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Actors at Play Present World Premiere of BEWARE OF CUPID, 2/5-2/21

Actors at Play present the world premiere of an original Valentine's Day show titled BEWARE OF CUPID, running through February 21st at The Actor's Playpen.

BEWARE OF CUPID is a unique theatrical production centered on Valentine's Day, presenting stories based on love and other matters of the heart. The various pieces explore and ultimately celebrate relationships in all their different manifestations

"BEWARE OF CUPID deals with the different aspects and stages of love through a collection of original scenes and monologues... falling in love for the first time, struggling to make a relationship work, getting over the one that got away," says producer and director Julia Cho. "All of the material is written and developed by the cast, offering the distinct perspective of those who are too old to believe in fairy tales but not yet ready to give up on true love."

The cast includes Jason Rogel (Splinterheads w/ Christopher McDonald, Lea Thompson and Rachael Taylor, Dexter, Bones, The Office), Julia Cho (Eating Out: All You Can Eat, Disney XD's I'm In the Band), Benjamin Kim (SyFy's CHA$E), Lynnette Li (Octomom! The Musical), Sandy Yu (recently seen in Company of Angel's The Ghost Building), Jared Asato, Sara Ceballos, and Chris Miyasaki.

Julia Cho assembled Actors at Play in an effort to work with like-minded fellow actors to create a fun and moving experience for both the performers and audience members alike. "I believe theatre can and should be accessible and relatable, especially to younger people. I felt the need to produce this show and luckily I was surrounded by people who were incredibly supportive, excited and wanted to take this on with me," says Cho.

BEWARE OF CUPID runs February 5 through February 21, 2010 at The Actor's Playpen (1514 N Gardner Street, Los Angeles, CA 90046). Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm, Sundays at 3 pm. Admission is $14 online, $20 at-the-door. Tickets may be purchased at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/92523 or (800) 838-3006.

For more information, please visit www.bewareofcupid.com or e-mail bewareofcupid@gmail.com.

Photo: [top row, l. to r. Sandy Yu, Chris Miyasaki, Lynnette Li, Jason Rogel, Sara Ceballos, Benjamin Kim; bottom tow, l. to r. Jared Asato, Julia Cho]

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actors at play present beware of cupid

"For all you theater fans in Southern California, do check out Beware of Cupid, a unique theatrical production centered on Valentine's Day, presenting stories based on love and other matters of the heart. It opens this Friday, February 5 at The Actor's Playpen in Los Angeles...

...This has got to be better than that movie 'Valentine's Day.' Who needs Julia Roberts when you've got this cool cast of characters?"

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it IS better than that Valentine's Day movie ;)

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Love's Labors Not Lost: Beware of Cupid

Something is happening in L.A.

A transition. A filling of a void. An emergence of enthusiastic Asian Pacific Islander visionaries.

First spotted and coming out of nowhere is Actors at Play. They are a young collective who have been working for eight months on their project, Beware of Cupid.

They were frustrated. Like many of us, they didn't see their stories being told, not as artists, not as individuals, and not as Asian Pacific Islanders. They set on a mission to reinvent the rules of how art gets produced -- or the story of how art meets its public. And so they got together and chose the theme of love and Valentine's Day.

But hey, stop the "love" train! What's so innovative in that?

Distrust romance all you want. Disdain the heart-shaped chocolates and red and white delicacies. But it’s hard not to yearn for fairy-tale love just a little. It is this bifurcating banality within us all that Actors at Play seeks to exploit and cherish.

Walk behind the scenes, though, to see where love -- and inventiveness -- really lives. The performers are not just performers. Each one is a producer, each one has a stake in the project’s success.

They rehearsed in people’s apartments and in workplace rehearsal rooms. They used the internet and social media for grassroots funding. Their chutzpah struck a chord with over 100 financial supporters, and in a month, the production was infused with cash. Like Hilary Clinton in the Democratic primary, the major players in the API artistic community were left wondering, mostly in admiration, who these upstarts were. How did they succeed in an environment so fiscally hostile?

Gumption. And heart...

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