On April 18, there will be a one-time, site-specific performance of USERS, a short play based on the novel USERS by Colin Winnette.
Seating is extremely limited — get your tickets now: users.brownpapertickets.com
Details:
USERS
Adapted by Colin Winnette
Directed by Satya Bhabha
4/18 @ 6:30pm (sharp)
1911 Alta St.
LA, CA
90031
Parking may be limited so plan to arrive early or take a ride share.
Starring:
George Basil as Miles 1
Tyler Parks as Miles 2
John Fleck as Miles 3
Lindsey Garrett as Claire
Syra McCarthy as Lily
BIOS:
GEORGE BASIL is an American actor known for his work in Crashing (2017), Flaked (2016) and Werewolves Within (2021).
SATYA BHABHA is a director, writer, and performer born in London and based in Los Angeles. His work blurs the line between performance and reality, often drawing inspiration from historical figures or classic texts. Satya has worked with theatres such as The Public Theatre, St Anns Warehouse, The Signature Theatre, Shakespeares Globe in London, and the Center Theatre Group in Los Angeles. He trained at Yale, where he was awarded the Sudler Prize for the Arts, and got his start working with the Olivier Award winning immersive theatre company SHUNT. His widely varied work ranges from writing and directing the 48-hour luxury travel adventure The Headlands Gamble, which was featured in The New York Times and likened by Bloomberg to walking around inside the worlds most assiduously designed movie, to adapting and directing a radically modernized production of Molieres Tartuffe skewering religious hypocrisy in the #MeToo era at The Echo Theatre in LA. In 2023 he premiered his original performance piece TRUE STORY in Copenhagen, which has subsequently performed in festivals throughout Europe, as well as in New York and LA. He is the artistic director of Public Assembly is a non-profit theatre company dedicated to the mission of reinventing community theatre in LA and beyond. Satya also directs television and film, having premiered projects at TIFF, SXSW, and Palm Springs. He has directed for networks such as Showtime, Apple, HBOMax, Hulu, and Amazon.
JOHN FLECK is an American actor and performance artist known for his work in Waterworld (1995), Falling Down (1993) and Velvet Buzzsaw (2019).
LINDSEY GARRETT PEAR has happily come out of acting retirement for this convivial occasion. Thanks to Satya Bhabha and Colin Winnette.
SYRA MCCARTHY is Syra (sigh-ruh) is a 52 half Filipino, half New Zealander first generation American. Say it five times fast. What she lacks in physical size she makes up for in imagination. A director as well as an actor she uses both identities like Batman and Bruce Wayne working to keep the city of Gotham safe. Moving with grace between different styles of film from cinematic surrealism to smart quirky comedyMcCarthy approaches filmmaking with a stylistic flair that subverts expectations. Directing for brands like Google, Angi, Olly, Scotch-Brite, Fords Gin, and Square, her work was recently featured in the New York Times . (Insert another appealing accolade here). Syra is also the co-creator or Soft Hold Collective, a Bay Area film directory highlighting female & non-binary talent behind the camera. When she is not on set, you can probably find her camping in the forest with her cat Ringo.
TYLER PARKS is an American actor, singer-songwriter, and dancer best known for his appearances on Westworld (HBO) , Ride (Helen Hunt), and The Perfect Sacrifice.
COLIN WINNETTE is the author of several books. His latest novel USERS was a Finalist for the Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction, a New York Times Editors Choice Pick, a New Yorker Best Book of 2023, and was called the first great novel about virtual reality by The Nation.
