Melissa Paladino News

The Ghost Road Company will present the World premiere of The Dry Years, our first full production since 2019. Conceived by Ghost Road ensemble members John Guerra and Christine Breihan, the show is set to open on Saturday, February 4, 2023, 8PM at the Broadwater Main Stage in Hollywood, CA.

Inspired by an artistic community of theatre makers in response to the need to take live theater online during this time of social distancing, Skylight Theatre Company created its new Web Reading Series beginning on March 26, 2020, bringing together some of LA's most talented writers, directors and actors for weekly presentations of uplifting works, written specifically for this medium. a?oeCLOSE AND FAR AWAYa?? written by Cory Hinkle and directed by Elina de Santos, featuring Melissa Paladino and Jennifer Pollono as two old friends who reconnect via Zoom during quarantine, was performed live on Thursday, May 28.

Loners Productions and Indie Rights are excited to announce the theatrical debut and Digital HD rollout of Eryc Tramonn's misfit comedy Loners.  Following its beginnings as a stage production by Neil McGowan, Loners was developed into a feature film by producer/star Tyson Turrou as a comedic take on our current political climate and the government's inability to actually address the violence in our news.  The film asks for answers to two of life's greatest questions: How to avoid the government, and how to make friends. 

The 20th anniversary revival of the Odyssey production of Clifford Odets' classic AWAKE AND SING! receives a raw and reverential mounting. As directed by Elina de Santos, most characters in this two-hour-and-fifteen-minute three-act portray their roles in bold black-and-whites with little shades of grey in between.

Gritty, passionate, funny and heartbreaking, Awake and Sing! by Clifford Odets continues to resonate 80 years after its 1935 premiere by the Group Theatre. Director Elina de Santos and lead actress Marilyn Fox return to the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble with a 20th anniversary revival of the smash Odyssey production that ran for nine months in 1994-95. Also returning from that production are Richard Fancy and Dennis Madden; the three will be joined onstage by David Agranov, Robert Lesser, Allan Miller, James Morosini, Melissa Paladino and Gary Patent. Awake and Sing! opens at the Odyssey Theatre on Sept. 26.

Very witty script, without one false note, by Ian MacAllister-McDonald; even strong-handed direction by Elina de Santos; and executed by a very abled cast of five make for a wonderful 90-minutes of very strong entertaining theatre.

LONE-ANON by Neil McGowan, a World Premiere at Rogue Machine Theatre, will run as part of LATE NIGHT, tonight, January 10 through the 25th.

LONE-ANON by Neil McGowan, a World Premiere at Rogue Machine Theatre, will run as part of LATE NIGHT, January 10 through the 25th.

LONE-ANON by Neil McGowan, a World Premiere at Rogue Machine Theatre. Welcome to Lone-Anon: a friendly, positive, court-ordered support group where forming a connection with other people is not only encouraged, it's mandatory.

Are you feeling alone and lonely on a Friday or Saturday night at 10:30pm? Fear not - you are always welcome at LONE-ANON, a friendly, positive, court-ordered support group where forming a connection with other people is not only encouraged, it's mandatory. Just head over to Rogue Machine and be part of the wackiness!

Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of DaddyO Dies Well, written and directed by legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. A deeply lyrical and darkly comic meditation on the sacred and profane that is the fifth installment in Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, DaddyO Dies Well will close May 22 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of DaddyO Dies Well, written and directed by legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. A deeply lyrical and darkly comic meditation on the sacred and profane that is the fifth installment in Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, DaddyO Dies Well will run April 2 through May 22 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of DaddyO Dies Well, written and directed by legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. A deeply lyrical and darkly comic meditation on the sacred and profane that is the fifth installment in Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, DaddyO Dies Well will run April 2 through May 22 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of DaddyO Dies Well, written and directed by legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. A deeply lyrical and darkly comic meditation on the sacred and profane that is the fifth installment in Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, DaddyO Dies Well will run April 2 through May 22 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

Padua Playwrights presents the world premiere of DaddyO Dies Well, written and directed by legendary poet-playwright Murray Mednick. A deeply lyrical and darkly comic meditation on the sacred and profane that is the fifth installment in Mednick's eight-play 'Gary Plays' cycle, DaddyO Dies Well will run April 2 through May 22 at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

ROGUE MACHINE announces the run of SHORTS AND SWEETS, opening Friday, August 7th and running through August 22, 2009

ROGUE MACHINE announces the run of SHORTS AND SWEETS, opening Friday, August 7th and running through August 22, 2009

ROGUE MACHINE announces the run of SHORTS AND SWEETS, opening Friday, August 7th and running through August 22, 2009

ROGUE MACHINE announces the run of SHORTS AND SWEETS, opening Friday, August 7th and running through August 22, 2009

ROGUE MACHINE announces the run of SHORTS AND SWEETS, opening Friday, August 7th and running through August 22, 2009