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An ambitious, colorful and deeply personal stage production will hit Torrance Friday, when

Performing Arts Studio West

(http://pastudiowest.com) unleashes its original

rock musical Recovered.

The performing arts studio works exclusively with actors with development disabilities, though

Recovered’s creators don’t want that to be

the focus of the show.

“We never want people to go ‘oh, that was a good show for people with disabilities,’” John Paizis,

founder of Performing Arts Studio West, tells The Hollywood Reporter (http://www.hollywoodreporter.com)

. “We want people to go ‘God, that show

just kicked ass.’ And we’ve gotten that

consistently.”

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The conceit of Recovered is that a man (Nick Daley, who plans

Rodney on FX’s Legit), returns to an abandoned theater and

begins recalling memories from his life. Those recovered

memories are manifested in the form of elaborate stage versions

of songs by The Doors, Annie Lennox, The Beatles, The

Police, Janis Joplin, Led Zeppelin, Duran Duran, The Animals

and more.

Many of the songs were chosen to reflect the intense loneliness

that can accompany a disability. Molly Patterson, who sings

Radiohead’s “Creep” in the show, explains the lyrics speak to

nagging feelings that everyone else is perfect while her character is not.

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In the show, Patterson sings the song while looking into a fake mirror in which other actors appear

and pose as her reflection. Mostly they are the types of famous and glamorous people she wishes she

could be.

“It’s all about telling a story about a girl whose came from London or a different country not knowing

where she is or what she’s doing,” Patterson says. “She feels like she’s just a total freak – a total

weirdo and no one wants to be her friend.”

Among the actors featured in the show are Luke Zimmerman, who recently wrapped five seasons

on Secret Life of the American Teenager, and Isaac Leyva, who has been tearing up the film festival

circuit with his starring role opposite Alan Cumming in Any Day Now.

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“So much of the philosophy of our studio is we treat these guys like peers. We treat them like people

we enjoy having in our life. We don’t pull any punches,” says Paizis of working with the actors. “We

love them when we have to love them. We do the tough love when we have to do the tough love.”

Recovered will be performed for one night only Friday at 8 p.m. at Torrance Cultural Arts Center's

James R. Armstrong Theater (http://www.torranceca.gov/9028.htm) . Tickets can be obtained by making a

tax-deductible donation of $25. Tickets include a studio recording of the music performed at the

show. Tickets can be purchased

(http://archive.constantcontact.com/fs183/1102486473211/archive/1112966281630.html) by calling 310-674-1346 ext.

202.

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