MAX & ELSA
In the style of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead, MAX & ELSA pays homage to The Sound of Music by ditching Maria and the children to explore the darker (and drunker) adventures of Uncle Max and the Baroness — the two people for whom the hills were not alive with... well, you know.
At the 2015 Hollywood Fringe Festival, MAX & ELSA received the most award nominations of any show in the festival, including a nomination for the Fringe’s highest honor, the coveted Top of the Fringe. Writers Mason Flink and Lindsay Kerns took home the O-Face Award for Most Orgasmic Writing and the Inkwell Playwright’s Promise Award, and the production was named Best World-Premiere Play at the 2015 Fringe by StageSceneLA.
CREATIVE TEAM
PRODUCERS: Mason Flink & Lindsay Kerns
DIRECTOR: Mason Flink
WRITERS: Mason Flink & Lindsay Kerns
CAST: Clayton Farris, Megan Rose Greene, Frank Smith, and Matthew Gilmore
DESIGN TEAM: Jean Ansolabehere (Stage Management), Brandon Baruch (Lighting Design), Alysha Bermudez (Sound Design), Lindsay Kerns (Set/Graphic Design), Mason Flink (Composer), Megan Rose Greene (Costume Design)
“... deliciously clever... some of the funniest lines you’ll hear between now and Fringe’s end — if not beyond.””
“... the hoot-filled dialogue is fastidiously character-driven and at times downright serious. Both Max and Elsa, brought to vivid life by Clayton Farris and Megan Rose Greene, are wholly believable beings.”
“I have no hesitation in commending the show for all.”
