Valerie Spencer

Artists at Play has partnered with A Noise Within’s ‘Noise Now’ community engagement series to present free reading of Marabella by Boni B. Alvarez on Monday, Sept. 12 at 7:30 p.m.

The second play in this year's Block Party is AMERYKA, written and directed by Critical Mass Performance Group Artistic Director Nancy Keystone, which continues through April 29, 2018 at the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City. Plan to arrive early so you can take advantage reading all the information posted in several areas of the lobby (as well as in the two main theater entrances) about Tadeusz Ko?ciuszko, a Polish freedom fighter who assisted Thomas Jefferson in the formation of our country, as his remarkable life and beliefs are central to the plot of this play.

The Critical Mass Performance Group production of "Ameryka," which Center Theatre Group is remounting at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of the second annual Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre, will open Saturday, April 21 at 8 p.m. Written and directed by Critical Mass Performance Group Artistic Director Nancy Keystone in collaboration with the company, "Ameryka" is currently in previews and will close April 29.

Casting is set for the Critical Mass Performance Group production of "Ameryka," which Center Theatre Group is remounting at the Kirk Douglas Theatre as part of the second annual Block Party: Celebrating Los Angeles Theatre. Written and directed by Critical Mass Performance Group Artistic Director Nancy Keystone in collaboration with the company, "Ameryka" will begin previews April 19, open April 21 and close April 29.

Written and directed by Nancy Keystone in collaboration with the company, the cast of Ameryka will feature Curt Bonnem, Russell Edge, Ray Ford, Lorne Green, Drew Stafford Harper, Danielle K. Jones, Christopher Salazar, Nick Santoro, and Valerie Spencer.

The much admired and acclaimed Critical Mass Performance Group has announced the world premiere of its newest work, Ameryka, written and directed by Nancy Keystone in collaboration with the company. Ameryka will play for five weeks only with one preview performance on Friday, February 5 and opening on Saturday, February 6 at 8pm. Ameryka will run through March 6 at Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles. 

Members of the 'Pro99' movement of Actors' Equity Association have issued an open letter to AEA's newly elected president, Kate Shindle, in response to her victory and to her inaugural address as president of the national union for actors and stage managers. The open letter is signed by over 400 Equity members (listed below), including such notable names as Ed Asner, Francis Fisher, Sally Kirkland and Alfred Molina. The 'Pro99' movement formed in late 2014 in opposition to AEA's rollout of a new plan that will effectively force 'intimate theaters' in Los Angeles to pay Equity actors minimum wage, go 'non-union' or even close - despite an overwhelming vote against the plan by 66% of the Los Angeles membership on an advisory referendum. 'Pro99' members around the nation, who take their name from the current AEA '99 Seat Plan' that allows members to volunteer in smaller venues, oppose AEA's new promulgated plan. They are requesting that Equity leadership put a moratorium on the plan until local members' voices can be heard, and that the union work with its members to develop an alternative plan that will more realistically address the needs of the Los Angeles theater community.

The Theatre @ Boston Court and Critical Mass Performance Group present 'Alcestis,' a World Premiere adaptation of Euripides' 'Alcestis' written and directed by Nancy Keystone, created in collaboration with Critical Mass. The play opens tonight, June 29 on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 North Mentor Avenue.

The Theatre @ Boston Court and Critical Mass Performance Group present 'Alcestis," a World Premiere adaptation of Euripides' "Alcestis" written and directed by Nancy Keystone, created in collaboration with Critical Mass. The play opens June 29 on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 North Mentor Avenue.

The Theatre @ Boston Court presents 'How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found,' a Southern California premiere play by British Playwright Fin Kennedy, directed by Nancy Keystone. The play opens April 30 on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 North Mentor Avenue.

The Theatre @ Boston Court presents 'How To Disappear Completely and Never Be Found,' a Southern California premiere play by British Playwright Fin Kennedy, directed by Nancy Keystone. The play opens April 30 on the Main Stage at Boston Court Performing Arts Center, 70 North Mentor Avenue.