Regional: South Coast Rep, Academy Festival Theater, St Nicolas Theater, Forum Theater (Joe Jeff Award), Goodman Theater, Playwrights Horizons, Theater For The New City, New Dramatists, The Queen Mary, American Place Theater,

LocaL: Interact Theater Co, Ensemble Studio Theater, Los Angeles Actors Theater (Drama-Logue Award), Echo Theater Co, Lee Strasberg Theater Center, Company Of Angeles, Theater East

Film: Out Cold, Superstition, Cheech and Chongs Next Movie, Law And Disorder, I’m Going To Be Famous

TV: Scrubs, ER, Friends, NYPD Blue, Brooklyn South, Judging Amy, Gilmore Girls, It’s Like You Know, Sherman Oaks, Malcolm In The Middle, Mad About You, For Your Love, Family Matters, McBride, The Paper Chase, The Comedy Co

Radio: KPFK Radio Theater, Earplay

Training: Sanford Meisner, Antaeus, Darryl Hickman, Louigi, Sue Seton

Buy Tickets for Cooperstown

Cooperstown is playing at the Road on Magnolia:
10747 Magnolia Blvd
North Hollywood CA 91601

When Love Throws You a Curveball, Open Your Eyes And Swing…

* denotes member of Actors’ Equity Association

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It is the summer of 1962, and Jackie Robinson is about to be the first black player inducted to the Baseball Hall of Fame. That has a surprising impact on Junior Murphy, a black diner employee who can’t get a promotion, and whose little sister has her own history-making plans for the weekend. When a Midwest minor-leaguer comes to town chasing his idol, a collision of race, family, love, and baseball turns a sleepy New York town upside down.

Road Work: Understudy for THE DETECTIVE’S WIFE

Broadway: YOU NEVER CAN TELL w/ Uta Hagan
Off Broadway: THE THREE SISTERS
Regional: Kennedy Center, Alaska Rep, Missouri Rep

LA Theatre: Long Beach International City Theater, Zephyr Theater, Odyssey Theater

Film: Réalité, The Eastern/Western Singer, Hostage, I Remember Trees.

TV: over 50 roles, favorites: Seinfeld, CSI, NCIS, Star Trek, Quantum Leap, FM, One Life To Live.

BFA Otterbein College, Studied with Jose Quintero, Shawn Nelson, Lesly Kahn. Independent Filmmaker, Writer & Producer at her company, Zen Gleam Filmz.

22 plays in 8 days!

Sunday August 5 (Opening Day)

7pm (Gallery) Two One-Acts:

What Took Place Here by Sean Spann
dir. Kevin McCorkle

Sad Kathy Gets Turned In by Chris Goss
dir. Chet Grissom

7pm (Theater) After Us the Savage God by G. Bruce Smith
dir. Andre Barron

Monday August 6

8pm (Gallery) Monstrosity by Dan Duling
dir. Miguel Sandoval

8pm (Theater) The Bells of West 87th by Elin Hampton
dir. Richard Pierce

Tuesday August 7

8pm (Gallery) Cooperstown by Brian Golden
dir. Darryl Johnson

8pm (Theater) One Good Death by Jennifer Rowland
dir. Julia Fletcher

Wednesday August 8

8pm (Gallery) Past Time by Padraic Duffy
dir. Leon Russom

8pm (Theater) Welcome to Santa by Vince Melocchi
dir. Guillermo Cienfuegos

Thursday August 9

8pm (Gallery) The Different Shades of Hugh by Clete Keith
dir. Sam Anderson

8pm (Theater) Starlight by Shanti Reinhardt
dir. Suzanne Hunt

Friday August 10

8pm (Gallery) Windfall by Scooter Pietsch
dir. Scooter Pietsch

8pm (Theater) Petty Harbour by Martyna Majok
dir. Damaso Rodriguez

Saturday August 11

2pm (Theater) The Dunes by Craig Pospisil
dir. Scott Alan Smith

8pm (Gallery) A World of Their Own by Stephen Metcalfe
dir. Liz Herron

8pm (Theater) Tell Us of The Night by Keith Huff
dir. Mark St. Amant

Sunday August 12 (Closing Day)

2pm (Theater) Megacosm by Brett Neveu
dir. Mark Doerr

7pm (Gallery) One-Act Night:

A Traditional Wedding by Mo Gaffney
dir. Elizabeth Sampson

Find Her by Meagan Bernabe
dir. Miles Warner

Irish Coffee by Elizabeth Sampson
dir. Steve Robman

Natural Disasters by Stacy Sims
dir. Joe Banno

7pm (Theater) A Number of People by Emilie Beck
dir. Paul Quinn

Michael’s credits include work at the Pittsburgh Repertory Theatre, Bucks County Playhouse, Underground Theatre Company, as well as sketch and improvisation at the Upright Citizen’s Brigade.

Film: Life & Crime, Better Luck Yesterday

TV: How I Met Your Mother, Rizzoli & Isles, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital

Michael is a graduate of the University of Pittsburgh.

For more information on Michael: www.michaelantosy.com

OFF-Bway and Regional Credits: National Tour with the Acting Company, Arena Stage, Cleveland Playhouse, Pittsburgh Public, Cincinnati Playhouse, Pennsylvania Centre Stage, numerous Shakespeare Festivals, and more.

Local credits include work at The Open Fist (LA WEEKLY nom for STAGE DOOR Ensemble), The Actor’s Gang (LA WEEKLY win for MMC Ensemble) The Whitefire Theatre, Sierra Madre Theatre (SCENIE award for Best Actress in a Comedy for TWENTIETH CENTURY), The Blank, Interact, Moving Arts, LA Shakes, etc.

Film: EL CAMINO, SOUTH DAKOTA, TENACIOUS D and the PICK OF DESTINY, THE RING, FEARLESS, LUCKY NUMBERS, STARSHIP TROOPERS, and numerous Hallmark movies.
TV: Recurrings on TRUE BLOOD, WEEDS, 24, FREAKS and GEEKS, ELLEN, as well as guests on shows including BONES, THE MENTALIST, DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES, PARKS AND REC, CRIMINAL MINDS, GREY’S ANATOMY, and TWO AND A HALF MEN, etc.

A graduate of SMU’s Professional Theatre Training program. Also holds Biology and English degrees.

Regional Credits: The Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, Kavinoky Theatre, NY, Embassy Theater, London, UK.

Film: The Harvest Project, In Love and War, Riptide
TV: The Perfect Child (MOV), Supernatural
Industrial: You’re Hired

A graduate of The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama in London, UK.
The University of Alberta, Canada and The Banff Center School of Fine Arts, Banff, Canada

Regional: Black Academy of Arts and Letters, The Dallas Production Company

Lina’s local credits include work at the DOMA Theatre, The Santa Monica Playhouse, The Barbara Morrison Performing Arts Center, Atwater Playhouse and JET Studios.

Television: Face Off, CSI.

Film: Jack and Jill, Few Options All Bad, Into the Woods, The Youngest Was the Most Loved, Urban Women

Lina is a graduate of the University of North Texas. She has studied Meisner at Playhouse West and currently takes on-going improv and dance classes. She also enjoys singing, TV- hosting and writing.

Broadway: Death of a Salesman, Tony Award Winner.

Off Broadway: Circle Rep (Lab Member), La Mama, Theatre for the New City.

Regional: Goodman, Northlight, Missouri Rep, Shakespeare and Company, River Arts

Los Angeles: Death of a Salesman, Ahmanson. A Noise Within, Kingsmen Shakespeare

Film: Joe’s Apartment, The Money Train, Anything Goes

Television: Death of a Salesman, Showtime. The Practice. The Court.

Training: Princeton University B.A. Theatre.
Acting: Sanford Meisner, Neighborhood Playhouse, Austin Pendleton, Phil Gushee
Voice: Kristin Linklater
Dance: Tovaris Wilson
Fight: B.H. Barry

Songwriter/Guitarist and Lead Singer of Rock Band, Blind Pony.

More at: www.kentklineman.com, www.blindpony.com

Broadway: THE BASIC TRAINING OF PAVLO HUMMEL (with Al Pacino, directed by David Wheeler). Off-Broadway: COMING ATTRACTIONS. Regional: Malibu Stage, Hudson Theatre, Ark Theatre, Playwrights Horizons, Ensemble Studio Theatre.

Film: Funny People, Finding Amanda, Certifiably Jonathan, Big, Little Big League and Cocktail.

TV: Castle, Two Broke Girls, Bones, The Office, ER, The Sopranos, Boston Legal, Las Vegas, Sex and the City, Curb Your Enthusiasm and Seinfeld.

Graduate of Boston University College of Fine Arts

Award-winning short story writer of Toughest Cat in the Bronx, Bozza and Finkelstein the Bear.

Saxophonist and Bandleader Allan Wasserman Jazz Ensemble.

www.allanwasserman.com imdb

The Baby Project

Book by Lori Jaroslow
Music by Fonda Feingold and Noriko Olling
Lyrics by Fonda Feingold and Lori Jaroslow
Additional Music and Lyrics by Lori Jaroslow and Noriko Olling
Additional Material: Michael Schiralli
Director: Shannon MacMillan
Producer: Lauren Birriel

Opening Friday 2/22 and running Friday/Saturday @ 8pm, Sundays @ 2pm for 12 performances only. Closes Sunday 3/17. Ticket site for The Baby Project.

Please note that The Baby Project is at our new space, The Road on Magnolia. The address is 10747 Magnolia Blvd N Hollywood CA 91601. (Google map.)

The Baby Project, by Lori Ada Jaroslow and collaborators Fonda Feingold, Noriko Olling, and director Shannon MacMillan began as a solo piece by Jaroslow. The musical comedy portrays a single, bisexual, 40-something New Yorker who heads westward to Los Angeles to plant new roots and finally build a family of her own. While navigating the world of medically-assisted fertility she quickly learns that family can come to you in the most unconventional of ways. A new musical about the changing make-up of the American family. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.

www.projectbabymusical.com

Susan has actively participated in youth acting programs. Some of her credits include Antony and Cleopatra, Dinner with Friends, Twilight: Los Angeles 1992, Variations on the Death of Trotsky, Much Ado About Nothing, and more.

A graduate from the two-year program at Gary Spatz’s The Playground: A Young Actor’s Conservatory, Susan has also been a part of a ComedySportz Improvisation Team.

Road work: COOPERSTOWN (2012 Road Summer Playwrights Festival).

Collegiate: PROOF, FOLLOWING WENDY, LANGUAGE OF ANGELS, THE PERSIANS, GOODNESS.

Jamye is a graduate of Pepperdine University with a degree in theatre and media production, a 2008 Presidential Scholar in the Arts, and has performed at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

For more Jamye fun: jamyemerigrant.com

Named “Critic’s Choice” by the Los Angeles Times as “a superb theatrical magic show,” Smoke and Mirrors—a heartfelt comedy-drama with mind-bending magic—extends at The Road on Lankershim in the historic Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood.

As of March 3, 2013, Smoke and Mirrors is the “Critique of the Week” at Bitter Lemons.

The LA Weekly raves, If you’ve forgotten the childlike joy and sublime wonderment of seeing magic performed, Albie Selznick’s theatrical show is an enchanting reminder. The accomplished actor-magician puts on a bewildering tour de force that has more “how did he do that” flashes than can be counted! GO!

Backstage says, Smoke and Mirrors is about magic, wonder, and spectacle. You’ll leave feeling spellbound by Selznick’s display, scratching your head and thinking, “How did he do that?”

Created by and starring noted actor Albie Selznick (Grey’s Anatomy, Desperate Housewives, Dexter, etc.) and Magician (a lifetime member of Hollywood’s Magic Castle), Smoke and Mirrors is a semi-autobiographical fantastical coming-of-age story about a boy who uses magic to escape reality and face the world after the death of his father.

for more tickets and more info visit

www.smokeandmirrorsmagic.com

or call 800-595-4849

Questions? Call: 310-450-2849

Smoke and Mirrors is a poignant yet humorous play packed with magic tricks, elaborate illusions, special effects, improv, audience participation, and spooky Houdini seances. Selznick takes the audience on his healing journey while enlisting the assistance of Trix (a life-sized rabbit), The Oracle (a giant talking orb), and Bessie Houdini, who makes a rather startling appearance!

Written and Performed by Albie Selznick. Directed by Paul Millet. Produced by Michelle Grant. Co-produced by Danielle Gautier and Bettina Zacar.

Production Manger: Set, Lighting, Sound and Prop Designed by Bettina Zacar.

Costumes by Julianne Dobbs. Videos by Jay Lee and Adam Flemming.

Featuring Bandy LaPlante, Teena Pugliese, Rob Villalobos and Kyle Bryan Hall. With David Valdez and Jackie Radinsky.

Local credits: Odyssey Theatre, Circus Theatricals now New American Theatre, Unknown Theatre and Eclectic Company Theatre.

Film / TV: The Maiden & the Princess, Mallow, Criminal Minds, General Hospital.

Elizabeth is also a member of The Production Company.

Saturday, September 22, 2012
4pm – 1am

From The Road Theatre Company:

Best of the Fest / Music / Food / Art

Three plays from the Summer Playwrights Festival have been chosen to be performed back-to-back in the gallery. At the same time, the cantina will be going strong with music, food and drink on the patio.

5pm Cooperstown

7:30pm Petty Harbour

10pm Past Time

with
An Nam Vietnamese Fusion Food Truck

Liquor Sponsor
Tequila Avion

Tickets are suggested donation:
$10 single event / $40 venue pass / $60 block party pass

From the Antaeus Company:

At 5:30pm they will begin a music festival and silent auction to also conclude at midnight.

From Jet Studios:

They are doing snippets from plays, scenes, art, music and food & drink as well!

A Fundraising Event for the Road Theatre Company

$15 suggested donation at the door. No reservations. First come, first seated.

Following our mission of finding and developing new works for the American stage, we present a surprising collection of full-length and one-act plays for your enjoyment and consideration.

Between August 5th and 12th, you will have the opportunity to hear a total of 22 new works from 22 playwrights directed and performed by Road company members and a wonderful group of guest artists including Emmy, Golden Globe, Ovation and other award winners. In addition, the festival includes live music, food and drink, and a perfect opportunity for you to discuss the work with the artists in relaxed and informal post-reading talk-backs and soirees.

Some of this year’s offerings are being considered for the Road’s mainstage while others will go to our Off-Road Series or to be further developed as part of our Road Signs Monday night reading series. We welcome your opinions. We also deeply appreciate any donation you can make to help the Road continue its award-winning work as we begin our 22nd season of presenting new works to Los Angeles audiences.

Funding a theatre is a daunting challenge and never more so than at the present time. The donation you make will help us to continue to bring the power of theatre to our community and to make our 22nd season a reality as we expand into our second space — a 77-seat, first of its kind in the nation professional theatre — inside the NoHo Senior Arts Colony in spring 2013. So thank you, enjoy yourselves, give freely, and our members and staff will answer any questions you may have about becoming a Road subscriber or about any of our upcoming programming.

Sincerely,

Taylor Gilbert – Founder and Artistic Director

Sam Anderson – Artistic Director

Click on a poster below for the page for that show with information on playwright, cast and performance time. Full schedule.

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