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Tim Robbins will curate the WTF?! Festival, a multidisciplinary arts festival, for The Actors' Gang, October 13 - December 19.

The Theater and Dance series will open with performances of the solo shows The Need to Know: A Veteran's Journey from Fear to Freedom, written and performed by April Fitzsimmons, and Death and Giggles from Cirque du Soleil performer Daisuke Tsuji. Other artists scheduled to appear are Donna Jo Thorndale, Terry Beeman Dance Company, and Hoopdawgz.

Musicians set to perform acoustic sets include Tenacious D; Jackson Browne; Serj Tankian of System of a Down; Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine with Shooter Jennings; Ben Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie and John Doe of X with Jill Sobule; HuDost; Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley; and Sarah Silverman.

The Film Talkback Series will feature screenings of films such as George Carlin: Jammin' in NY (1992), The Aristocrats, Sir! No Sir!, all of which will be followed by talkbacks and special artist appearances.

In addition, the festival will feature conversations with celebrated authors like Gore Vidal and David Ule, during the month of November. The literary aspect of the Festival will also feature reading of prize winning work from their Prison Writing Program by members of the cast of The Shawshank Redemption.

The WTF?! Festival will close on December 19 with Vox Femina, a choral group that will perform and then lead the audience on a caroling expedition throughout Culver City.

For further information, visit www.wtffestival.com