Dash Pepin

John Farmanesh-Bocca directs the world premiere of a bracing new version of Eduardo Machado's LYSISTRATA UNBOUND, starring Brenda Strong (Supergirl, 13 Reasons Why) as Lysistrata, in a collaboration between Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Not Man Apart - Physical Theatre Ensemble. First presented at the Getty Villa as part of its 2013 Lab Series, it was inspired by American anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan's efforts for peace following the death of her son in Iraq. With unflinching intensity, it examines the insurmountable cost of war and one woman's epiphany in the face of personal tragedy. 

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble collaborates with Not Man Apart-Physical Theatre Ensemble to present the world premiere of Lysistrata Unbound, a new and unexpected dramatic version of the classic Greek story written by acclaimed playwright Eduardo Machado. NMA artistic director emeritus John Farmanesh-Bocca (Tempest Redux, Ajax in Iraq) directs June 9 through Aug. 4 at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A.

Stage Raw announces the nominations for its third annual awards show 'A Wake and Sing!,' coming Monday, May 15 to Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S. Spring Street, Downtown.

TEMPEST REDUX's certainly an welcomed addition to John Farmanesh-Bocca's resume of his visceral, modern re-workings of Shakespeare classics. Farmanesh-Bocca's trademark physicality shines in the inspired pairing of Dash Pepin and Willem Long, both portraying Prospero's slave Caliban in tandem. Their heightened primal antics, acrobatic lifts, frog-leaping and finishing each other's sentences command the stage.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and The New American Theatre celebrate El Niño with a perfect storm of comedy, romance, mystery and magic. Adapted, directed and choreographed by John Farmanesh-Bocca and starring New American Theatre artistic director Jack Stehlin (Weeds) as Prospero, Tempest Redux opens at West L.A.'s Odyssey Theatre on February 20.

Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble opens its 2014 season with a Los Angeles premiere of AJAX IN IRAQ by award-winning playwright Ellen Mclaughlin, directed and choreographed by NMA artistic director John Farmanesh-Bocca. The play intertwines the important and timely issue of sexual abuse against women in the military with the parable of the great warrior Ajax, which is said to be one of the first and oldest stories to openly portray the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder.

Many female combatants in the U.S. Armed Services are subjected to intense sexual abuse, but remain quiet. Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble opens its 2014 season with a Los Angeles premiere directed by artistic director John Farmanesh-Bocca. Ajax in Iraq by award-winning playwright Ellen Mclaughlin opens at the Miles Playhouse in Santa Monica for a four-week run on May 8.

Award-winning theatre companies Circus Theatricals and Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble join forces to co-produce the World Premiere of Titus Redux, an adrenaline-fueled adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, written, conceived, and choreographed by Not Man Apart's John Farmanesh-Bocca. Starring Circus Theatricals' Jack Stehlin in the title role, the production opens Sunday, Aug. 29, 7PM, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin is Executive producer.

Award-winning theatre companies Circus Theatricals and Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble join forces to co-produce the World Premiere of Titus Redux, an adrenaline-fueled adaptation of William Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus, written, conceived, and choreographed by Not Man Apart's John Farmanesh-Bocca. Starring Circus Theatricals' Jack Stehlin in the title role, the production opens Sunday, Aug. 29, 7PM, at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Jeannine Wisnosky Stehlin is Executive producer.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premiered Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premiered Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premieres Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premieres Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premieres Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

The Dax Foundation - a Los Angeles-based private, non-profit philanthropic foundation dedicated to helping people and animals around the world - presents a limited run of Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble's critically lauded Pericles Redux at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City, California to benefit recipients of the Foundation's Performing Arts Charitable Trust (PACT). Conceived and directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca, Pericles Redux premieres Friday, July 17, with performances continuing through Sunday, July 26. The production features the Los Angeles stage debut of three-time Emmy Award-winner, Jennifer Landon.

A Dax Foundation Presentation of A Not Man Apart Physical Theatre Ensemble Production Pericles Redux A Los Angeles Premiere, based on a play by William Shakespeare and conceived and Directed by John Farmanesh-Bocca