Grafton Doyle News

Pasadena Playhouse, The State Theater of California offers an exciting line up of educational and community events this spring. 

It's very rare for a play to leave me in tears, the first to stand to applaud a cast during their curtain call. But this was the case when I attended the World Premiere of DOPE QUEENS, brilliantly written and directed by Grafton Doyle at the Hudson Mainstage Theatre, which takes us to real places inhabited by real characters inspired by real people, grappling with hardcore real-life problems tempered by the only practical survival strategies available to them on the gritty streets of the infamous Tenderloin District in San Francisco.

TomorrowLand Productions & Pop Up Theater are thrilled to present a world premiere play, DOPE QUEENS, written and directed by Grafton Doyle. 

TomorrowLand Productions & Pop Up Theater present a world premiere play, DOPE QUEENS, written and directed by Grafton Doyle.

POP UP THEATER, INC. presents the third and final show in its inaugural 2017-2018 season, SEMINAR, written by Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, Bad Dates), produced by Grafton Doyle and directed by Melanie Weisner (Pterodactyls, Becky Shaw). SEMINAR will preview on Tuesday May 8 & Wednesday, May 9 at 8pm; will open on Thursday, May 10 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, June 2 at Thymele Arts Theater, 5481 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.

POP UP THEATER, INC.is thrilled to present the third and final show in its inaugural 2017-2018 season, SEMINAR, written by Theresa Rebeck (Mauritius, Bad Dates), produced by Grafton Doyle and directed by Melanie Weisner (Pterodactyls, Becky Shaw).  

POP UP THEATER, INC. presents the second play in their 2017-2018 season, PIZZA MAN, written by Darlene Craviotto, directed by Jamie Lou and produced by Grafton Doyle & Melanie Weisner. PIZZA MAN will preview on Wednesday, January 24 & Thursday, January 25 at 8pm and will open on Friday, February 2 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, February 24 at The Loft in Hollywood, 5426 Flemish Lane, Los Angeles 90029.

POP UP THEATER, INC. is thrilled to present the second play in their 2017-2018 season, PIZZA MAN, written by Darlene Craviotto, directed by Jamie Lou and produced by Grafton Doyle & Melanie Weisner. PIZZA MAN will preview on Wednesday, January 24 & Thursday, January 25 at 8pm and will open on Friday, February 2 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, February 24 at The Loft in Hollywood, 5426 Flemish Lane, Los Angeles 90029.

The small dining room at a local studio was an excellent choice to showcase a classic dysfunctional family living an upper-class life as they descended into chaos over the course of one year. With each of the family members in this dark comedy only really thinking of themselves and their own needs, or living their lives to be sure none of their friends can find fault with anything they do, PTERODACTYLS suggests that our extinction is beginning not with an asteroid or an ice age but rather with a severed connection to the ones closest to us.

POP UP THEATER, INC. is thrilled to present the award-winning play, PTERODACTYLS, written by Nicky Silver (The Lyons), produced by Grafton Doyle and directed by Melanie Weisner (Becky Shaw).  PTERODACTYLS will open on Friday, September 1 at 8pm and runs through Sunday, September 24 at The Commissary at The Culver Studios, 9336 Washington Blvd. in Culver City.

POP UP THEATER, INC. is thrilled to present the award-winning play, PTERODACTYLS, written by Nicky Silver (The Lyons), produced by Grafton Doyle and directed by Melanie Weisner (Becky Shaw). PTERODACTYLS will open on Friday, September 1 at 8pm and runs through Sunday, September 24 at The Commissary at The Culver Studios, 9336 Washington Blvd. in Culver City.

On Sunday, May 15, The Actors Fund gathered at the home of Western Council member Ilyanne Morden Kichaven and her husband Mike for their annual west coast celebration of Edwin Forrest Day and Shakespeare's birthday. The Actors Fund was honored to have acclaimed star of stage and screen Liev Schreiber as their special guest for the afternoon. BroadwayWorld has photos from the event below!

What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'

What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in 'Till Tech Do Us Part.'

What to TEXTPECT while you are SEXTING! In a world where a single text can change your life, and the man of your dreams goes by @freshmeat37, hopefully AT&T has you covered...Can you hear me now? If so, hear this: The Magic Mirror Theater will host an array of new ten-minute plays that will check you in to our world as we log you out of yours in "Till Tech Do Us Part."