🎭 LA Theatre and Creative Events: Oct 14 - 21

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Happy Monday! 🦊

I just got off a wonderful weekend at Play With Me, which has left me very inspired by the creativity, openness, and talent of the wonderful group of people that made this happen—in particular, Bridget Murray, who was wearing about ten hats the whole weekend. This was also the first staged reading I’ve been to (and been in), and it was really cool to see how fun and immersive they can be and what a wonderful tool they are for getting your work up on its feet!

There are a couple more staged readings happening this week along with the usual wonderful mix of comedy, magic, and mayhem. Enjoy!

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🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

•  Naked Angels: Tuesdays@9 LA | Oct 15 | The Madnani Theater | Hollywood
  A free cold reading series started by Naked Angels in New York in 1991 to encourage new work by both established and emerging writers. Each week features a musical or comedy guest!

• The J.O. Show | Oct 16 | Mid City Yacht Club | Mid City

  The Jacket Off show is back with an exciting comedy and variety show with live music.

• Flayed | Oct 16 | LA LGBT Center | Hollywood

  Full of surprises, this award-winning solo clown show of a queer man on the verge of a breakdown (or maybe, spiritual enlightenment) is a must-see.

• Ghost Stories: The Dead Can’t Dance | Oct 17 - 31 | Greenway Court Theatre | Fairfax
  Join us for a night of ghost stories brought to life by some of L.A.’s most renowned storytellers as they share their tales through an immersive, cross-cultural evening of music, theatre, and dance.

• The Non-Fiction Show | Oct 17 | The Autry Museum | Griffith Park
  The Non-Fiction Show is a monthly variety show that brings together comedians, storytellers, poets, musicians, and experts with just one rule: performers being themselves onstage.

• A Night in the Swamp | Oct 18 | The Yard Theater | East Hollywood
  Featuring the music stylings of Duane Forest, the bouffonerie of Il Fungo, and the character comedy of Sam Goldstein. You’ll laugh, you’ll probably not cry, and it’ll only be like an hour.

• Magic at the Library Bar | Oct 18 | The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel | Hollywood

  Step into The Library Bar for an evening of close-up magic with the renowned HUBB.

• Archival presents Set and Circle | Archival HQ | DTLA
  Join Archival for an intimate evening of live performance as they debuts two original one-act plays, Circle by Olivia Blue and Set by Matt Kagen.

• Twin Flames: Forbidden Vaudeville Edition | Oct 20 | The Elysian | Frogtown

  A bizarre evening of magic, drag, characters on characters, clown, art, and time-traveling friendship.

• Planet Queer: Space Vamp | Oct 21 | Akbar | East Hollywood
  Enjoy an evening of community and experimental queer performances.

Still Playing

• Heading into Night: A Clown Play About…(forgetting) | Oct 14 – Nov 17 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

• The Importance of Being Earnest | Oct 14 - Nov 10 | Antaeus Theatre Company | Glendale

• The Piano Lesson | Oct 14 - Nov 10 | A Noise Within | Pasadena

• The Orphan’s Revenge | Oct 14 - Nov 11 | The Group Rep | NoHo

• Topsy Turvy (A Musical Greek Vaudeville) | Oct 14 - Oct 20 | The Actors Gang Theater | Culver City

• Electric, I | Oct 14 - Oct 28 | Theatre of Note | Hollywood

• The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latiné Vote | Oct 14- Oct 20 | Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | Topanga

• The Very Best People | Oct 14- Oct 27 | IAMA Theatre Company | Atwater Village Theatre | Atwater Village

• Kill Move Paradise | Oct 14 - Nov 3 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

• Circa: Queer Histories Festival | Oct 14- 30 | The Village at Ed Gould Plaza | WeHo

🕺OTHER COOL CREATIVE STUFF 🕺

• Live-Action Murdle Book Launch | Oct 14 | Village Well Books and Coffee | Culver City
  Celebrating the release of Murdle: The School of Mystery! Author G. T. Karber will join to host a live-action Murdle featuring you, the audience, as the cast of a murder mystery.

• MOVIES on the patio | Oct 16 | Side Show Books | Mid City

  Massimo Pupillo double feature! Oddball gothic La Vendetta Di LadyMorgan with and store favorite Bloody Pit Of Horror.

• Pierrot Weekend Clown Workshop | Oct 19 - 20 | Madilyn Clark Studios | North Hollywood
  Explore all of these facets and angles of the enduring tradition of Pierrot, from origins in commedia and pantomime to contemporary manifestations in the works of filmmakers and artists.

• Vermin Village Craft Party | Oct 19 | House Mouse | East Hollywood
  Join House Mouse for a vermin village craft party! Glaze an incense holder, trinket dish, or halloween ornament! Or paint a mini pumpkin to get into the spooky season!

• Loose Frames | Oct 19 | Heavy Manners | Echo Park
  A special animation screening hosted by Katharine Ball of Loose Frames, screening and discussing the work of the animators Jackie Turpin, Yu Sun, and Ruth Hayes.

• Clown Therapy | Oct 20 | Scribble | Highland Park
  A seminar for clinicians on removing judgments, getting in touch with our feelings, and redefining failures.
  
  Have a wonderful week everyone! 🦊