Kirsten Vangsness News

Play-PerView is heading to the west coast for its next two Live and Live-Streamed Theatrical Events. On Monday December 20, Play-PerView will present a LIVE reading of _“Brushstroke,” a new comedy by John Ross Bowie (Four Chords and a Gun_) and directed by Casey Stangl.

Celebration Theatre will present OUTober, a weeklong festival of live events to spotlight the coming-out experience across the queer spectrum. The festival takes place October 10 - 16 at The Broadwater complex in Hollywood Theatre Row, as well as free-to-the-public livestreams on YouTube.

The program opened with a surprise greeting from Ringo Starr and from that point on, donations poured in by phone, online, and text…and they're still coming in. They sent out a call for love, and Los Angeles answered with donations big and small. People calling in were not only giving $5, $10, $100, they were telling stories to volunteers about the son they lost to AIDS, or their own cancer battle, or their friend who has survived because of Project Angel Food.

Hollywood stars came out to demand California save small performing arts theaters at a press conference supporting State Senator Susan Rubio's Senate Bill 805 (SB 805), “Save The Performing Arts Act of 2021” on Wednesday, May 19 at Josefina López' CASA 0101 Theatre.

Tony-nominee Megan Hilty joins Project Angel Food for two events Thanksgiving week. First, she is headlining the organization’s Night of Gratitude & Song on Sunday, November 22; then she is delivering meals on Thanksgiving to those in need day with her daughter Viola.

Meet the playwrights from the 3rd week of LA's first TogetherLAFestival. Presented by Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) in association with LA Stage Alliance (LASA), 'Together LA: A Virtual Stage Festival' is celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area.

Meet the playwrights from the 2nd week of LA's first TogetherLAFestival. Presented by Alternative Theatre Los Angeles (ATLA) in association with LA Stage Alliance (LASA), a?oeTogether LA: A Virtual Stage Festivala?? is celebrating the vibrant and diverse intimate theatre scene of the greater Los Angeles area.

What better way to host a celebration during a pandemic, than... a virtual gala! Join Open Fist Theatre Company's 30th Anniversary Virtual Gala & Auction on Saturday, Sept. 26 from 7-8 p.m. PT / 10-11 p.m. ET. Admission to the event is free worldwide.

The Unusual Suspects Theatre Company is launching the Virtually UnUSual Create-A-Thon, beginning August 10.

Theatre of NOTE has announced the 25th Annual Hollywood Performance Marathon, on Saturday, January 18 beginning at 3pm and continuing until dawn, at Theatre of NOTE, 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd. (just North of Sunset) in Hollywood.

The Cinema Audio Society announced today the talented multi-hyphenate actress/comedian/writer/playwright and distiller Kirsten Vangsness has been tapped to serve as host of the upcoming 56th CAS Awards. 

SF Sketchfest announces the initial line up for the 19th annual San Francisco Comedy Festival taking place January 9-26, 2020, featuring top comedic talent performing in venues across the city. SF Sketchfest offers fans the rare opportunity to see their favorite performers in intimate live performances, discussions and immersive comedy experiences.

CBS announced the series premieres of two new dramas, FBI: MOST WANTED and TOMMY; the debuts of the milestone 40th season of SURVIVOR and the 15th and final season of CRIMINAL MINDS; and the return of MACGYVER and UNDERCOVER BOSS.

Powerhouse storyteller KIRSTEN VANGSNESS is best known as the unforgettable Penelope Garcia from CBS' Criminal Minds. She is bringing two very different yet equally barmy shows of female empowerment in rep and under the umbrella of FEMPIRE to Edinburgh Fringe Festival this year. CLEO, THEO & WU sees Lucy in a race to save the universe, aided by a cast of creatively reimagined superheroes from ancient history; and MESS is a celebration of the disorder in our lives. 

Come on ladies - let's get in formation. Reimagining a line-up of all-powerful women from the ancient past, Cleo, Theo & Wu is about one woman's quest to reach self-realisation, aided by a host of forgotten sisters from yesteryear. Spoiler alert: they are so much more than the HIStorians would have you believe - this won't have been learned in any classroom...

Assembly Festival 2019 is delighted to announce another exciting year of theatre, from local artists to international superstars, to one-woman shows to energetic ensemble pieces.

MESS is written by and stars Kirsten Vangsness - star of 132 episodes of hit US TV show Criminal Minds and directed by Lisa Sanaye Dring.

Award-winning artists' collective Rogue Artists Ensemble is thrilled to announce the Inaugural Rogue Lab Readings Series, a four-day event that includes readings of seven new works written, directed, and designed by emerging LA artists, as well as post-show discussions and receptions. The reading series will feature new plays by 2018-2019 Rogue Lab playwrights Lisa Sanaye Dring, Eric Fagundes, John Guerra, Mildred Inez Lewis, Chelsea Sutton, and Jennie Webb, and a special new play presentation by writing team Taylor Coffman and Z. Lupetin.

The Cinema Audio Society Award for Outstanding Sound Mixing Motion Picture - Live Action was presented to the sound mixing team from “Bohemian Rhapsody” of John Casali, Paul Massey, Tim Cavagin, Niv Adiri, CAS, Mike Tehrani, Glen Gathard, Jemma Riley Tolch.