Diana Cignoni News

World Premiere of ELEPHANT SHAVINGS Extended at Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

by Chloe Rabinowitz — September 14, 2023

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble has extended the world premiere Elephant Shavings through October 8.

Interview: OTE's Ron Sossi Carves Out Some ELEPHANT SHAVINGS & Lots More

by Gil Kaan — August 8, 2023

Next up for the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, the world premiere of OTE’s Artistic Director Ron Sossi’s Elephant Shavings opening August 19, 2023 (with previews beginning August 16th).

ELEPHANT SHAVINGS World Premiere to be Presented by Odyssey Theatre in August

by Chloe Rabinowitz — July 10, 2023

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present “a lazy person’s guide to enlightenment” written and directed by Odyssey Theatre Ensemble artistic director Ron Sossi and set within the walls of West L.

Photos: Inside Look at Ron Sossi and the Odyssey Theatre Ensmeble's Production of WAKINGS!

by Marissa Tomeo — April 30, 2022

Sleep, awakeness, psychosis, enlightenment, coma.

BWW Interview: Multi-Talented Actor Ron Bottitta on his roles in WAKINGS! at the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

by Shari Barrett — April 21, 2022

The ability to totally transform yourself into the physical, emotional and intellectual persona of another person so believably that audience members will see the character and not the actor is one of the most fascinating elements of live theatre to me.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble Explores States Of Consciousness With WAKINGS, April 23- June 5

by A.A. Cristi — March 15, 2022

Sleep, awakeness, psychosis, enlightenment, coma.

Stage Raw Announces Its 2019 Theater Award Nominees & Theater Festival Weekend

by A.A. Cristi — July 31, 2019

Digital arts journal Stage Raw announces the nominees for its fifth annual Stage Raw Theater Awards, to be held Monday night September 9, 2019, at Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 S.

BWW Review: FAITH HEALER Presents a Rashomon Style Tale of Three Characters Struggling with Their Inner Demons Together

by Shari Barrett — April 11, 2019

According to Wikipedia, the Rashomon effect occurs when an event is given contradictory interpretations by the individuals involved.

Brian Friel's FAITH HEALER Comes to Odyssey Theatre

by Stephi Wild — February 27, 2019

Is Fantastic Francis Hardy a miracle worker - or a showman in search of a dollar? Odyssey Theatre Ensemble continues its 50th anniversary season with Faith Healer, Brian Friel's mysterious, humorous and unforgettable work about an itinerant Irish healer.

BWW Review: BECKETT5 Shares the Playwright's Bleak Absurdist Style in Five Short Plays

by Shari Barrett — January 26, 2017

Samuel Beckett (1906-1989) is widely recognized as one of the greatest dramatists of the 20th century.

Photo Flash: KOAN Unit rings in 2017 with Quintet of Short Beckett Plays

by Julie Musbach — January 22, 2017

The KOAN Unitkicks off the new year with Beckett5, a quintet of darkly humorous, seldom-seen short plays by Samuel Beckett opening January 21 at the Odyssey Theatre.

KOAN Unit Rings in 2017 at Odyssey with Quintet of Short Plays by Samuel Beckett

by A.A. Cristi — December 13, 2016

The KOAN Unit kicks off the new year with Beckett5, a quintet of darkly humorous, seldom-seen short plays by Samuel Beckettopening January 21 at the Odyssey Theatre.

BWW Review: Inventive Staging and Superb Acting Highlight Odyssey Theatre's OEDIPUS MACHINA

by Shari Barrett — June 27, 2015

The wondrous production at the Odyssey Theater begins the moment you walk into the misty other-worldly atmospheric set designed by Keith Mitchell which, along with the dome and water well, has the blind soothsayer Tiresias perched in a woven swing hanging just above the entrance.