Boston Court to Present AFTER ORLANDO: An International Theatre Action

The Theatre @ Boston Court, in collaboration with Missing Bolts Productions and NoPassport Theatre Alliance to present After Orlando: An International Theatre Action as a community event Tuesday, November 15th at 8pm on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center in Pasadena, CA.

After Orlando International Theatre Action is an international playwright driven theatre action including over seventy playwrights from the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia and Africa. Plays have been specifically written and curated in response to this tragic event and will be performed across the US and in the UK throughout the autumn including readings in New York City (Rattlestick Theatre, LGBT Center, Abingdon Theatre, and HERE); Los Angeles (The Theatre @ Boston Court, The Road Theatre, East West Players and EST-LA); Seattle (Forward Flux Productions and Cornish College); Portland, Oregon (Artists Repertory Theatre and Boom Arts): Washington, DC (Round House Theatre and Olney Theatre Center); Philadelphia (Philadelphia Theatre Company); Boston (Brandeis University) and many more theatres and universities across the United States and internationally.

"As theatremakers, we have the ability to bring together many singular unique voices toward a common goal. We have invited some of the most admired theatre artists worldwide to participate; to share our grief, our anger, our hope and our desire to combat the violence we are now living with on a daily basis." Zac Kline and Blair Baker, Missing Bolts Productions

"Making some healing art, some fiery art, some work that just says we can rise up from and through collective mourning." Caridad Svich

There is no cost for tickets, but reservations are recommended as space is limited: reservations can be made at this link.

This event is directed by Casey Kringlen and features actors: Amielynn Abelerra, Natalie Camunas, Esteban Cruz, Nic Few, AdrIan Gonzalez, and Justin Huen

Plays written by: Nathan Alan Davis, Jacqueline Goldfinger, Zac Kline, Deborah Zoe Laufer, EM Lewis, Winter Miller, Matthew Paul Olmos, brian james Polak, Emilio Rodriguez, Ian Rowlands, Dave Solomon, Caridad Svich, Jordan Tannehill, Korde Tuttle, and Ken Urban.

About The Theatre @ Boston Court

Located in Pasadena, California, and founded in 2003, The Theatre @ Boston Court produces passionate, artist-driven theatre, which challenges both artists and audiences. The Theatre @ Boston Court urges its artists to fearlessly and passionately pursue their unique voice and vision. Play selection encompasses a wide variety of genres with a special emphasis on new work, which are inherently theatrical, textually rich, and visually arresting. Led by Artistic Directors Jessica Kubzansky and Michael Michetti, The Theatre @ Boston Court is currently working on its 53rd production, a rolling world premiere of Bars and Measures by Idris Goodwin, opening September 24th. The Theatre @ Boston Court has also co-produced productions in New York City, Boston, Houston, and at the Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, CA. Concentrating on new work and re-envisioned classics, The Theatre @ Boston Court is the proud recipient of numerous nominations and awards from the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle, the Ovations, the NAACP and Stage Raw.

Key funding for The Theatre @ Boston Court is provided by the National Endowment for the Arts, Los Angeles County Arts Commission, New Dramatists, The Shubert Foundation, Harold & Mimi Steinberg Charitable Trust, Edgerton Foundation, The Sheri & Les Biller Family Foundation, The Ahmanson Foundation, The Annenberg Foundation, Lazy L. Foundation, The Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the Z. Clark Branson Foundation.

About NoPassport

NoPassport is a theatre alliance & press devoted to live, virtual and print action, advocacy and change toward the fostering of cross-cultural and aesthetic diversity in the arts with an emphasis on human and environmental rights theatre actions. It was founded in 2003 by theatre-maker Caridad Svich. NoPassport Press publishes new writing for live performance, texts on theory and practice and theatrical translations. Among its titles are works by David Cale, Lenora Champagne, Kia Corthron, Migdalia Cruz, Rinde Eckert, David Greenspan, Carson Kreitzer, John Jesurun, Todd London, Adele Edling Shank, Octavio Solis and more.www.nopassport.org

About Missing Bolts

Missing Bolts (Blair Baker & Zac Kline, artistic directors) is a Production Company devoted to new work for theatre and film. They produce and develop pieces about characters searching for the missing pieces in their lives. Past work has been presented and developed in New York, Philadelphia and Los Angeles. www.missingbolts.com