based on translation by Sasha
Dugdale
a co-production with
Rushforth Productions
Directed by
Yasen Peyankov
Cast:
Patrick Mapel, York Griffith, Jeff Perry, Sarah Utterback,
Jennifer Sydney
Set Design by
Richard Hoover
"Set to a Russian hip-hop
beat, the U.S. premiere of Vassily Sigarev's exploration of
disaffected post-communist
youth looks like Trainspotting without the heroin.
Jeff Perry gives the most
nuanced and interesting performance…"
- MAYANK KESHAVIAH, LA
WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 15, 2007
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3/23 & 3/30.
4/13 & 4/20 FRIDAYS 11PM
HOT YOUNG
GIRLS ARE EVIL
A Bloody
Burlesque Comedy
Peter Nieves,
Ken Roht, BodyCity Dance Co.
http://www.myspace.com/video/vid/7545136
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APR 11- 29,
2007
WHO KILLED BOB
MARLEY
a solo show
written and performed by Roger Guenveur Smith.
Projections by
Arthur Jafa and K.A. Chisholm
Music by Marc
Anthony Thompson
A film about a
suicidal American poet in Jamaica goes terribly wrong.
Art imitates
death.
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"Against cinematographer Arthur Jaffe’s lyrical images and
Thompson’s pelvic thrusting riffs, Smith’s powerful words
(“My toes like the 10 Commandments circumventing the globe.”)
and Tai Chi style choreography snake-charm our hearts
to get out from behind our comfort zones and be touched by Smith’s
lucid dreams,
where Basquiat's crown is put on top of Martin Luther King's head
and “this boy Cho, they could have saved him with poetry.”
- FRANKIELY, LA TACO, APRIL 26th, 2007
"Engaging
charisma and wit, revealing his own insecurities as a young
artist, his hilarious but near-deadly encounter with Rastafarians
after
asking them to lower the volume of their music and his reverential
meetings with August Wilson and Marley."
- VARIETY,
APRIL 24, 2007
"Long a fan of the
extensive and impressive body of work of Roger
Guenveur Smith's,
I decided
that he was a genius when I saw him breathe through a cigarette
while doing
one-armed pushups in the Spike
Lee–directed A Huey
P. Newton Story,
the film
version of Smith’s Obie Award–winning solo performance
off-Broadway"
- JERVEY
TERVALON, LA WEEKLY, MAY e9, 2007
"Roger
Guenveur Smith’s seminal new one-of-a-kind-man show lives and
incorporates by Marley’s words,
showing us
what independence can do to the artist and the man even with 500
sea-urchin needles stuck in his left foot
… the
masculine one."
- REGGAE
FILMS UK, JULY 10, 2007
http://guenveur.com/home.html
http://www.lataco.com/taco/who-killed-bob-marley-bootleg-theater-los-angeles
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117933409?refCatId=33
http://www.laweekly.com/2007-05-10/la-life/roger-guenveur-smith/
http://reggaefilms.blogspot.com/2009/07/who-killed-bob-marley-trilogy-confusion.html
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APRIL 18, 2007
Mr. and Mrs.
Kickass and Bootleg Theater in association
with Ad'lerium
proudly present
Orson Welles'
MOBY DICK
REHEARSED
Directed by
Rob Adler
Lights: Krik
Wilson, Michael Dunn Design Consultant: Sibyl Wickersheimer Stage
Manager: Amber Koehler and Phaidra Reed and Winthrop Ellsworth
CAST: Don
Allen, Ted Barton, Larry Bates, Patrick Belton, Michael Dunn,
Jessica Hanna, William Dennis Hunt, Christopher W. Jones,
George Ketsios,
Frank McLaughlin, Vance Reyes, Christ Schultz, Mark Allen Stewart,
Andrea Tzvetkov, Jack Wallace, Kirk Wilson
____________
"Back to
the topic at hand, it was a glorious thing to see a show and feel
no compunction whatsoever--
in fact, it
would have been bad form to try--to analyze a thing.
I couldn't
have enjoyed it more."
- WENZEL
JONES, BACKSTAGE WEST, 2007
“It was like listening to the crackling of a fire while hearing
the best ghost story ever….ambitious and cutting edge…ADD
inducing.”
- HEATHER DOWNIE, LAIST, APRIL 2007
http://backstage.blogs.com/blogstage/2007/04/starbuck_fix
http://laist.com/2007/04/19/moby_dick_and_add_in_the_house.php
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MAY 29- JULY
7, '07
BITCH
by Susan Rubin
a co-production
with Indecent Exposure
BITCH won the
Ticket Holders Award for Runner Up/ Best New Play, Best Actor in a
Play: Nick Mennell,
Best Director:
Mark Bringelson, Best Video: Mark Bringelson and Adam Soch.
"Director,
Mark Bringelson slick and speedy production
mingles
frantic action, video, nudity and simulated sex on Desma Murphy’s
handsome and flexible set,
while
Roget, Mennell and Marini lend unlikely conviction to wildly giddy
characters."
- NEAL
WEAVER, LA WEEKLY, JUNE 4, 2007
http://www.laweekly.com/2007-06-07/stage/theater-reviews/
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JUNE 10, JULY
28,
2007
MEDIANOCHE
by Groundwork
Productions
Groundwork
Productions presents an evening of artistry featuring:
Cyn Da'Poet and
spoken word by Alison De La Cruz and Simon Drake.
Music by
Solares featuring Xavier Chavez.
Art by John
Castro and Special Guests. Live Art by Rent One.
Plus a Vintage
Clothing boutique, DJ Melaaza & DJ Tag
and an
exclusive unreleased scene from Marcial Rios Salgido's upcoming
film "Maquillaje".
The evening
will be hosted by Bill Posley.
Groundwork
produces events that consist of multiple avenues for artist to
showcase their talents. Their productions consist of multicultural
ensemble in hopes to unite our diverse community. Groundwork
strives to bring an array of people under one roof and experience
forms of art that rarely would be considered due to the lack of
access or knowledge. The events will serve as a great forum for
networking opportunities amongst the artist and guests. They hope
to educate, unite, and inspire one show at a time.
Part of the
proceeds from each event will be donated to local charities.
http://latinola.com/event.php?event=11036
http://www.experiencela.com/calendar/event/17439?print=true
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.166698590030278.37426.106214562745348&type=1
http://www.myspace.com/bootlegtheater/photos/2460949#%7B%22ImageId%22%3A2460949%7D
http://www.myspace.com/cyndapoethttp://ww1.experiencela.com/calendar/eventmore.asp?key=13742
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SEPT 6, 2007
COYOLXAUHQUI
REMEMBERS
The Latina
Dance Project
In creating a
platform for the diverse, rich voice of Latina culture,
the Latina
Dance Theater Project creates and presents hybrid performances,
accepts
multidisciplinary commissions, conducts education-based
residencies,
community
outreach, research, scholarship and produces literary
publications.
"Alternating between opera, dance drama and political theater, 'Coyolxauhqui
Remembers' brings to the Bootleg performance space
a sense of
the relationship between Aztec myth and current conditions
on both
sides of the U.S.- Mexico border
….performances deeply persuasive…
It's
gesture based movement enhances the text and drives the piece to
its pure-dance finale:
a
celebration of feminist pride."
- LEWIS
SEGAL, THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, 2007
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=677csw6o-ys
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SEPT 20- OCT
29, '07
EVEL KNEIVEL:
THE ROCK OPERA
composed/
created by Jef Bek, co-composer Jay Dover
Directed by
Keythe Farley
Costumes: Ann
Closs-Farley, Lights: Francois Pierre Couture Set: Sibyl
Wickersheimer
Nominated for
Musical of the Year by the LA Weekly
"Evel
Knievel: The Rock Opera" is propelled by the same fuel that
powered the career of its motorcycle daredevil namesake: pure
adrenaline.
From its
opening power chords, composer-creator Jef Bek's epic musical,
currently at the Bootleg Theater,
never loses
thrust as it nails the churning sensibilities- the musical and
cultural- of the 1970's,
when
Knievel's death-defying exploits captured the world's
imagination."
- PHILIP
BRANDEIS, LA TIMES, OCTOBER, 2007
"Knievel is
the subject of a rollicking rock musical written by composer Jef
Bek that is premiering at the Bootleg Theater and which, besides
offering a happy shuffle down Memory Lane in leisure suits and
denim hot pants,
invites us
to peer into the Big Empty that was once the American soul.
For in his
1970's heyday, Kneivel tapped into a vast heartland
that wasn't
so much emotionally exhausted by the national debate about the
Vietnam War
as it was
bored by all the talk -- a heartland in need of escape into mindless
entertainment."
-
STEVEN MIKULAN, LA WEEKLY, OCTOBER 10, 2007
http://knievelcycles.com/news.php
http://evelrockopera.com/
http://laist.com/2007/09/21/this_weekend_in_4.php
http://evelrockopera.com/ek_2008_review.html
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-02-14/stage/the-29thannual-l-a-weekly-theater-awards-the-rock-opera/
http://articles.latimes.com/2007/sep/24/entertainment/et-evel24
(FEATURE)
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Oct 8 - Nov
14, '07
WILDBOY '74
Written by
Eva Anderson
Directed by
Adrian Cruz, Set by Jason Adams
Wildboy '74
was invited to be part of the New York Fringe Festival
Eva is a
published playwright as well as a long time member of the sketch
group "A Kiss From Daddy" and coaches the beta team "Pantsuit" and
the maude team "Oh, Brother!"
Eva's writing
credits include 'The Very Funny Show', '10 Dates from Hell' for
TBS.com., 'This Show Will Get You High' for Comedy Central, and
the Onion News Network.
http://www.ucbcomedy.com/talent/view/374/eva-anderson
The play: Ethan
Strong is a self-help guru on a lecture tour. He's an unlikely
choice for the job because, as he explains,
he was a wild
boy, kept in a cage in the basement for eight years by his
psychotic mother.
"Anderson's
play is eccentrically constructed; director Adrian A. Cruz seems
to have an affinity for it and weaves it into a compelling whole.
"
- NEAL
WEAVER, BACKSTAGE WEST, OCT 17, 2007
"Anderson
creates four rich, multi-faceted individuals any actor would be
honored to play. And her style of storytelling is stunning."
- AMBER GALLERY,
NYTHEATER.COM,
AUGUST 21, 2008
http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003659784
http://www.nytheatre.com/showpage.aspx?s=553
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NOV 16-18, '07
INTERVIEWING
AN AUDIENCE
by Spaulding
Gray, starring ZACH HELM
Zach Helm
wrote Stranger Than Fiction and Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium
________________________
"There is a
stellar new-ish space in town and this weekend they are hosting a
performance
based on an
idea inspired by one of my favorite people, the late great
Spaulding Gray.
The
Bootleg Theatre is a performance space on the edge between Echo
Park and Downtown.
They have
music, performances, readings...all the stuff we love.
This
weekend Zach Helm will be performing Interviewing the Audience
in which
members of the audience will be asked to come on stage and be
interviewed one on one."
-SKYLIGHT
BOOKS BLOG
"BOOTLEG THEATER says…
Inspired by pioneering author, actor, and storyteller Spaulding
Gray, this weekend's performance of Interviewing the Audience
affords a new generation of LA theatre-goers the opportunity to
witness a subversive and deeply moving experimental performance
form.
Zach Helm invites volunteers up on stage
and proceeds to extract all manner of engaging, personal,
shocking, and hilarious true stories
from the lives of the brave, unsuspecting souls,
bringing together the best of improvisation, interaction, and risk
into one unpredictable and unforgettable piece of theatre verité."
- FLAVORPILL, December 8, 2007
http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2007/12/8/interviewing-the-audience-with-zach-helm
http://skylightbooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/interviewing-audience-with-zach-helm.html
http://blog.vromans.com/good-things/
http://tillagearts.blogspot.com/2009/12/tonight-bootleg-zach-helm-does-spalding.html
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JAN 19- FEB
24, '08
IL BIDONE
a Fellini film
adapted for the stage and directed by Patrick Mapel
a
co-production with Rushforth Productions
Set Designer:
Janne Larsen Light Designer: Phillip Wilson Costume Designer:
Jason Trucco Sound Designer: Fionnagan Murphy
Composer:
Okulus Anomali Stage Manager: Emily Churchill Producers: Jennifer
Sydney and Kyle T. Wilson
With: Alexandra
Billings, Ktharine Brandt, Dean Chekvala, Michael Dunn, York
Griffith, Ralph P. Martin, Ben Messmer, Andrea Tzvetkov, Sarah
Utterback
"This is an
impressively mounted production, executed with aplomb ….
a haunting
aura that is both whimsical and harsh.
…a gripping
human drama."
DEBORAH
KLUGMAN, LA WEEKLY, January 28, 2008
" a…
visually and aurally dazzling production …Felliniesque …"
- STEVE
STANLEY, STAGESCENE LA, January 19, 2008
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-01-24/stage/theater-reviews-cherry-poppin-play-festival-orson-s-shadow-ray-bradbury-s-invisible-boy/
http://stagescenela.com/html/il_bidone.html
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JAN 29- MAR 5,
'08
BUST
Written and
performed by Lauren Weedman
a former
correspondent of The Daily Show
"The result
is one of the most memorable, nearly perfect productions to come
along since, well,
Weedman's
too-brief run at REDCAT last year."
- JEFF
FAVRE, LOS ANGELES DOWNTOWN NEWS, FEBRUARY 4, 2008
"…hilarious
and brutally frank…. "
- LA WEEKLY
THEATER CRITICS, FEBRUARY 4, 2008
http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2008/02/04/entertainment/entertainment03.txt
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-02-07/stage/bust-carnage-say-you-love-satan/
https://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/kbootleg+archives/117c1fcfd41a7de1
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/jan/24/entertainment/gd-perfQ-A24weedman
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MARCH 21 AND
28, '08
VAMPIRE
LESBIANS OF SODOM
By Charles
Busch, starring Alexandra Billings
"….no
performer is campier than Alexandra Billings.
She
possesses an almost terrifying authority …Here she portrays one of
the undead,
vamping her
way through history from Sodom to Hollywood,
and sucking
the blood of nubile virgins."
- NEAL
WEAVER, BACKSTAGE WEST, MARCH 27, 2008
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQJkU3Voj9s
http://www.brandonbaruch.com/BrandonBaruch.com/Vampire_Lesbians_of_Sodom.html
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JULY 11 - AUG
31, '08
THE
TRAGICAL COMEDY
OR COMICAL
TRAGEDY OF MR. PUNCH
Rogue
Theater Artist Ensemble
Sean T.
Cawelti, Director, Joyce Hutter, Puppet Design, Pat Rubio, Puppet
Design, Ben Phelps, Musical Composer
Mel Domingo,
Lighting, John Nobori, Sound Joel Daavid, Set Design Brian White,
Video Design
Critics
Choice: LA Times
-
Four
nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle Awards for Writing
(Adaptation), Scenic Design, CGI/Video, and Puppet/Mask Design
in 2009
-
Won three LA
Drama Critics Circle Awards for Writing (Adaptation), CGI/Video,
and Puppet/Mask Design in 2009
-
Five
Honorable Mentions from the Back Stage West Garland Awards for
Scenic Design (1), Sound Design (1), and Make-up Design (2) in
2008
-
Ovation Award
for Sound Design (John Nobori) in 2008
-
"Now at the
Bootleg Theater, the rewritten and re-calibrated production is a
triumphant fusion of text and technology,
as potent a
distillation of childhood terror as can be found outside the
Brothers Grimm." -
KATHLEEN
FOLEY, LA TIMES, JULY 26, 2008
"The
production is so innovative….a grand-guignolesque and
gargantuesque theater feast … made in L.A.
We need
their brand of 'Hyper-theater', an innovative hybrid of theater
traditions,
puppetry,
mask work, dance, music, and modern technology.'"
- FRANKIELY,
LA TACO, MONDAY, AUGUST 4, 2008
"Brilliantly told... a feast for the eyes, don't miss Mr. Punch,
our Critic Pick of the Year."
- GERRI
GARNER, AMERICAN RADIO NETWORK CRITIC
"I'll say
this for the Rogue Artists Ensemble's production of The Tragical
Comedy or Comical Tragedy of Mr. Punch: it can set a mood.
The show...
does a brilliant job of creating that darkened reality with a
heightened sense of suspense...
The
production has moments of poetry and moments of terror (as well as
a few moments of both)
and it
leaves you feeling just a half-step out of touch with the world."
- SHARON
PERLMUTTER, TALKIN' BROADWAY
http://www.latimes.com/theguide/performing-arts/la-et-punch26-2008jul26,0,7698905.story
http://www.lataco.com/taco/the-comical-tragedy-or-tragical-comedy-of-mr-punch-bootleg-theater-through-august-31st
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/la/la270.html
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SEPT 18- NOV
9, '08
KISS OF THE
SPIDERWOMAN
A Havok Theater Company presentation of a musical in two acts with
book by Terrence McNally,
based on the novel by Manuel Puig, originally directed by Harold
Prince.
Creative Team: Music by John Kander. Lyrics by Fred Ebb. Directed
by Nick DeGruccio. Choregraphed by Lee Martino, Set Design by
Tom Buderwitz,
Lighting Design by Steven Young, Sound Design by Drew Dalzell,
Costumes by Ann Kennedy, Music Design by Michael Paternostro,
Associate Musical Director Steven Ladd Jones, New Orchestrations
by Billy V. Malpede
Cast: Terra C. MacLeod, Chad Borden, Daniel Tatar, Ed F. Martin,
Eileen Barnett, Zarah Mahler, Che Rodriguez, Salvatore Vassallo,
Shell Bauman, Jeffrey Parsons, Hector Guerrero, Mike Motrino
Winner of 2009 Ovation Awards in the categories of 'Musical in an
Intimate Location' and 'Choreography' (Lee Martino)
Nominated for LA Drama Critics Circle Awards for Best Lead
Performance (Chad Borden)
Nominated for Backstage West's Garland Awards in the category of
Performance in a (primarily ) musical production (Chad Borden).
In 2008, Nick
DeGruccio was given the The Joel Hirschhorn Award for
outstanding achievement in musical theater:
"Best
reason to attend is Borden, surely the Molina of Puig's or anyone
else's dreams.
Instantly
believable as a three-year inmate, thesp never begs for sympathy
but utterly inhabits this role."
- BOB
VERINI, VARIETY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
"The newly
formed Havok Theatre Company has put together a terrific creative
team "
- ROBERT
MACHRAY, STAGE MAGE, SEPTEMBER 30, 2008
Director
Nick DeGruccio and choreographer Lee Martino have mounted a
terrific production, with a fine cast,
an athletic
dance ensemble, a huge and handsome set by Tom Buderwitz,
slinky
outfits for the Spider Woman by Anne Kennedy
and
sterling musical direction by Michael Paternostro."
- NEAL
WEAVER, LA WEEKLY, OCTOBER 6, 2008
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117938626?refcatid=33
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theatre-review-la-kiss-of-the/
http://www.laweekly.com/2008-10-09/stage/hamlet-razorback-the-most-mediocre-story-never-told/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsYsEfVto6Q
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Sept 30 - Nov
12, '08
ANDRAMALECHE'S
MONOLOGUE
Starring
Hilario Saavedra
Directed by
Josh Moyse, Dan Weingarten, Dan Friedman
[Hilario
Saavedra] deftly delivers a complicated, nonsensical, physically
exhausting soliloquy with danger, sensitivity, and even fun,
playing
nearly every shade of extreme emotion in under an hour, dashing
between personalities with labyrinthine wordplay.
A truly
remarkable performance by an extremely talented actor.
- LA TACO
" Director
Josh Moyse keeps the piece vital by having his actor, Hilario
Saavedra, physicalize a great many things...
This
striking look is abetted by Michel Moyse's equally eye-catching
video design...
Saavedra is
to be commended for a great deal: his commitment, his passion, and
his memory."
- BACKSTAGE
WEST
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Dec. 5, '08 -
Feb. 1, 09
Mar. 6 - 29,
2009 / 39
Ken Roht's
99-Cent Only
Calendar Girl
Competition
A
co-production with Orphean Circus
A sold-out
production with two extensions!
Ken Roht,
Director and Composer, John Ballinger, Co-composer, Jessica Hanna,
Alicia Adams and Corbett Barklie, Producers, Mark Mendelson,
Scenic Designer, Ann Closs-Farley, Costume Designer,
Brandon Baruch,
Lighting and Sound Designer, Danna Hardie and Stephanie Simpson,
Assistant Choreographers.
Cast: Mark
Bringelson, Mark Devine, Max Faugno, Tim Hearl, Marvin Solomon,
Sissy Boyd, Uma Nithipalan, Greg Ainsworth, Lisa Bode, Michael
Bonnabel, Patty Cornell, Adam LeBow, Laura Martin,
Lori Scarlett,
Kat Meyer Smith, Raul Staggs, Silvie Zamora, Don Allen, Carolyn
Almos, Wendy Arimah, Tad Coughenor,
Jamie Hebert,
Michael Lopez, Lucie McGrane, Lauren Oppelt, Katie Puckrik,
Daniele Watts, Sarah Wilson, Jabez Zuniga, Katie Martin
Winner
of 2008 Ovation Awards in the category of Costume Design (Ann
Closs-Farley)
Nominated for
Backstage West's Garland Awards in categories of Production,
Musical Score, Costume and Make-up, Choreography, March 13, 2009
"Roht once
again proves his genius at talent recruitment.
This year's
28-strong, pitch-perfect company generates enough singing and
dancing power to light up an entire Broadway season."
- BILL
RADEN, LA WEEKLY, DECEMBER 8, 2008
"Irreverent
musical theater visionary Roht achieves absolute synthesis with
this marvelous gloss on beauty pageants and the politics of image.
The entire
cast is sublime..easily the franchise's most spectacular entry
yet,
"Competition's" not just a fabulous show -- it's a full-blown
movement." -
DAVID NICHOLS,
LA TIMES, DECEMBER 16, 2008
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2008/12/stage_raw_leslie_jordans_trip.php
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/dec/19/entertainment/et-99cent19
http://www.backstage.com/bso/esearch/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003950964
http://www.examiner.com/performing-arts-in-los-angeles/the-2009-ovation-awards-review
http://laist.com/2008/12/02/laist_interview_ken_roht_of_the_99_1.php
(FEATURE)
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2009/12/ovation-nominee-profile-ann-closs-farley/
(FEATURE)
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February 7 and
8, 2009
FESTIVAL DE
LATINAS BAILLANDO
festival of
Latinas dancing
A weekend of
Latina Performances
Two separate
evenings of Latina performances
FEB 7: Latina
Dance Project presents Embodying Borders, featuring solos from
Licia Perea, Eluza Santos,
Juanita Suarez, & Eva Tessler and special musical guest, Lysa
Flores and her trio
FEB 8: Briseyda Zarate and Co. presents Flamenca, the Testimony of
a woman's truth told through the
passionate and percussive heart beat of Flamenco music, song and
dance.
In two
evenings, the pair promise a kaleidoscopic view of what it means
to be a Latino woman
in today's
society, touching on such issues as isolation, ageism and illegal
immigration.
At the
Bootleg, Perea performs several solos to live original music by
guitarist Lysa Flores and her trio.
Flores,
named by Newsweek as one of 20 young Latinos to watch in the new
millennium, will also play a set of her own.
-VICTORIA
LOOSELEAF, LA TIMES, FEBRUARY 6, 2009
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/feb/06/entertainment/et-latinas6
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APR 16-MAY 10,
'09
DOOMSDAY KISS
a
co-production with REPO Division
cast and crew:
Written by: Eva Anderson, Clay Hazelwood, Wesley Walker and Sharon
Yablon
* Directed by: Adrian Alex Cruz, Andrew Hopper, Amber Skalski,
Gordon Vandenberg
* Featuring: Shawn Buchholz, Hank Bunker, Alana Dietze, Michael
Dunn, Jessica Hanna, Lily Holleman, Niamh McCormally, Ben Messmer,
Gray Palmer,
Babar Peerzada, Alina Phelan, Mickey Swenson, Tina Van Berkelaer,
Annie Weirich, Jacqueline Wright*
Art installation curated by: Sandy Rodriquez* Visual artists:
Ron Dotson, Jorge Javier Lopez, Isabelle Lutterodt, Derrick
Maddox, Rigo Maldonado, Anne Martens, Guadalupe Rodriguez,
Rebeka Rodriguez, Sandy Rodriguez, Brian Scott, Allessandro
Thompson, Armando H. Torres, Vincent Villafranca, Victor Wilde and
Scott Winterrowd
* Musicians: Toni Senatore and Cody Cameron
* Creative Director: Andrew Hopper
A darkly comic and outrageous look at ordinary people facing the
imminent end of the world
(reminiscent of Don McKellar's minor Canadian cinema classic, Last
Day),
the play goes from a lipstick-lesbian scientist's classroom to a
Love Boat cruise ship to an assisted-living home
with a not-so- benign old codger and retired-scientist resident."
- TELY DAVIDSON, JASON COLEMAN ON FILM, 2006-2010, May 7, 2009
"This inaugural production from The REPO Division is a multimedia
installation
with four short plays clustered around a theme of apocalypse and a
future post-human world.
The work is clever and displays a giddily perverse attitude toward
the end of civilization and man’s return to a primal state.
The experience provided by the list of some two score artists in
several media is well-rounded and interactive…"
- D. JETTE, LA THEATER REVIEW, APRIL 27, 2009
"This
multimedia collaboration explores apocalypse in fascinating,
albeit uneven, ways."
- DAVID
NICHOLS, LA TIMES, APRIL 23, 2009
"Sometimes
a kiss is just a kiss, but Doomsday Kiss is a strange excursion
into the unknown
that will
have you laughing at the end of the world."
- MIKE
BUZZEL, EYESPYE LA, APRIL 19, 2009
"“Doomsday
Kiss” is an often funny, sometimes moving,
always
impeccably performed riff on the end of the world
in varying
degrees of eccentricity."
- FREDERICK
SISA, THE FRONT PAGE ONLINE, APRIL 23, 2009
http://www.jasoncolemanonfilm.com/php/article.php?id=1650
(FEATURE)
http://www.latheatrereview.com/2009/04/27/doomsday-kiss-at-bootleg-theater/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/04/review-doomsday-kiss-at-bootleg-theater.html
http://www.eyespyla.com/www/phlog.nsf/89a6a7ac49ac77af08257355007a914b/b9a3187b7df597018825759e005b938a
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/doomsday-kiss-1003965581.story
http://thesmilingspiderblog.com/2009/04/15/doomsday-kiss-bootleg-theater-april-16th-may10th/
http://www.thefrontpageonline.com/articles1-5878/DoomsdayKissThePartyattheEndoftheWorld
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JUNE 3- JULY
25, '09
STRANGER
A Bootleg Theater presentation of a play in two acts by Eva
Anderson and Keythe Farley.
Directed by Keythe Farley.
With: Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Ann Closs-Farley, Molly O'Neill
Lagarto - Michael Dunn The Stranger - Cameron Dye
Nominated for
an LA Weekly Award for Best Comedy Direction (Keythe Farley)
LA ANGELES
DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE
"Stranger,"
a Spaghetti Western with songs, has the visceral kick and grungy,
lived-in feel of a Sergio Leone classic.
The world
premiere production at the Bootleg Theater rocks, from Farley's
inspired direction
to Anthony
Bollas' appropriately thunderous music to skilled actors who tear
into their roles with violent gusto."
- TERRY
MORGAN, VARIETY, JUNE 8, 2009
"Stranger
is a thrilling (and often hilarious) tribute slash lampoon of
A Fistful
Of Dollars, For A Few Dollars More,
and The
Good, The Bad And The Ugly.
With a
pulsating background score by Anthony Bollas performed at rock
concert volume by a live band,
several
songs, fights, and dances, and a cast that plays it dead serious,
Stranger
isn’t quite a musical, isn’t quite a comedy, isn’t quite a drama.
What it is
is entirely its own genre, and great entertainment as well."
- STEVEN
STANLEY, STAGESCENE LA, June 17, 2009
"Stranger
has the look, sound, and feel of everything glorious about the old
west —
and its classy, interpretive design ropes up your yee-haw and
rides off into the sunset.
Anderson
and Farley have effectively captured the flavor, brooding menace,
and bloody violence of the genre,
and there's
so much shootin' and fightin' that one wondered occasionally if
there'd be anyone left alive for the second act. "
- NEAL
WEAVER, BACKSTAGE WEST, JUNE 17, 2009
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940431?refcatid=33
http://stagescenela.com/html/stranger.html
http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2009/6/6/stranger
http://www.laweekly.com/2009-06-11/stage/theater-reviews-cymbeline-oleanna-the-little-foxes/3/
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2010/02/stage_raw_31st_annual_la_weekl.php
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/stranger-1003985095.story
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Sept 18 - Nov.
8 , '09
GOGOL PROJECT
Rogue Artists
Ensemble (http://www.rogueartists.org)
produced in
association with Bootleg Theater
Written by
Kitty Felde
Cast Don Allen,
Tom Ashworth, Kristopher Bicknell, Keith Ellis, Estela Garcia,
Joel Jiminez, Ben Messmer, Audrey Moore, Nina J. Silver, Miles
Taber, April Warren and Jesse Weinberg
Original Score
by Ego Plum Lighting Design Haylee Freeman Sound Design John
Nobori Puppet Design Wes Crain, Lena Garcia, Elizabeth Luce and
Brian WhiteScenic Designer Katie Polebaum
Video Design
Brian White Costume Design Kerry Hennessy Mask Design Pat Rubio
Dramaturge Ben Phelps Technical Director Michael JordanAssistant
Director Tyler Stamets
Two Ovation
Award nominations for Costume and Scenic Design
A Special
Ovation Honor Award for Music Composed for Theater presented to
Ego Plum for his work on Gogol Project
-
UNIMA
Citation of Excellence
-
Six
nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle Awards for Writing
(Adaptation), Lighting Design, CGI/Video, Puppet Design, Sound
Design and State Direction
-
Won three LA
Drama Critics Circle Awards for Writing (Adaptation), CGI/Video,
and Puppet/Mask Design
-
"To watch
…"Gogol Project" is to rabidly savor each spoken word,
mute turn
of the eye and flick of the wrist for fear that you’ll miss one
moment of this rare wonder."
- RULING
ERICA ZHANG, THE DAILY BRUIN, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009
"Russia has
seen its share of puppet regimes,
but nothing
quite like Rogue Artist Ensemble's "Gogol Project" at the
Bootleg Theater.
Combining
masked performers, digital animation, immersive sound and music,
and, of course, diverse styles of puppetry,
this
spectacular new piece deftly balances flights of whimsy and depths
of darkness
in three
classic short stories by 19th century Russian writer Nikolai Gogol."
- PHILIP
BRANDES, LA TIMES, OCTOBER 1, 2009
" A
baker comes constructed out of pastries; two gabby mail carriers
are a jumble of lost letters;
a winter
snow storm envelopes the entire theater; two dogs sing cheesy
ballads and write love letters;
puppets
emerge in gigantic dimensions, right from a Julie Taymor version
of the Star Wars cantina;
or
sometimes in simple, beautiful shadows.
This is a
multimedia stage show; half-real, half-imagined, pulled off
perfectly through levers,
hidden
tracks, and an atmosphere of ghostly yesteryear."
- HADLEY,
LA TACO, SEPTEMBER 29, 29, 2009
"Call it
crazy or just plain silly, but most of all call it absurdly fun."
- M.R.
HUNTER, EYE SPY LA, OCTOBER 5, 2009
"Sean T.
Cawelti directs, tethering an astonishing number of elements and
artists to a remarkably homogenous vision."
- DANY
MARGOLIES, BACKSTAGE WEST, OCTOBER 5, 2009
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2009/10/theater-review-gogol-project-at-bootleg-theatre.html
http://www.lataco.com/taco/the-gogol-project-bootleg-theatre-echo-park
http://www.eyespyla.com/www/phlog.nsf/eddbd695390ee2b888256eb90025ea39/602be6c2c13dc0788825764600556345!OpenDocument
http://www.backstage.com/bso/content_display/reviews/la-theatre-reviews/e3id9b527feb7849541ec85423ccbaf249f
http://www.dailybruin.com/index.php/article/2009/09/theater-review-gogol-project
http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=9653
http://www.yelp.com/biz/rogue-artists-ensemble-bootleg-theater-los-angeles
http://www.examiner.com/arts-in-los-angeles/rogue-artist-ensemble-s-magical-gogol-project-at-bootleg-theater
http://www.talkinbroadway.com/regional/la/la303.html
http://www.neontommy.com/2009/09/gogol
http://articles.latimes.com/2009/oct/02/entertainment/et-stage2
http://www.ladramacriticscircle.com/awards_09.htm
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Dec. 4-5, '09
INTERVIEWING
THE AUDIENCE
PART DEUX,
with ZAC HELM
http://blog.vromans.com/good-things/
http://skylightbooks.blogspot.com/2009/12/interviewing-audience-with-zach-helm.html
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Jan. 13 - Feb.
14, 2010
PROJECT
WONDERLAND
Bootleg presents the world premiere of Project Wonderland, an
homage to the mystery, power and beauty of a strange literary
masterpiece, Alice in Wonderland,
and a tribute to its author, the enigmatic Reverend Charles
Dodgeson, better known to the world through his nom de plume,
Lewis Carroll.
Incorporating music, dance, and puppetry,
this is a dreamlike carnival and a celebration of the magic of
theater and the power of storytelling.
LA Weekly Award
for Puppet Design, Lynn Jeffries
Special Ovation
Award for Puppetry: Lynn Jeffries
Ovation Award
for Costumes, Theresa Shea
Ovation
Nominations for Awards in Book for an Original Musical Robert
Prior
Lyrics/Music
for an Original Musical, Indira Stefanianna
"Here, the
result is a highly imaginative retelling of the stories, complete
with outsized puppets and grotesque characterizations,
such as the
wacky Caterpillar played by Michael Bonnabel with the help of the
arms of four actresses.
The Red
Queen is a queen indeed, complete with Madonna-like glittering
breasts, and brassy voice thanks to actor Jabez Zuniga."
- ROBERT
MACHRAY, STAGEMAGE, JANUARY 23, 2010
"Prior's
inventive staging flows beautifully from one scene to another,
full of absolutely stunning visuals;
Lynn
Jeffries puppet design is amazing …"
- JENNIE
WEBB, BACKSTAGE WEST, JANUARY 20, 2010
"… a
whirlwind of giant lobster claws and waves of parachute silk
and 15-foot
flower hats and packs of angry cards buzzing about the stage…."
- STEVEN
LEIGH MORRIS, LA WEEKLY, JANUARY 10, 2010
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theatre-review-la-project-wonderland-by/
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/project-wonderland-1004060598.story
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/02/stage_raw_la_weekly_theater_aw_1.php
http://tillagearts.blogspot.com/2010/01/stage-review-project-wonderland-bootleg.html
http://www.jeffgoode.com/reviews/rvsat09_losangeles11.htm
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4xIyhWUkM6Q
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Mar. 19 - May
1, 2010
ABOVE THE LINE
by Susan Rubin
A
co-production with Indecent Exposure
Mark Bringelson, Director, Denise Dowse, Jason StuartHeather Marie
Marsden, Nick Mennell, Christian Stewart W. Calhoun
Winner of two LA STAGE SCENE AWARDS for Outstanding Production-
Comedy, and Director
Nominated for STAGE SCENE Awards for video, sound light and set
design.
"In
watching this satire of moviemaking,
one can't
help but recall predecessors in the genre such as David Mamet's
"Speed-the-Plow"
and
scathing films such as "S.O.B." and "The Player."
- LES
SPINDLE, BACKSTAGE WEST, MARCH 24, 2010
"…sterling
performances…"
- ROBERT
MACHRAY, STAGE MAGE, APRIL 4, 2010
"Ever
wonder what happens in the high-rise Hollywood offices and private
Beverly Hills bedrooms where movie deals are made?
Well,
wonder no more because playwright Susan Rubin takes you there in
her hilariously biting new satire "Above The Line,"
now getting
a spiffy world premiere production at the Bootleg Theatre."
- STEVEN
STANLEY, STAGE SCENE LA, MARCH 20, 2010
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/above-the-line-1004078236.story
http://blogcritics.org/culture/article/theatre-review-la-above-the-line/
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/stage-news/stage-raw-in-a-garden
http://greginhollywood.com/stage-above-the-line-with-jason-stuart-opening-tonight-at-the-bootleg-theatre-23309
(FEATURE)
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Sept 25 - Oct
30, 2010
HAMLET PRINCE
OF PUDDLES
co-production
with L'Enfant Terrible
Angela Berliner
– Executive Creative Director Justin Zsebe – Artistic Producer
Seth Compton – Executive Producer
"Hamlet" for
children is kind of like "Medea" for Mother's Day—not what you'd
think of as a natural fit.
But that
doesn't stop the troupe L'Enfant Terrible from knocking the prince
down from his contemplative pedestal
and allowing
us to have a fabulous time playing in the sandbox with him."
- Jennie
Webb, Backstage West, April 22, 2010
"With these
clowns bopping around and spouting out rapid-fire Shakespearese,
the kids were transfixed at the performance I attended, even if
they didn’t know why."
- Amy
Nicholson , LA WEEKLY (GO), October 14, 2010
http://www.backstagewest.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/hamlet-prince-of-puddles-1004085786.story\
http://justjennrants.blogspot.com/2011/07/to-be-or-not-to-be-that-is-question.html
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MAY 7-9, 2010
METHOD
CONTEMPORARY DANCE:
THEN SEE IF
YOU STILL LOVE US
Artistic
Director, Bradley Michaud
Dancers:
Chelsea Asman, Jay Bartley, Nicole Cox, Jessie Harper, Kalani
McManus, and Bradley Michaud
Los Angeles’
cutting edge
dance company, Method Contemporary Dance, presents the world
premiere of a new contemporary dance work in the heart of Los
Angeles.
“Then see if
you still love us” is a non-stop, hyper physical, tour-de-force
mediation on love and loss in the modern world.
"Michaud
makes real poetry out of his off- center dancing."
- Steven
Woodruff,
seedance.com, May 14, 2010
"…the
audience on Saturday gave the performers a deserved standing
ovation…."
- Ben Widdey, LAist, May 11, 2010
http://www.seedance.com/article/review-method-contemporary-dance-at-bootleg-theater.html
http://laist.com/2010/05/11/performnce_review_method_contempora.php
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHO5YrJNF8
http://dancerwithin.wordpress.com/2010/05/03/methoddance/
(FEATURE)
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Wednesday
Night at the Home of Michel Leiris:
A Reading of
the Play ‘Desire Caught By The Tail’ by the Painter Pablo Picasso
David Jette's
farcical take on an actual evening at the house of Michel Leiris
when members
of the French Resistance produced Pablo Picasso's play, Desire
Caught by the Tail.
"The script is
inventive, well-wrought, and achieves that miraculous balance of
being serious and funny at the same time."
- James
Scarborough, Huffington Post, July 2, 2010
"…a fine
premise, some wonderful stage pictures, inventive blocking and
Algonquin Club-like dialogue…"
- Tony Frankel,
Los Angeles Theater Review, June 19, 2010
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/james-scarborough/leirispicasso-the-bootleg_b_634224.html
http://www.latheatrereview.com/2010/06/24/leirispicasso-at-bootleg-theatre/
http://www.laweekly.com/2010-06-17/stage/theater-reviews-leiris-picasso-a-memory-of-what-might-have-been-the-jesus-hickey/2/
http://www.thomashamptonreviews.com/2010/06/26/production-stills-from-leirispicasso-brimmer-street-theatre-company-at-bootleg/
http://www.portfolio.theatercalarts.com/SarahKrainin/ObjectsPuppetry/001.jpg.html
http://old.stageandcinema.com/leiris_picasso.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5s3eUP9DwY
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AUG. 27–SEPT.
19, 2010
THE GOOD BOY
Written and
performed by Michael Bonnabel
In 1960s Pasadena,
Bonnabel
tells the humorous and heartwarming story of his struggle to gain
independence from his large, loving and complicated family, led by
a pair of deaf parents.
"But it is
this distinction, the otherness of the deaf community, that is the
most moving piece of the show that the audience walks away with.
"
- THOMAS
HAMPTON, THOMAS HAMPTON REVIEWS, SEPTEMBER, 2010
"Bonnabel
has an unerring sense of the sounds of the deaf, the few words
they have learned without having ever heard them spoken, and the
inarticulate sounds they resort to when words fail them. These
become vital ingredients in his vivid characterization of his
parents. His gallery of characters is small, but they are richly
realized. "
- NEAL
WEAVER, BACKSTAGE WEST, SEPTEMBER 2, 2010
"His
imitations of his parents are most moving when he exudes the
various shades of observed emotional turmoil that they never
express."
- LYLE ZIMSKIND, LAIST, SEPTEMBER 10, 2010
http://www.thomashamptonreviews.com/2010/09/10/thomas-hampton-reviews-the-good-boy-at-bootleg/
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/the-good-boy-1004112624.story
http://laist.com/2010/09/10/theater_review_the_good_boy_tells_h.php
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/04/the-good-boy-gets-even-better/
(FEATURE)
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SEPT./ OCT.
2010
BOOTLEG &
CIRCLE X
HOOK UP TO
READ NEW PLAYS
Circle X
Theatre Co. and Bootleg Theater present bo^cx2 Reading Series
The Bootleg Theater and Circle X Theatre companies join to
explore, rehearse and present readings of four new plays
Monday
evenings at 7pm, September 13-October 4.
Admission is
free.
MONSTER
YELLOW COUCH by Sam Marks
Directed by Heath Cullens
Performed by: Josh Duvendeck, Hugo Armstrong, Jennifer A. Skinner,
Mishone Feigin, Bob Clendenin
TELETHON by Kristin Newbom
Directed by Jen Kays
Performed by: Tim Wright, Michaela Watkins, Casey Smith, Tarah
Flanagan, Silas Weir Mitchell, Johanna McKay
BRUISE EASY by Dan LeFranc
Directed by Zach Helm
Performed By, Paul Story, Suzy Hunt, Nick Clark, Lisa Dring,
Daniel Borders Ashe, Daniele Manzin , Erika Varela, Doug
Sutherland
MARIA/STUART by Jason Grote
Directed by Matthew McCray
Performed by: Denise Sudik, Wendy Worthington, Johanna McKay,
Linda Bailey Walsh, Nick Cernoch, Anna Douglas
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Sundays, Apr
18- May 9
HAMLET PRINCE
OF PUDDLES
a
co-production with L'Enfant Terrible
"Housed in a
scrappy, sweet oversized puppet theater (super scenic design by
François-Pierre Couture),
the
five-member cast does a fantastic job of zipping through basic
Bard
with a light
and zany twist that's kid-friendly without making enemies of the
so-called adults in the audience. "
- Jennie
Webb, Backstage West, April 22, 2010
http://www.backstagewest.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/hamlet-prince-of-puddles-1004085786.story
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10/9/2010 -
10/24/2010
ANTON'S UNCLES
Theater
Movement Bazaar- co-founders Kronis and Alger
co-presented by
24th Street Theater and Bootleg Theater
After a highly
successful run at 24th STreet Theater in June of this year,
Bootleg Theater and 24th Street are proud to announce
an additional 6
performances of Theatre Movement Bazaar’s ANTON’S UNCLES at
Bootleg Theater.
Theatre
Movement Bazaar’s ANTON’S UNCLES is a fresh, funny, and physical
look at Chekhov’s Uncle Vanya.
In this
original work, only the men remain, wrestling with their desires
and pressed to examine a life un-lived.
Winner of LA
Weekly's choreography award
"I am not
one to rave about experimental theater but after experiencing
Anton’s Uncles from Theatre Movement Bazaar, I may just be ready
to meet the whole family.
This
production is positively teeming with reasons to love it, from the
traditional Russian folkloric music fused with a jazzy rhythm
(and then
force-fed a hefty dose of caffeine), to the insanely explosive
dance sequences,
to the soft
and sweet musical numbers dedicated to the loneliness of alcohol
and the friendship of a shadow."
- James
Bean,
examiner.com, April 23, 2010
"…a sparkling
distillation of the personalities of the male characters from
Chekhov’s play."
-Don
Shirley, la stage times, October 15, 2010
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2010/10/chekhov-vibrators-futura-wiggle-room-measures/
http://www.theatremovementbazaar.org/antonsuncles.html
http://www.examiner.com/theater-reviews-in-los-angeles
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DEC- JAN,
2010-11
SAME-O, An
Electric Ballad
co-produced
with Orphean Circus
Producers:
Jessica Hanna, Alicia Adams, Corbett Barklie Writer/Director: Ken
Roht Choreographer: Ken Roht
Co-Composers:
John Ballinger and Ken Roht Music, Dance, and Vocal Arrangements:
John Ballinger Music Direction: John Ballinger
Costume
Designer: Ann Closs-Farley Asst. Costume Designer: Anne Hothem Set
Designer: David Offner Technical Director: Jon Stoner
Lighting
Designer: Brandon Baruch Stage Manager: Alyssa Escalante Video
Designer: John Flynn
Visual Artists:
Doron Gazit, Clare Graham, Wen Wen Hsu, Kiff Scholl, and Penny
Young
Cast: Erin
Anderson, Michael Bonnabel, Sissy Boyd, Tucker Bryan, Max Faugno,
Stephen Heath, Spencer Kelly, Tracey A. Leigh,
Julie Marie
Lewis, Daniele Manzin, Lucie McGrane, John Charles Meyer, Lori
Scarlett, Lake Sharp, Raul Staggs,
Daniele Watts,
Jonathan CK Williams, and Silvie Zamora
"As a
response to the passing of Proposition 8, Roht builds his show
around a pair of male lovers, Eddie and Fred,
and for a
finale he provides them with a lavish gay wedding. The results are
wondrous."
-NEAL
WEAVER, LA WEEKLY, GO, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2010
"One
stunning musical number follows another, leading to a crescendo of
gargantuan proportions."
- THOMAS
HAMPTON, THOMAS HAMPTON REVIEWS, DECEMBER 12, 2010
"Aesthetically, the show is astounding.
When
surrounded by the robust, geometrical costumes, textured scrims
and complex, multi-purpose sculptures,
it is
difficult to comprehend all of these products cost a mere 99 cents
each."
- GRETA
MCANANY, LA STAGE TIMES, DECEMBER 5, 2010
"…fabulous in the truest sense of that overused word’s meaning
and its great virtue is that it can still be seen at the Bootleg
Theater where,
if this reviewer had any say, it would run forever."
- HARVEY PERR, STAGE AND CINEMA, JANUARY 1, 2011
http://www.laweekly.com/2010-12-09/calendar/ken-roht-s-same-o-a-99-cent-only-electric-ballad/
http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/board/readmessage.php?thread=1024472
http://www.thomashamptonreviews.com/2010/12/17/thomas-hampton-reviews-ken-rohts-same-o-a-99¢-only-electric-ballad/
http://echopark.patch.com/articles/same-o-the-return-of-the-99-cent-only-extravaganza
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2010/12/ken-roht’s-same-o-a-99¢-only-surreal-collage/
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2010/12/stage_raw_traveling_carnival_f.php
http://storytactics.blogspot.com/
http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/01/01/best-la-theater-2010/
http://laist.com/2008/12/02/laist_interview_ken_roht_of_the_99_1.php
(FEATURE)
http://www.examiner.com/la-nightlife-events-in-los-angeles/review-same-o-an-electric-ballad
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2010/12/ken-roht’s-same-o-a-99¢-only-surreal-collage/
http://www.laweekly.com/slideshow/nightranger-afterdark-club-madness-at-kress-eden-the-mint-and-more-32331468/
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2010/01/ovation-nominee-profile-john-ballinger/
(FEATURE)
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Feb 1, 2011 –
Apr 5, 2011
Tuesdays
HEATHER
WOODBURY
Her 1996 solo play What Ever was described by the
New York Times
as “a masterwork of the solo form.”
Her ensemble play Tale of 2Cities: An American Joyride on
Multiple Tracks won a 2007 Obie for performance
Recipient of the inaugural Spaulding Gray award.
"With her near-legendary ability to somehow perform scenes
featuring a dozen or more characters at once,
Woodbury gets epic this time with a hilarious and haunting tale of
evangelical Christian teens-gone-wild,
environmentalist scientists battling mega-church zealots
(in defense of a “Macguffin” frog),
and the struggling, often meth-terrorized “new poor,” who can’t
quite believe they aren’t middle-class anymore."
- Dudley Saunders, OPTION, March 10, 2011
http://option-magazine.com/2011/03/10/watch-diy-actor-heather-woodburys-globe-warm/
http://laist.com/2011/02/20/local_hero_an_interview_with_award-.php
(feature)
http://flavorwire.com/154804/daily-dose-pick-heather-woodbury
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIHO5YrJNF8
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FEB 26- 27,
2011
SLUMBER OF
REASON
Latina Dance
Project
WIth Licia
Perea, Eluza Santos, Juanita Suarez, Eva Tessler, Jose Garcia
Davis
The Latina
Dance Theater Project is a collaborative ensemble of
multidisciplinary artists who explore through performances
--physical,
musical, and visual--
controversial issues impacting the global community.
The Latina
Dance Theater "Projects" bring different collaborators together to
create performance experiences,
forming a
new aesthetic in dance-
theater
reflective of the diverse Latin culture of today.
"Slumber of
Reason” is a show that defies categorization. It was created by
the Latina Dance Project,
but this
show goes beyond being a mere dance performance;
it is a
fascinating hybridization of dance, theater, video, music (both
pre-recorded and sung live), and performance art. "
-
WWW.SOCAL.COM
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March 4-6,
2011
1st ANNUAL
BOOTLEG DANCE
FESTIVAL
Bootleg
commissions 7 choreographers to participate in Bootleg's 1st Dance
Festival.
FEATURING: Amy
Campion, Keith Glassman, Post Natyam Collective, Jamie Benson,
Wife, Arianna Hoffman, Carmela Harmann
"In
an effort to beef up LA’s East Side with a substantial
every-seat’s-a-good-seat dance venue,
Bootleg’s Artistic Director Alicia Hoge-Adams and award-winning
choreographer Heidi Duckler
have curated a sampling of diverse perspectives on the ephemeral
art."
- BEN WIDDEY, LAIST, MARCH 3, 2011
"Bootleg
dance festival
is going to be
ridonculous. Seriously, this show has the makings of an edited
volume for cultural studies in the year 2065.
Curated by
Heidi Duckler and Bootleg Big Girl Alicia Adams, the festival
serves up a variety usually seen in music at SXSW.
The LA
experimental dance scene is starting to evolve into a nice size
tree with a few well-established boughs. Righteous."
- ANN B.
SCOTT, AFROLOGICS; ARTS, ANALYSIS, & ACTION
Antics
Performance and Artistic Director Amy "Catfox" Campion premiere
"Illuminated Manuscript"
featuring
performer-activated video projection and structured improvisations
for eight breakdancers.
Antics
synthesizes body language, gesture, and street dance by drawing on
the inherent strengths and core concepts of breakdance
tradition."
- MUSIC AND
STRENGTH, FEBRUARY 14, 2011
"“An
active participant on the east side's small live-club circuit, the
Bootleg Theater plays host to its inaugural three-day Bootleg
Dance Festival,
featuring seven refreshing performances curated by Heidi Duckler
and Bootleg's Artistic Director, Alicia Hoge-Adams.
Highlights include a double bill of Nina McNeely's WIFE , which
explores the "possibilities of dance, video and fantasy,"
and Jamie Benson's dance
dramedy, Mass Transit.”
- JONNY
COLEMAN, FLAVORPILL
http://articles.latimes.com/2011/mar/03/entertainment/la-et-guidefeature3-20110303
(FEATURE)
http://www.metro-magazine.com/News/Story/2011/03/Dance-performance-inspired-by-public-transit.aspx
(FEATURE)
http://laist.com/2011/03/03/local_dance_festival_bootlegged.php
http://afrological.blogspot.com/2011/03/afro-alert-to-dance-in-la-is-human.html
http://www.musicandstrength.tv/profiles/blogs/antics-performance-premieres
http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2011/3/4/bootleg-dance-festival
http://www.echoparknow.com/2011/03/03/weekend-guide-bootleg-dance-fest-kicks-off-friday/
http://www.danceplug.com/event/mass-transit
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=137427332986683
http://www.theeastsiderla.com/
http://andraegonzalo.artcodeinc.com/pages/fiscal-transparency-wallet/
http://rachelbethlevin.com/articles/
http://www.good.is/tag/bootleg-dance-festival
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June 17- July
17, 2011
THE
INTERLOPERS
A world
premiere written by Gary Lennon
Directed by
Jim Fall
with: Diarra Kilpatrick, Trevor Peterson, RD Call,
Tara Karsian, Leandro Cano, Clifford Mores, Paul Elia, Darryl
Stephens
Set: Jason Adams, Costumes: Ann Closs- Farley, Video and Sound:
Corwin Evans
a Romeo and
Juliet story
set in the
transgender world of Los Angeles.
"The
Interlopers at the Bootleg Theatre written by Gary Lennon and
directed by Jim Fall is beautiful theatre,
masterfully
done, funny, heartwarming, and perfect for this moment in time. "
- JOE
STRAW, JULY 8, 2011
"Diarra
Kilpatrick perfectly embodies the female-to-male transgender,
mix-raced Lou,
with a happy-go-lucky, passionate swagger,
using a nonchalant ghetto patois to belie her vulnerability."
- TONY FRANKEL, STAGE AND CINEMA, JULY 8,
2011
"Which
brings me to Victoria, an over the top pre-op played by Darryl
Stephens.
Victoria
drinks a bit too much, speaks her mind and has yet to meet a boy
she doesn’t want to sleep with:
She’s a
pre-op version of half your friends (you know who they are!)
Victoria has the best lines and
a tremendous stage presence."
- FAB CITY,
JULY 25, 2011
"There’s no doubt that this is an important piece of
work that deserves to be seen and deserves a future.
It also
contains one of my favorite lines of the season: "God loves you.
But everyone else thinks you’re an asshole."
- SAMUEL
BERNSTEIN, WEHO NEWS, JULY 82011
"An
affecting, unconventional study of two pre-op transsexuals whose
friendship turns to love…
Author
Lennon's prime achievement is the grit, humor and suspense he
gleans
by jumping
off from Shakespeare, melodramatic patches negligible against the
essential humanity he finds in each character.
All share
author Lennon's devotion to the sorely under-explored subject,
which trumps any vagaries of staging or approach.
Audiences
should leave preconceptions behind -- and bring Kleenex."
- DAVID
NICHOLS, LA TIMES, JUNE 3, 2011
"If
you’ve ever been curious about what it must be like for someone
about to have a transgender operation,
you must
see this production."
-
KATHLEEN PICHE, LOS ANGELES COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF MENTAL HEALTH,
PUBLIC
INFORMATION OFFICE DIRECTOR
http://www.pinkbananaworld.com/common/viewcontentHTML.cfm?ID=221011
http://joestraw9.blogspot.com/2011/07/interlopers-by-gary-lennon.html
http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/07/08/interlopers/
http://www.edgelosangeles.com/entertainment/theatre//performance/121971/the_interlopers
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/06/theater-review-the-interlopers-at-bootleg-theater.html
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/06/when-gritty-meets-pretty-gary-lennon%E2%80%99s-the-interlopers-directed-by-jim-fall/
(FEATURE)
http://www.frontiersweb.com/Features/Exclusive-Interviews/Story.aspx?ID=1422361
(FEATURE)
http://dmh.lacounty.gov/wps/portal/dmh/!ut/p/c4/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3hXAwMDd3-3YCN3YzdHA09XF-MQvwATQ8swI_2CbEdFAPqQAM0!/
?WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=/wps/wcm/connect/dmh+content/dmh+site/home/press+center/publications/enews/services/live+theater+review+--+the+interlopers
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JULY, 2011
JERSEY
SHOREsical,
A FRICKIN'
ROCK OPERA
Book, music and
lyrics by Daniel Franzese & Hanna LoPatin.
Produced by
Samantha Scharff.
Directed by
Drew Droege.
“Writers
Daniel Franzese (Mean Girls,Party Down) and Hanna LoPatin (Second
City, I.O. )
Cast :
Daniel Franzese, Hanna LoPatin, Mike Ciriaco, Josh Covitt, Mark
Shunock, Pauly D,
Karen
DiConcetto, Rebekka Johnson, Kimmy Gatewood, Aynsley Bubbico and
Meghan Parks
JERSEY
SHOREsical, A FRICKIN" ROCK OPERA, had a sold-out run at Bootleg
and went on to the 2011 New York International Fringe Festival.
It was then
picked to participate in the Fringe's encore series for six more
shows in late September.
"It’s
easily one of the more fun, unique experiences you’ll have."
- Lindsay
Darden, Working Author/ Writing Entertainment News & Views, July
25, 2011
"This was
by far the most meticulously stitched web of comedy and mockery of
TV parody that I have seen in quite a while."
- FANS OF
MUMO, July 12, 2011
""Jersey
Shoresical: A Frickin' Rock Opera" has been garnering rave reviews
from its audiences,
and so far
it has been sold out, standing-room-only for every performance.
They have
extended their run by two shows,
so grab
your tickets in a hurry before they're, like, frickin' gone too."
- AMANDA
REBHOLZ, PLANET FURY, JULY 22, 2011
"The show was so entertaining! The music was brilliant and was
narrated by three random sluts.
They condensed three seasons into one awesome musical."
- CHRISTOPHO, LETOPHO.BLOGSPOT, AUGUST 25, 2011
http://www.workingauthor.com/jersey-shoresical-bootleg-theater
http://www.frontiersla.com/Features/Exclusive-Interviews/Story.aspx?id=1452838
(FEATURE)
http://fansofmumo.blogspot.com/2011/07/jersey-shoresical-frickin-rock-opera-at.html
http://www.thedaily.com/page/2011/08/22/082211-gossip-jersey-shoresical/
http://www.fangirltastic.com/content/its-frickin-rock-opera-jersey-shoresical
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nedvizzini/6097573466/
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/09/02/DDGH1KVGCJ.DTL&feed=rss.entertainment
http://worldofwonder.net/2011/07/06/GET_IT_IN/
http://letopho.blogspot.com/2011/08/jersey-shoresical.html
http://www.frontiersla.com/Channels/Hot25_2011/Story.aspx?id=1449880
(FEATURE)
http://missbarbieq.com/2011/07/07/barbie-qs-hotplate-new-skillet-edition-theatre/
http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=200468533338631
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JULY/AUG 2011
AWAKE
A Bootleg
Production
Written and
Performed by actor/comedian/def poet Joe Hernandez-Kolski
Directed by
Benjamin Byron Davis
Produced By
Jessica Hanna
"Brains,
wits, charm, and comedy -- the Polish-Mexican-American one-man act
that is Joe Hernandez-Kolski
recently
rocked the Bootleg Theater here in Los Angeles with his hilarious
yet compelling solo show, Awake."
- PARIMAL
M. ROHIT, BUZZINE, SEPTEMBER 6, 2011
"“Awake” is
a daring thrill."
- MARVIN
VASQUEZ, CAMPUS CIRCLE, AUGUST 3, 2011
"Hernandez-Kolski's
performance couldn't be sleeker; it's perfectly timed and
delivered
with a
ferocity that careens from the satirical to the indignant."
- STEVEN
LEIGH MORRIS, LA WEEKLY, AUGUST 4, 2011
"The
enviably athletic Hernandez-Kolski and crew execute a
flawless…first 50 minutes of unrelenting talk
… during
every second of which the actor remains just barely the left side
of manic…"
- JASON
ROHRER, STAGE HAPPENINGS
http://rafu.com/news/2011/11/sound-designer-ishii-wins-ovation-award-for-‘awake’-‘extraordinary-chambers’-leaves-empty-handed/
http://www.buzzinearts.com/columns/arts-column-joe-hernandez-kolski-awake-bootleg-theater-09072011
http://www.campuscircle.com/review.cfm?r=13712
http://www.laweekly.com/2011-08-04/stage/joe-hernandez-kolski-s-awake-and-jed-mills-choices/
http://www.leimertparkbeat.com/xn/detail/677129:Event:53564?xg_source=activity
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Jason_Rohrer/reviews/_2011/awake.php
http://latinola.com/story.php?story=9756 (FEATURE)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66cOOAmlYOM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g54xosIN48A
http://pochojoe.com/shows/awake
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JULY/ 2011
Bootleg
Theater presents
a L’Enfant Terrible Event
Fun Family Festival of Tragedy
LA’s first Shakespeare festival for All Ages!
Hamlet,
Prince of Puddles
Titus the Clownicus
King O’Leary
and the world premiere of
Macbeth and the Monster
All
shows are written by Angela Berliner
Produced by Seth Compton and Directed by Justin Zsebe
http://lenfantterrible.org/
"I am happy
to say it was FANTASTIC. The kids boo'ed Claudius and cheered
Hamlet!
It was
funny, touching and whimsical -the actors gave such an
entertaining performance.
But how did
the Baby (who's 5) and the Kid (who's 7) feel about it?
They loved
it. Every minute of it they were intrigued, laughing - enjoying
the entire show."
-JUSTJENN
RANTS, JULY 12, 2011
"These amazing Theatre People have taken some serious Bard
tragedy, culled it down to simplest essence in a way that the
lesson is learned,
and manages to keep a bunch of kids engaged for an hour –
THAT is brilliant dedication to one’s craft, I say,
and I can heartily recommend it to any mom who wants the kidlets
to get a little culture and see how people were entertained before
XBox and IMAX."
- ALEXANDRA BOWER, MOMS LA (LOS ANGELES AND ORANGE COUNTY THROUGH
THE EYES OF REAL MOMS), JUNE 11, 2011
"It
simply cannot be avoided: with Fun Family Festival of Tragedy,
L’Enfant Terrible, a startlingly brilliant new theatre company,
is poised and ready to take over the theatre world.
On the surface, their four shows playing in repertory at the
Bootleg
are merely dazzling in design, festooned in frivolity, oozing with
invention, and percolating with the most passionate performers in
town.
But, really, the goal here is compelling and unforgettable
storytelling as a way to bring families and communities that much
closer together."
- TONY FRANKEL, STAGE AND CINEMA, JULY 16, 2011
http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/07/16/fun-family-festival-of-tragedy/
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/07/lenfant-terrible-tackles-fun-family-festival-of-tragedy/
(FEATURE)
http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/05/30/fun-family-festival-of-tragedy-las-first-shakespeare-festival-for-all-ages/
http://losangelesstory.blogspot.com/2011/06/coming-attraction-fun-family-festival.html
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THE CHANTEUSE
AND THE
DEVIL'S MUSE
Written and
Directed by David J.
Founding
member and bassist for the punk band Bauhaus
in
collaboration with Ego Plum
With Vangeline,
Daniele Watts, Douglas Dickerman
Violinist :Ysanne
Spevack,
"One night
this month, don't watch another cop show on television. Come
see this."
- JASON
ROHRER, STAGE HAPPENINGS, SEPTEMBER, 2011
"David J,
founding member and bassist for the punk rock band Bauhaus, has
written a chilling new play..."
-
BRYAN ANDREW SHACKLEFORD, WESTSIDE TODAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
"Best
is the Butoh dance sequence brilliantly performed throughout by
Vangeline.
Dressed in
white tulle like a demented ballerina-bride, with blackened eyes,
powdered skin and a grotesque grimace,
she
embodies the tormented spirit of Short, whose lingering presence
slowly builds to a cathartic climax.
When
Daniele Watts as Ms. Comfort steps up to the mic, she gives a
breathtaking rendition of a torchy blues song."
- STEVEN
LEIGH MORRIS, LA WEEKLY, GO, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
"That
gothic sensibility is very much on display in this new play, which
revolves around the notorious Black Dahlia murder.
Halloween-worthy trappings include a stage littered with bisected
manikins and a live dance sequence featuring Short’s severed
halves
-– an
effect as bizarrely whimsical as it is appalling. "
- F.
KATHLEEN FOLEY, LA TIMES, SEPTEMBER 15, 2011
"David
J fans, Butoh enthusiasts, and Black Dahlia cultists…should be
richly satisfied."
- LAIST, SEPTEMBER 2011
"Once
again, the Bootleg Theatre has scored big time with an evocation
of a colorful period in
Los Angeles
history, that being the Black Dahlia murder case of the late
40’s."
- BOB
TONSLEY,
EEWORLDNEWS.COM, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011
"….as
an art installation, it has a terrible beauty and some moments of
bizarre theatrical innovations that linger in the memory."
- HARVEY PERR, STAGE AND CINEMA, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011
http://www.stagehappenings.com/Jason_Rohrer/reviews/_2011/chanteuse.php
http://westsidetoday.com/m4-5844/what-the-lady-in.html
http://www.filmnoirblonde.com/out-of-the-shadows-an-interview-with-david-j-haskins-creator-of-the-chanteuse-and-the-devils-muse/
(FEATURE)
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/09/reviews_of_the_elaborate_entra.php#more
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/09/theater-review-the-chanteuse-the-devils-muse-at-the-bootleg-theater.html
http://laist.com/2011/09/15/cdm.php
http://www.themortonreport.com/entertainment/music/win-a-goth-bauhauss-david-j-is-raffling-himself-off/
http://eeworldnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=216&Itemid=33
http://www.stageandcinema.com/2011/09/22/chanteuse-devils-muse/
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JULY 4, 2011
PATRIOT ACT:
ROGER GUENVEUR
SMITH
Directed by
Rob Adler
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlNiHSXDJmc&feature=youtu.be
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjSdqArGxgo&feature=youtu.be
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OCT/NOV 2011
NINE CIRCLES
Written by
Bill Cain
Starring
Patrick J. Adams
Directed by
Justin Zsebe
With Paul
Dillon, Joe Holt and Arlene Santana
A young
American soldier, Daniel Reeves, is tried for an atrocity against
civilians in Iraq.
Nominated
for LA Drama Critics Circle Awards in Best Production,
Best
Performance by a Lead Actor and Best Sound Design
Nominated
for an LA Weekly Award for Best Ensemble
"...a great production of an essential play ... Cain puts Adams
through a wringer, and the thesp in turn does the same to us."
- BOB VERINI, VARIETY, OCTOBER 25 , 2011
"Electrifying ... Patrick J. Adams' characterization
is riveting... His work is complemented by sublime supporting
portrayals. "
-
LES SPINDLE, BACKSTAGE- CRITIC'S PICK, OCTOBER 26,
2011
"Adams led us breath-bated through this tour de force as if his
body were made of tissue paper or a glass vase bursting full of
tacks."
- LUCY GRIFFIN, ARTSBEAT LA, OCTOBER 24, 2011
"Acted with buzz-saw intensity ... there’s no denying the work’s
blunt force.
A fictional character’s fractured consciousness opens a window
onto the nation’s sickened soul."
- CHARLES MCNULTY, LA TIMES, OCTOBER 24, 2011
"…a razor-sharp ensemble and director Justin Zsebe's energetic
staging inject a surprising level of pathos."
- STEVEN LEIGH MORRIS, LA WEEKLY, OCTOBER 24, 2011
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946441
http://www.backstage.com/bso/reviews-la-theatre/9-circles-1005438692.story
http://www.artsbeatla.com/2011/10/9-circles/
http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2011/10/theater-review-9-circles-at-bootleg-theater.html#more
http://blogs.laweekly.com/stylecouncil/2011/10/9_circles_blu_pulp_shakespeare.php#more
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/10/tales-from-the-wwii-home-front-peace-sons-robber-plus-9-circles/
http://www.starpulse.com/news/Brittany_Frederick/2011/11/11/theater_review_nine_circles
http://www.lastagetimes.com/2011/10/9-circles-within-9-circles/
(FEATURE)
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NOVEMBER/
DECEMBER, 2011
BOOTLEG &
CIRCLE X
READ NEW
PLAYS
Bootleg Theater and Circle X Theatre Co. come together for the
second year in a row to present
bo^cx2 Reading
Series
free admission
.November 6: GIDION'S KNOT by Johnna Adams
Directed by Darin Anthony
November 13: THE SMALL by Anne Washburn
Directed by TBA
November 20: TREVOR by Nick Jones
Directed by TBD
December 4th: OUR LOT by Kristin Newbom & W. David Hancock
Directed by Larissa Kokernot
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DEC. 1- 17,
2011
Bootleg
Theater
and Ann Closs-Farley
Designs Present
Forbidden
Fashion
A Collection
of Criminal Couture
Steve Roche,
Howard Cohen, Tawny Featherstone, Kirk Wilson, Alicia Adams, Mary
Brogger, Ann Closs-Farley, Kirk Wilson, Sarah Staskauskaus, Karen
Zuenert, Barbara Lempel,
Kate Poppen,
Robert Prior, Teresa Shaye, Sarah Broyles, Rosey Johnson,
Catherine Robertson, Dian Camerillo, Anthony Garcia, Lisa Fulton,
Angela Wood, John Burton, Alicia Adams,
Cristina Waltz,
Christian Svenson, Suzanne Wakefield, Lauren Horwitz, Cristy
Tobin, Jamie Brown, and more,
This Runway
Auction of 60 gowns on 60 models will be constructed from stolen,
found and recyclable materials created with the theme of all
things Bootleg.
Brought to life
in the basements of LA’s top Artists and Designers these ravaging
Rip Off’s pay homage the top 60 chi-chi Designers of today.
Where or how
they came into being is better left unknown.
All you need to
know is it is Hot! Here! & Happening at Bootleg Theater for the
first three weekends in December for your guilty pleasure!
This Black
Market Catwalk will offer the music stylings of local diva Abby
Travis, and sizzling aerialists to satisfy your desire for all
things deviant.
http://www.chinashopmag.com/2012/01/forbidden-fashion-a-collection-of-criminal-couture/580px_criminal-couture_dd-2032/
http://losangeles.bitter-lemons.com/2011/12/02/criminal-couture-forbidden-fashion-at-bootleg-theater-december-1-7-2011/
http://flavorpill.com/losangeles/events/2011/12/1/bootleg-theater-and-ann-closs-farley-designs-present-criminal-couture-a-collection-of-forbidden-fashion
http://www.performingartslive.com/Events%5CCriminal-Couture-Forbidden-Fashion-11262011174335
http://www.tumblr.com/tagged/howard-seth-cohen
http://veryverybusymom.com/2011/12/17/forbidden-fashion/
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150591316954989.476806.216166519988&type=3
http://forbiddenfashionbootleg.tumblr.com/
http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=criminal+couture
http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10150585862834989.476224.216166519988&type=1
http://ashleywestleonard.blogspot.com/2011/12/criminal-couture-forbidden-fashion.html
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JANUARY 16,
2012
PETITE
AMAZON-
An Evening
with Selene Luna
ONE NIGHT
ONLY!
At 3’10″,
Selene Luna is a small package with a very big presence.
An original
member of the Velvet Hammer Burlesque,
Luna tours
internationally and performs regularly with burlesque idol Dita
Von Teese.
Luna is
probably best known for her role in Lionsgate’s feature, “My
Bloody Valentine 3D”,
and her role
as Margaret Cho‘s assistant in Vh1′s “The Cho Show”
– a
performance that landed her a nomination for MTV LOGO’s NewNowNext:
Brink of Fame: Comic Award.
Luna’s
stand-up comedy has led her to work alongside comedy legends
Roseanne Barr, Robin Williams and Garret Morris.
www.seleneluna.com
http://youtu.be/mEqcuO5RLa8
http://www.thomashamptonreviews.com/2012/01/09/petite-amazon-an-evening-of-comedy-with-selene-luna/
http://twitter.com/#!/seleneluna/
https://www.facebook.com/events/310427972328927/
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JAN 26, 27, 28
Bootleg
Theater Presents
Philip Littell
(with Jesse James Rice and Glen Martin)
A Song Without
Music
& A Play With
Songs
(two too short
pieces)
Broad Daylight (A Song Without Music)
Imagined for Marilyn Monroe if she had lived, but instead
performed by Mr. Littell,
as the type of gal who just didn't feel called to be a movie star.
Billy, the Kid, and What He Did (A Play With Songs) Written by
Libby Larsen and Philip Littell.
Billy, the Kid, and What He Did is a cool take on some bad breaks:
dead guys, guns, guitars, and no girls.
Aided and abetted by Jesse James Rice and Glen Martin, Littell and
Larsen patrol the lawless border between this mean ol’ world and
the next.
http://www.homo-centric.com/2012/01/philip-littell-billy-kid-in-broad.html
http://www.thomashamptonreviews.com/2012/01/11/philip-littell-with-jesse-james-rice-and-glen-martin-in-a-song-without-music-a-play-with-songs-two-too-short-pieces/
https://docs.google.com/viewer
http://www.performingartslive.com/Events%5CA-Song-Without-Music-and-A-Play-With-Songs-two-too-short-pieces-123201219109
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FEB 10- APR 1,
2012
BUDDHA—A
FANTASTIC JOURNEY
Written
& Performed by Evan Brenner
Directed by John C. Reilly
Original Live
Score/Music – Sheela Bringi & Jaeger Smith, Lighting and Set
Design – Francois-Pierre Couture, Costume – Megg Sicotte-Kelly,
Stage Manager – Meghan Hong,
Assistant Stage
Manager – Jonny Rodgers, Technical Director – Jon Stoner,
Producers – Alicia Adams and Jessica Hanna, Publicity – Lucy
Pollak,
Executive
Producers – Fonda St. Paul, David Fuhrer & Dan Brenner,
Program/Flier Art – Alex Grey & Alexandra Maxwell
"Superb….enlightening….Go!"
- LOVELL
ESTELL 111, LA WEEKLY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
"Brenner, with his wonderful performance, seems to capture
infinity in a single moment."
-
SARA ITKIS, NEON TOMMY, FEBRUARY 15, 2012
"The text, smoothed and simplified by centuries of oral
transmission, possesses a fairy-tale simplicity, austere and
restrained."
- NEAL WEAVER, BACKSTAGE WEST, FEBRUARY 14, 2012
"For an hour-
and- a- half, this great storyteller moved from one scene to the
other…."
- CLARE ELFMAN,
BUZZINE, FEBRUARY 11, , 2012
"…soulfully
soothing….profound…Brenner possesses remarkable poise."
- CHARLES
MCNULTY, LA TIMES, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
"...every step
is masterfully portrayed by Evan Brenner."
- ROBERT
IRWIN,
EXAMINER.COM, FEBRUARY 11, 2012
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