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SpongeBob Looks at Santa
The Flea presents Steven Bank’s Looking At Christmas
Looking at Christmas Flea Theatre (Photo: By Joan Marcus)
It’s Christmas Eve in New York and a down-on-his-luck-writer is walking around looking at the beautiful holiday window displays when he meets an actress doing the same.
Yet something’s amiss with these displays. The couple soon realizes the characters in the windows are looking and speaking back to them. Including a lecherous elf with eyes for Mrs. Claus, an alien Scrooge arguing with an android Tiny Tim, a pissed off Little Match Girl, a vapid Russian model trying to hook up with a snowman and a jealous Joseph The Carpenter, step-father of you-know-who…
This romantic comedy world is created by Emmy Award-nominated writer of SpongeBob Squarepants, Steven Bank’s, in his new play, Looking At Christmas at The Flea.
According to Artistic Director Jim Simpson: “At The Flea, we are always looking for something different — and the holidays are no exception. Having the head writer from SpongeBob Squarepants take on Christmas, New York, and holiday windows fits the bill.”
THE PLAYWRIGHT
Steven Banks is the Emmy Award-nominated head writer of “SpongeBob Squarepants”. He recently co-created a full evening piece, Shadowland, for the renowned dance company Pilobolus. He wrote and starred in the critically acclaimed one-person play Home Entertainment Center on Showtime and performed it in Los Angeles and San Francisco, winning LA Weekly, Dramalouge and Bay Area Critic’s Circle Awards. Steven also wrote and starred in the national PBS series “The Steven Banks Show” and released a CD, “Songs from The Steven Banks Show”. His first novel, King of the Creeps, was published by Random House/Knopf. His play, Love Tapes, co-written with Penn Jillette, was nominated for three LA Weekly Theater Awards, winning Best Direction of a Comedy. He wrote the book and additional lyrics for the musical The Sponge Who Could Fly, currently touring internationally. Steven is a drop out of Los Angeles City College and a graduate of the Ringling Brother’s & Barnum and Bailey’s Clown College.
The playwright will give a Talk-Back after the show on December 28.
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