" (2008): :  -- EXIT Stage Left is the story of the Lowry Theater Company and their struggle to launch a new off-Broadway play with a first-time playwright, a prima-donna actress and the director who returns to NYC to hold the production together.  

Episode One: The Interview

In the premiere episode, Pam William (a Tisch University film student) starts what will be a series of interviews with the cast and crew of the Lowry Theater Company. First up, Ronny Simons the director of the new play A Wonderful World, by the accomplished novelist Tim Haggard. Can Ronny make this show a success, will Pam get the interview of a lifetime and what do you do when the last act has yet to be written, find out on this episode of EXIT Stage Left.

Starring (In Alphabetical Order)
Rheem Abuhamdeh, Matthew A Bridges, Steve Budd, Giovannie Espiritu, Terri J Freedman, Deborah Joves, Katie Kimball, Nicholas LoCicero, Annamarie Macleod, Ilea Matthews and Michael Navarra.

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6.0/10   27 votes
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Writer:
Sinohui Hinojosa (creator and story)
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25 December 2008 (USA) more
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A Web Series of Theatrical Proportions
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EXIT Stage Left is the story of The Lowry Theater Company and their attempt to stage a new play from... more
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Web Series: The Appeal of Doing it Live
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Cast

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Rheem Abuhamdeh ... Ava Wagner (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Matthew Bridges ... Charlie Aparcio (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Steve Budd ... Tim Haggard (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Giovannie Espiritu ... Courtney Nguyen (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Terri J. Freedman ... Jill Baynor (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Deborah Joves ... Sheila Monroe (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Katie Kimball ... Pam William (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Nicholas Locicero ... Roger Whitaker (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
Annamarie MacLeod ... Terry Nichols (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Ilea Matthews ... Violet Parker (13 episodes, 2008-2009)

Michael Navarra ... Ronny Simons (13 episodes, 2008-2009)
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The show is set in NYC, but shot exclusively in the San Francisco Bay area, with the main stage from San Jose State University substituting for the Lowry Theater Company. more

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11 out of 22 people found the following review useful.
Nice-looking bore, 8 August 2009
Author: PickMePickMe from Los Angeles

I guess there's a reason most of the product you see in show business comes out of Hollywood -- that's where all the professionals are. This effort from San Fran shows us why having one of those nice HD cameras does not make you a professional.

The premise is great, but poorly executed. The acting is community theatre level, with a few exceptions in the supporting cast (who are given too little to do).

But the fault for this failure lies squarely with the writer/director/creator of the series. It is staged poorly, with awkward blocking. That might not matter if the material were fresh and/or funny. Which it isn't, although clearly it's meant to be.

It's a nice dream -- get yourself a nice HD camera and make a series outside Hollywood! Find success on the internet and bypass the Hollywood machine! Alas, the existence of the internet is merely a pipeline -- it doesn't insure that the content of that pipeline will be watchable. And this effort isn't.

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