The Studio Collaborative: LBP NEW WORKS FESTIVAL 2022

Company: LBP New Works Committee producing

Dates: March 25 & 26 @ 7pm, 2022

Tickets: Free. Requires RSVP Registration.

Description:

The annual festival nurtures emerging and established playwrights to develop new scripts. Reading 100+ scripts a year, the New Works Literary Committee chooses two top plays to receive a staged reading with critical feedback from professional theatre critics and an audience talk back.

We have our Winners!

Congratulations to the winners of the LBP 2022 New Works Festival! The New Works Committee read nearly 100 scripts this year, and we are pleased to announce the winners! Join us for the New Works Festival March 25 & 26. Admission is free thanks to a sponsorship from the Port of Long Beach.

LOVELY DAY FOR A BOATING TRIP
Non-Local Winner of the LBP New Works Festival 2022
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theater
Reading on Friday, March 25, 2022
By Lindsey Brown

LOVELY DAY FOR A BOATING TRIP is a triptych of plays about three lovely days and three not so lovely boating trips as three groups of people each set out in a rowboat with darkly comic results. In play one, a couple set out for open water with their marriage on the brink. Just how far would you trust your spouse? In play two, a bride tests the limits friendship as she tries to escape her wedding. And in play three, a man, his girlfriend, and his grandmother set out for a seemingly cozy picnic on a remote island. But what’s in all those heavy bags he’s bringing?

CAST:

“ . . . to Kill a Spouse”

• Anne Gundry (GLORIA)
• Jeff Cheezum (GRAHAM)

“ . . . to Escape Your Wedding”

• Desi Molinari (SADIE)
• Maria Oliviera (GWEN)

“ . . . to Get Rid of a Body”

• Roxanne Martinez (NANA)
• Jack Ritter (LEO)
• Carole Lousie (SIERRA)

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REMBRANDT PERFECTED
Local Winner of the LBP New Works Festival 2022
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse Studio Theater
Reading on Saturday, March 26, 2022
By Braddon Mendelson

On a Spring day in 1839, American artist and telegraph inventor Samuel Morse and scenic artist Louis Daguerre — whose daguerreotype ushered in the new world of photography — meet for the first time in Daguerre’s studio in Paris. While demonstrating their inventions to one another, they notice a silhouetted figure in one of Daguerre’s pictures and devise an outlandish plan to identify the individual, the first human ever depicted in a photographic image.

CAST:

• Ian Roettger (LOUIS-JACQUES-MANDÉ DAGUERRE)
• Ashley Gilmore (MADAME LOUISE GEORGINA DAGUERRE)
• Jeremy Krasovic (SAMUEL MORSE)
• Rick Werblin (FRANCOIS FAUCHEUX)
• Ace Christensen (DR. CHARLES JACKSON)
• Mark Eggert (CHARLES BOUTON)
• Gideon Amick (BOOTBLACK/POLICEMAN)

Thank you to our amazing sponsor the PORT OF LONG BEACH

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The Studio Collaborative: FOR THOSE AMONG US

Company: The CRay Project

Dates: Mar. 19, @ 8pm, Mar. 20 @ 2pm, 2022

Tickets: $20

Description:

A dance tribute for the ones we love and once loved; the ones that have fallen but shall rise again; for the ones that have carved their footprints in the paths that we will soon walk upon; for the ones that will soon be among us.

Company Statement:

CRayProject, founded in 2015 is a black empowerment movement that allows artists to have a platform to be themselves. We tackle controversial topics and subject matter that need awareness. CRayProject has many umbrellas; we have expertise in dance, music, film, and more. We believe in giving our community both RAW and educational art. But most importantly working together to build our community as black and brown people through different art forms.

The CRay Project is a Featured Resident Artist of the Long Beach Playhouse.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

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The Studio Collaborative: THE GREAT WILDCAT JACKSON

Company: Little Bigstage Productions

Dates: Feb. 25 & 26 @ 8pm, Feb. 27 @ 2pm, 2022.

Tickets: $15

Description:

Wildcat Jackson is the self-proclaimed monarch of the west. With his silly yet edgy brand of comedy magic, he entertains as an old-west showman in a modern world. This bargain-basement Buffalo Bill Cody works a crowd with his larger-than-life charisma and offbeat carnival-style show.

Company Statement:

Little Big Stage Productions is driven by its mission to entertain first and foremost. But all the while striving to achieve its core principles of activism thru art or efficacy thru  laughter or inspiration thru education. Little Bigstage will always strive to Be a dynamic force in the realm of entertainment through those principles and through the of minimalism and simplicity.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

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The Studio Collaborative: LEGACY OF A GARAGE BAND

Company: Community Professionals

Dates: Feb. 11 & 12 @ 8pm, Feb. 13 @ 2pm,  2022

Tickets: $20

Description: 

The Legacy of a Garage Band. The moment a band ceases beholden to each other, the moment they break their music bond with one another, the world engulfs them, and the music is lost forever. You only get one chance at greatness.

Company Statement:

Community Professionals and El Toro Collaborative is a community of progressive artists and writers committed to bringing innovative and progressive creative works to the community.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

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The Studio Collaborative: LOVE, LINDA (The Life of Mrs. Cole Porter)

Company: P3 Theatre Company, 

Dates: Feb. 4, & 5 @ 8pm, Feb. 6 @ 2pm, 2022

Tickets: $25, $20 for groups of 10 or more.

Group tickets not available online – call 562-494-1014, option 1 or visit box office in person to order.

Description: 

In this tour-de-force one-woman show, Linda Lee Thomas (Mrs. Cole Porter), candidly recounts, through song and story, her life’s journey with Cole Porter.  Though Porter was gay, their companionship and love lasted through 35 years of marriage and a spectacular, glamour-filled life. With innovative arrangements, the timeless music and lyrics of Cole Porter weave through the compelling narrative of Love, Linda, examining the darker sides of their life, while also celebrating the deep love that blossomed through their unconventional relationship.

Company Statement:

P3’s mission is to ignite a spark in our diverse community through creative programming that passionately explores humanistic truth.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

The Studio Collaborative: WELCOME TO THE VANTAGE POINT

Company: Company of Angels Dates: Jan. 28 & 29 @ 8pm, 2022 Tickets: $15 Description:  Celebrate the Lunar New Year as Company of Angels presents, “Welcome to the Vantage Point,” an improvised family-friendly comedy show. Take a theatrical journey through a diverse landscape of American theater as we use your audience suggestions to improvise scenes in three iconic theatrical styles.   Company Statement:  Honoring our history as the oldest non-profit professional equity waiver theater in Los Angeles, Company of Angels produces theater that reflects and responds to the richness, diversity, and complexity that is our city. Our Company of diverse theater artists fosters mutual learning partnerships with the residents of Los Angeles through artistic development opportunities, community building enterprises, and life experiences. Company of Angels develops emerging artists, creates new work, and re-envisions theater to entertain new audiences and serve the City of Angels. The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

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Studio Collaborative: IMPROV FOR WARRIORS 2

Company: Bravo Company

Dates: Jan. 21 & 22, @ 8pm, 2022

Tickets:  $20

Description:

Bravo Company is once again partnering with the Wounded Warrior Project to support those who have sacrificed for our country.  Join us for an evening of Improv comedy and fun for all ages.  100% of Bravo Company’s share of ticket sales will be donated to the Wounded Warrior Project.

Company Statement:

Bravo Company was founded in 2014 to provide a brand of live theatre inspired by classic vaudeville comedy with highly interactive, and family friendly entertainment.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

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Studio Collaborative: TRUTH BE TOLD

Producer: Doyle Smiens

Dates: Jan. 14 & 15 @ 8pm, 2022

Tickets:  $20

Description:

Truth Be Told is my coming out story but also a story about how I found my way back to myself. I struggled with disappointment, betrayal, rejection and despair on my journey to self-discovery. A powerful story well told can inspire hope in listeners. My story is such a story.

This show will make you laugh, cry as well as make you think. “Truth Be Told”  is poignant and emotionally moving and well worth the price of admission.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

 

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The Studio Collaborative: A HOLIDAY EROTICA

Company: The CRay Project

Dates: Dec. 10 & 11 @ 8pm, 2021. 

Tickets: $20

Description: 

Want to take a ride? Join author Amber Stone as her new holiday erotica comes to life. From Santa’s baby, sex parties, and letting her wildest fantasies come to life, this joyride is one that will surely put you to sleep . . . a beautiful nightmare intended to stimulate your deepest desires and evoke some pleasurable fantasies.

This burlesque style show is  intended for Mature Audiences.

Company Statement:

CRayProject, founded in 2015 is a black empowerment movement that allows artists to have a platform to be themselves. We tackle controversial topics and subject matter that need awareness. CRayProject has many umbrellas; we have expertise in dance, music, film, and more. We believe in giving our community both RAW and educational art. But most importantly working together to build our community as black and brown people through different art forms.

The CRay Project is a Featured Resident Artist of the Long Beach Playhouse.

The LBP Studio Collaborative Season offers outside, local theatre companies and performing arts organizations the opportunity to produce their own shows in our Studio Theater.

 

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The Studio Collaborative: PLAYS IN A DAY

Company: LBP, Alex Shewchuk, producing

Dates: March 5 @ 8pm, 2022

Tickets: $10

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Description:

Join us for an exhilarating evening of theatre. Witness the work of exhausted writers, frantic actors, and impulsive directors as they strive to create the debut performance of a show that will never be seen again! All the shows presented will be written, rehearsed, and performed in just one day!