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Scraps at The Matrix Theatre

Dates: 6/27/2019 - 9/15/2019

📍 Theatre: The Matrix Theatre


7657 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: 323-960-7711


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Set in Bed Stuy, Brooklyn, three months after the fatal shooting of black teenager Forest Winthrop by a white police officer, Scraps is a highly theatrical, frequently funny mash up of poetry, realism and expressionism that chronicles the effects of Forests death on his family and friends. A PLAYWRIGHT TO WATCH melds various styles in service of her own sharp vision." The New York Times; [An] AMBITIOUS, VIBRANT new play. The New Yorker ; A PASSIONATE NEW VOICE SCREAMING TO BE HEARD. Time Out New York; July 6 Sept. 15; Matrix Theatre, 7657 Melrose Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90046; $35; Pay-What-You-Want every Monday night; (323) 960-7711; www.matrixtheatre.com.

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Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present a revival of Picnic, the sensual, passionate, and delightfully funny Pulitzer Prize-winning play by William Inge. Directed by multiple award winner John Farmanesh-Bocca (Tempest Redux, Lysistrata Unbound), performances will run March 25 through May 28 at the Odyssey Theatre in West L.A.

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Rogue Machine world premieres Diane Frolov and Susan Justin’s Come Get Maggie, opening February 11, 2023 at the Matrix Theatre. Michael Pressman directs the cast of: Phillip Casnoff, Beth Egan, Melissa Jobe, Nicole Ledoux, Melanie Neilan, Bruce Nozick, Chase Ramsey, Dennis Renard, Jacquelin Lorraine Schofield and Eddie Vona. Diane managed to find some time in her hectic, always busy schedule to answer a few of my queries.

Ron Sossi Re-Visits Obie Award-Winning THE SERPENT 50 Years Later

January 31, 2020

Go ahead a?" take the apple. Founding artistic director Ron Sossi directs a revival of The Serpent by Jean-Claude van Itallie a?" winner of the 1969 Obie award and arguably the most successful ensemble work ever created a?" as part of the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's 50th Anniversary a?oeCirca '69a?? Season. Sossi previously directed the West Coast premiere exactly 50 years ago, in the spring of 1970, as the second production ever at the then brand-new Odyssey Theatre. The Serpent opens on March 7 at the Odyssey's current home in West L.A., where performances will continue through May 3.

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7657 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90046

Phone: 323-960-7711

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The Matrix Theatre
7657 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

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