Tessa Thompson News

Christopher Hampton Celebrates Simultaneous Openings in LA 4/13

by Kelsey Denette — April 8, 2011

Acclaimed British playwright, screenwriter, translator and director Christopher Hampton will be in Los Angeles next week to celebrate simultaneous openings.

L.A.Theatre Works records Tessa Thompson, Jennifer Westfeldt, Sarah Zimmerman, Jon Hamm, Reid Scott in Chekhov’s THREE SISTERS

by Amber Cassell — March 30, 2011

Hamm, Thompson, et al. Set for LA Theatre Works' THREE SISTERS

by Gabrielle Sierra — March 30, 2011

The Three Sisters - Tessa Thompson (For Colored Girls), Jennifer Westfeldt (Kissing Jessica Stein, Tony-nominated for Wonderful Town), Sarah Zimmerman (Big Love), Jon Hamm (Mad Men) and Reid Scott (The Big C) star in Anton Chekhov's bittersweet, serio-comic family drama.

Photo Flash: Ovation Awards- Before and After

by Gabrielle Sierra — January 21, 2011

The LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center on January 17, 2011 in Thousand Oaks, California.

Photo Flash: LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards

by Gabrielle Sierra — January 18, 2011

The LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Center on January 17, 2011 in Thousand Oaks, California.

Presenters Announced for 21st Annual Ovation Awards Ceremony 1/17

by Gabrielle Sierra — January 13, 2011

The LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards Ceremony for the 2010 theatre season will take place Monday, January 17, 2011 at 7:30pm at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza, home of the Cabrillo Music Theatre.

Kim Coles, Quinton Aaron Annouce Nominees For 20th Annual Naacp Theatre Awards

by Gabrielle Sierra — July 27, 2010

The Beverly Hills/Hollywood (BHH) Branch of the NAACP announced the 20th Annual NAACP Theatre Awards nominees at a press conference this morning at the Los Angeles Theatre Center (LATC) in downtown Los Angeles.

Los Angeles's Antaeus Company to Present Double-Cast KING LEAR, 6/24-8/8

by Gabrielle Sierra — June 16, 2010

The Antaeus Company, Los Angeles's classical theater ensemble, will open ClassicsFest 2010 with King Lear, its first full production of a Shakespeare play.

TREE By Julie Hebert Plays The Ensemble Theatre At (Inside) The Ford 11/7

by Gabrielle Sierra — October 6, 2009

Three generations divided by race, culture and time connect when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African American half-brother.