Photo Flash: First Look at the So Cal Premiere of Lauren Yee's IN A WORD at Chance Theater
by BWW News Desk
- Sep 15, 2017
Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, presents the sixth show of its 2017 season... in a word. Written by former Chance Theater Resident Playwright Lauren Yee, in a word has received numerous awards and was recently named a New York Times Critic's Pick. Directed by Jocelyn A. Brown, in a word opens tomorrow, September 16, and continues through October 8 at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center on the Fyda-Mar Stage. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!
Lauren Yee's IN A WORD Gets SoCal Premiere at Chance Theater
by A.A. Cristi
- Aug 8, 2017
Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, is pleased to announce the sixth show of our 2017 season… in a word. Written by former Chance Theater Resident Playwright Lauren Yee, in a word has received numerous awards and was recently named a New York Times Critic's Pick. Directed by Jocelyn A. Brown, in a word will preview from September 8 through September 15; regular performances will begin September 16 and continue through October 8 at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center on the Fyda-Mar Stage.
BWW Review: A Raw LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE Vividly Depicts a Stacked Justice System
by Gil Kaan
- Oct 29, 2016
In the American Coast Theatre Company's West Coast premiere of LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE, playwright Warren John Doody has brilliantly adapted Dr. Elizabeth Dermody Leonard's verbatim transcripts of interviewed, incarcerated women into a brutal, unrelenting look at our current justice system. Susan K. Berkompas directs her very talented and committed cast with the precision of a surgeon in a tightly-paced, illustrative narrative of what put these five women in prison.
BWW Review: HAMLET - A Successful Contemporized & Humanized Re-Telling
by Gil Kaan
- Jul 5, 2016
Four Clowns' founder and former artistic director Jeremy Aluma has deftly infused his Four Clowns magic directing his contemporary version of the classic HAMLET just finishing its run at the Lyceum Theater. Eschewing Shakespeare's couplets and metrics, this normal-speak HAMLET could be in any time period where fedora-ed men wear three-piece suits and ties while women can wear baggy pastel-colored pants and a beret.
SOC's A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Adds Two More Performances, 7/31 & 8/1
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 16, 2014
SOC'S hit production of A Midsummer Night's Dream, co-produced with Hitia O Te Ra, has added two more performances due to popular demand. The two added performances will be on Thursday, July 31 and Friday, August 1 at 8:00 pm. Walk-up specials: Thursday night "Pay What You Want" and Friday night '7 at 7'. Discounts are available at 7:00 pm and based on availability.
SOC Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Now thru 7/19
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 21, 2014
Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, today, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater.
Garden Grove Starts 2014 Season with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, Now thru 7/19
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 21, 2014
Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, today, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater. Directed by Susan Angelo, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows fools and faeries through a romantic romp in which a magical potion forces lovers to fall in love with the wrong person. Set in beautiful Polynesia during the 1700s, SOC's rendition of the popular Shakespearian comedy includes the appearance of Garden Grove's Award-Winning Polynesian Dance Group, Hitia O Te Ra.
SOC Presents A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 6/21-7/19
by Courtnie Mele
- May 31, 2014
Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater. Directed by Susan Angelo, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows fools and faeries through a romantic romp in which a magical potion forces lovers to fall in love with the wrong person. Set in beautiful Polynesia during the 1700s, SOC's rendition of the popular Shakespearian comedy includes the appearance of Garden Grove's Award-Winning Polynesian Dance Group, Hitia O Te Ra.
Garden Grove to Start 2014 Season with A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM, 6/21 - 7/19
by Louisa Brady
- May 30, 2014
Garden Grove's leading source for Shakespeare is back this summer, starting off its 2014 season with William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, June 21-July 19 in The Festival Amphitheater. Directed by Susan Angelo, A Midsummer Night's Dream follows fools and faeries through a romantic romp in which a magical potion forces lovers to fall in love with the wrong person.
BWW Reviews: Thoughtful Performances from Azeotrope's GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
by Jay Irwin
- Jul 22, 2013
It's a tough thing to follow up such a widely acclaimed show as Azeotrope's offering of "Jesus Hopped the A Train" last season. Especially when you only put up one show a season. And while their current production of "Gruesome Playground Injuries" may not be as engaging of a script, the cast and crew still manage to show off what solid professionals can do.
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Azeotrope's GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES, Beg. Tonight
by BWW News Desk
- Jul 19, 2013
Following the success of their critically acclaimed production of Jesus Hopped the A Train (2012 Gregory Award and Gypsy Lee Rose Award winners), Seattle theatre company Azeotrope has announced the Northwest premiere of Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Desdemona Chiang. Gruesome Playground Injuries opens tonight, July 19, 2013 at The Little Theatre in Capitol Hill and performs through Sunday, August 11, 2013. Scroll down for a first look at the lead actors!
Photo Flash: Meet the Cast of Azeotrope's GRUESOME PLAYGROUND INJURIES
by BWW News Desk
- Jun 29, 2013
Following the success of their critically acclaimed production of Jesus Hopped the A Train (2012 Gregory Award and Gypsy Lee Rose Award winners), Seattle theatre company Azeotrope has announced the Northwest premiere of Gruesome Playground Injuries by Rajiv Joseph, directed by Desdemona Chiang. Gruesome Playground Injuries opens Friday, July 19, 2013 at The Little Theatre in Capitol Hill and performs through Sunday, August 11, 2013. Scroll down for a first look at the lead actors!
BWW Interviews: SOC's Tom Bradac 'Czechs' One Off His Bucket List
by BWW
News Desk
- Aug 10, 2012
This summer, Shakespeare Orange County's Artistic Director, Tom Bradac gets to cross one item off his list that's been on it for a very long time - namely, to go to The Fringe. Little did he know that it would be in a very unique city (Prague, CZ) with a very unusual project (Shakespeare's rarely produced erotic poem Venus and Adonis).
SOC to Present VENUS AND ADONIS, 8/10 & 11
by BWW
News Desk
- Aug 10, 2012
SOC will stage William Shakespeare's 'VENUS AND ADONIS' for two performances only - at the Festival Amphitheatre (August 10-11). 'RICHARD III' continues to play through August 4.
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