Son Of Semele Announces 2018 Season

Son of Semele has announced its full line-up of 2018 programming at the Son of Semele Theater, located at 3301 Beverly Boulevard (@Hoover) in Los Angeles. The jam-packed season features:

• Three productions from award-winning Son of Semele Ensemble.
• The latest editions of the annual Company Creation Festival and Solo Creation Festival, providing a showcase for some of LA's brightest new talents.
• Three guest productions, including two from festival alumni.

New for 2018, performances in the first two weeks of Son of Semele Ensemble shows will be pay-what-you-can. In addition, Son of Semele continues to offer all patrons a complimentary beverage with proof they took a taxi, Uber or Lyft to the theater.

Of Government by Alex Borinsky
Directed by Kate Motzenbacker
March 10 - April 1

ABOUT THE SHOW: Need to refill your cup? Join Ms. Marjorie Blain and friends for an evening of songs, tasty snacks, and a DIY pageant celebrating the often overlooked "feminine" labor that binds our communities together. | Tickets: Pay-what-you-can through 3/18, then $25

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Plunge by Tom Jacobson Directed by Matthew McCray
May 26 - June 17

ABOUT THE SHOW: Dark secrets bubble to the surface as two strangers - one a priest, the other a noted art historian - share a surreal confession at LA's "exclusive" Bimini Baths. Years before, a boy drowned under mysterious circumstances. But whose crime was it, really?

Set in 1916, Plunge is the first installment of Tom Jacobson's world-premiere trilogy, The Ballad of Bimini Baths, which uses real events at the now-forgotten spa to examine the collision of cultures in 20th Century Los Angeles. All three parts of the trilogy will be presented in Summer 2018 as a collaboration between Son of Semele Ensemble (Part 1: Plunge), Playwrights Arena (Part 2: Tar) and Rogue Machine (Part 3: Mexican Day). | Tickets: Pay-what-you-can through 6/3, then $25. Same-day $50 Marathon Ticket good for performances of all three plays June 9, 10, 16 & 17.

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The Woman Who Went to Space as a Man by Maureen Huskey
Directed by Maureen Huskey
Music by Yuval Ron
October 27 - November 18

ABOUT THE SHOW: Part fact, part fever dream, this captivating new work opens with Alice B. Sheldon - better known to sci-fi aficionados as author James Tiptree, Jr. - contemplating suicide. Dodging in and out of reality, the play investigates gender, longing and creativity as self-exploration through one of the Science Fiction world's greatest literary tricksters. | Tickets: Pay-what-you-can through 11/4, then $25

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FESTIVALS:

Company Creation Festival
January 17 - February 11

The 8th annual Company Creation Festival presents four performance works by progressive theatre ensembles in repertory. Since 2010, this winter festival has led to the creation of nearly 30 new theatrical works, and supported over 20 different theatre companies and artist collectives in taking risks and challenging forms. | Tickets: $18

Solo Creation Festival
July 12-29

The 5th annual Solo Creation Festival features a bold and diverse line-up of nine artists, presented in three distinct programs, each featuring works of various genres and forms. Since 2012 Solo Creation Festival has spotlighted the breadth of possibility in the field of solo performance. | Tickets: $18

GUEST PRODUCTIONS:

Untitled American Flag Craft Project [Working Title]
Presented by Barker Room Rep
Written and directed by William Burke
April 20 - 29

ABOUT THE SHOW: A rotating roster of performers will respectfully dismantle, rearrange and rejuvenate the American flag with scissors, moxie and glue while explaining the unifying and important factors of their favorite beverages. Also with live deconstructed performances of American anthems.
Also a potluck. Also a party. Also for everyone. | Tickets: $20

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Cynosemma: A dirge from the dog's tomb
Presented by By the Souls of Our Feet and Overtone Industries
Written by Megan Breen & O-Lan Jones
August 10 - 19

ABOUT THE SHOW: Based on Euripides' Hecuba, this new operatic ritual tackles grief in a new way: transforming victimhood into an empowering act of defiance. To shield her youngest daughter from being sacrificed, Hecuba, the infamous queen of Troy, creates an army of women and takes revenge on those who caused her pain. | Tickets: $20

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Devision [Working Title]
Presented by The Attic Collective
Created by Rosie Glen-Lambert
August 24 - September 2

ABOUT THE SHOW: The Attic Collective, which enjoyed an extended run as part of the 2017 Company Creation Festival, returns to the Son of Semele Theater with a freshly devised piece that's sure to feature the Collective's joyous and thought-provoking style. | Tickets: $20

Son of Semele Ensemble is a Los Angeles-based ensemble theatre company comprised of 30+ actors, directors, designers, dramaturgs and producers. Since 2001, Son of Semele Ensemble productions have been honored with two LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards (nine nominations), five LA Weekly Theatre Awards (eleven nominations), four Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards, two SAGE Awards, and an NAACP Theatre Award (four nominations). The company was also nominated in six categories at the inaugural Stage Raw Awards.

SON OF SEMELE ENSEMBLE MISSION: We believe the impact of a theatrical experience should resonate beyond the theater door. As an ensemble of artists, we integrate complex design and performance, producing theatre that embraces the friction between emotion and intellect. Through a process of discovery, collaboration and creative risk-taking, we illuminate and amplify universal questions. To that end, we make an earnest commitment to the artistic sustainability of the greater community. Copyright © 2018 Son of Semele Ensemble, All rights reserved.

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