Photo Flash: Actors Co-op's VIOLET Plays to Sold Out House at Opening

Actors Co-op Theatre Company's production of the Tony nominated musical VIOLET, opened to a Sold Out house and garnered a Standing Ovation, on Friday, May 11, at the Actors Co-op Crossley Theatre in Hollywood, California.

VIOLET with music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley, based on the short story "The Ugliest Pilgrim" by Doris Betts, is directed by Richard Israel and produced by Thomas Chavira. Leaving her North Carolina home behind, Violet boards a bus and travels through the segregated South to be healed by a minister, convinced he can heal her scar, while discovering the true meaning of beauty along the way.

Actors Co-op Theatre Company's production of VIOLET runs now through June 17. Fridays and Saturdays at 8:00 pm, Sunday matinees at 2:30 pm. Additional Saturday matinees May 19 and May 26 at 2:30 pm. Tickets prices: Adults $34.00. Seniors (60+): $30.00. Students with ID: $25.00. Student Rush Tickets with ID one ticket per customer: $17 Cash Only, available at the Box Office window for select Friday performances 45 minutes prior to curtain. To buy tickets or make reservations please visit www.ActorsCo-op.org or call (323) 462-8460. For more about Student Rush Tickets or Group Rates call (323) 462-8460. Actors Co-op Crossley Theater, 1760 N. Gower St. 90028 (on the campus of the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood) in Hollywood 90028.

Photo Credit: Matthew Gilmore