Two Unrelated Plays by David Mamet, including a world premiere production, opened over the hot Los Angeles weekend drawing a recognizable crowd to the Kirk Douglas Theatre in Culver City.
A double-bill of short plays featuring
The Duck Variations and
Keep Your Pantheon (a world premiere stage production), both are directed by
Neil Pepe. Leading the Two Unrelated Plays are Michael Lerner, Ed O'Neill,
David Paymer and Jack Wallace.
In
Keep Your Pantheon "an impoverished acting company on the edge of eviction is offered a lucrative engagement and life is finally on the upswing. But through a series of riotous mishaps, the troupe finds its problems have actually multiplied, and that they are about to learn a new meaning for the term 'dying on stage,'" state press notes.
Duck Variations, "a sly meditation on the meaning of life written in the early 1970s, depicts conversations between two elderly men who are sitting on a park bench and watching ducks. Their observations about the ducks, whether factual or incorrect, create a beautiful fugue on the human condition – on family and friendship, the possibility of happiness and on death."
The Kirk Douglas Theatre is located at 9820 Washington Blvd. in Culver City. For further information, please call (213) 628-2772 or visit
www.CenterTheatreGroup.org. And for more from
James Sims visit www.simsscoop.com.
Photos by Ryan Miller/Capture Imaging.
David Paymer,
Jeremy Piven,
Joe Mantegna and Director
Neil PepeMichael Lerner,
David Mamet and Ed O'Neill
Ed O'Neill,
David Paymer and
David MametJeremy Piven,
David Mamet and wife
Rebecca PidgeonEd O'Neill and
David PaymerFelicity Huffman,
Rebecca Pidgeon,
Jennifer Grey and
David MametJoe Mantegna, Ricky Jay and Ed O'Neill
Robert Forster,
Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay and Ed O'Neill
David Mamet,
Jeremy Piven and
Joe MantegnaJeremy Piven and
Joe MantegnaJeremy Piven and
Joe MantegnaRobert Forster,
Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay and J.J. Johnston
Joe Mantegna, Ricky Jay and J.J. Johnston
CTG Artistic Director
Michael Ritchie and
Tate Donovan
Harold Gould and Michael Lerner
David Mamet and Ed O'Neill
Michael Ritchie and Michael Cassidy
David Mamet and
Michael RitchieEd O'Neill,
Dominic Hoffman and Michael Cassidy
David Paymer and
David MametDavid Paymer,
Clark Gregg and
Jennifer GreyRobert Forster and
Joe MantegnaFelicity Huffman and
Neil PepeEric Stoltz, Ricky Jay and
Tate DonovanRobert Forster, Ed O'Neill, J.J. Johnston and Jack Wallace
Neil Pepe,
Jennifer Grey and
Clark GreggRicky Jay
Tate DonovanEric StoltzClark GreggJennifer Grey
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