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GIVE Broadway’s
Off-
BLOOD Hilarious THE WOMAN WHO WENT MIDDLE 8 (Hollywood)
TO SPACE AS A MAN (East
“Dixie’s
Tupperware Hollywood) Subtitled ‘The World’s
Party” Alice B. Sheldon was an Greatest Rock Band… you’ve
ACTION ITEM (Not a play, this is for real) Starring Dixie Longate officer in the Army, worked never heard of’ Stefan Marks’
Red Cross calls for healthy donors to Kirk Douglas Theatre for the CIA, the Pentagon, and dramedy, with live original
music, is about a fictitious
maintain blood supply November 28 to December 30 traveled the world. In 1968, in Kansas City rock group
As influenza activity picks up, the American Dixie’s Tupperware Party, the hilarious her 50’s, she started writing played by the real-life LA-
Red Cross is urging healthy donors of all blood off-Broadway one-woman comedy starring science fiction under the male based band THE FOUR
Dixie Longate, which took the theater
types to give blood or platelets to ensure a world by storm and garnered a prestigious pen-name James Tiptree, Jr. Morna Murphy Martell POSTMEN (all 5 of them). A
Writing provocative and
strong blood supply for patients in need. Drama Desk Award nomination, returns to socially relevant stories, she used 40-year-old father gets his
band
Los Angeles at the Kirk Douglas Theatre science fiction to address issues such as back
Blood and platelets can only be given by for a strictly limited engagement genocide, ecocide, sexism and racism. together
donors who are feeling well. One way to November 28 to December 30. The show Her works ended up taking the science to take
maintain health is to get a flu vaccine each fall. contains adult content and will be fiction world by storm and she exploded one last
There is no waiting period to give blood or enjoyable for children ages 16 and up. the myth that writing is inherently shot at
‘male’ or ‘female.’ Writer-director
Tickets are available at
stardom.
platelets after receiving a flu shot as long as the www.dixiestupperwareparty.com Maureen Huskey states: “I have always He
donor is symptom-free and fever-free. been drawn to the lives of female artists; admits
while their work may be celebrated, often their the path to fame is a winding road, and if
Stay healthy this flu season and make an Plan for Holiday Show lives and personal triumphs are not.” The it’s too late to succeed - Rock On! But as
appointment to donate blood by downloading play experiments with form, interwoven real-world responsibilities mount, the
with one of Tiptree’s short stories.
the free American Red Cross Blood Donor App, This is early invitation to “HO HO Huskey band is forced to face some long-buried
emotional truths. Stella Adler Theatre,
visiting RedCrossBlood.org or calling 1-800- HO, the Holiday Show” opening explores links 6773 Hollywood Blvd (at Highland).
RED CROSS (1-800-733-2767). December 1, 2018 at the Big Oak between Tickets: https://
Theatre. This performance will feature a gender middle8.brownpapertickets.com
Donors of all blood types, especially type O, festive variety of holiday music with orientation,
are needed this fall after hurricanes Michael and professional thespians guaranteed to creative ANATOMY OF A HUG (North
expression and
Florence forced the cancellation of about 200 entertain! This is family friendly and mental health. Hollywood)
blood drives, causing approximately 7,000 units just in time to get you in the spirit of the However, as Kat Ramsburg’s family drama explores
of blood and platelets to go uncollected. season. Performances are the play the lives of its female characters with
Dec 1 at 2 PM and 7 PM, shows, it was considerable depth. Amelia works for a
Zoo Theatre Performs Dec 2, 8, 9 at 2 PM. the life Sheldon led as a woman that made charity that rescues kids and is attracted
her so believable as a man. At Son of
Where Semele Theatre, 3301 Beverly Blvd (nr. to co-worker Ben. However, her mother,
in prison for murdering Amelia’s father,
THE ZOO THEATRE COMPANY Big Oak Theatre Hoover). Tickets: 818-841-5422 or is terminally ill and given
DANIEL SUGIMOTO, ARTISTIC 22200 Chatsworth St. info@sonofsemele.org. Previews are pay- Compassionate Release from prison and
DIRECTOR what-you-can. has moved into Amelia’s apartment. Can
PRESENTS THE WORLD PREMIERE OF Chatsworth, CA 91311 Amelia possibly bridge the emotional
“MY DATE WITH DEATH – A Musical 818-998-0185 for more information chasm with her mother and will the
Romance” BLISS (OR EMILY POST IS DEAD! wounds of the past prevent her from
Limited Four-Week Run (Atwater Village) returning Ben’s affection? Direction Steve
Saturdays and Sundays at 8:00 p.m. It’s 1960 in a wealthy New Jersey Jarrard, Collaborative Artists Ensemble.
On November 10, 11, 17, 18, 24, 25, suburb where ‘Progress and Science’ are Sherry Theatre, 11052 Magnolia Blvd,
December 1 and 2, 2018 Culver City buzzwords of the day. In this farcical, NoHo. Tickets: (323) 860-6569 or https://
Miles Memorial Playhouse, domestic tragicomedy, the classical Greek anatomyofahug.bpt.me
1130 Lincoln Boulevard Johnny Got His Gun is a play heroines, Aeschylus’ Clytemnestra and
(Located between Wilshire Boulevard & Written by Dalton Trumbo Euripides’ Medea, have been recast as THE BOYS NEXT DOOR (Culver City)
California Avenue) Adapted by Bradley Rand Smith indolent, pill-popping housewives, while This comedy-drama features actors
Santa Monica, CA 90403 Directed by Tim Robbins Sophocles’ Antigone is the lovelorn, with disabilities from CRE’s ‘Theatre Arts
Tickets are $20 each for General Admission Performances are Now through teenage girl next door. Their ‘blissful’ as Therapy’ program. Tom Griffin’s play is
for unreserved seating. Tickets are $15 Saturday, November 10th, 2018 lives are upended when Aeschylus’ about a social worker who supervises
each for Students, Seniors and Military General Tickets: $34.99, Seniors: $30 , Cassandra, a ‘colored’ girl cursed with the four disabled men living together in an
with ID for unreserved seating. VIP Under 30 and full-time students: $25 gift of prophecy, arrives with a mind to apartment. Mingled with scenes from
Tickets are $40 each and include Reserved Tickets are available online at free them from their dark destinies. their daily lives, are moments of great
First Row Seats, plus two complimentary www.TheActorsGang.com or by phone at Written by Jami Brandli, directed by poignancy since all of them want to find
concessions available at the check-in desk 310-838-4264 Darin Anthony, this is a Joint World meaning and purpose in their lives. The
prior to performances. The show is 90 At The Actors’ Gang Theatre | 9070 Premiere with San Diego’s Moxie and actors in this production face challenges
minutes without intermission. Venice Blvd | Culver City, CA 90232 Chicago’s Promethean Theatres. At steeper than most and it is their living
Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas
For tickets, please call The Zoo Ave, Atwater Village. Tickets: 323-472- truth that fills this story with emotional
Theatre Company Box Office at 323-301- **Theater Historian and former 5646 or www.movingarts.org authenticity. Directed by Jeremy
9002, E-mail thezootheatreco@gmail.com Hollywood Reporter, TV, Film and Aldridge. The Blue Door, 9617 Venice
or buy at www.thezootheatreco.com. Broadway Critic, Morna M. Martell Morna Murphy Martell on the web: Blvd, Culver City. Tickets: (310) 425-8215
This show is recommended for audiences is a lecturer on “The Impact of Yiddish www.theatrespokenhere.blogspot.com or https://creoutreach.org
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13+. Advance reservations are highly Theatre on American Theatre” with SUPPORT
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