Charles Pasternak News

Little Fish Theatre in downtown San Pedro will present two limited-run performances of Hollywood Fringe Award-winning pieces: Di Lady Di and Queen of Fishtown.

Santa Cruz Shakespeare (SCS), a nationally recognized professional theater company in Santa Cruz County with deep local roots that go back more than 40 years, has announced the selection of three plays for its Summer 2023 repertory season: Taming of the Shrew,King Lear and Lauren Gunderson's The Book of Will. Performances will take place in the Audrey Stanley Grove (The Grove) in DeLaveaga Park.

The Porters of Hellsgate have announced the extension of the world premiere of DI Lady DI, written and performed by Charlotte Munson. DI Lady DI was named Best Musical at the 2022 Hollywood Fringe Festival and was nominated for Fringe First and Top of the Fringe awards.

The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company has announced their return to production after the last two years of the COVID-19 pandemic. At a fundraiser event held on May 28 in Los Angeles, a number of important announcements were made regarding the company’s future.

Santa Cruz Shakespeare today announced it will open its summer season with the exciting World Premiere of The Formula by Kathryn Chetkovich, directed by Ellen Maguire in a co-production with Blissfield, during its summer festival July 10-Aug. 28 in the Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park.

The Porters of Hellsgate have announced the world premiere of DI Lady DI, written and performed by Charlotte Munson, is set to open at the Hollywood Fringe Festival on June 5th. DI Lady DI is a one woman, coming-of-age, powerhouse, new fairytale musical. Comedic and searingly innovative, DI Lady DI eschews the fairytale glamor of the People’s Princess to illuminate her struggles in a paternalistic society and dysfunctional family. 

.Ensemble Theatre Company has announced its remount of its tour-de-force one-man show Vincent, which was presented at The Santa Barbara Museum of Art in March to sold-out audiences. 

CVRep is continuing its season of Hopes, Dreams, and Expectations 2021-2022 with Life X 3, written by Yasmina Reza, directed by Joanne Gordon, January 25 - February 6, 2022. An incredible cast makes this a must-see play, starring Charles Pasternak, Lynn Favin, Betsy Moore and Scott Golden.

This comedic quartet about four very real women who lived boldly in France during the French Revolution’s Reign of Terror includes Charlotte Munson, Kelsey Brennan, Laetitia Hollard and Brittany Pirozzoli.

It's summer in L.A. and the theaters are closed. What's a Shakespeare lover to do? Well, artists continue to create in whatever way they can as they brainstorm plans for 2020 and beyond. We've heard from some of your favorite companies and here's the latest on cancellations and some of the inventive solutions meant to help you get your Bard on this season. Go see a showa??.online!

Method and Madness continues their weekly streams of classic plays with Shakespeare's KING LEAR, this Friday, May 1st, at 7 PM PST. The play is directed by Artistic Director Will Block and features Tony Amendola in the title role.

Method and Madness will be presenting Free Weekly Facebook Live Streams of classic plays, commencing with Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing on April 10 at 7 PM PST. The play is directed by Artistic Director Will Block and features Charles Pasternak and Charlotte Munson in the roles of Benedick and Beatrice.

With audiences and artists alike separated from live performing arts by the global COVID-19 pandemic, actors who have appeared on stage at Alabama Shakespeare Festival are sharing their favorite Shakespeare monologues online.

'How I Learned To Drive' took a circuitous route to CV Rep, but the end results are so very, very satisfying.

How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel. The play is a funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older man.

The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Charles Pasternak. This production features modern music and choreography, ensemble storytelling, and a majority gender-bent cast - highlighting Shakespeare's exploration of societal roles, violation, and forgiveness.

The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Charles Pasternak. This production features modern music and choreography, ensemble storytelling, and a majority gender-bent cast - highlighting Shakespeare's exploration of societal roles, violation, and forgiveness.

The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Charles Pasternak. This production features modern music and choreography, ensemble storytelling, and a majority gender-bent cast - highlighting Shakespeare's exploration of societal roles, violation, and forgiveness.

The Porters of Hellsgate Theatre Company presents William Shakespeare's Cymbeline, directed by Charles Pasternak. This production features modern music and choreography, ensemble storytelling, and a majority gender-bent cast - highlighting Shakespeare's exploration of societal roles, violation, and forgiveness.

Concluding their 11th Season, The Porters turn to Shakespeare's earliest king; John will be the 25th production on the company's march to complete the Bard's canon. Against a landscape of war and vicious political selfishness, the play examines the fallout when a weak and feckless bully runs his country to the brink of destruction.