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BWW Reviews: SCR Stages World Premiere of FIVE MILE LAKE, Ends 5/4
by Michael L. Quintos - May 2, 2014

In the new play FIVE MILE LAKE---currently in the midst of its World Premiere at Costa Mesa's South Coast Repertory through May 4---author Rachel Bonds populates her quiet, snail-paced drama with characters that speak in hushed tones and coded exchanges that seem to mask a lifetime's supply of jealousy, inner regrets, and frustrations. Therein lies the play's risky machination---is being too subtle and expressing mostly just surface subtext enough to keep an audience invested and interested in what they're watching?

South Coast Repertory to Premiere FIVE MILE LAKE, 4/13-5/4
by Tyler Peterson - Mar 21, 2014

In small towns there are those who stay and those who go. With the return of a sibling, the daily routine of life is shaken up in South Coast Repertory's world premiere of Five Mile Lake by Rachel Bonds. Bonds' new drama is one of three full productions for the 2014 Pacific Playwrights Festival. The show runs April 13-May 4, on the Julianne Argyros Stage. Daniella Topol directs. Tickets are available online: www.scr.org.

Chalk Repertory Theatre Presents STUDIO CHEKHOV at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery on 2/16
by Shari Barrett - Feb 5, 2014

CHALK REPERTORY THEATRE presents STUDIO CHEKHOV, a one-night only theatrical event on February 16, 2014, featuring excerpts from two of Anton Chekhov's greatest works in new versions by Libby Appel.

BWW Reviews: THE LIAR Makes Its Intelligently Hysterical LA Premiere at the Antaeus Theater in NoHo
by Shari Barrett - Oct 18, 2013

On all accounts, THE LIAR is a delightfully ingenious and irreverent update of a classic French romp, presented in the Antaeus tradition best known as 'partner casting' with two actors sharing every role, working together throughout the rehearsal process to enrich the creative experience for both cast and audience.

Photo Flash: First Look at Antaeus' THE LIAR in New Adaptation by David Ives
by BWW News Desk - Oct 11, 2013

Wildly clever and a bit naughty, brimming with wordplay and swordplay, David Ives' English-language adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Liar is next up at Antaeus. Casey Stangl directs the Los Angeles premiere of this delightfully ingenious and irreverent update of a classic French romp at the Antaeus Theater in NoHo. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Antaeus Theater to Present THE LIAR, Begin. 10/3
by Tyler Peterson - Sep 5, 2013

Wildly clever and a bit naughty, brimming with wordplay and swordplay, David Ives' English-language adaptation of Pierre Corneille's The Liar is next up at Antaeus.Casey Stangl directs the Los Angeles premiere of this delightfully ingenious and irreverent update of a classic French romp. Previews begin Oct. 3, with two opening nights set for Oct. 10 and Oct. 11 at the Antaeus Theater in NoHo.

Chalk Repertory Theatre Opens Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN Tonight
by Shari Barrett - Jul 27, 2013

Chalk Repertory Theatre continues their Fifth Anniversary Season by heading to the grounds of UCLA's historic William Andrews Clark Memorial Library to present Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde from today, July 27-August 18, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:00pm. The running time is 2 hours.

Photo Flash: First Look at LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN at UCLA's William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
by Shari Barrett - Jul 15, 2013

Chalk Repertory Theatre continues their Fifth Anniversary Season by heading to the grounds of UCLA's historic William Andrews Clark Memorial Library to present Lady Windermere's Fan by Oscar Wilde from July 27-August 18, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:00pm.

Chalk Repertory Theatre Presents Oscar Wilde's LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN Outdoors at the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library, 7/27
by Shari Barrett - Jun 12, 2013

Chalk Repertory Theatre continues their Fifth Anniversary Season by heading to the grounds of UCLA's historic William Andrews Clark Memorial Library to present LADY WINDERMERE'S FAN by Oscar Wilde from July 27-August 18, 2013 on Saturdays and Sundays at 6:00pm

Slant Theatre Project Presents COUNTERPOINT At Church Street School 5/29-6/13
by BWW News Desk - Jun 13, 2009

Slant Theatre Project presents COUNTERPOINT 'The Good Thief' and 'Beneficiaries', directed by Wes Grantom and Adam Knight, written by Mat Smart and Conor McPherson at Church Street School in Tribeca, May 29th through June 13th

Slant Theatre Project Presents COUNTERPOINT At Church Street School 5/29-6/13
by Gabrielle Sierra - May 19, 2009

Slant Theatre Project presents COUNTERPOINT 'The Good Thief' and 'Beneficiaries', directed by Wes Grantom and Adam Knight, written by Mat Smart and Conor McPherson at Church Street School in Tribeca, May 29th through June 13th

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