Muse & Ire Presents
King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown
An Original Post-Punk Musical
Written and Performed by Satu
Directed by Rantz A. Hoseley
• Los Angeles Premiere •
Hollywood Fringe
Location
Art of Acting Studio • Blackbox
1017 N. Orange Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90038
Run Time
60 minutes
• Limited Engagement •
Show Dates
Sun., June 9th • 2pm • PREVIEW
Sat., June 15th • 7pm • (OPEN)
Wed., June 19th • 5pm
Sat., June 22nd • 3pm (MATINEE)
Fri., June 28th • 7pm • (CLOSE)
Story
It's 1981, and New York's favorite post-punk singer, King Nigel, recounts the glamorous highs and heartbreaking lows that lead to her admission to a psychiatric hospital after a shocking public meltdown.
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Cast & Crew
Written and performed by Satu (“Nila/King Nigel”)
with Lola Darzens (“Psychiatric Review Board”) and Rantz A. Hoseley (“Hype Man”)
Featuring the Talented Voices of
Anzu Lawson as “Bonnie Van Ark”
Siobhan Doherty as “Nightwatch News Anchor”
Steve J. Palmer as “Pete Fontaine”
Jon Kita as “Stalker”
Zach Tirone as “Psychiatric Review Board”
Bushra Laskar as “Top of the Pops VJ”
Featuring Choreography by
“L.O.V.” • Jasmine Ejan
“Uncrowned” • Malia Baker
Satu and (the voice of) Siobhan Doherty appear courtesy Actors' Equity Association. This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Los Angeles Self-Produced Project Code.
Special thanks to our Kickstarter patrons for making this possible!
The King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown Workshop (2022)
Independently produced by Satu and Rantz A. Hoseley (Muse & Ire), the workshop performances of King Nigel’s Nervous Breakdown were held on January 14th-16th, 2022 at the Victory Theatre in Burbank, California.
Response to the Workshop
“Captivating - unapologetically stylish, singular, & raw. Recommended for fans of VELVET GOLDMINE and ANNETTE.”
photo: Stephanie Cabral
“Gripping from start to finish.”
“The first time I heard ‘What Does it Mean?’ it brought me to tears.”
“Congratulations, Team King Nigel, on this triumphant piece of performance art. Bravo, Satu.”
“Wild and weird and wonderfully creative.”
photo: Stephanie Cabral
About Satu
Satu is a Canadian-American writer, director, composer-lyricist, and performer in Los Angeles. Between calypso and Finnish folk, music was a constant presence in her multicultural childhood home in rural Nova Scotia. Film: Director, Queen Gorya. Writer-Director, Hessians of Burbank (feature, in development). “Mira,” The Coalition (Magnolia Pictures). TV: Guest Music Act (with former band, Modern Time Machines), The Eric André Show (Cartoon Network), “Officer Shireen,” Rizzoli & Isles (TNT). Theater: Assistant Director, Indecent, Much Ado About Nothing, & Julius Caesar (Art of Acting Studio, LA). Ensemble: Cabaret (Bindlestiff Theatre, San Francisco), Two Gentlemen of Verona (Oxford Shakespeare Company, New York), Jesus Christ Superstar (City Stage, Wilmington, NC), Marisol (Harold Clurman Lab Theatre, LA). Satu is a member of the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity, SAG-AFTRA, ASCAP, and Maestra.