L.A. Stage Insider
Celebrating the Best in Live Theater and Cabaret in the Greater Los Angeles Area
Written by Julio Martinez
July 3, 2024
NEWS
youth ensemble
Rubicon Theatre Company, Ventura County’s leading not-for-profit theatrical organization, announces the 25th anniversary of the company’s Summer Education Season. This 2024 season features four immersive programs for students between the ages of 5 and 25, offering young performers a unique opportunity to train with professional artists and showcase their talents in fully produced shows. The Summer Education Program is helmed by Summer Education Director Joseph Fuqua. Other instructors include Miriam Arichea, Austin Ho, Seryozha Laporte, Wynsum Jo Kearns, Louis Lotorto, Natalie Mara. and Jesse Graham. Julia Donlon serves as Summer Production and Company Manager. The season runs from June 29 to August 11, 2024, with performances including “Frozen Kids,” “Richard III,” “Fiddler On The Roof, Jr.,” and “Legally Blonde The Musical.” Rubicon Theatre Company is located in The Karyn Jackson Theatre at 1006 E. Main Street in Ventura’s Downtown Cultural District. For more information about Rubicon Theatre Company, or to purchase tickets, call (805) 667-2900 or go to www.rubicontheatre.org.
David H. Parker, A. Rey Pamatmat, Makela Vogel, Joshua Conkel, Mando Alvarado,
Lina Patel, Brian Otaño
Rogue Machine has started a writers group called the Playwright's Round Table. This program hosts a group of early/mid-career playwrights twice a month in our theater as they work on full length scripts. Our first cycle will culminate in July with a festival of staged readings, but before that happens you have a chance to meet these writers next Monday (June 10), as they will all be performing in our “All Round Table Rant & Rave.” Never before have we combined Rant & Rave with another program in this way and never before have we had a Rant & Rave composed entirely of professional playwrights. Located at 7657 Melrose Ave.in West Hollywood, 90046. For tickets and more Information, go here
PREMIERES
Marcus Folmar (writer/director)
The Broadwater Main Stage is hosting the Premiere comedy, “Chicken Stories,” a collection of vignettes that examine our culture and times through the unexpected yet undeniably relatable (and historically relevant) lens of chicken. Written and directed by Marcus Folmar, produced by Folmar and Reggie Currelley, the cast includes Lavel Schley, Darien Sills-Evans, Maurice G. Smith, Lanett Tachel, Colin McGurk, JP Payton, and LaVonna Miller. Special guest star: John Marshall Jones. Opens Aug 3 at Broadwater Main Stage, 1076 Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA 90028. Runs through Aug 18. Performances: Thu-Sat (7:30pm), Sun (3pm). Previews Aug 1 & 2 (7:30pm). For tickets and more information, go here.
AROUND TOWN
Garikayi Mutambirwa (“Otto”) Brooke Bundy (“Gilda”) Kyle T. Hester (“Leo”)
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents “Design for Living,” a witty and charming romantic comedy by Noël Coward that was banned in 1930s London for its risqué content and bawdy themes. The cast includes Garikayi Mutambirwa, Brooke Bundy, Kyle T. Hester, Andrew Elvis Miller, Sheelagh Cullen, Shireen Heidari and Max Pescherine, directed by Bart DeLorenzo. Production runs July 6-Aug 25; previews July 3 & 5. Performances of Design for Living take place Fri & Sat (8pm), Sun (2pm). The Odyssey Theatre is located at 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West Los Angeles, 90025. For more information and to purchase tickets, call (310) 477-2055 or go here.
Reichlin Dancers
Los Angeles Choreographers & Dancers presents "HEART," presented by Louise Reichlin & Dancers, featuring a Culver City Premier- HEART, Part I, plus a full program of dance/multimedia works including “Metro Transformation, Gotta Get Up!” All 6 dances reimagined from the critically acclaimed Urban and Tribal Dances (Batida, Wedding, Alone, War, Remembrance, Together), and Reboot! Reboot! Additional choreographers: Jill Elaine Collins, Mcknnly Moren; performers: Alana Astor, Jill Elaine Collins, Julie Hackett, Alice Lousen, Eve Metsäranta, Mcknnly Moren, Yaya Ruiz, and Kohl Lewis; Visual Artists: Feliz Mc Innis, Audri Phillips. Performances are: July 12 preview (7pm); July 13 & 14 (2pm). The Ivy Substation, 9070 Venice Blvd, Culver City, CA 90232. For reservation info, call 213-468-3066, or go to https://LAChoreographersAndDancers.org/News.
SOLO MOJO
Leanna Wolfe
Hosted by Collage: A Place for Art & Culture, author/ monologuist Leannna Wolfe presents her solo show, “177 Lovers and Counting,” a fast-moving, humorous romp that engages the many worlds she encountered coming-of-age in the midst of the feminist and sexual revolution, as well as her adventutes as a globetrotting sex researcher. Following her premiere at Whitefire Theatre’s Solo Fest and the Hollywood Fringe Fest, she will appear July 13 (2pm) at Collage, 731 South Pacific Avenue, San Pedro, 90731. For Adults Only. For reservations, go to: www.collageartculture.org.
Suzy London Kathleen R. Delaney
Arts in Review, hosted by arts journalist Julio Martinez, celebrating the best in theater and cabaret in the Greater Los Angeles area, airs on KPFK90.7fm on Fridays (2-2:30pm), streamed live around the world in real time over KPFK.org. On Fri, July 5, Julio welcomes writer Suzy London and director Kathleen R. Delaney, discussing “The Ghee Ghee Pik,” inspired by actual events, about what happens when the technology of Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) is implanted in the human brain? Currenly playing at Group Repertory Theatee in North Hollywood.