👑 LA Theatre and Creative Events: Oct 7 - 14

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Happy Monday! 🦊

This week, I have been in rehearsals for Play With Me, a very exciting two-night immersive play-reading event with many very talented people involved. I’ll be there reading the stage directions for the first show of the night! I’ve really enjoyed being introduced to three new-to-me plays. I’d love to see you there!

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🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

• Heading into Night: A Clown Play About…(forgetting) | Oct 7 – Nov 17 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

  Deeply moving and unexpectedly humorous play from Passer, a renowned Cirque du Soleil clown and award-winning adaptor/director Milles delves into the intricacies of memory.

• Reckless Chad Reuben XX | Oct 9 | The Elysian | Silverlake
  Chad Damiani is working on his very first clown solo show! Based on one of his most popular characters, Reckless Chad Reuben.

• Demons and Descents | Oct 10 | Philosophical Research Society | Los Feliz
  theatre dybbuk read tales of the supernatural from Jewish folklore accompanied by an improvised musical score. Throughout, a visual artist will cut out shadow figures inspired by and intersecting with the stories.

• Romeo & Juliet Suite | Oct 10 - 12 | The Wallis | Beverly Hills
  Choreographer Benjamin Millepied offers an innovative and contemporary vision of Prokofiev’s masterpiece Romeo & Juliet. Navigating between film, dance and theater.

• Play With Me | Oct 11 - 12 | Moving Arts Theatre Company | Atwater Village
  Reimagine what theater can be. Enjoy drinks and creative craft time with Verdant Moon Studio before an immersive staged reading of original works. $5 Discount: FRIENDSHIP

• Honeybuns | Oct 12 | The Yard Theater | East Hollywood
  One of LA’s most celebrated theater artists, the visual poetry of movement is charged with the live wire of improvisation in this unique show.

• The Importance of Being Earnest | Oct 13 - Nov 10 | Antaeus Theatre Company | Glendale
  When bachelors Jack and Algernon both create alter egos, the lies quickly spiral into chaos, hilarity, cucumber sandwiches, and Victorian handbags.

• The Piano Lesson | Oct 13 - Nov 10 | A Noise Within | Pasadena

  The fourth play in August Wilson’s extraordinary 10-play cycle texplores the Black experience in 20th century America decade-by decade.

Still Playing

• The Orphan’s Revenge | Oct 7 - Nov 11 | The Group Rep | NoHo

• Topsy Turvy (A Musical Greek Vaudeville) | Oct 7 - Oct 20 | The Actors Gang Theater | Culver City

• Electric, I | Oct 7 - Oct 28 | Theatre of Note | Hollywood

• Dragon Lady: Part I of The Dragon Cycle | Oct 7 - Oct 10 | Geffen Playhouse | Westwood

• The Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Latinx/Latiné Vote | Oct 7- Oct 20 | Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum | Topanga

• The Very Best People | Oct 7- Oct 27 | IAMA Theatre Company | Atwater Village Theatre | Atwater Village

• Kill Move Paradise | Oct 7 - Nov 3 | Odyssey Theatre | Sawtelle

• Circa: Queer Histories Festival | Oct 7- 30 | The Village at Ed Gould Plaza | WeHo

🕺OTHER COOL CREATIVE STUFF 🕺

• Open Screen Los Angeles | Oct 9 | 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.

• LGBTQ+ Letterpress Prints | Oct 10 | Nova Arts Community | Atwater Village
  Learn how to plan and print a letterpress print or card before pressing your own print.

• Heavy Manners Comics Fair | Oct 12 | Heavy Manners | Echo Park
  Two-day book fair featuring cartoonists from around LA selling their comics and goods.

• Scribble One-Year Anniversary Party | Oct 12 | Scribble | Highland Park

  Come celebrate Scribble's one year anniversary with a big fundraiser to support our sliding scale mental health services! Vendors, Thai Chi, performers, and more.

• Bouffon 1 (3-Day) | Oct 11 - Oct 13 | The Elysian Skunk Room | Frogtown
  Students will discover the attitude and drives of Bouffons through the role of “The Player”.

• PDA Choir | Oct 13 | PDA | Altadena
  A new resident house choir for people who like to sing and are looking to be part of a community. No audition is required.

  
  
  Have a wonderful week everyone! 🦊