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1760 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, CA 90028PHONE: (323) 462-8460 Local
CONTACT: Nan McNamara
WEBSITE: www.actorsco-op.org
Actor's Co-op: Christmas Shows
Greetings from Actors Co-op! As we look toward the joyous season of Christ’s birth, we invite you and your members to join us for Actors Co-op’s Christmas show.
Two original one-acts will be performed simultaneously in our Crossley and Crossley Terrace Theatres. Audiences will switch theatres at intermission to enjoy both shows in one evening. It’s perfect entertainment for the entire family.
THE WICKERSHAM’S CHRISTMAS EVE and THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS will perform December 4-7 and December 11-14 at Actors Co-op. Thursday and Friday performances are at 8 pm, Saturday performances are at 2:30 and 8 pm and Sunday performances are at 2:30 pm. Ticket price is a $10 suggested donation. This event is free to Actors Co-op subscribers. Call (323) 462-8460 for your reservation.
THE NIGHT BEFORE THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS by
Ronnie Steadman is the contemporary tale of a Wall Street hot-shot who
returns to his home-town at Christmas and makes a life-altering
discovery. The production is produced by Lori Rom Steadman and Ronnie
Steadman and directed by Toby Meuli.
THE WICKERSHAM'S CHRISTMAS EVE by
Linda Kerns is an enchanting story set in England in the early 1900s
where a group of friends share a special Christmas Eve tradition,
unaware that their time together is far more significant than they
realize. The production is produced and directed by Rebecca Hayes.
The
Crossley Theatres are located on the campus of Hollywood Presbyterian
Church, 1760 N. Gower Street, Hollywood, CA 90028. Free parking is
available on Carlos, one-half block west of Gower. FOR RESERVATIONS,
CALL (323) 462-8460.
We
hope to see you at Actors Co-op. And may we take this opportunity to
wish you and yours a blessed season of joy and thanksgiving!
In His Name,
Nan McNamara
"A 99-seat miracle . . ." Daily Variety
Actor's Co-op: The Elephant Man
September 26, 2008 - November 2, 2008
Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Saturday matinees October 4, 11 and November 1 at 2:30 pm
No performance on October 31, 2008
The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Stephen Rothman
“An enthralling and luminous play. Haunting, splendid . . .“ - The New York Times
Winner of the Tony award for Best Play, The Elephant Man
is the profound and touching true story of John Merrick, a man
hideously deformed since birth. Under the care of a brilliant and
ambitious young doctor, Merrick transforms from a sensational object of
pity to a sensitive and intelligent man. Those around him come to
know his beautiful spirit within and in the process, discover their own
hidden flaws. The Elephant Man questions the ideas of perception and what it means to be truly beautiful. An Actors Co-op Revival Production.
Actor's Co-op: Leading Ladies
Opening October 10, 2008 - November 16, 2008
Leading Ladies by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Richard Israel
".
. . so funny, it will make sophisticated and reasonable men and women
of the 21st century cackle till their faces hurt." - Houston Press
In this side-splitting comedy by the author of Lend Me A Tenor and Moon Over Buffalo,
two hapless English Shakespearean actors, find themselves performing
"Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge circuit of Pennsylvania.
When they hear that an elderly woman is about to die and leave her
fortune to her two long lost English relatives, they hatch a plot to
scam her of the fortune. The trouble is, upon their arrival, they find
out that the relatives aren't nephews, but nieces! Romantic
entanglements abound, truth isn’t what it seems, and dreams might just
be realized.
Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Saturday matinees October 18, 25 and November 1 at 2:30 pm
No performance on October 31, 2008
LEADING
LADIES is the side-splitting comedy by the author of LEND ME A TENOR
and MOON OVER BUFFALO. Two hapless English Shakespearean actors find
themselves performing "Scenes from Shakespeare" on the Moose Lodge
circuit of Pennsylvania. When they hear that an elderly woman is about
to die and leave her fortune to her two long lost English relatives,
they hatch a plot to scam her of the fortune. The trouble is, upon
their arrival, they find out that the relatives aren't nephews, but
nieces! Romantic entanglements abound, truth isn’t what it seems, and
dreams might just be realized.
Director
Richard Israel returns to Actors Co-op as guest director. Mr. Israel
directed last season’s critically-acclaimed production of “1776” (Los
Angeles Times Critic’s Choice) and the Co-op Too! Second Stage
production of Shakespeare’s “As You Like It.”
Mr.
Israel has a great deal of respect for Ludwig’s work. “I’ve been in a
number of his plays - I love working on his material. Not only is the
writing a lot of fun, but it’s also about something. ‘Leading Ladies’
has a lovely humanity underneath the craziness. It’s about people
whose worlds are expanded and changed. The characters experience a
pretty big conversion that broadens them and allows them to dream. I
think that’s a message we need right now.
“In
our production, if we are doing our job well, audiences will not only
laugh at these characters and the situations, but they will hopefully
be reminded that going through life with blinders on and a sense of
complacency is very limiting. If you allow yourself to dream, nothing
is closed off from you. Hopefully the story will remind everyone that
we all need to fulfill our destiny, whatever that may be.”
Actors
Co-op’s special LEADING LADIES “MUSE” event takes place October 18 at 1
pm with guest speaker David McFadzean discussing the spiritual themes
found in the play. Mr. McFadzean is the writer and producer who
created and executive-produced the hit ABC TV show HOME IMPROVEMENT.
Tickets are $30 for this event and include the lecture, lunch and
performance.
Opening
Night for LEADING LADIES is Friday, October 10, 2008 at 8 PM.
Performances are Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM and Sundays at 2:30 PM.
Saturday matinees are scheduled on October 18 (MUSE performance),
October 25 & November 1 at 2:30 PM. There will be no performance,
Friday, October 31, 2008. LEADING LADIES closes Sunday, November 16,
2008.
Actor's Co-op: Makin’ Hay
Opening February 27, 2009 - March 5, 2009
Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Saturday matinees March 7, 14 at 2:30 pm
Makin’ Hay by Matthew Goldsby
World Premiere musical adaptation of Moliere’s George Dandin’
Directed by Linda Kerns
A World Premiere-Musical from an exciting new voice of the American Musical theatre.
This
rollicking but thought-provoking musical, puts love, in all its forms,
to the ultimate test. With a colorful palette of country music as its
backdrop, a wealthy cowboy struggles to figure out how to charm his
young wife, who is looking for life beyond their 40 acres. And two
simple-minded ranch hands are so head-over-heels, they’ll go to any
lengths to charm the local lovelies. Can love conquer all? Makin’ Hay is an examination of the ecstasy, the misery, the joy and the agony of love.
Actor's Co-op: The Crucible
Opening May 1, 2009 - June 7, 2009
Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00 pm; Sundays at 2:30 pm
Saturday matinees May 9, 16 at 2:30 pm
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Directed by Joel Swetow
“A magnificent play . . . Miller’s propulsive, unstinting exploration of human nature.” - The New York Times
Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play, The Crucible
is an ageless tale of fear, greed and power written by one of the
greatest American playwrights of all time. When teenage girls are
discovered trying to conjure spirits, the 17th century town of Salem
explodes with accusations of witchcraft. The vicious trials that follow
expose a community paralyzed by terror, religious extremism and greed,
and a marriage forever changed. A play that challenges our every
notion of good and evil, The Crucible is the second play in Actors Co-op’s American Classic Series.
Actors Co-op Description
Award-winning professional theatre company of actors who are
Christians. They run a season of five shows in their two
Equity-approved 99 seat theatres on the campus of the First
Presbyterian Church of Hollywood.