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We Are Proud to Present a Presentation About the Herero of Namibia, Formerly Known as South-West Africa, From the German Sudwestafrika, Between the Years 1884-1915 — The West Coast premiere of Jackie Sibblies Drury’s brave, chilling and very funny new work about a group of actors who lose control of their play and discover some startling hidden truths. What could possibly go wrong when a group of eager young amateur actors attempt to dramatize the first genocide of the 20th century? “Simultaneously funny and disturbing, this is one of the best shows of the year.” — Flavorpill.

“I was inspired by my own inability to write something meaningful about the Herero-Namaqua Genocide,” said playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury, who learned about the extermination of the African tribe while researching race politics in Germany. “So I tried to write a play where the characters fail to do the same thing. I hope that they fail in a way that allows people who see the play to feel something, to be entertained and think at the same time, and to have really good conversations after the show.”

“Not too many people know about this moment in history, but I think it was the first uninterrupted, factory approach to organized ethnic cleansing,” notes director Jillian Armenante.

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $30

Thematic content includes: Redemption, Highbrow, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 05/30/2013 to 08/11/2013

Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 8pm
Sundays: 2pm

Dark on July 4

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7657 Melrose Avenue
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The Los Angeles premiere of Peter Sinn Nachtrieb’s madcap comedy exploring the American mythology of happiness and success. Born on Valentine’s Day in the bathroom of a White Castle in Kentucky, Bob is left to fend for himself by his birth mother, Helen. Determined to make his mark in the world, armed with nothing but an unfailing optimism, Bob takes off on a sweeping cross-country journey. Along the way, he encounters inspiring generosity, crushing hardships, blissful happiness, stunning coincidences, wrong turns, lucky breaks, true love and heartbreaking loss. Will Bob’s real life ever be able to live up to his dream?

Originally commissioned by South Coast Repertory, BOB received the 2010 Barrie and Bernice Stavis Award from the National Theatre Conference. It premiered at the Humana Festival for New American Plays at Actors Theatre of Louisville in March 2011. According to Nachtrieb, BOB is “a social satire that roasts the American dream, and celebrates its detritus.”

“Bob is fast, ribald and plays like a house afire, while at the same time being very Zen,” says Echo artistic director Chris Fields. “Bob goes on this incredible trek in his quest to become a ‘great’ man, to create his legacy. He suffers all this heartbreak and pain, but in the end all he has to do is look in the mirror. We are all ‘great.’ We just don’t always know it.”

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BOB

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $25

Thematic content includes: Redemption, Highbrow, Humor

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This show runs: 06/07/2013 to 06/30/2013

Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 7pm
Sundays: 2pm

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3269 Casitas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
90039
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Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA
90039
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The Fountain Theatre and Forever Flamenco! present an all-star line-up of local, national and international artists to celebrate founder Deborah Lawlor’s 20-year dedication to producing, nurturing and broadening the flamenco community in Los Angeles.

Since 1990, the dancers, musicians and singers of Forever Flamenco! have been delighting Fountain Theatre audiences with the intensity, precision and exhilaration for which flamenco is known. Now Forever Flamenco! returns to the outdoor stage at the Ford Theatres with this passionate expression of Spanish culture in a tribute to Lawlor.

“Forever Flamenco! was born out of Deborah’s love and total immersion into flamenco,” says internationally renowned flamenco dancer Maria Bermudez. “Young dancers, up-and-coming dancers, seasoned professionals and international dancers – all of us have all come through Forever Flamenco! at the Fountain. I took my first baby steps there.”

The gala evening brings some of the finest international, national and local flamenco artists together on stage for the first time, including dancers Fanny Ara, Maria Bermudez, Alejandro Granados (from Spain), Manuel Gutierrrez, Timo Nuñez, Linda Vega and Yaelisa; singer/dancer Roberto Amaral; singers José Cortez, Ana de los Reyes (from Spain) and Jesus Montoya; singer/composer Pele de los Reyes (from Spain) of the Grammy®-nominated group Navajita Platea; guitarists Adam del Monte, Jason Maguire, Antonio Triana and Ben Woods; and percussionist Joey Heredia. Watch for more surprise artists, as well as a few guests from Bermudez’ flamenco puro company Sonidos Gitanos, which has been presented at the Ford by Lawlor and the Fountain eight times since 1995.

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $50

Reserved Seating: $50-$75. VIP: $100 (preferred seating, pre-concert private VIP catered party with artists, gift bag.) Purchase on or before June 8 and save $5

Thematic content includes: Live Music, Dance/ Movement, Highbrow

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 06/15/2013 to 06/15/2013

Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 8:30pm
Sundays: 2pm

Doors open at 6:30pm for picnicking.

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2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
Los Angeles, CA
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2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East
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“L.A.’s BEST comedians” exclaims LA Magazine. “The pair regales audiences with original tunes and sketches about gangsta waitresses, bikini waxes and the art of stiffing hobos. With or without the bikini wax, they’re a scream!” raves LA WEEKLY of Carlie and Doni, the irreverent musical/comedy duo whose show, “Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner present Carlie and Doni help Save the Playhouse” played to a sell-out crowd at Santa Monica Playhouse in 2011. Now they back by popular demand, detouring from their sell-out college tour for one night only with an all-new musical comedy exxxtravaganza!

Rated R for strong language. CARLIE Mantilla & DONI Carley are two best friends who met in 2005 at Los Angeles Community College Theater Academy. They quickly realized it wasn’t for them and dropped out. Carlie moved in with Doni and they decided to form a musical/comedy act, writing silly songs and sketches on their own time. One day in 2007, Carlie’s mom convinced Carlie to sign them up for an open mic at the Comedy Store. They weren’t sure how their straight girl/lesbian musical duo would go over. It went better than they expected.

Over the last five years they have developed that seven-minute audition into a one-hour comedy musical/comedy extravaganza. Carlie & Doni recently performed at The Comedy Festival in San Francisco. They are regulars at Jon Lovitz Comedy Club, were the Headline attractions at The Improv, and created their first commercial for Toyota, writing and performing a song they wrote called “My First Ride.” Carlie & Doni also wrote the titular song and appear as troubadours in the comedy film, “When Harry Tries to Marry.” Carlie & Doni have a strong following among many of their peers including the preeminent comedian, Lily Tomlin. Produced by Your Mom’s Production and Rocco Urbisci.

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CARLIE & DONI Hit the Road

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $10.00

Thematic content includes: Love, Sex, Singing, Live Music, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 05/22/2013 to 05/22/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 8:30pm
Sundays: 2pm

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Inspired by astronaut Lisa Nowak’s 2007 arrest for the attempted murder of a romantic rival, Starcrosser’s Cut is an inner-space detective story, a cassette symphony in the tradition of Krapp’s Last Tape, and an indictment of the nihilism of the US Space Program.

Based loosely on the real-life transcript of Nowak’s police interview after her arrest, a character known only as “Lisa” listens back to the tape, re-enacts her interview with the detective, and attempts to re-record it all. Through a labyrinth of tape edits and revisions within revisions, the play takes an unflinching look at the “crimes that are ours to do” – those beyond guilt. From jail cell to Space Shuttle, the mystery that emerges is not whether Lisa did it – it’s whether a crime can cease to be a crime, or can cease to be entirely.

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STARCROSSER’S CUT

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $18

$12 Students/ Seniors

Thematic content includes: Redemption, Love, Violence

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 06/06/2013 to 06/16/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 8pm
Sundays: 4pm

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3301 Beverly Blvd
Los Angeles, CA
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3301 Beverly Blvd
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An original play in 90 minutes, based on the forty-eight hours Lee Harvey Oswald was in the custody of Dallas Homicide Captain William J. Fritz – where they discuss;
Van Heflin,
Russia,
Coca-Cola,
Jim Brown,
the AFL,
backyard photographs
&
Friday afternoon in Dealy Plaza.

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Sunny Afternoon

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $15.00

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Thematic content includes: Highbrow, Lowbrow, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 06/07/2013 to 06/29/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 8pm
Sundays: 4pm

fri //june 7 8pm • fri //june 14 8pm • sat //june 15 8pm • sat //june 22 5pm • fri //june 28 8pm • sat //june 29 8pm

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6476 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, California (CA)
90028
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6476 Santa Monica Boulevard
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A theatrical presentation of original poetry exploring the subjective theme of “Home” with musical accompaniment

Both shows run Saturday and Sunday at both stations with repeat performances at 12pm and 1pm. The productions will be staged near the two Blue Line Stations in Watts (103RD Street Station and Rosa Parks Station). The performance pieces will range in length between 25 to 30 minutes and run twice simultaneously allowing guest to see both performances.

**Audiodescription for the hearing impaired and Interpretation for the visually impaired will be provided during the Sunday, 12pm performance of Scattered Joy at 103rd Street Station, and the Sunday 1pm, performance of Under the 105 at the Rosa Parks Station.

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Meet Me @Metro IV: Bringing It Home To Watts

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $25.00

Saturday $25, Sunday pay-what-you-will

Thematic content includes: Bring Kids, Singing, Live Music, Dance/ Movement, Site Specific

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 05/25/2013 to 05/26/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 8pm
Fridays: 8pm
Saturdays: 12:00pm
Sundays: 12:00pm

Go Metro to either location, or FREE Parking at both locations if you drive. Scattered Joy; parking is available on Grandee Street adjacent to the 103rd Street Station. Rosa Parks Station; parking lot adjacent from station.

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10100 Grandee Avenue
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Los Angeles, CA
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10100 Grandee Avenue
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A Fried Octopus is about to premier at the Bootleg Theater. An abstract dream that entangles the artistic minds of the present with those of the past within a surreal night of theater.

Inspired by the women dancing in the paintings of Toulouse Lautrec and other performers of the time, A Fried Octopus dives into a pool of absinthe to find the divine feminine bubbling up with joy, tears, and fears as the male ideal of art surrenders to the forces that influence us all. An assemblage of text and movement provides the inventive canvas that reminds us all of the beauty that can be found in ugly places. A reminder of love.

“Be free it is in our love for one another.”
A Fried Octopus

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A FRIED OCTOPUS

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $20

$15 Seniors/Students

Thematic content includes: Love, Sex, Self Destruction, Drug Use, Nudity, Dance/ Movement, Highbrow, Lowbrow, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 05/17/2013 to 06/08/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 7:30pm
Fridays: 7:30pm
Saturdays: 7:30pm
Sundays: 12:00pm

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2220 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, California
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2220 Beverly Boulevard
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“You won’t find more professional theater—for children or adults—anywhere,” raves LA PARENT and continues, “lyricist-composer Evelyn Rudie and co-scripter Chris DeCarlo consistently create the brightest, most intelligent – not to mention goofiest – family theatre in town.”

Ever wondered what actually happened with Hansel and Gretel in that candy house? What really took place between the Little Mermaid and the Handsome Prince under the sea? And what does “Kamikakushi (gasp!)” really mean? Wonder no more, as Chris DeCarlo and Evelyn Rudie’s Actors’ Repertory Theatre unveils the real versions of your favorite stories in this surprising and delightful world premiere musical comedy based on Hansel & Gretel, The Little Mermaid and the Japanese legend of Kamikakushi – all rolled into one wild ride in the Playhouse’s signature commedia-circus style!

Acclaimed directors Chris DeCarlo and Serena Dolinsky take audiences on truly theatrical journey, rooted in traditional story-telling and exploding into a multi-media event of epic proportions as the troupe of seven actors portray dozens of characters and physically create a candy house good enough to eat, an oceanscape with mermaids and fishies aplenty, and a mountain with gypsies, gentle dragons and a giant, talking peach. No frightening witches or evil monsters, just a wonderfully heartwarming and hilarious array of zany, loveable heroes, heroines, adventurers and magic-makers who prove that although the grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, the ocean bluer on the other side of the gulf stream, and the air clearer on the other side of the mountain, home really is where the heart is.

Actually Hansel & Gretel features Abby Adams, Elodie Cammarata, Juliet Ladines, Katie Lee, Johanna Middleton, Cydne Moore and Garett Stevens as the actors creating the play with the participation of the audience who become part of the adventure, along the way offering a thumbs down to selfishness, gluttony, pollution and waste, assuring that the stories reach their deserved happily-ever-afters in grand style. The toe-tapping tunes by renowned songsters E. Rudie and Matthew Wrather, graphic artist Vincent’s charming projections and award-winning designer Ashley Hayes’s amazingly quirky costumes ably support DeCarlo and Rudie’s clever and classic book. Photo opportunities with the actors after the show. Saturdays at 3:00pm; Sundays at 12:30. Birthday and tea parties, too.

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Actually Hansel & Gretel and Other Awesome Tales

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $12.50

Kids 12 and under $10.50.

Thematic content includes: Bring Kids, Singing, Dance/ Movement, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 05/11/2013 to 06/23/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 7:30pm
Fridays: 7:30pm
Saturdays: 3pm
Sundays: 12:30pm

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LOVE! WAR! GODS! FROGS!
Tragedy strikes and comedy ensues when a young Queen learns that with great power comes great controversy. A poor fisherman is granted three wishes, but that may not be enough for two daughters. A lion sacrifices his claws for love. An inventor tries to outwit fate, and amphibian voters elect themselves a carnivorous queen! With modern flair, these lush and lyrical mini-operas take inspiration from Aesop’s classic fables of human nature’s essential truths.

“Sure to appeal to opera lovers and novices, of every generation, with its amazing, inspiring lyrics and grand drama.” – The Tolucan Times

“Truly original and blithely entertaining”- Lauris List

“Lush music and intriguing emotions”- Musicals LA

“Fresh and innovative, a joyous fusion of operatic traditions, modern situations and everyday lingo.” – Singerpreneur

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Æsopera

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GENERAL ADMISSION: $15.00

Thematic content includes: Bring Kids, Love, Singing, Live Music, Humor

DATES AND TIMES

This show runs: 06/06/2013 to 06/30/2013

Wednesdays: 8:00 PM
Thursdays: 7:30pm
Fridays: 7:30pm
Saturdays: 3pm
Sundays: 12:30pm

Thursday June 06 2013, 7:30 PM Saturday June 08 2013, 4:00 PM Sunday June 09 2013, 1:30 PM Saturday June 15 2013, 12:00 PM Sunday June 16 2013, 1:00 PM Saturday June 22 2013, 1:30 PM Tuesday June 25 2013, 8:00 PM Saturday June 29 2013, 11:30 AM Sunday June 30 2013, 1:30 PM

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6209 Santa Monical Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA
90038

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