Nominated for Best Musical
@ Hollywood Fringe 2022

Click here for ticket and info on Housewife '52 at the Fringe!

A day in the life of 4 women and the men in their lives in 1952. Harold got a promotion and Judy is preparing for the big party. As the women wake, we learn of their dreams and fears and follow them through the day. Secrets are revealed, deceptions confronted, Tupperware burped, and laundry is folded.
A physical-musical with 7 new songs by the team that brought you the award-winning Scarlett Fever ​in 2019.

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REVIEWS!!

The cast is perfection in vocal prowess, dance moves and characterization. Wuchte announced at the show’s conclusion that the piece had been in the works for years and there were about 100 hours of rehearsal required. It’s easy to see that it all paid off. To paraphrase Velma Kelly, “they do it in perfect unison”. Housewife ‘52 is sure to be among the top shows of Fringe, probably of the year. Don’t miss it!
haineshisway.com / ROB STEVENS

How to describe Housewife ’52? Part musical, part physical theater, it is at times disorienting, yet wholly and completely captivating. This highly percussive piece incorporates hypnotic drumming, and precise, almost animalistic choreography. Go into this show knowing it won’t be your typical musical; I was expecting Rodgers & Hammerstein, but what I got was SO much more interesting.
stageraw.com / JULIA STIER

John Wuchte and his Kick Boom Theater ensemble take musical theater and dance to a new level, offering a combination of incredibly intricate and perfectly executed movement choreography performed by 7 brilliantly talented performers, all set to soul tingling music performed by four musicians.
broadwayworld.com / SHARI BARRETT

A toe tapping denunciation of sexism in America – you’ll leave humming the tunes! A PLATINUM MEDAL! 
thetvolution.com / ERNEST KEARNEY

Incredibly tight and specific ensemble show and not your typical fringe fare. It’s a musical but not your typical musical. It’s a dance piece but of its own kind. Each and every one of the cast members were amazing, specific and exciting to watch. 
theatre theater podcast / CJ MERRIMAN

AUDIENCE REACTION!

• FLAWLESSLY choreographed and meticulously directed. An all-around beautiful production. 
• Painstakingly beautiful! A haunting, hypnotic achievement in tune to the pulse of current cultural chaos.
• HOUSEWIFE ’52 begins with a jaw-dropping theatrical image that would be hard for most theatre companies to top
• This is a painstaking work of art. The overall effect is beautiful and poignant.
• The ensemble is flawless and the music and movement are mesmerizing, casting a spell that doesn’t let up
• Pristine, polished, crisp, and clean, Housewife '52 is wonderful and engaging to watch
• The movement and songs and dialogue came together beautifully to tell a story of repression and defiance
• I've never seen anything like this before.
• Very carefully detailed text, music, and movement, all performed with seemingly effortless crisp precision.
• Mesmerizing choreography and visuals. Reminiscent of the musical Company
• The cast is uniformly precise and highly committed to a very demanding style, and it pays off incredibly.
• It is truly unlike any other show you will see at fringe.
• I can’t stop thinking about it and will come see another performance
• ​Clean. Sharp. Excellently executed. Conjures Robert Wilson but with a more jaundiced eye
• Grabs your attention right up top and holds it through ‘til the end! 
• So much precision choreography that was tight, spot on, 100% between the actors and the musicians
• ​It was a delightful genre bending mash-up that had the audience captivated from beginning to end!

Creative team for Housewife '52

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JOHN WUCHTE
Creator/Music/Lyrics/Choreography

In 2019, John created the inaugural production for Kick Boom Theater, Scarlett Fever. A hit at the Hollywood Fringe, being nominated for Best Physical-Theater production. He began his career in NYC, performing in Picture of Dorian Gray, The 3 Christs, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, Cloud 9, Balm in Gilead, and others. He was the Artistic Director of RAKKA-THAMM!!! Theater Co. for a decade adapting/directing Greek tragedies performed outside in Washington Square Park. Wrote/directed Vivian Vance is Alive and Well and Running a Chinese Take-Out. In L.A, has performed with Theatre Movement Bazaar and is a long time member of Sacred Fools Theater Company performing in There is a Happiness That Morning Is, Valparaiso, [SIC] and Crazyface. He can be seen in the upcoming horror film Aprubtio. 

MICHAEL TEOLI
Music/Musical Director

Michael Teoli is an award-winning Film and Theater Composer.  Before graduating from the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Teoli worked on Howard Shore's Music Team for The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.  Since then, he has scored/worked on music for over 65 films.  A few recent titles are The Drama Club and Neshima.  His score to the feature 41 won BEST ORIGINAL SOUNDTRACK at the Director's Chair Film Festival.  Michael’s rock musical, Tonya & Nancy: The Rock Opera has played in Portland, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and enjoyed a sold-out run at the 2015 New York Musical Theatre Festival.  Broadway Records just released a live album: Tonya & Nancy (Highlights from the Rock Opera) Live at Feinstein’s/54 Below which Michael also co-produced.  His other feature musicals include CarnEvil and The Werewolves of Hollywood Boulevard.  Michael provided Music Direction, Arrangements and Additional Musical Composition for Doomsday Cabaret, Exorcistic: A Rock Musical Parody Experiment (each winning BEST MUSICAL at the Hollywood Fringe Festival) and Skullduggery: The Musical Prequel to Hamlet (which won the Ovation Award for Best Music).  Michael has also done scoring for the stage including Absolutely Filthy and Stuart Gordon’s adaptation of the Kurt Vonnegut Jr. novel, The Sirens of Titan (both scores were released as albums).  Michael recently scored Video Palace, the first scripted podcast produced by AMC’s Shudder network.​

ALEXANDER AGUIRRE
Arthur "Click, clack, click."

Alexander is a recent graduate from The American Musical and Dramatic Academy’s studio conservatory in New York. Since then he has worked around New York City in feature films, short films, theatre, and voiceover. He recently made the move from the east coast to the west, and is excited to make his stage debut in Los Angeles.

DANIEL AMERMAN
Harold and The Shirt ​"Press me, crease me."

Theater: BoomerMania (El Portal), WindChimes (Company of Angels), Down In the Face of God (The Vagrancy), The Swing of the Sea (Domino One), Assistants (LA Fringe), Gideon and the Blundersnorp (LA Fringe). TV/Film: “Arrested Development”, “The Office”, “Glee”, “Awkward”, “CSI:NY”, Face2Face. Voice Over: League of Legends, Final Fantasy VII, 3 out of 4 ninja turtles at one point or another (Raphael is my white whale). Training: Yale University. www.Daniel-Amerman.com

OLIVIA ECHEGARAY
Helen "My pretty pink sweater."

Olivia is so excited to be making her Fringe Festival debut! Previous credits include "Who Killed Alejandro Valdez" (Little Cinema), Trina in "Falsettos" (Boston Conservatory), "Red Noses" (Boston Conservatory), as well as directing 3 works and taking part in writing and devising her favorite piece called "Moist" (Boston Conservatory). She is Temple Director at Temple Shalom of the South Bay in Hermosa Beach. Thank you to Seamus, Nina, and Miguel.
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QUINCEY LOU HUERTER
Nancy "Is there anything past the edges?"

Quincey is a Musical Theatre BFA Alumni from the University of Mississippi. She is a nomad of sorts, being a military child, but lucky to finally have found a more permanent home in Los Angeles. She is excited to be making her Fringe debut in “Housewife 52”. More than anything she is over the moon to be back in a creative space, alongside other artists, making something truly special.
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DAGNEY KERR
Judy "Roll the cuff."

Dagney is thrilled to be back in the Fringe after appearing in the hit shows Earth to Karen and Disasteroid! Dagney guest stars and recurs on many TV shows. She's well known to Buffy the Vampire Slayer fans as Kathy, the demon college roommate, Nurse Heisel on Desperate Housewives, and in many national commercials. An accomplished writer, her films and plays have been featured in national festivals and competitions, winning Best Original Script, Audience Favorite, and Excellence in Playwriting Awards. Catch her in the Amazon movie Pescador, which she also choreographed, and another Fringe show, Criminal Genius, at the Stephanie Feury Theatre.
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CHARLIE MANOUKIAN
Raymond "Everyone mistakes me for Henderson."

Charlie is an actor and writer based in Los Angeles. After graduating from NYU Tisch School of the Arts in 2016 with a BFA in Drama Performance, Charlie acted in films, web series and theater including Off-Broadway. In 2021 he relocated to LA, where he acts and writes content.

DANIKA MASI
Dorothy "Wash it, burp it, seal it, flaunt it."

Danika Masi is excited to make her Hollywood Fringe debut! She is an actor and singer-songwriter who recently graduated UCLA with a Bachelor of Music Degree in Vocal Performance. You may have seen her in L.A. Now and Then with The Group Rep. During the pandemic, Danika revitalized the form of graduation recital through the creation of a film which presented classical music in a contemporary visual context. The film premiered and can be viewed on Youtube. Her favorite credits include Le Nozze di Figaro (Cherubino), Evita (Evita), and Guys and Dolls (Sarah Brown). 
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