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    Hawkins Smith, Walker (foreground), Freedom, Rowe, Kalugin. Photo by Kamal Bolden.

    Revisit Trouble in Mind at Actors Co-op

    Leigh Kennicott 19 October
    3 minutes

    The Actors’ Co-op, now producing Alice Childress’ Trouble in Mind, has been one of Hollywood’s best-kept secrets since it began residency at the First Presbyterian Church of Hollywood in 1987.  Currently running two […]

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    Carr, Edwards, Baraka. Photo by Jeff Lorch.

    Just Who Are the “Good Guys” When It Comes to Guns

    Leigh Kennicott 21 September
    2 minutes

    No matter what you think about guns in schools, this short, but very thoroughly argued, play reveals the complexities that take place when there is a “good guy with a […]

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    Edlin, Yeun. Photo Courtesy Jeff Lorch.

    What If the Civil War Never Happened

    Leigh Kennicott 18 September
    2 minutes

    Th*ir*ds is a clever title for this sprawling, somewhat convoluted, ultimately important performance; it describes America as an “Alliance of American States” divided, after the South seceded in the 1860s into […]

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    Mora, Kerr. Photo by David Datz

    Keeping Up the Good Work at Theatre 40

    Leigh Kennicott 7 September
    2 minutes

    When I first arrived, I remember how I was impressed that one of the most exotic actors in our theatre program was already a member of a professional performing group: […]

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    Goldwait, Lopez, Kim, Madriaga Sweet. Photo by Francisco Hermosillo III.

    The Bahaus Project Against the World 1925-33

    Leigh Kennicott 11 August
    3 minutes

    After the strong background provided, in profusion, in Part One, the second full evening consists of two plays within the play.  In continuing “meta” style, the actors playing the students present […]

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    Goldwait, Lopez, Kim, Madriaga, Sweet. Photo by Francisco Hermosillo III.

    The Bauhaus Project Shows How Past is Prologue

    Leigh Kennicott 9 August
    3 minutes

    ”I hate art history,” declares one student in a remedial program at a fictional art school reminiscent of our own Art Center in Pasadena.  In Tom Jacobson’s encyclopedic The Bauhaus Project, […]

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