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Live Comic Newscast THIS WEEK THIS WEEK Continues Thursdays Through March 30

A little Daily Show, a little SNL... a lot of fun! Live on stage at Atwater Village Theatre, This Week This Week is Open Fist Theatre Company's weekly comic newscast, featuring a revolving cast of actors and special guest stars at every performance.
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM Set in 1855 to be Presented by Open Fist Theatre Company

Director/choreographer James Fowler has moved his Open Fist Theatre Company production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream from Athens, Greece to Athens, Georgia circa 1855, where Shakespeare’s text remains intact, but casting and design land us in the world of the Antebellum South.
NEVER SWIM ALONE Extended At Open Fist Theatre Company

Open Fist Theatre Company extends Never Swim Alone, a slyly witty and unexpectedly suspenseful short play about two men locked in a ruthless competition of one-upmanship, through December 12.
BWW Review: THE SOLDIER DREAMS at Open Fist Theatre Company

Director Amanda Weier has coordinated a well-cast and appealingly fluid production that retains Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor’s 90s generational stamp -  one of the best aspects of this dream play. 
Open Fist Celebrates Unique Voice Of Canadian Playwright Daniel MacIvor with THE SOLDIER DREAMS and NEVER SWIM ALONE

Open Fist Theatre Company returns to live, in-person performance at Atwater Village Theatre with concurrent runs of two plays by celebrated Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor.
Photo Flash: Open Fist Theatre Company Celebrates 30 Years with RORSCHACH FEST

Perception is everything. Open Fist Theatre Company opens its 30th anniversary season with three programs of short works, performed in rotating repertory, by playwrights renowned for pushing the boundaries of theatrical invention. Rorschach Fest, featuring seminal work by John O'Keefe, Daniel MacIvor, Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill, opened Feb. 14 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through April 5.
Open Fist Theatre Company Celebrates 30 Years of Theater with RORSCHACH FEST

Perception is everything. Open Fist Theatre Company opens its 30th anniversary season with three programs of short works, performed in rotating repertory, by playwrights renowned for pushing the boundaries of theatrical invention. Rorshach Fest, featuring seminal work by John O'Keefe, Daniel MacIvor, Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill, opens Feb. 14 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through April 5. Pay-What-You-Want previews begin Feb. 11.
Photo Flash: First Look at Open Fist Theatre Company's LAST CALL

When is it time to give up the keys? Get ready for the laughter-through-tears magic that is Last Call by Anne Kenney. Open Fist Theatre Company presents the world premiere of this funny, sad and very human debut play by the Peabody Award-winning writer best known for her work on Switched at Birth, Hellcats, Greek, L.A. Law and, most recently, the first three seasons of Outlander. Open Fist company member Lane Allison directs for a Jan. 18 opening at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances will continue through Feb. 23. Pay-what-you-want previews begin Jan. 11.
OUTLANDER's Anne Kenney Premieres LAST CALL at Open Fist

When is it time to give up the keys? Get ready for the laughter-through-tears magic that is Last Call by Anne Kenney.
OUTLANDER's Anne Kenney Premieres LAST CALL at Open Fist

When is it time to give up the keys? Get ready for the laughter-through-tears magic that is Last Call by Anne Kenney.
OUTLANDER's Anne Kenney Premieres LAST CALL at Open Fist

When is it time to give up the keys? Get ready for the laughter-through-tears magic that is Last Call by Anne Kenney.
Open Fist Presents Beautiful, Moving, Funny UNDER MILK WOOD

Intensely beautiful, poignant and sublimely funny. Open Fist Theatre Company presents a revival of Under Milk Wood, the linguistic tour-de-force by the great Welsh poet Dylan Thomas. Ben Martin directs for a July 27 opening atAtwater Village Theatre. 
BWW Reviews: LIGHT UP THE SKY Shines Brightly at Theatre 40

Are you ready for some hearty laughter? Then head over to Theatre 40 and enjoy the witty repartee in Moss Hart's LIGHT UP THE SKY! There's nothing quite like the hours before the opening night of a theater production, and I am sure anyone ever involved in the production of a play will not be able to stop laughing as each character will no doubt remind you of some colorful characters you have known up close and personal.
FOOTE NOTES at Open Fist Theatre Extends Again thru Feb 23

The Open Fist Theatre Company has announced that its smash-hit, critically-acclaimed production of FOOTE NOTES, written by Horton Foote and directed by Scott Paulin is extending again through Saturday, February 23 at the Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
Open Fist Theatre Extends FOOTE NOTES thru February 9

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to announce that its smash-hit, critically-acclaimed production of FOOTE NOTES, written by Horton Foote and directed by Scott Paulin is extending through Saturday, February 9 at the Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
Open Fist Theatre Presents FOOTE NOTES, 11/2-12/15

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to present FOOTE NOTES, written by Horton Foote and directed by Scott Paulin whose previous directorial Foote offerings have been critically-acclaimed (Harrison, Texas, The Roads to Home, Getteng Frankie Married…and Afterwards). Mr. Paulin's previous collection of one-acts Harrison, TX just closed a sold-out run in New York. FOOTE NOTES, will preview today, November 2, at 8pm; Saturday, November 3 at 8pm and Thursday, November 8 at 8pm and will open today, November 9 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, December 15 at the Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
Open Fist Theatre Presents FOOTE NOTES, 11/2-12/15

The Open Fist Theatre Company is thrilled to present FOOTE NOTES, written by Horton Foote and directed by Scott Paulin whose previous directorial Foote offerings have been critically-acclaimed (Harrison, Texas, The Roads to Home, Getteng Frankie Married…and Afterwards). Mr. Paulin's previous collection of one-acts Harrison, TX just closed a sold-out run in New York. FOOTE NOTES, will preview on Friday, November 2, at 8pm; Saturday, November 3 at 8pm and Thursday, November 8 at 8pm and will open on Friday, November 9 at 8pm and runs through Saturday, December 15 at the Open Fist Theatre, 6209 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood.
Photo Flash: Sneak Peak at Open Fist's EARLY AND OFTEN

Check out these production shots of the Open Fist Theatre Company's EARLY AND OFTEN, written by Barbara Wallace & Thomas R. Wolfe and directed by Ron West.
Paul Stroili To Lead A FLEA IN HER EAR At Edgemar Center June 2-12

Los Angeles Ovation award nominee Paul Stroili will star in the classic sex farce, A Flea in Her Ear at the Edgemar Center for the Arts in Santa Monica, California.
Diversionary Closes Its Season With Biting Comedy THE LITTLE DOG LAUGHED, Previews Begin 5/7

Diversionary Theatre's sixth and final production of the 2008-2009 season is the biting contemporary comedy The Little Dog Laughed by Douglas Carter Beane. Directed by Robert Barry Fleming, this play takes a look at the scandalous world of Hollywood celebrities. Players in this fast-paced and hilarious farce include a spin-doctor agent, a rising movie star, a sexy 'rent-boy' and his na?ve and needy girlfriend. With photographers itching to catch the latest in celebrity gossip, a compromising photo can make or break your career. The Little Dog Laughed asks the question, 'is there an escape from Hollywood's glass closet or is it better to just stay locked in from the inside?'

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