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Photos: First Look at THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER at Loft Ensemble

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood is presenting its mainstage production of the 2023–24 season, the world premiere of The Year Without a Summer by Greer DuBois. Check out production photos here!
THE YEAR WITHOUT A SUMMER Comes to Loft Ensemble This Month

Loft Ensemble in North Hollywood has announced its next mainstage production of the 2023–24 season, the world premiere of The Year Without a Summer by Greer DuBois. 
Arthur Miller's THE CRUCIBLE Hits Close to Home at Theatricum Botanicum

A parable of mass hysteria that draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch hunts of 1692 and McCarthyism, which gripped America in the 1950s, The Crucible by Arthur Miller remains eerily timely in today's climate of fake news. Will Geer's Theatricum Botanicum, its own history firmly rooted in the McCarthy-era Hollywood blacklist - when actor Will Geer and his wife, Herta Ware, created the theater as a haven for blacklisted actors - opens a new production of Miller's modern classic onJune 30. Theatricum artistic director Ellen Geer, Will's daughter, is at the helm, with family members Thad Geer,Willow Geer and Melora Marshall featured in the cast.
BWW Review: George Orwell's ANIMAL FARM Speaks Directly to the World's Current Political Turmoil

ANIMAL FARM, Orwell's brilliant political satire about the corrupting influence of power, charts the fall of idealism and the rise of tyranny after the animals of Manor Farm rise up against their oppressive human owner in a struggle for rights, equality, gaining the right to make their own choices on how to live their lives. Onstage, the story is read by two children, the girl (Sierra Rose Friday) and boy (Shane McDermott), keeping the audience informed as to the action taking place or what has gone on off stage leading to that particular scene. It all begins as the animals, led by Snowball, an idealistic pig (Christopher Yarrow), take over the farm from Mr. Jones (Steve Fisher). Their plan goes well at first; all the animals are equal and content. But eventually, several of the other pigs, led by Napoleon (Mark Lewis) and Squealer (Melora Marshall), yield to the lure of power and start to make decisions that serve their own interests best, eventually leading them to proclaim that some animals are more equal than others. The quote, 'absolute power corrupts absolutely,' certainly applies to Orwell's masterful work.

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