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Hearts Aflame
February 14, 2011 @ M Bar
 Julia Davis |
 Edi Gathegi |
 Graham Hamilton |
 Ian Hart |
 Hong Lei |
 Sean Maguire |
 Mozhan Marno |
 Christina Pickles |
 Jackson Rathbone |
 Tava Smiley |
 Sean Young |
WordTheatre Lit by Lulu proudly presented a very special event for your entertainment and profound delight. Hearts Aflame, an evening of passionate, sweet, uproarious, scathing and devastating love and break up letters spanning the centuries, from the 11th to the 21st, left you weeping with laughter and despair at the follies of the human heart. Featured:
- Christina Pickles (Romeo + Juliet, St. Elsewhere)
- Edi Gathegi (Twilight, New Moon)
- Graham Hamilton (Hamlet at the Folger, Romeo and Juliet at the Old Globe)
- Hong Lei (The Young and the Restless, Graduate of USC's MFA Acting Program)
- Ian Hart (Finding Neverland, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone)
- Jackson Rathbone (Twilight, The Last Airbender)
- Julia Davis (Timon of Athens, Graduate of USC's MFA Acting Program)
- Mozhan Marno (Traitor, The Stoning of Soraya M.)
- Sean Maguire (Meet the Spartans)
- Sean Young (Blade Runner, The Young and the Restless)
- Tava Smiley (General Hospital, Good Luck Chuck)
- Narrated by James Shippy
Created, Produced and Directed by Cedering Fox
Doors opened at 6:30 PM for dinner and the performance began at 8 PM. M Bar required a $10 food minimum. Hearts Aflame sold out.
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Special thanks to:
Eric Raptosh Photography www.raptosh.com
Koko Candles by Paoling Che www.kokocandles.com
Photo Gallery
Christina Pickles
Ian Hart
Mozhan Marno
Edi Gathegi
Jackson Rathbone
Sean Maguire
Graham Hamilton
Sean Young
Hoang Lei
Julia Davis
Tava Smiley
Location
M Bar1253 N Vine (at the SW corner of Fountain and Vine) Hollywood, CA 90038