HYANNIS ARTS HALL presents TEENAGE WASTELAND, written and performed by David Dean Bottrell

Prolific television actor David Dean Bottrell on stage
in Hyannis in his acclaimed one-man show about teenage angst

Live theater is back in downtown Hyannis. In this case, footsteps off Main Street, on the stage of Hyannis Arts Hall, the recently opened nonprofit arts and cultural center in the Historic East End.

Familiar television actor David Dean Bottrell, who's also a veteran of stage and film, brings his acclaimed one-man show Teenage Wasteland: Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen to Hyannis Arts Hall on Friday, August 1 at 7 pm, presented by Hyannis Film Festival and Hyannis Arts Hall.

Bottrell has recorded a long, multi-talented career on television, as an author, and as a playwright and screenwriter. Audiences might remember him from his recurring role as Lincoln Meyer on Boston Legal. Or in his quirky guest appearances on long running TV series including CSI, Law and Order, Rectify, and many others, along with his comedic turns on Frasier and Modern Family. Bottrell is credited with more than 50 roles by IMDB, the Internet Movie Database. His comedic one-man shows have played to sold-out theaters on both coasts, notes Wikipedia.

Bottrell's book, Working Actor: Breaking In, Making a Living and Making a Life in the Fabulous Trenches of Show Business, was published by a division of Random House. He's the co-playwright with Jessie Jones of the Off-Broadway play Dearly Departed, which the two developed into the movie Kingdom Come, starring LL Cool J, Jada Pinket Smith, and Whoopi Goldberg. Bottrell's short film Available Men, which he wrote and directed, won 17 awards on the film festival circuit.

Following the success of his notable solo show David Dean Bottrell Makes Love: A One-Man Show, Bottrell brings the universal experience of being an adolescent to Teenage Wasteland, a "hilarious, and heartbreaking... tour de force," said playwright and actor Charles Busch. Stage and Screen called Teenage Wasteland "a must-see event... funny, poignant, and personal." Another reviewer wrote Bottrell is "one part David Sedaris, one part Spaulding Gray."

Tickets for Bottrell's heartfelt but comic tales of youth can be found now on eventbrite.com for $30 general admission, plus a processing fee of $3.85. Hyannis Arts Hall doors open at 6:30 pm on Friday, August 1, with beer and wine service before the 7 pm performance of about 90 minutes. Recommended for ages 15+.

Find Hyannis Arts Hall at 81 Willow Avenue across from Centerville Dry Cleaners, or just footsteps down the gated walkway next to the Federated Church of Hyannis, at 320 Main Street. For more information about Hyannis Arts Hall visit us on social media or at hyannisartshall.com. Or call managing director William Ferrall at 508-228-8535, or email hyannisartshall@gmail.com.

Hyannis Arts Hall, home to Hyannis Arts and Flea and Hyannis Film Festival, is a registered Massachusetts nonprofit with a federal 501(c)(3) application in process. Fiscal agent Hyannis Film Festival was founded in 2019 to bring movies and the art of filmmaking to Hyannis and Cape Cod, with a focus on local creators and topics of interest to area residents and visitors.

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