Leda Siskind

Theatre Forty Reveals 58th Season Lineup

Theatre 40, the professional non-profit theatre company of Beverly Hills, is coming back with a season of seven plays this year. Check out the full lineup here!

TOXIC MURDER to Have Staged Reading at Theatre 40 This April

There will be a staged reading of new play Toxic Murder at Theatre 40 on Saturday, April 13, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. Learn more here!

New Theater 40 Play Reading Series Starts Next Month

Theatre 40's Fall 2023 Monday Night Theatre Appreciation Seminars feature play readings in Beverly Hills, CA. Check out the schedule of plays!

Theatre 40 Play Readings at Greystone Mansion Starts in September

A series of play readings will be presented by Theatre 40 and the City of Beverly Hills at the new intimate Greystone Theatre at the beautiful and historic Greystone Mansion.

STAGE IT! 10-Minute Play Festival Runs Two Weekends At Center For Performing Arts Bonita Springs

The Seventh Annual Stage It! Ten-Minute Play Festival will be held May 11-21, at the Performing Arts Center, Moe Auditorium & Film Center, 10150 Bonita Beach Road. All tickets are $35.

Theatre 40 Presents VACUUM

Theatre 40 will present a Zoom reading of the play Vacuum by Leda Siskind on Thursday, March 18, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. PDT. This is a FREE event.

BWW Review: THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY Confirms Big Brother Has Always Been Watching Us

Told in three separate one-act stories, the World Premiere of Leda Siskind's play THE SURVEILLANCE TRIOLOGY explores the ways in which private citizens have become victims of ever-present eavesdropping by forces able to be kept secret until the damage has been done. Directed by Amanda Conlon at Theatre 40, ultimately you may just walk out at the end wondering just how you are being watched and for just what purpose, especially when you turn your cell phone back on and begin interacting with it.

THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY Makes World Premiere Sep. 19

Theatre 40 announces their fall World Premiere production by Leda Siskind, THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY, is in full-tilt rehearsal mode.

Director Amanda Conlon To Helm World Premiere Of THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY At Theatre 40

Playwright Leda Siskind is proud to confirm multi-award-winning director Amanda Conlon will be at the helm of her world premiere The Surveillance Trilogy.  The production will open September 19, 2019, at Theatre 40, located in the Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 South Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA. 90212.  

Theatre 40 Announces World Premiere By Leda Siskind THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY

Theatre 40 is proud to announce their fall World Premiere production by Leda Siskind, THE SURVEILLANCE TRILOGY.  This is the 2nd show in the 201920 Series at Theatre 40, and also the 2nd play by Siskind, who's acclaimed production of All My Distances Are Far also premiered at Theatre 40 and is now published by Steel Spring Stage Rights.  The show will premiere September 19, 2019.  Casting for The Surveillance Trilogy will begin shortly after they announce the Director.  The production is produced by David Hunt Stafford.

Review: Three Door Farce A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES Inspires Lots of Laughter Inside Theatre 40

Everything seems perfect at first for the famous actress Myra Marlowe (Diana Angelina) who has leased a fully-furnished "country living" style house so she can settle down to write her autobiography. But it's not so ideal for her long-time agent Tom Lamont (David Datz) who wants nothing more than to get the headstrong actress back to Hollywood to star in a new television series, even though both of them know how badly it is written. Myra waivers but sticks to her guns, fed up with the pressures and demands of her acting career and longing for some peace and quiet and well as a much simpler life. But dealing with her nosy, omnipresent neighbors is a different matter.

A BAD YEAR FOR TOMATOES Begins May 16 At Theatre 40

Theatre 40, in the Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 S. Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills, CA 90212. This is on the campus of Beverly Hills High School. Theatre 40 is Beverly Hills' professional theatre company. Ample free parking is available beneath the theatre. The parking area is best accessed through the driveway at the intersection of Moreno and Durant Drives.

VBS Jewish Writer's Roundtable Presents THE 7TH ANNUAL SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL

Producer Michael Goldstein and Host and Moderator Rabbi Ed Feinstein bring six ten-minute comedies and dramas to Valley Beth Shalom on Thursday, May 17th, 2018 at 7:30pm. The plays are all inspired by the theme of Jewish Love and Marriage and admission is FREE for the entire community.

BWW Review: World Premiere ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR Shares Teen Sessions with School Therapist

As a former high school teacher who started an alternative program for students who had dropped out, I participated in counselling troubled teens in learning how to deal with challenging circumstances in their lives, be it with parents, siblings, friends, or the desire to find love and respect from that special someone. It's especially difficult when a teen is also dealing with emotional or physical disorders or abuse. And what happens to a foster teen when she ages out of the system? What happens to an adolescent boy with Asperger's when he falls in love? What happens to a Straight-A student who is being sexually molested? In Leda Siskind's world premiere play ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR we meet all these characters and others as they confide to the psychotherapist who sees them at their urban high school.

ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR to Have World Premiere at Theatre 40 this August

Theatre 40 of Beverly Hills and Producer David Hunt Stafford will bring the world premiere of acclaimed playwright and actress, Leda Siskind's latest production, ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR to their theatre. Siskind will also be directing the cast of seven in a historic docudrama about the struggles with multi-cultural teens struggling in society at the end of their school year, as they prepare to fit-in to our already complicated culture.

ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR to Have World Premiere at Theatre 40 this August

Theatre 40 of Beverly Hills and Producer David Hunt Stafford will bring the world premiere of acclaimed playwright and actress, Leda Siskind's latest production, ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR to their theatre. Siskind will also be directing the cast of seven in a historic docudrama about the struggles with multi-cultural teens struggling in society at the end of their school year, as they prepare to fit-in to our already complicated culture.

ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR Opens in August at Theatre 40

?Theatre 40 of Beverly Hills announce that acclaimed playwright and actress, Leda Siskind will direct the cast of seven in her World Premiere of "ALL MY DISTANCES ARE FAR" - A historic docudrama about the tussles with multi-cultural teens struggling in society at the end of their school year, as they prepare to fit-in to our already complicated and dysfunctional culture.  Opening at Theatre 40 on August 1st, 2016 - The Production will run on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday through August 31st, 2016 @ 8:00PM.

BWW Review: TWO SISTERS Celebrates the Joys and Sorrows of Sibling Rivalry

It's been said the bond between sisters goes beyond what words can express. Thank goodness British playwright Gail Louw has managed to overcome any restrictions to that rule and written an exquisite play called TWO SISTERS now enjoying its U.S. Premiere at Theatre 40 in Beverly Hills. It centers on Jewish sisters Edith and Rika who are celebrating Edith's 75th birthday on the Israeli kibbutz where she has lived since age 18, one of the early pioneering kibbutznik collective farmers who became a Socialist and stayed.