WELCOME TO THE ASYLUM PIPELINE!
It takes a community to grow art, and the Asylum Pipeline is designed to help artists work together, build on one another's strengths, and create new work.
A lab featuring three connected sections, the Pipeline is designed to be a direct line to production-ready pieces.
It takes a community to grow art, and the Asylum Pipeline is designed to help artists work together, build on one another's strengths, and create new work.
A lab featuring three connected sections, the Pipeline is designed to be a direct line to production-ready pieces.
WRITER'S WEDNESDAYSWednesday nights from 6pm - 9pm, writers gather at Studio C and bring in scenes or pieces from their most recent work to discuss, read, and critique.
Scenes can then be worked by actors and directors in The Workout and then continued revision. |
THE WORKOUTSaturday mornings from 10am - 1pm, actors bring in scene work, directors work with actors either on their scenes, or material the director wants to workshop. Or directors and actors come together to workshop material from the writers, building a full play.
The Workout is moderated to emphasize Stanislavsky-Based acting, strong directorial vision, and passionate execution of material. |
SHOWCASES AND MOREPipeline members will also receive discounted rates on rehearsal and audition space as well as workshops on Producing, Social Media and Marketing, and other performance and production-related workshops, showcase opportunities and social events with outside producers and veterans of the LA theater community.
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THE PIPELINE MEMBERS
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Matthew Quinn (Artistic Producer - Combined Artform / Executive Producer - Theater Asylum) has been involved in theater production and venue management for over 20 years in San Francisco and Los Angeles. He created COMBINED ARTFORM as a production company in 1998 with Producer Bertha Rodriguez and has produced, co-produced, presented, booked and promoted hundreds of shows. He has been an active player as an adviser, producer and venue manager with the Hollywood Fringe Festival since its onset in 2010. He has produced/co-produced over 15 shows in the Hollywood Fringe including Top of the Fringe and Best Comedy “WOMEN” (w/Beth Dies) and “Pick of the Fringe” (w/Fringe Management). Also, in 2010, Matthew started the ENCORE Awards, for “Best of” Hollywood Fringe and has co-produced extensions of Pulp Shakespeare, Pokemusical and Sunny Afternoon. In 2016, he and Bertha Rodriguez partnered with Studio C Artists to explore stage to film/TV models. Starting in 2018 Matthew Quinn has become a West Coast scout, administrator /coordinator for the NYC FRINGE ENCORE SERIES at the NY SoHo Playhouse. He looks forward to the future of Fringe and Intimate Theatre.
Matt Ritchey (Producer, Director/Actor Workshop Moderator) is a director, writer, actor, and acting coach. He holds a BFA in Acting from NYU’S Tisch School of the Arts, a Certificate in Shakespeare from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and is a recent graduate and Associate Producer at Director’s Lab West. His original play Blackboxing (writer/performer) won "Best Cabaret/Variety" at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival, as well as "Standout Song Award" from For Love of Parody Productions, "Trope Buster" Award from They Played Productions, the "Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence" from Indie Voices, the "Encore Producer's Award," and a Platinum Medal and "Essence of the Fringe" award from The TVolution. Recent directing credits include the new drama American Conspiracy (Winner of the “Encore Producer’s Award” at Hollywood Fringe Festival 2018, “Best Director” nomination by The TVolution), Angel’s Flight (winner of “Best Cabaret/Variety” at Hollywood Fringe Festival, “Best Director” nomination by Rogue Shakespeare Company), Martha Washington Killed a Redcoat (nominated for “Best Comedy” and “Short and Sweet” Awards), We Are Traffic, This Is Our Youth, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream.
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INTRODUCTORY RATES for SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER 2019
WRITER'S WEDNESDAYS PIPELINE ACCESS is $60 per month, payable first of the month.
THE WORKOUT Actor and Director PIPELINE ACCESS is $100 per month, payable first of the month.
ACCESS TO BOTH is $160 per month
To Reserve Your Space, Click the PayPal Button
WRITER'S WEDNESDAYS PIPELINE ACCESS is $60 per month, payable first of the month.
THE WORKOUT Actor and Director PIPELINE ACCESS is $100 per month, payable first of the month.
ACCESS TO BOTH is $160 per month
To Reserve Your Space, Click the PayPal Button