"THE NEED TO KNOW"

FINAL SHOW!!
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 12th, 8pm
The Need to Know :: a play by April Fitzsimmons

Whitefire Theatre
13500 Ventura Blvd.
Sherman Oaks, CA 91423

Tickets are $20
(cash only please)

All Veterans are free!

For Reservations
(310) 880-0911

April Fitzsimmons (Woman of Mass Distraction) is a writer/actor/activist living in Los Angeles. After a brief stint in a Montana slammer she joined the Air Force at 17 and became an Intelligence Analyst during the Cold War. A visit to the National Security Agency changed her forever and she high-tailed out of the classified world with a bevy of no-good secrets and an honorable discharge and headed to Hollywood. She crewed several films and wrote a book called Breaking & Entering, about how to land your first job in Film Production. After 9/11 she joined Veterans for Peace and wrote a solo show called THE NEED TO KNOW that has run for six years in LA. THE NEED TO KNOW is now playing at Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks and in August 08' at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. You can see articles, essays and show times at her website: www.aprilfitzsimmons.com

What Critics Say:

“Best Solo Performer of 2004” - LA Theater Weekly Awards

“A wry performer with a sharp eye for detail and character! An irrespressible presence! Refreshing!” - LA Times 2008

“A superb, enlightening and humorous one-woman show ... Moving, intelligent, deeply personal, entertaining and thought provoking ... Where Fitzsimmons distinguishes herself is in giving an open, even sympathetic voice to some of the other opinions in the fractious debate of the last years ... Fitzsimmons earns her standing ovation and comes highly recommended!” - Tolucan Times 2007

“A master work of humor and dread.” - LA Weekly 2004

“Fitzsimmons is a storyteller in the classic style, fully engaging! ... A well-crafted perfectly paced narrative... intensely personal and yet universal in scope ...Fitzsimmons deals with the struggle of one individual caught between art and war.” - Noho LA 2002

“A beautiful and rare reason to put on a show.” - LA Weekly 2002

www.aprilfitzsimmons.com