Watts Village Theater Company is proud to bring Los Angeles the world premieres of seven plays from the 365 Days, 365 Plays cycle during the first week of 2007. In keeping with WVTC multicultural spirit, the seven plays will be both multicultural and in multilingual translations.
BACKGROUND
In November 2002, Pulitzer Prize winner Suzan-Lori Parks sat down and committed to writing a play a day for the next 365 days. The world premiere of this play cycle is being performed as a yearlong national festival simultaneously in major cities and communities around the country. From November 13, 2006 to November 12, 2007, more than 600 theatres in Atlanta, Denver, Seattle, San Francisco, Austin, Washington D.C., Chicago, Minneapolis, the Carolinas, Mississippi River towns, and right here in Los Angeles are creating the largest theater collaboration in U.S. History.
Watts Village Theater Company is proud to present the first plays of 2007, January 1 through January 7.
PERFORMANCE DATES, TIMES AND LOCATIONS:
1727 E. 107th St., Los Angeles 90002
January 1, 2007 New Year?s Eve ?Midnight plus One? Command Performance. The first performance by WVTC will be held at 12:01 AM New Year?s Morning at:
The Studio Space, 1238 West 1st Street, LA 90026
January 5, 2007 First Evening Performance 7:00 PM at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood.
January 6, 2007 Matinee Performance in Watts. 2:00 PM at the Watts Towers Arts Center 1727 E. 107th Street, Los Angeles CA. 90002
January 6, 2007 Final Evening Performance 7:00 PM at the John Anson Ford Theatre in Hollywood.
All performances are free to the public, but WVTC will gladly accept donations at the theatre to underwrite the cost of this special production.
THE PLAYS:
HERE WE GO (dir. Chris Anthony)
WE ARE FRESH OUT OF CANNED LAUGHTER, GET SOME OFF THE TELEVISION (dir. David Catanzarite)
MARYS (dir. David Catanzarite)
THE NEWS IS HERE (dir. Frier McCollister)
THE STAR OF INDIA (dir. Chris Anthony
THE BIRTH OF TRAGEDY (dir. David Catanzarite)
CALL GIRL (dir. Frier McCollister)
To find out more about the national project, please visit the 365 Days/365 Plays in Los Angeles website at https://www.365inla.com/
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