DIARY OF A MADMAN starring Ilia Volok

GogolDirected by Eugene Lazarev Nikolai Gogol's DIARY OF A MADMAN centers on the life of Poprishchin, a low-ranking civil servant who yearns to be noticed by a beautiful woman, the daughter of a senior official, with whom he has fallen in love.  His diary records his gradual, mesmeric slide into insanity.  The story portrays the average mans satirical quest for individuality in a seemingly indifferent, urban city. Only in his madness does the lowly anti-hero attain greatness! "An absolute must-see, with a performance by Volok that is so riveting that as his insanity escalates, he maintains a powerful core that never dissipates!" -Examiner"A fevered and fascinating one-man turn...Remarkable!" -LA Weekly"The tour de force performance...Bold and unique" -LA Stage Happenings 

Website: https://volok-diaryofamadman.weebly.com

DATES: (5 Performances)
March 16: Saturday 8pm - OpeningMarch 22: Friday 8pm March 24: Sunday 2pmMarch 29: Friday 8pmMarch 31: Sunday 2pm - Closing
LOCATION:
Write Act Repertory@ Brickhouse Theatre10950 Peach Grove St.North Hollywood, CA 91601On-street parking (Vineland and surrounding areas)TICKETS:
$25 General Admission$20 Seniors/Students/Groups 5+CASH ONLY at the door. Box office opens 30 min. before curtain.
TICKET LINK: https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/4105383
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ABOUT THE ARTISTS:Ilia Volok (Propishchin) is a graduate of Moscow Art Theatre School and Lifetime Member of The Actors Studio. LA Theater: Slaughter City (The Courage Theater Company), The Awful Grace of God (The Actors Company), The Revisionist (Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts) co-starring opposite Tony award winner Deanna Dunagan, written by The Oscar nominee Jesse Eisenberg, Who Killed Comrade Rabbit? (Blank Theater), Vivien (Actors Circle), Diary of a Madman (various theatres), Just a Song at Twilight (Write Act Repertory) Cats Paw (Actors Studio), Ferdinand (Promenade Playhouse), Cassat & Degas (The Hudson Theater), Destiny's Calling (Stella Adler Theater), Chekhov in Yalta (Theater 40) and Fakov in America (American Renegade Theater). His one-man show Diary of A Madman won the LA Weekly Theater Award for Best Solo Performance. During Fall 2017 and Winter 2018 in New York, Diary of a Madman had two successful back-to-back Off Broadway runs, 60 performances in total. In 2018, Diary of a Madman was presented as a special engagement at the Junction Theater in Dubai, UAE, Theatre de la Huchette in Paris, France and Suzirya Theater in Kiev, Ukraine.To this date, Ilia has appeared in over 150 films and television shows. Select Films: Air Force One, Oliver Stone's U-Turn, Indiana Jones 4, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The Soloist, Water for Elephants, Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol, Abduction, GI JOE 2, The Immigrant,Pawn Sacrifice and the recent  Hunter Killer (Opposite Gerard Butler and Gary Oldman). Recent television includes CBS "Magnum PI," FXs "Oh Jerome, No," CBS "MacGyver," and Marvel/Netflixs "The Punisher," "Swedish Dicks," "Counterpart," "Stitchers," "Criminal Minds," "Baskets," "Shameless," "The Americans," "NCIS" & "NCIS New Orleans," "Hawaii 5.0," "Two Broke Girls," "Clipped," and recurring roles Michael Bay's "The Last Ship," and  "Scandal."Faculty of the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute in Los Angeles.More info: www.iliavolok.com.Eugene Lazarev (Director), Russian actor and director. 1959 graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School- Studio. Has a 50 year career on Russian and international stage and screen. His director's credits include Hamlet, A Streetcar Named Desire, The Seagull, Uncle Vanya, The Lion in Winter, The Little Lizard, Old Fashion Comedy and others. As an actor, he played more than 75 roles in the leading Moscow Theaters in USA and Europe. Since 2000, he worked in LA Tenure of Russian Academy of Arts. He has numerous awards and state decorations. Faculty of USC, School of Cinematic Arts.Nikolai Gogol (Writer) (1809-1852) was a Ukrainian-born Russian dramatist and novelist. Considered by his contemporaries one of the preeminent figures of the natural school of Russian literary realism. His early works, such as Evenings on a Farm Near Dikanka, were influenced by his Ukrainian upbringing, Ukrainian culture and folklore. His later writing satirised political corruption in the Russian Empire (The Government Inspector, Dead Souls), leading to his eventual exile. The novel Taras Bulba (1835) and the play Marriage (1842), along with the short stories "Diary of a Madman", "The Tale of How Ivan Ivanovich Quarreled with Ivan Nikiforovich", "The Portrait" and "The Carriage", round out the tally of his best-known works.DIARY OF A MADMAN - StaffPresented by Write Act Repertory Producer: Anne MesaLighting Designer: Kenneth CosbyStage/Tech Manager: Jonathan HarrisonVisit: www.writeactrep.org