FURIOUS
SEASON 7
Furious Theatre Company is pleased to announce three, hard-hitting premiere
comedies for its seventh season. Season 7 promises “three shots of theatre
adrenaline” from three daring young award-winning playwrights.
See all 3 plays for only $75!
Get your Furious Season Pass now and receive access to the most daring and
provocative theatre in Los Angeles! Plus for limited time, get a FREE
HOLIDAY CD from Josh Groban, Faith Hill or Enya when you purchase your
season pass! For only $75, you’ll get three tickets to use however you want
for our upcoming season. You define your Furious experience, use one ticket
to each show or all three tickets to one. Know a theatre lover? The Furious
Season Pass makes an excellent holiday gift or stocking stuffer.
Men of Tortuga
by Jason Wells
Directed by Alexis Chamow
February 17 - March 21, 2010
Three power-brokers scheme with a weapons specialist to assassinate a
despised opponent... Too bad they’re all such incompetents. The bungling
only gets worse as Maxwell, the senior power-broker, takes a young idealist
under his wing. Suddenly his long-dormant conscience begins to reawaken.
This comedic thriller discloses a sharp parable that takes a crack at the
nastiness of covert governmental and corporate operations.
boom
By Peter Sinn Nachtrieb
Directed by Dámaso Rodriguez
May/June, 2010
A comedy both epic and intimate that spans billions of years. It begins as a
grad student’s online personal ad lures a mysterious journalism student to
his subterranean research lab under the pretense of an evening of “no
strings attached” sex. When a major global catastrophic event strikes the
planet, their date takes on evolutionary significance and the fate of
humanity hangs in the balance.
NOgoodDEED
By Matt Pelfrey
Fall, 2010
Furious Theatre’s award-winning writer in residence exposes the dark side of
good deeds in this skillfully drawn, violently dark comedy about young Josh
Jaxon, who is driven to ruin by his own act of bravery. Josh and two fellow
“heroes” unite in the afterlife and vow to undo their courageous feats by
adopting superhero personas and an unconventional brand of time travel.
NOgoodDEED is a savagely humorous ride that is part play, part graphic
novel, and part something utterly new and extreme.
For tickets and information go to
www.furioustheatre.org.
Hothouse at the Playhouse
Upcoming Hothouse Readings
PASTORAL (SOLD OUT)
By Frank Tangredi
Directed by Sheldon Epps
Starring Angela Bassett
In this searing drama, a pastor's faith is tested by a shocking request.
*See it on the Playhouse mainstage September 2010!
January 26-27, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
Emily Brendel is the new pastor of a small suburban church. She is also the
single mother of a bright teenager who deeply resents his role as a pastor’s
son. Emily is confident that her faith is strong enough to carry her through
conflicts at home and work. Then, a figure from her past reappears, making a
life-and-death request. Emily is forced to make a cruel decision. Is she
strong enough to do what she believes is right – even if it means shattering
her relationship with her son? And if she isn’t, how can she continue to do
her life’s work? Pastoral is a wrenching drama of faith, doubt, and the
awful burden of forgiveness.
THE COMMONS
By Stephen Metcalfe
Directed by Art Manke
Starring Beau Bridges and Jordan Bridges
A man battles his neighbor to protect his ocean view.
February 9-10, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
THE COMMONS is the story of an older couple in crisis. Dakin
Adams, a retired school teacher, spends his days writing and sending his
thoughts - his blogs - out into the void that is the internet. His wife,
Macy, walks the dogs and gardens. It would seem the only thing they have in
common anymore is their home and their memories and their love of "the
view"- the pacific ocean as seen from the back deck of the house. But now
their neighbor is selling and the new owner is coming in to tear down and
rebuild - build "up" - and the view - and the fragile relationship of two
people - is in ever increasing jeopardy.
MARCH 2010 = MARCH MADNESS!
AN EVENING WITH ANN RICHARDS
Written by and Starring Emmy nominee Holland Taylor
Directed by Joshua Ravetch
March 9 and 10, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
BIG ROSEMARY: A new musical.
Directed and Conceived by Academy Award winner Blake Edwards
Starring Tony Award winner Cady Huffman
March 23 and 24, 2010, 8:00 p.m
THE CONFESSIONS OF DEACON JIM
By Jason Aaron Goldberg
Directed by Darin Anthony
A true western tale for the stage about infamous outlaw Jim Miller.
April 20-21, 2010, 8:00 p.m..
THE NOVELIST
By Theresa Rebeck
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Rebeck (2009's Mauritius) returns to the Playhouse with this new family
drama.
May 4-5, 2010, 8:00 p.m.
THE COLOR OF DESIRE
By Nilo Cruz
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer of the upcoming mainstage musical,
Havana.
June 2010
All readings take place in the
Carrie Hamilton Theatre.
Tickets are FREE but reservations are a must and can be made at
626-356-7529. Click here for more
information about the Hothouse at the Playhouse program.
