Michael A. Shepperd known to millions from his television roles on Frasier, Friends, ER, Ally McBeal, ER Monk and others delves into a challenging stage role in "Four" a Psycho-thriller by famed playwright Christopher Shinn. Shepperd recently portrayed Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors on Braodway.
Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 29, 2005 -- Award-winning Broadway Actor Michael A. Shepperd (Little Shop of Horrors) is set to star in Christopher Shinn’s controversial spell-binding drama entitled “Four” making its Los Angeles Premiere at the Celebration Theatre on Friday, November 4. The play runs through December 4.
Shepperd who started in the biz in the second grade as the “horse” that pulled the carriage in the delightful children’s story Cinderella and caught the acting bug because of the applause for “Pegasus” has graduated from those playful innocent fantasy years to portray powerful and controversial characters such as the character in “4”—a married middle-age African-American closeted gay man who meets a young 16 year old boy on the internet on the 4th of July in “Four.”
In the haunting piece, on the same night, in the same city, this man’s sixteen-year-old daughter agrees to go out with a twenty-year-old, low-level drug dealer. What ensues as father and daughter are caught in intricate simultaneous relationships is mind blowing.
“The story is about loneliness and what people do in their dark secret lives.” – says Michael A. Shepperd.
Although Michael prefers comedy, the goodly natured actor, who has starred in an array of sitcoms such as Frasier, Ally McBeal, and Friends to name a few, confesses that these twisted theatrical controversial and riveting roles are a challenge and allow him the freedom to get the “crap and B^&**%” out of his system. Shepperd will prepare for this role as he does for all others, “I smoke a cigarette, drink a coke and when they say places, I go.” “Four” is directed by Michael Mathews.
Michael A. Shepperd recently returned from Broadway where he portrayed the man-eating plan Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors. He is the recipient of the 2002 Ovation Awards and received a Best Actor nomination for his role as Walter Lee in Lorraine Hansberry’s “A Raisin in the Sun.”
The Celebration Theatre is located at 7051B Santa Monica Blvd. (1/2 block east of LaBrea) in Hollywood. Tickets are $25.00. For more information, please visit www.celebrationtheatre.com Opens: Friday, November 4. Showtime 8:00 P.M.
Play continues each and every Thursday through Sunday, December 4
Curtain at 8:00 PM EXCEPT Sunday at 3:00PM. For more information or interviews with Michael A. Shepperd, contact: Eugenia Wright at ISA Public Relations 818.552.9459
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