Audacity Theatre Lab teams up to present world premiere of Hello Human Female in Dallas

by PegNews wire

The playwright behind (the now-defunct) Bootstraps Comedy Theatre’s 2007 run-away stage hit The Boxer teams up with the good folks at Audacity responsible for the hit show The Last Castrato to present the World Premiere of his new play. Audacity Theatre Lab is proud to bring to the stage Matt Lyle’s new romantic comedy, Hello Human Female, here in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area.

Matt Lyle’s Hello Human Female is set in motion when an online dating service connects Tamela, a 37 year-old virgin looking for love with Dr. Gorn, an evil scientist bent on world domination. Things don’t go according to Dr. Gorn’s dastardly plan when Tamela falls instantly in love with his henchman, Blork, a simple, misshapen, patchwork creation made up of thirty-five people “and various doo-dads.” When Tamela takes Blork home to Mother, Blork is quickly sent away on what ultimately becomes a journey of self-discovery. The play follows Blork on his trek, with Tamela hot on his trail. Hello Human Female is an odd and whimsical tale with the message that being full of love, kindness and understanding can make up for a lot of our apparent shortcomings.

The playwright Matt Lyle is cofounding Artistic Director of Bootstraps Comedy Theatre for which he wrote and directed several shows including Tab A, Slot B: A New Age Sexiology, Sunny and Eddie Sitting in a Tree (which was listed on the Dallas Morning News’ Top Ten Productions of 2006) and The Boxer. The Boxer won a DFW Critics Forum Award for Best Original Work and a host of Column Awards including Best New Play (Non-Equity) and Best New Work. He currently lives in Chicago and is taking comedy writing courses as The Second City and screenwriting classes at Chicago Dramatists.

Audacity Theatre Lab was previously known as Audacity Productions (1999-2006). The company participated many times in local festivals such as the FIT and Out of the Loop, represented north Texas at the New York International Fringe Festival multiple times, produced works for Austin’s FronteraFest and mounted over 50 plays - large and small - in the Dallas area. The leaders of this little theatre absorbed a lot, often learning by doing, from this earlier garage-band-sized Audacity. Audacity Productions filed articles of dissolution in the summer of 2006, when Artistic Director Brad McEntire headed off for more than a year abroad. Now, Audacity is back, with a brand new mission, focus and name. Last May ATL presented the World Premiere of Greg Romero’s touching theatrical meditation The Most Beautiful Lullaby You've Ever Heard. This was followed up by participation in theatre festivals in Phoenix and New Orleans last fall.

Hello Human Female runs from February 18 - March 7 with showtimes Wednesdays - Saturdays at 8:15 p.m. Call 469-236-2726 for more tickets/information.

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