MY SISTER to Play the Odyssey Theatre in 2016
An expanded version of My Sister, a smash hit at last season's Hollywood Fringe Festival, will receive a full production at the Odyssey Theatre beginning January 16. Ron Sossi and Paul David Story co-direct identical twins Elizabeth Hinkler and Emily Hinkler in Janet Schlapkohl's poignant tale of two sisters in pre-war Germany.
CARMILLA Returning to Los Angeles for Halloween
Over the years, there have been several interpretations of Irish writer Sheridan LaFanu's 1872 controversial masterpiece Carmilla, from literature to TV to film to stage. But playwright David MacDowell Blue proudly boasts that his theatrical interpretation offers something that sets it apart.
BWW Reviews: ZJU's MACBETH - Short and Sweet, Dark and Bloody
Director Denise Devin knows how to set a mood. Her one-hour Shakespeare adaptations condense the Bard's source material into compact, efficient theatre capsules that are perfect for those who want their Shakespeare short and sweet - or in this case, dark and bloody - with enough time left after the show to head out on the town.
BWW Reviews: RUMINATION, An Extraordinary 50 Minutes of Bliss
Amir Khalighi's directorial debut RUMINATION is 50 minutes of bliss. Using the teachings of the 13th century poet Rumi as its center, the collaborative original work takes the audience on an inward journey - a spiral, if you will - to the center of one's self; to a place where peace exists and the source of everything we seek is waiting to embrace our weary hearts. It's heady stuff for a night at the theater and beautifully intoxicating in the way it expresses the universality of Rumi's wisdom.