Saturday, February 9
Innocent Until
By Doug Cooney
Saturday, February 16
Yellow Wallpaper
by Bryan Davidson
Saturday, February 23
Under Her Wing
by Diane Rodriguez
All readings are at 2pm at Angels Gate Gallery A. Admission is $5 for Angels
Gate members/$10 nonmembers. No reservations accepted. Free parking.
Angels Gate Performing Arts 2008 begins with the second season of its New
Play Reading series.
|
"Innocent Until," by Doug Cooney (February 9) was originally commissioned by
Florida Stage under a TCG Collaboration grant. The play concerns an
ambitious state attorney leading the prosecution of a 12-year-old boy
charged in the shooting death of a police officer. The playwright has had
work developed and produced by the Kennedy Center, the Mark Taper Forum
P.L.A.Y., Lincoln Center Institute, Disney Hall, South Coast Rep and
Sundance Theatre Labs, among others. In researching the play, Cooney spent
four months immersed in Florida's juvenile justice system, interviewing
judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys, prison guards and reporters, as well
as incarcerated youth. Directed by Nathan Birnbaum. |
 |
|
Bryan Davidson adapted Charlotte Perkins Gilman's classic short story into a
theatrical work, "Yellow Wallpaper," which will be read at Angels Gate on
February 16. In this gothic work, Charlotte, under orders from her doctor,
is undergoing the "rest cure". She attempts to amuse herself by writing a
ghost story on the sly. When her husband discovers that she is writing,
Charlotte becomes desperate to prove to him (and to herself) that she really
is getting better. Bryan Davidson's play "War Music" was named by the L.A.
Times as one of its ten "Notable Shows of 2002", and won four Ovation
Awards, including World Premiere Play. It was subsequently produced at the
Geffen Playhouse in 2004. In 2005, Bryan was playwright in residence at the
William Inge Center, where he wrote "Yellow Wallpaper." Directed by Larry
Biederman. |  |
|
On February 23, Obie Award winning theatre artist Diane Rodriguez offers up
her new play, "Under Her Wing," as the final play in the series. This funny
exploration of immigration, aging and family centers on Lily, who wants to
teach her girls etiquette and social graces. The girls, however, want social
security and will go to any means to get it. Diane Rodriguez is Associate
Producer and Director of New Play Production at Center Theatre Group, and is
an associate member of Cornerstone Theater. For ten years she was a
Resident Artist and Director of the Mark Taper Forum's Latino Theatre
Initiative. Directed by Juliette Carillo.
|  |
From the February 9th performance of Innocent Until
Angels Gate Cultural Center
3601 South Gaffey Street, San Pedro, California 90731
Phone: 310-519-0936, Fax: 310-519-8698
Email:
info@angelsgateart.org
Home
