At the Hollywood Fringe Festival opens June 3rd

Gather around as The Pale Gypsy shares truly incredible stories from his Book of Tall Tales! Full of oddball characters and humor, and accompanied by a classic-rock inspired original music score, the Traveling Musical Revue takes the audience on a journey that will bring them on a ride-along with some benevolent buccaneers, explore the mysteries of love, and uncover the secrets of a hidden forest. "The Pale Gypsy's Traveling Musical Revue" is presented by Theater Asylum.

It's 60 minutes of storytelling in its age-old tradition created for a modern audience, and is (hopefully) the cool glass of water everyone could use right now! Sitting in isolation during COVID, watching the world unravel, the creative voice within Murphy spurned The Pale to take action. His response is the Traveling Musical Revue. With it, he hopes to bring a positive, direct, communal experience to folks through laughter and music. Although it is full of some of the goofiest material he's ever produced, it's just what the doctor ordered!

"I decided to produce this show out of the desire to develop an innovative way to use a mixture of basic techniques. I want to present audiences with an experience that will carry them far enough away from their reality that they leave feeling refreshed and reset, while doing so in a way that is gentle and familiar, yet completely unique to this show," declares Murphy. "The pieces selected for this 60 minutes are some of the best representations of this vision."

About The Writer/Producer

Chris Murphy uses "The Pale Gypsy" as a semi-fictional persona to present the wide variety of stories, subjects, and music that comprise his Traveling Musical Revue. Although this is his Fringe debut, Chris is no stranger to writing and performing. A member of SAG/AFTRA for almost twenty years, he has appeared in independent films, and has voiced a number of characters in video games, including Agent G in "House of the Dead III" for Xbox, and is best known for his role as Murray in the "Sly Cooper" franchise for Sony's Playstation. He has also written, produced, and performed original works steadily over the years.

Chris has recently been living in Northern California, focused on working to expand arts education with local arts and educational organizations by serving as a member of various boards of directors, and committees such as The Community Arts Team representing southern Butte County as part of the Kennedy Center's "Any Given Child" Program. Chris is most proud of the work he has done throughout Butte County as a Trauma Informed Teaching Artist working in under-served, rural communities, and with at-risk youth in partnership with schools, theater groups, and Butte County of Education. Through these programs, Chris has witnessed the power that live performance has on both performer and audience. A comment Chris often tells his students: "What we do on stage gives the audience something important, even if it's through the dumbest slapstick comedy ever made!"

What: The Pale Gypsy's Traveling Musical Revue - 1 man with 4 musical instruments telling 5 satirical stories. All music and lyrics are original.

Who: Written and performed by: Chris Murphy.

When:
Friday, June 3rd - 7pm (Preview)
Saturday, June 11th - 4pm
Sunday, June 19th - 8pm
Friday, June 24th - 7pm

Where: The Wren Theater @ The Irish Import Shop - 742 Vine St., Los Angeles, CA 90038

Tickets: $10.00

Reservations: http://www.hff22.co/7525

Running time: 1hr.

Recommended 16+ - Material is intended for a mature-ish audience.