🎭 Theatre and Creative Events Dec 15 - Dec 31

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Happy Monday! 🦊

It’s the final newsletter of the year! It’s been so fun growing this newsletter with you in the last six months, and I’m looking forward to growing even further next year. There’s more art going on every week than I ever imagined, and that’s just awesome.

In exciting news, I launched my photography website this week! As some of you know, I’ve been building up my portfolio this year and having a grand time doing it. It’s not my first foray into professional photography, I’ve been a travel writer and photographer for many years but I’ve been finding more joy in the performing arts and creative spaces since settling in LA. I’ll be offering theatre and events photography, and gender inclusive headshots. If you have any shows or faces you want captured let me know!

I hope you enjoy the holiday period, whatever you get up to! If you’re staying in LA, then here are some fun things to get up to!
 
See you in the new year!! ❤️

🎭 THIS WEEK’S PERFORMANCES 🎭

• Late Mic | Dec 16 | Baby Battista @ Nico's | Atwater Village
  LA's only late night talk show that is also a comedy open mic.

• Kosher Salt | Dec 17 | Hobgoblin Playhouse | Hollywood
  A journey through Jewish comedy and Jewish tragedy. A clown show, a personal memoir, and a rollicking trip through some real tough shit.

• Two by Two | Dec 19 | Scribble | Highland Park
  Two artists sharing the stage. Trading originals. Covering each other.

• All Women's Open Mic Night | Dec 19 | Village Well | Culver City
  A platform for women poets, musicians, storytellers, and comedians to showcase their work. All are welcome to attend!

• Santa’s Sack: A Raunchy Holiday Revue | Dec 19 | LGBT Center | Weho
  A holiday show for homos, sapphos, freaks, geeks, gender benders, and babes. One night. Many feelings.

• Holiday Humbug! | Dec 21 | The Actor’s Gang Theater | Culver City

  An open commedia workshop. A wild, adults-only spin on A Christmas Carol, plus unexpected twists on characters from The Nutcracker, It’s a Wonderful Life, Krampus, and more!

• Peter Pan and Tinkerbell: A Pirates Christmas? | Dec 19 - 29 | Janet & Ray Scherr Forum | Thousand Oaks
  Performed in the high-energy, interactive style of a British panto, Peter Pan and Tinkerbell invite you to join them and help stop a dastardly plot by the pirate crew.

Still Playing

• A Christmas Carol | Dec 8 - Dec 24 | A Noise Within | Pasadena

• Waiting for Godot | Dec 8 - Dec 21 | Geffen Playhouse | Westwood

• The Nutcracker | Dec 12 - Dec 22 | Segerstrom Center for the Arts | Costa Mesa

• Wicked | Dec 8 - Feb 2 | Pantages Theatre | Hollywood

Opportunities

• The 2025 Latinx New Play Festival | now accepting submissions in English and Spanish! All entries must be submitted by Tuesday, December 31, 2024.

• LAPL Creators in Residence | Creators from a wide range of disciplines designed to produce new work that is informed or inspired by the LS Public Library’s collections and services. All entries must be submitted by Jan 17th.

🕺OTHER COOL CREATIVE STUFF 🕺

• Masterclass: Shakespeare Monologue Class | Dec 16 -17 | Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center | Glendale
  Learn what is expected of a Shakespeare audition and how to craft your audition piece so it best represents you.

• Mouthfeel: Queer Industry Night | Dec 16 | The Ruby Fruit | Silverlake
  Celebrate our community’s amazing hospitality industry cuties with queer-made wine specials and happy hour all night. Midnight Prisms will be spinning vinyl while you dance, shop queer vendors, and get another flash tattoo.

• Letterpress Holiday Cards | Dec 17 | Nova Community Arts | Atwater Village
  Letterpress is a type of printmaking that uses movable type to print text. Come design and print your very own greeting cards for any occasion, including the upcoming holidays!

• Stitch ‘n’ bitch | Dec 17 | Octavia’s Bookshelf | Pasadena
  Gather with your fellow crafters for a night of cozy crafting and kiking, laughing and communing, making art and making friends!

• Bookend Beginner Holiday Ceramic Pottery Class | Dec 18 | Two Faced Ceramics | WeHo
  A fun and creative evening where we will chat about books and make cute a bookend for your bookshelf!

• Fruitslice Queer Ritual Reimagined | Dec 22 | Scribble | Highland Park
  A community gathering with readings, local Queer vendors, musicians, and artists. A space to share in both reimagined rituals and communal experiences.

• Intro to Candle Making with CJ Mattia | Dec 23 | Print Shop LA | Pico
  Learn how to make candles via the dip method in this holiday edition class! Color and shape as you go! Soy-based wax.

  
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  Have a wonderful week everyone! 🦊