MB Stage Productions presents

by Jared Tyrel Pixler & David Evan Stolworthy Choreography by Matt Franta & Brandon Pugmire

Cast*

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please refer the insert enclosed.

Lighting & Sound Design Costume Design Make-Up, Hair, Gore Design Jared Tyrel Pixler Courtney Lucas Katie Lynn Mapel

Brandon Pugmire

Props Master Stage Managers Assistant Stage Manager Jason Lee Dennis Alysia Cruz Natasha Wells

Jesse Fiene

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CHOOSE YOUR CHARACTER

• Send your favorite character’s hash tag to @TheVideoGamesMB. • Send an encouraging message as well! Tag @MBStage to your tweet! • You can vote as many times as you want for as many different characters

as you want. The limit does not exist!

Scorpion Mortal Kombat #VG01 Master Chief Halo #VG02 Princess Peach Super Mario Bros. #VG03 Mega Man Mega Man #VG04 Commander Shepard Mass Effect #VG05 Samus Aran Metroid #VG06 Lara Croft Tomb Raider #VG07 Pikachu Pokemon #VG08 Donkey Kong Donkey Kong #VG09 Link The Legend of Zelda #VG10 Yuna Final Fantasy #VG11 Sheik The Legend of Zelda #VG12 ???? ???? #VG13

Audience Warning/Disclaimer

• Due to the nature of the show, this show may contain violent and/or sexually suggestive content. Parental discretions is advised.

• All weaponry is fake and the actors are trained professionals. Do not attempt these stunts at home.

• Please silence your cell phones and refrain from using them outside of voting and posting about the show. No texting or calling. Photography and videography is encouraged!

• If you receive a “Not Sent” notification when voting, add another hash tag or a personal message to your post. Each post must differ from the previous in order for it to be sent and counted.

• Individual hash tags in the same spot will each be counted as one vote. Multiples of the same hash tag in the same post will only be counted as one vote.

There will be one ten-minute intermission.

THE VIDEO GAMES THE VIDEO GAMES premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival ’15 and won two awards; the “Encore Producer’s Award” for Outstanding Production and Robot Teammate + The Accidental Party’s “Woulda Coulda Shoulda Award” for Theatre Excellence and Improvisation. THE VIDEO GAMES has performed in dozens of comic conventions across the southwestern United Stage. These credits include: Nerd Con 2015/16 (San Diego, CA), Long Beach Comic Con 2015/16 (Long Beach, CA), Long Beach Comic Expo 2016 (Long Beach, CA), Stan Lee’s Comikaze 2015/16 (Los Angeles, CA), Cos-Losseum (San Diego, CA), LVL Up Expo (Las Vegas, NV), Fandomverse Expo (Lancaster, CA), and many more. In addition to Hollywood Fringe Festival, THE VIDEO GAMES performed in the San Diego International Fringe Festival (June 2016) and the New York International Fringe Festival (August 2016). For more information, check out our Facebook account: facebook.com/thevideogamesmb or follow us on Twitter: @thevideogamesMB. For more information on MB Stage Productions, check out our Facebook account: facebook.com/MBStageProductions, go online: mbstage.com, or follow us on Twitter: @mbstage. For more information on MB Stage Productions’ general management services, workshop programs, and other production inquiries, email info@mbstage.com.

Thank You The Actors Company, Madilyn Clark Studios, Hollywood Fringe Festival, New York International Fringe Festival, Nerd Con 2015/16, the entire casts, crews, and committees of Make Believe Stage Productions, Jesse Fiene, Laura Wiley, Dan Scoville, Matt Franta, Brandon Pugmire, Joel Jones, Trisha Murphy, Courtney Lucas, Lacey Phelps, Alysia Cruz, Celina Surniak, the entire Stolworthy clan, Momsie, Leilani Perez-Mallin, Donald Ray Pixler, the Hyrulian Royal Family, TodayTix, Nerd Out, and all of our friends and family for everything they have done!

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show for a convention? We can full fill all of your general management and production needs. For details, email your

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Jared Tyrel Pixler (Co-Creator, Director) is a producer for Make Believe Stage Productions and one of the co-creators of THE VIDEO GAMES. He graduated AMDA: The College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts and holds a Bachelor’s Degree of Fine Arts in Musical Theatre. His original play, Let me Out, premiered at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2013. He is also the co-creator of the national youth improv competition, Improvathon. He has worked with Disney Entertainment and occasionally produces theatre abroad. Twitter: @jtpixler

David Evan Stolworthy (Co-Creator, Director) is a native Idahoan and a graduate of AMDA: The College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts LA/NY. Past producing credits include: Roommates: The College Guide to Sharing Your Closet (Hollywood Fringe ’14), California KiKi (Hollywood Fringe ’15), THE VIDEO GAMES (Hollywood Fringe ’15, San Diego Fringe ’16, New York Fringe ’16), and Winter is Coming: A Musical Parody (Hollywood Fringe ’16). Shout out to Granny B for introducing him to theatre in the first place! Twitter/Instagram: @disciplesofdavid

Matt Franta (Fight Choreographer) Other companies Mass has worked with include the Guthrie Theater, Children’s Theatre Company, Marin Shakespeare Company, Long Beach Playhouse, Four Clowns, and the National Theatre for Children. Matt holds a BA in Drama/Speech from Clarke University, and is a graduate of the International Stunt School in Seattle. He is a member of the Society of American Fight Directors, the International Order of the Sword & Pen, and the Association of Theatre Movement Educators. Matt currently teaches stage combat at AMDA: The College and Conservatory for the Performing Arts in Los Angeles.

www.MattFranta.com Brandon Pugmire (Fight Choreographer, Costume Designer) is an actor, cosplayer, and fight director. His love of cosplay, swordplay, and numerous video games came to his aid when creating the violence for this show. Past credits include: We are The Tigers (Hudson Theater), Winter is Coming: A Musical Parody (Actors Company, MB Stage Productions). When he isn’t choreographing violence, he can be found either playing Quidditch in the park, cosplaying as various icon characters (with hair!), and creating beautiful costumes with Courtney Lucas.

Courtney Lucas (Costume Designer) grew up with a love for accounting, entertainment, and sewing. She has learned everything from her mother who has her own business of costuming and furnishings. Courtney also has her own cosplay group called Quinn of the Night Cosplay that she promotes at conventions. Previous costuming credits with MB Stage Productions include: Winter is Coming: A Musical Parody (Hollywood Fringe ’16) and THE VIDEO GAMES (San Diego Fringe ’16, New York International Fringe ’16).

Katie Lynn Mapel (Makeup, Hair, & Gore Design) A graduate of EI School of Professional Makeup, she has taken every opportunity to enhance, change, and create art using faces and bodies as a canvas and makeup as her medium of choice. Her true love lies in the world of fantasy and special effects. You can find her at conventions, video game tournaments, or petting puppies. As MB Stage Productions’ resident makeup artist, she ives many thanks to the producers, directors, and actors for trusting her to assist in bringing these characters and stories to life.

Alysia Cruz (Stage Manager) is a Jersey girl who fostered her love for all things performance in high school and at the University of South Florida, graduating with a degree in Communication and Performance Studies. After working as a theatre professional and the Thespian Director of Troup 3203 of the International Thespian Society in Tampa, FL, she packed up and moved to Los Angeles to work in the burgeoning LA theatre scene and become a social media mogul. #stagemanaged Twitter:@isaonair

Jesse Fiene (Stage Manager, General Management) Theatre credits include: Winter is Coming: A Musical Parody, Hello, Dolly!, CSI: Wonderland, Bullshot Crummond, West Side Story, A Christmas Carol, Mary Poppins, Singin’ in the Rain. She’d like to remind the audience to take out their phones and silence them during the production. She is skilled with throwing things at actors for forgetting lines, she’s not hesitant to put those same skills on the audience! She’s like to thank Jared Pixler, David Evan Stolworthy, and Katie Mapel as well as her family for their love and support.

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