Elephant Theatre Company presents Short Play Fest: The Best of Love Bites

The Elephant Theatre Company, David Fofi and Lindsay Allbaugh, Co-Artistic Directors, has announced it will present this year's annual short play festival as a "best of" encore anthology. THE BEST OF LOVE BITES: 10 Years Together ... and Still No Ring will be split into two separate evenings of short one-acts that will run in repertory from Thursday, February 17 through Sunday, March 20. The two programs ('Round One' and 'Round Two') represent the best original short plays produced by the Elephant Theatre Company over the last ten years during its annual one-act festival, which has become a local 'cult' favorite. All of the plays, which will be performed at the Elephant Space in Hollywood, are written, performed and directed by members of the Company.

Kicking off the Elephant's 15th Season, THE BEST OF LOVE BITES: 10 Years Together... and Still No Ring is a delicious assortment of short plays featuring dark humor, grand delusions and outright goofball shenanigans, all examining that elusive thing called love. Though it never bows to the conventions of a Hallmark greeting, LOVE BITES has become a hallmark of the Elephant Theatre Company's distinctive excellence.

Various past festivals have garnered much praise. "Love Bites demonstrates that the Elephant Theatre Company can produce original material with depth and quality. The level of writing, acting and direction is above many of the company's peers," said LA Metro. And from Back Stage, "... not for the faint of heart ... superbly acted and ably directed. These pieces, whether surreal or true to life, make for a crisp evening of outrageous fun ... leaves one exhausted and guiltily anticipating next year's production."

THE BEST OF LOVE BITES will run as follows: Round 1 opens Thursday, February 17 at 8pm, and then plays Thursday and Friday at 8pm through March 18. Round 2 opens Saturday, February 19 at 8pm, and then plays Saturday at 8pm and Sunday at 7pm through March 20. General admission tickets are $20. There will also be a special Anti-Valentine's Day (or, as Ken Werther likes to call it, Singles Awareness Day) Celebration on Monday, February 14 at 8pm, featuring a one-time lineup of plays, along with other surprises. Admission on Valentine's Day is $25.

To purchase tickets for regular performances and for the Anti-Valentine's Day event, visit www.ElephantTheatreCompany.com or call (877) 369-9112. The Elephant Space is located at 6322 Santa Monica Boulevard (one block west of Vine), in Hollywood. Street parking is available.