A Navy wife and a Marine widow get hammered performing princess parties in 1989 suburban Virginia.
hella fresh theater hella proudly presents
Cowboy Cologne
Starring
Alexandria Lee
Ellen Humphreys
written & directed by john rosenberg
June 3,4,10,11,17,18,24,25 2016
Reviewed by Noah J Nelson for No Proscenium
Cowboy cologne- a play in two acts
Norfolk, Virginia- 1989
Act One (pollywog)
Summer Dawn
fortunate fortuitous / foreign object damage walkdown
Act Two (shellback)
Early Autumn
neptune’s grotto in alexandria / the triumph of neptune and europa
Ellen Humphreys is a Los Angeles resident and graduate of Boston University’s BFA Acting conservatory program. Recent west coast productions include In The Next Room or the vibrator play (SBCC Theatre Group) and Christmas with the Beatles (with Abbey Road Tribute).
john rosenberg has written and directed Use Both Hands, Jericho Road Improvement Association, Cheap Guy HOF: Class of 2010, California Redemption Value, Queen of All Weapons, Automatic Fault Isolation, The Gambling Room, Hannah, Alp d’Huez, We Have Others. All praise is due to my mom who taught me everything good i do, my beautiful sweet loving life and wife yael, my darling sister jessica and my dad.
Special thanks to josh mcilvain of automatic arts for editing, spotting and re-aiming.