SYSTEM OF A DOWN singer
Serj Tankian is among the musicians who are scheduled to perform at the
WTF?! Festival, set to take place Tuesdays through Saturdays, October 13 - December 19 at The Actors' Gang in Culver City, California.
Serj will appear on November 7 at 8:00 p.m.
"The name of this festival came to me after a recent board meeting where I was told that due to the economic downswing and recent reduction in donations that we can no longer afford to produce theater," explains
Actors' Gang artistic director,
Academy Award-winning actor
Tim Robbins. "I was told it would be less expensive to do nothing."
The
WTF?! Festival was
Robbins answer to the board.
"We're not very good at doing nothing. We have seventy members and we are fired up to go into production on a major piece in January, so in the spirit of rebellion and our history of survival we are going to produce three plays, host great artists and authors, screen free documentaries, have open forums for Veterans, have live music nights with great songwriters, present poetry and dance, screen ridiculously funny movies, host talkbacks with directors and try to raise enough money to survive this crap economy, We are offering a wide variety of events that will fire up new audiences, help them to discover
The Gang, and support our community outreach."
To that end, the
WTF?! Festival is composed of a singer/songwriter series, film talkback series, and a theater and dance series, each curated by
Robbins and featuring members and friends of
The Actors' Gang. All proceeds will benefit The Gang's many outreach programs, such as theater residencies in public schools; a free Summer-in-the Park family theater series; free holiday shows for families; a theater in prisons program focused on rehabilitation through the arts; and pay-what-you-can nights for
Actors' Gang productions on the main stage.
The Actors' Gang is located in the Ivy Substation at 9070 Venice Blvd. (near the intersection of Culver and Venice Blvds.) in Culver City.
For more information, visit
www.wtffestival.com.
