Bree Pavey News

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood presents, Art is Useless When You're Being Mauled by a Bear by Alisa Tangredi.

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced the second production of its eighth season, Art is Useless When You're Being Mauled by a Bear by Alisa Tangredi. Under the direction of JJ Mayes and Bree Pavey, the cast of this world premiere production will feature (in alphabetical order) Ben Anderson, Bridget Avildsen, Anna Benz, Ela Castillo, Jennifer Christina DeRosa, Victoria Anne Greenwood, Emma Latimer, Mark Leclerc, Ignacio Navarro, Bree Pavey, Scottie Smith, and Madylin Sweeten. Opening is set for Saturday, October 5, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, November 10 only.

Now in its 29th year, The Living Room Series (LRS) is a new play development program that embodies The Blank's commitment to developing new work by diverse voices from  both established and emerging writers.

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced the first production of its eighth season, Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis. Under the direction of Adam Chambers, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Ben Anderson, Bridget Avildsen, Ela Castillo, Nandi Chapman, Brett Clevenger, Noah Copfer, Paige Gallagher, Barbera Ann Howard, Zenarra James, Mark Leclerc, Brian Majestic, Kristian Maxwell-McGeever, Mphatso Mgongira, Ignacio Navarro, Chris Oliver, Kevin Padilla, La'Vel Stacy, Abbygail Williams, Jared Wilson, and Nora Yessayan. Opening is set for Saturday, August 10, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, September 15 only.

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced the first production of its eighth season, Our Lady of 121st Street by Stephen Adly Guirgis.

Loft Ensemble has announced its eighth anniversary season, the first in its new North Hollywood location. The slate of plays will feature four world premieres, a holiday comedy, and five productions in Sawyer's Playhouse, the company's 40-seat space upstairs from the main stage.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Under the direction of Bree Pavey and Emma Latimer, opening is set for Saturday, April 20, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, May 27 only.

Paul Storiale's award-winning drama The Columbine Project directed by Bree Pavey, co-produced by the Whitefire Theatre and Loft Ensemble, is an atemporal retelling of the events leading up to, during and following the April 20, 1999 shooting at Columbine High School. The Columbine Project challenges what we think we know about the victims, families, teachers and the shooters themselves. 

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, William Shakespeare's Macbeth. Under the direction of Bree Pavey and Emma Latimer, opening is set for Saturday, April 20, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, May 27 only.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin. Under the direction of Tor Brown, the show is set to open today, March 2, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, April 7 only.

Loft Ensemble in Sherman Oaks has announced its next production, Blues for Mister Charlie by James Baldwin. Under the direction of Tor Brown, the show is set to open on Saturday, March 2, at 8pm and the engagement will continue through Sunday, April 7 only.

LOFT ENSEMBLE announces the EXTENSION of their world premiere of TRAINWRECK, written and directed by Loft's Managing Director, Bree Pavey. Originally scheduled to close on November 18th,

Check out the preview video for LOFT ENSEMBLE's premiere of TRAINWRECK, written and directed by Loft's Managing Director, Bree Pavey.

LOFT ENSEMBLE announces the world premiere of TRAINWRECK, written and directed by Loft's Managing Director, Bree Pavey.

LOFT ENSEMBLE announces the west coast premiere of Arthur M. Jolly's THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION.

LOFT ENSEMBLE announces the west coast premiere of Arthur M. Jolly's THE LADY DEMANDS SATISFACTION.

Award winning theatre company LOFT ENSEMBLE announces its 7th Season of complete programming. Founded in 2008 by Geoffrey Hillback, Adam Chambers and Emmy Award nominated actor Cameron Britton (Mindhunter) among others, Loft began curating full season programming in 2012 at its original space in the Arts District of Downtown Los Angeles.

Now celebrating its 26th Anniversary, The Blank Theatre's Nationwide Young Playwrights Festival has chosen 12 plays by playwrights aged 15-19 from seven different states. These plays will be presented by professional actors and directors in this year's Festival at The Stella Adler Theatre in Hollywood May 31-June 24.

Waste Land is a WORLD PREMIERE serio-comedy period piece by legendary playwright Don Nigro that explores the tumultuous love between T.S. Eliot and his first wife, Vivienne during the time leading up to his creation of one of the most influential poems of the twentieth century. Full of literary references, musings about art and creativity, and appearances by recognized modernist characters like Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Gertrude Stein and Bertrand Russell, Waste Land is a funny and moving investigation of Eliot's life, loves, friendships and torments.

One of the most widely acclaimed shows to address the issue of gun violence and mass school shootings in America is returning to the stage. And the reason for its return, according to producers, is simple: There is still so much more to say.