Monday, January 31, 4:30 p.m

Visual Arts Facility: Performance Space

The Department of Literature would like to invite you to an event with BRIAN BIELAWSKI, a playwright, actor, TV star, and singer, who performs a one-man production, GAM3RS /the Play. OFF-BROADWAY he has acted with the Manhattan Theatre Club in The American Pilot, and Theatre By the Blind in The Rules of Charity. REGIONALLY, he’s performed with the New Rep Theatre near Boston in Eurydice, and with The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego in Comedy of Errors, Macbeth, As You Like It, Antony & Cleopatra, Winter’s Tale, and Two Noble Kinsmen. Just recently he was nominated for San Diego's Craig Noel award for his performance in Yellow Face with the Mo'olelo Theatre Company. Brian is currently on TOUR across the country performing GAM3RS and leading workshops for high school and college students. FILM credits include the indie title Felix Culpa. TELEVISION credits include a recurring role on Guiding Light. VOICEOVER: Saint’s Row II and III for X-Box 360. EDUCATION: MFA 2005 – The Old Globe/University of San Diego; BFA 2002 – The University of Evansville, IN.

GAM3RS /the play is the critically acclaimed one-man show that "captures the essence of geeks around the globe." Written by Brian Bielawski and Walter G. Meyer and starring Bielawski, GAM3RS is a unique production that uses language to create an entire world where heroic knights and evil elves are at war, unseen characters have strong personalities, and one nerd struggles to hold it all together as his real and virtual life hang in the balance.

This event will feature an abridged performance of the show followed by a discussion with the creator and star.

For information about this event, contact Prof. Camille Forbes at cfforbes@ucsd.edu