Stumbling on Ceremony: From Ayahuasca Confessions to My Daughter's Wedding
THREE SHOWS: Thursday, June 5, 2025, 8:30 PM | Sunday, June 22, 2025, 5:30 PM | Saturday, June 28, 2025, 2:15 PM
Stumbling on Ceremony: From Ayahuasca Confessions to My Daughter's Wedding, written and performed by Larry Davidson will have 3 performances at the Zephyr Theatre as part of Hollywood Fringe 2025 June 5th at 8:30 PM, June 22nd at 5:30 PM and Saturday, June 28th at 2:15 PM. This 70 minute solo-play is developed with and directed by Heather Dowling, produced by Jessica Lynn Johnson, Soaring Solo Studios. Graphic design by Justin and Marylou of 3-cubed studios is based on the artwork of 60s psychedelia icon Robert Crumb (R. Crumb).
When a divorced single dad is asked by his daughter to give a very important speech on her most special day, he questions his ability to complete the task. Needing help, he goes to a Spiritual Ceremony where he meets Mother Ayahuasca to be his muse. Problem is, the ceremony is the day before the wedding. Will he be able to sift through the sordid details of his life to find the nuggets of wisdom to pass on to his daughter? Or will he run out of time before the wedding?
Writer-performer Larry Davidson was born in Brooklyn. He received a BA in Motion Picture and Television Production from UCLA and an MA in English Literature from CSUN. Following his studies at UCLA, he became a documentary filmmaker. He currently teaches film to high school students. He was a member of Dream Circus Theatre, for whom he served as performer, writer, lighting designer and stage manager, performing at Electric Daisy Carnival, Burning Man, and Lollapalooza. At 55, Larry faced death, and came face to face with the reality of his mortality. Taking into account the parts of his life that were left unlived, he decided to return to his love of theater. This is his second Fringe show.
Heather Dowling (Director) is an award-winning writer, actor and director. Heather brought to life 50 distinct characters in her critically acclaimed one-person shows, Unemployed. Finally. and Fertile. Both shows won the Producers’ Encore Award and were nominated for Best Solo Performance at the Hollywood Fringe Festival in 2015 and 2019. Both shows were selected for the prestigious L.A Women’s Theatre Festival and both were deemed Best Of Fest at Solofest, the largest solo theatre festival on the West Coast. Unemployed was selected to be part of United Solo, the largest solo festival in the world, on 42nd Street in NYC. On the heels of her personal solo success, Heather started coaching alongside her director and founder of Soaring Solo Studios, Jessica Lynn Johnson. In 2022 Heather directed 5 shows that gathered 5 award nominations at the Hollywood Fringe Festival and one of the shows she directed and developed, Asexuality: A Solo Musical, won Best Premiere and the Top Of Fringe out of more than 250 shows at the festival that year.
Jessica Lynn Johnson is a published playwright, recipient of Best National Solo Artist Award, Advisory Board Member of the LA Women's Theatre Festival, Co Executive Producer of the Joshua Tree Solo Theatre Festival, and Founder & CEO of Soaring Solo Studios International. Jessica has aided in the development, direction and producing of over 175 solo shows (and still going strong)! As a performer, Jessica has “edu-tained” international audiences touring her own one person shows ZE and Oblivious to Everyone for over 15 years. Jessica's projects have taken home awards such as Top of Fringe, HFF Encore Producer Awards, TVOLUTION Best Solo Performance, Larry Cornwall Award for Musical Excellence & several other accolades! Jessica was also awarded the LAWTF Rainbow Award in 2024 and was nominated for the Female Director of Distinction in Theatre by Girl Trip LLC at the 2018 Hollywood Fringe Festival & Best Director of a Play by Broadway World 2023.