COCK TALES Comes to 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival
Musicians Jimmy Berry & Greg Hoffman will join Lori Hoeft & Macy Pitt in Cock Tales: Straight Up, Dirty & Shaken Stories of Lust & Love, a new darkly comedic entertainment in the 2024 Hollywood Fringe Festival.
UNSAVORY FELLOW Opens April 4 At Santa Monica Playhouse
Catch the new show UNSAVORY FELLOW at Santa Monica Playhouse from April 4 to April 27, 2024. Written, directed, and performed by Nick James, this one-man show explores the trials and triumphs of a Midwestern transplant in Hollywood. Adult themes, not for children.
Interview: Writer/Actor Nick Gillie on THE DARKNESS: GODDESS REVEALED at The Actors' Gang
The next production to take The Actors' Gang stage is The Darkness: Goddess Revealed, written and performed by Nick Gillie and directed by Dwain Perry. Presented as a special co-production in partnership with Black University and Okan Entertainment, the story is told through the perspective of three vastly different characters (played by Gillie) who enter the afterlife and meet sacred female beings called The We. But have they gathered to hear the new arrivals’ life stories or have a more spiritual lesson in mind? I was curious to hear about the genesis of the play, more about the characters, the purpose of The We in the storyline, and Nick Gille’s personal involvement with Black University.
Interview: Co-Directors Jeremie Loncka And Rich Loya On (IM)MIGRANTS OF THE STATE At The Actors' Gang
For seventeen years, the teaching artists of the Actors’ Gang Prison Project have been creating transformational opportunities for incarcerated men and women. Their latest workshop production, (Im)migrants of the State, is performed by an ensemble of their alumni with over 240 years of combined incarceration who have found their way to freedom and now want to share their stories with audiences. I decided to speak with its co-directors, Jeremie Loncka, who also serves as the Director of Programs for the Actors’ Gang’s Prison Project, and ensemble member Rich Loya, about their vision for the project and how it came into being with the two of them at the helm.
Interview: Cirque du Soleil's Stefan Haves, Creator and Director of SHAMBLES
The Actors' Gang is excited to present their family friendly holiday show, Shambles, an unbridled concoction of seasonal charm and sassy cunning all rolled up in a cirque-infused panto, blurring the lines between audience and performers. When I read that this immersive experience will drop theater goers into a 60's NASA holiday party complete with alien abductions, ugly Christmas sweaters, and free-flowing champagne offered as theatergoers meander through curated rooms of wonder, I knew I had to speak with the production's creator and director, Cirque du Soleil's Stefan Haves about his vision to bring such fun family fare to the stage.
International Theatre Brisk Festival Stages Numerous Short Plays and Holds Competition
The Brisk Festival is an international theater festival that features short plays up to 10 min long. What makes live theater so special is the human interaction, both between the players on stage and between actors and the audience. The Brisk Festival multiplies that raw and creative energy, with different ensembles, directors, and writers exchanging ideas, learning from each other, and training inspiration. The short stories allow audiences to experience in a very limited amount of time a wide range of emotions and feelings, making them think and talk about different subjects and situations brought by nearly 200 talented participants.
The Actors' Gang Theater's CAN'T PAY! DON'T PAY Runs March 19 - April 30
'Can't Pay? Don't Pay!' written by Nobel Laureate Dario Fo and Franca Rame is returning to The Actors' Gang Theater in the old Ivy Substation on March 19, 2022, with previews beginning March 12, exactly two years from the day the theater was shuttered and had to suspend this hilarious production.
New Acting Company Members Announced for 2022 at Placer Rep
Still glowing from their fabulous performances in Persuasion at the December 2021 Jane Austen Soiree, Placer Repertory Theater has announced the official inclusion of two of the production’s local professional actors to the Placer Rep Acting Company for 2022.
BWW Interview: Patti Tippo LIV-ing ON With Sally Rand's & Her Own Life
The Actors’ Gang Theater has just begun streaming their live virtual production of WE LIVE ON, based on the 1970 Hard Times by Studs Terkel. Directed by Actors’ Gang’s artistic director Tim Robbins, WE LIVE ON is performed in three parts. Had a chance to have a fun chat with Patti Tippo, who’s playing legendary burlesque dancer Sally Rand.