Culver City Public Theatre (CCPT) opens its 14th season of free family friendly summer shows July 14th in Dr. Paul Carlson Park. All performances are open to the public. Founded in 1998, CCPT (a donation and grant supported 501c3 non-profit) is a member of the American Association of Community Theatres (AACT).
CCPT’s 2012 summer-season opens July 14th at 12:00pm with the world premiere adaptation of Homer’s epic poem, THE ODYSSEY. Written and directed by six-year CCPT veteran and LA Weekly Award Nominee Blake Anthony Edwards, THE ODYSSEY, tells the tale of Odysseus’ ten-year journey home from the Trojan War. This is the second show Mr. Edwards has penned for CCPT’s Children’s Popcorn Theatre, the annual CCPT production designed for young audiences; he also wrote last year’s Big Bad Wolf Tales. Park regulars will also recognize him from roles in King Midas, The Good Doctor, Slue-Foot Sue and Pecos Bill, and She Stoops to Conquer, or outside productions of Othello, A Midsummer Night's Dream, A Good Smoke, and In on It, for which he received an LA Weekly award nomination. Cast includes Paul Ellis as Odysseus, James Egan as Dumbocles, Heather Roberts as Narrator, Dean Figone as Zeus, Polyphemus & others, Jake Pitkow as Poseidon, Tiresias & others, Victoria Martinez as Lotus-Eater, Calypso & others, Micah Delhauer as Aeolus, Hermes & others, and Angela Blake as Circe, Helios & others.Videos