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Follow on Google News | John Posey’s critically acclaimed ‘Father, Son & Holy Coach’ returnsThe Odyssey Theatre hosts the all-new guest production by Rainy Night Films in association with Tyler Posey
By: Odyssey Theatre, Rainy Night Films, John Posey Welcome to Tupelo County, Georgia, where even the local Easter egg hunt takes on legendary, Super Bowl proportions. In Father, Son & Holy Coach, Friday night football is the motif that illuminates a father/son journey gone hilariously off the rails. Over the course of 85 minutes, Posey, who confesses he was shaped by a complex and conflicted relationship with his own father, seamlessly portrays over two dozen different characters — the entire town of Tupelo. “It’s a very funny, but also poignant, study of the fragile psyche of an aggressively overprotective father,” explains Posey. “This man’s main reason for living is to prevent his child from experiencing what he perceives to be life’s failures. Finally, after years of trying to live up to his father’s expectations, the son must go his own way.” Posey debuted Father, Son & Holy Coach to rave reviews in1993 (“Wonderful… Best known as Scott McCall on the MTV series Teen Wolf, producer Tyler Posey is John’s real-life son. “This is a father/son story, and this production is a father/son endeavor,” John says. A graduate of the University of Florida, John grew up in Florida, Georgia and Oklahoma. He first came to the attention of network casting executives who discovered him on stage with the Atlanta-based comedy group, “Comedia,” Terri Hanauer most recently directed the critically acclaimed world premiere of Peter Lefcourt’s Café Society at the Odyssey. Other directing credits include La Ronde de Lunch in an “Ovation Recommended” Set design for Father, Son & Holy Coach is by Pete Hickok, lighting design is by Donny Jackson, sound design is by Dino Herrmann, projection design is by Yee Eun Nam and the production stage manager is Marissa Drammissi. Victoria Watson, Theatre Planners is associate producer and Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners produces. Father, Son & Holy Coach opens for press on Feb. 13 and continues through March 20. Performances take place Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., and Sundays at 2 p.m. There will be two preview performances, on Thursday, Feb. 11 and Friday, Feb. 12 at 8 p.m. All tickets are $25, except previews which are $15. The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025. For reservations and information, call (323) 960-7724 or go to www.holycoach.net/ End
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