90027: Griffith Park - The Fire In-Between

Written by: Peppur Chambers
Directed By: Rondrell McCormick
Episode Available: December 2, 2021

As the Great Depression rolls on, Fernando and Difford, two ambitious young men, take government relief jobs maintaining the city’s large urban wilderness, but on the fateful date of October 3, 1933 something goes terribly wrong… How do we follow our dreams when the natural order has been disrupted?

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* This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement

CREATIVE TEAM:

Series Host – Ramón de Ocampo
Audio Producer, Sound Designer, and Foley Artist – Jeff Gardner
Co-Designer – Andrea Allmond
Original Music – Ellen Mandel
Production Stage Manager – Ben Altman
Audio Editor – Neil Wogensen

Cast

Mark Doerr

Foreman Krinker
A member since 2000, Mark has been seen on the Antaeus stage in The Man Who Had All The Luck, The Malcontent and Peace In Our Time. Los Angeles area work includes: Grail Project, Big Shot, TRACK 3 & The Treatment (Theatre Movement Bazaar); Little Black Shadows (South Coast Rep); Mirette (MainStreet Theatre). Broadway: The Visit w/Jane Alexander and Harris Yulin, Off-Broadway: Sharon:The Musical, adapted/directed by Geraldine Fitzgerald. A Juilliard School graduate, Mark has studied Shakespeare in Oxford, Chekov in Moscow and musical theatre in Ann Arbor. Proud Equity member since 1992. More delicious tidbits: markdoerr.com
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Peter Mendoza*

Fernando Vasquez
Peter Mendoza was born and raised in East Los Angeles. He studied theater, stage combat, and dance at East Los Angeles College. At ANTAEUS: Belyaev in Three Days In The Country. Other Theater: Oscar in Sweat (Mark Taper Forum), Elliot in Elliot, A Soldier's Fugue (Kirk Douglas Theatre), Oedipus in Oedipus El Rey (Kirk Douglas Theatre, Digital Stage), Henry Reyna in Zoot Suit (Mark Taper Forum, U/S); Hason in Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles (The Rep. Theatre of St. Louis); Rafael in La Piedra Oscura; Don Carlos in Los Empeños de una Casa, Paco in Salon Mexico, Don Juan Tenorio in El Burlador de Sevilla (Bilingual Foundation of the Arts). TV: Perry Mason (HBO), From Scratch (Netflix), Shooter (USA), NCIS (CBS), Snowfall (FX), Casual (HULU), On My Block (Netflix). Film: Dead Bullet, Nathan's Kingdom, Parasites, Tecato, Hello to Never, Ana Maria in Novella Land.
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Gerard Joseph*

Difford Samuelson
GERARD JOSEPH  is a multi-hyphenate artist currently based out of LA.  He received his MFA from UCSD, has trained with Maggie Flanigan in NYC, and is a company member at Antaeus Theater Company and The Road Theater in LA. Gerard sends special love and thanks to his parents for their tremendous love and support. IG @whatnextg. Reps welcome.   Los Angeles Theater: FIRST DEEP BREATH - Geffen Playhouse; EVERYBODY - Antaeus Theater Company; 90027: GRIFFITH PARK - THE FIRE IN-BETWEEN - Antaeus Theater Company; KAIROS - Geffen Writers Room; PRESENT BLACK FATHERS - Road Theater Company; A POST-RACIAL USA - HIghways Theater; A TASTE OF HONEY - Odyssey Theater.   New York Theater: AMERICAN LULLABY - Manhattan Theater Club; TERROR SUPERHIGHWAY - Cherry Lane Theater; VII DEADLY SINS - Downtown Theater Festival.     Regional Theater: HONKY - San Diego Rep; HIS GIRL FRIDAY - La Jolla Playhouse; BLUEPRINTS TO FREEDOM - La Jolla Playhouse; DUTCHMAN - Ubuntu Theater Co; RUN MOURNER, RUN - Flashpoint Theater Company; A MATTER OF SECONDS - Walnut Street Theater; TAKE ME OUT - Plays and Players.   Director: ROBBIN, FROM THE HOOD - Road Theater Company; TOPDOG/UNDERDOG - Black Creators Collective; YOU - an immersive experience; SECRET SOCIETY - Alliance Theater.
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Production Team

Peppur Chambers

Writer
PEPPUR CHAMBERS is an international writer/producer/educator. A member of Circle X Emerging Playwrights Group, Moving Arts MADLab, and Antaeus Playwrights Lab, she uses her voice to amplify women’s issues, social justice and love. Next up: The Fire In-Between, a radio play about LA’s 1933 Griffith Park fire for Antaeus Theatre Company’s The Zip Code Plays Season Three. Her plays For the Love of You, House Rules, The Build UP, Dick & Jayne Get a Life and one-woman show, Harlem’s Awakening: Storytelling Live have been produced in LA and Prague. Learn more about The Hot One including her published fiction at penandpeppur.com

Rondrell McCormick

Director
At ANTAEUS: SHE (reading). Film/TV/Media: Weakend (Netflix-Proof Of Concept); The Wesley’s (web series); The Old Saturday (short film); Effigy (short film); Theater: Between Dog And Wolf (Theatre Of NOTE); Vol. 1 A Post Racial America (Boston Court Pasadena); Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids (Orlando Shakespeare Festival); Polar Bears, Black Boys & Prairie Fringed Orchids (San Diego Repertory Theatre); Training: B.F.A., North Carolina A&T State University; M.F.A., American Conservatory Theater.
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule