💌 LA Theatre and Creative Events: Nov 11-18

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Happy Monday! 🦊

Like everyone else, I have been having a complicated week. I am grateful to feel connected to so many people in this community during such difficult times. I will definitely be filling the next few months with good art and hope you can too!

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🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

• La Cage aux Folles | Nov 12 - Dec 15 | Pasadena Playhouse | Pasadena
  The Tony Award-winning musical comes to life in this all-new Playhouse extravaganza.

• A Thousand Shows w/performance by Flock of Clowns | The Elysian | Frogtown
  The Highland Park Clowns explore devised theater through absurdity and sincerity, authenticity, life and death. Jet Eveleth live directs the clowns in pieces unseen before! Flock of Clowns will open with a special performance.

• The Border | Nov 15 | Fiesta Hall | Plummer Park
  A powerful award-wining solo show about the horrors of war and the resilience of the human spirit! The plot unfolds during the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine.

• Absurdist Theatre: Picasso and others | Nov 15 - 17 | Hobgoblin Playhouse | Hollywood
  Three short plays showing the growth of Absurdist theatre, starting with Pablo Picasso’s Desire Caught by the Tail in a brand new translation and ending the night with Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Eno’s Tragedy: A Tragedy.

• Kingdom Killers & Horse Girls Double Feature | Nov 16 | The Victory Theatre Center | Burbank
  A sapphic romantic comedy for video game enthusiasts followed by access to South Florida's most exclusive horse club. Dont miss this fun double feature.

• Staged Reading Festival | Nov 16 | Eight Ball Theatre | One Archives USC
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  Eight Ball’s first Staged Reading Festival! Enjoy an entire day of theatre, community, and laughs.

• PDA Telethon | Nov 16 | PDA | Altadena
  A variety show to end all variety shows. Eight and a half hours featuring some of PDA's favorite local performers. You can also watch it live streamed on Twitch @PDA_Space.

Still Playing

• Waiting for Godot | Nov 11 - Dec 15 | Geffen Playhouse | Westwood

• Heading into Night: A Clown Play About…(forgetting) | Nov 11 – Nov 17 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

• Robbin, from the Hood | Nov 11 - Nov 17 | The Road Theatre | NoHo

• Guinea Pig Solo | Nov 11 - Dec 1 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

🕺OTHER COOL CREATIVE STUFF 🕺

• Open Screen Los Angeles | Nov 13 | Lyric Hyperion | Silverlake
  An open mic night for filmmakers. Share your film the way it was intended, projected in a dark room with lively strangers. No need to submit anything ahead of time.

• The Glassworker (with director Usman Riaz Q & A) | Nov 13 | The Secret Movie Club Theatre | DTLA
  The Glassworker, hand drawn in the tradition of Studio Ghibli, tells the story of young Vincent and his father Tomas, who run the finest glass workshop in the country. They find their lives upended by an impending war in which they want no part.

• Incarceration and Literacy Discussion | Nov 14 | Chevaliers Books | Larchmont
  Join us for a panel discussion on literacy in American prisons and support our books-to-prisons donation drive.

• Inside Out/Outside In – Clown Characterization | Nov 11 - Nov 12 | The Clown School | Glendale
  What comes first? The character or the routine? Well, how about both! Cirque du Solei’s Mark Gindick leads this exciting workshop in Clown Characterization.

• Sketch Sesh! | Nov 12 | The Salt Eaters Bookshop | Inglewood
  Low-impact social, creative event geared towards folks who enjoy creating art and are experiencing burnout and social withdrawal.

• Protest Zine Workshop | Nov 15 | Heavy Manners Library | Echo Park

  Learn about and make your own political zines. Explore the connections between zines, grassroots political movements, and protests.

• Balinese Mask | Nov 16 - 17 | The Clown School | NoHo
  Explore and experience this astounding masked practice and take a mind-blowing journey towards acceptance, liberation, and creative freedom.

• El Cine Presents: Ana Mendieta Night | Nov 18 | Heavy Manners Library | Echo Park
  A screening of experimental films by women inspired by the work of Ana Mendieta presented by El Cine.

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  Have a wonderful week everyone! 🦊