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🎭 LA Shows and Events: July 1 -7

Happy July! 🦀

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Jess Esa
July 01, 2024

Thank you for subscribing to month two of Ensemble LA, where we celebrate and share LA’s exciting and scrappy theatre scene.

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July is an exciting month for us as my wife and I both celebrate our birthdays! One Cancer and one Leo — it’s not hard to guess who’s who! 🤭

We’re coming off an exciting month of scene study class, where we explored Pinter, Beckett, and Fornés. Despite being British, I’ve somehow completely missed watching or studying Pinter, so it was exciting to take on the role of Richard in The Lover and finally read a few of his plays! Here’s a wonderfully weird 1963 film adaptation of The Lover for anyone intrigued. Let me know if you have a favorite Pinter in the comments below as I continue my journey! I also fell in love with Beckett’s Happy Days, which was portrayed devastatingly by two of our classmates, and I’ve been left feeling very existential ever since.

We also managed to catch one of the last showings of A Strange Loop, at the Ahmanson! We were thoroughly impressed with this musical’s unique concept and insanely talented cast, especially the ensemble who cleverly depicted multiple characters.

On to this week’s clowns, performers, and all-out entertainers. Here are some shows you shouldn’t miss!

🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

  • The Kids Might Die | July 7 | The Yard Theatre | East Hollywood

    An award-winning comedic solo piece exploring the paradox of live performance in a seemingly-doomed world.

  • Claire Woolner: A Retrospection | July 1 | The Elysian | Frogtown
    Surrealist clown bits and absurdist performance pieces, Woolner performs a retrospective of her ‘greatest’ most ‘moving’ and ‘important’ pieces.

  • #1 Son | July 6 | The Lyric Hyperion | Silverlake
    Natasha Mercado invites you to a mass that’s equal parts holy and horny.

  • Brainwashed | July 7 | The Little Theater | WeHo
     A solo clown show about growing up in a dictatorship.

  • Amen | July 7 | Actors Company | WeHo
    After his town is deleted off the map with no explanation, Finn decides to march up to God and ask what happened.

  • Cold Call | July 7 | The Yard Theatre | East Hollywood

    The stories of the unsung heroes calling everyone in LA to buy tickets to live theatre.

  • Tiny Father | July 2 - 14 | Geffen Playhouse | Westwood
    A funny and heartfelt new play where Daniel must choose between being a biological parent or becoming a father.

If there’s a show you’re excited about that I’ve missed, add it to the comments below!

Still Playing

All of these theatres have other shows running that might interest you! This is just a small selection that piqued my own interest 🦊 

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