"FROM THE BEST OF THE FEST"

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival

in association with

The Fremont Centre Theatre

is proud to present

"FROM THE BEST OF THE FEST"

  

Kim Coles (Oh, But Wait, There's More!)

 Chrystee Pharris, (In Search of O) 

  Kiha S. Lee, (The Red Ribbon)

 Clarinda Ross, (Spit Like a Big Girl)

  

WHO: Produced by Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festivaland the California Performing Arts Centre at Fremont Centre Theatre (FCT) 

WHAT: "FROM THE BEST OF THE FEST" A selection of the finest performances by female solo performing artists from the first 20 years of the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF)

WHERE: Fremont Centre Theatre, 1000 Fremont Ave. (at El Centro), South Pasadena, CA 91030. Ample free parking behind theatre.

WHEN: February 6 - February 23, 2014. Thursdays - Saturdays at 8:00pm, and Sundays at 3:00pm.

ADMISSION: $20 with advance reservation, $25 at the door. Students, seniors and groups of twelve or more, $15.

RESERVATIONS: (866) 811-4111 (toll-free).

ONLINE TICKETING: www.fremontcentretheatre.com

FOR MORE INFORMATION: Call 818-760-0408

            As a kick-off  to the 21st Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival in March, the Fremont Centre Theatre will co-produce a diverse roster of powerful encore performances by artists from years past.

            For two decades now, the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival has presented outstanding female solo performing artists from around the world. At Fremont Centre Theatre for three weekends only, audiences old and new will have a chance to see some of the Festival's best performances.

Juliette Jeffers, ChocolateMatch.com

Here is a roster of the performances:

Weekend #1: February 6 - 9, 2014. Theme: "Resilience"

Thursday, February 6, 2014

SARIYAH IDAN ("Homeless in Homeland")

A young Jewish-American woman's struggle to understand her identity and the meaning of home through the lens of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Friday, February 7, 2014

BRENDA ADELMAN ("My Brooklyn Hamlet")

Brenda Adelman's tour de force personal story about what's possible when you forgive the unforgivable.

INGRID GRAHAM ("The Passage") (5-7)

This dance explores one woman's journey to self-acceptance through gratitude and meditation. 

Saturday, February 8, 2014

INGRID GRAHAM ("The Passage")

See above.

ADA LUZ PLA ("Tracing My Lineage: A Story of a Puerto Rican Spitfire") 

A proud Puerto Rican woman shares the colorful array of Latin women in her life in this excerpted storytelling piece.

PAULINA SAHAGUN ("Nahuatl-Now What?") 

From the Mercado in Guadalajara to bad hair days in LA, there is only one question: Does she know how to make tortillas?

Sunday, February 9, 2014

CLARINDA ROSS (Spit Like a Big Girl)

This piece looks back on what a daughter learned from her college professor parents during her coming of age South, as well as her experience being the mother of a special needs child.

Weekend #2: February 13 - 16, 2014. Theme: "Love, Identity and Giving Voice"

Thursday, February, 13, 2014

VANESSA ADAMS-HARRIS (Who Will Sing For Lena?)

This poignant theatre piece chronicles the true story of the first and only woman to be executed in the state of Georgia.

Friday, February 14, 2014 (VALENTINE'S DAY)

JULIETTE JEFFERS (ChocolateMatch.com)

A woman shares her roller coaster journey with men as she explores online dating.

AMY MILANO (Dancing With Crazies)

One woman's search for love and a place to call home.

Saturday, February 15, 2014

BARBARA COLE (Surviving Chrysalis)

One woman reconciles aging, motherhood, and career with her journey toward self-actualization.

KIHA S. LEE (The Red Ribbon)

The work deals with the realities of human nature. It reflects a woman's experiences as a female, as an Asian living in a culturally-diverse society.

KAREN A. CLARK (The Women) 

Karen A., through music, poetry and storytelling reflects on the women in her family, and particularly her mother who provided a "wow" factor.

Sunday, February 16, 2014

CHRYSTEE PHARRIS (In Search of O)

Storyteller Chrystee Pharris asks the question: What do you do at the age of 32 after reading every book, asking all the experts, and you still haven't found your O?"

CECE ANTOINETTE (Watermelon: Git It While Its Hot)

This coming of age and rites of passage journey looks at one woman's life growing up Black, female and spiritual in Dallas, Texas

Weekend #3: February 21 - 23, 2014. Theme: "Still Standing"

KIM COLES (Oh, But Wait, There's More!)

This zany and at times irreverent solo show chronicles the ebb and flow of Kim's show biz career with titillating inside Hollywood anecdotes and personal stories from her amazing world. (Ms. Coles is well-known as a TV star, with series regular roles on "Living Single," "In Living Color," "The Geena Davis Show," and much more.)

Special added FREE event: "Meet and Greet the Artists" on Saturday, February 1 at 3:00 p.m. Hear the inspirations behind their one-person shows. Meet them over coffee and cookies and ask them questions in this kick-off to the February events.

The 21st Annual Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival will take place at the Electric Lodge in Venice beginning March 27, 2014. For more information on the Festival, please call (818) 760-0408.

We hope to see you there!

  

Brenda Adelman, My Brooklyn Hamlet

Well Wishes This Holiday Season From LAWTF

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival

would like to wish you and yours a very Happy Holidays! 

We would like to Thank You for the continued support of our non-profit arts organization and hope that you will continue to join us in 2014 for all of our exciting programming coming up in the new year. Please check in with us via updates on our website at www.lawtf.org for scheduling and announcements of all future LAWTF programs.

Best wishes for the Holidays and of course, wishing you magic and miracles for the New Year!

Onward & Upward,
The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival Team

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Adilah Barnes, President

Karen A. Clark, Secretary

Shyla La'Sha, Managing Producer

R Sky Palkowitz, Treasurer

Shanae Sharon, Festival Director

Elizabeth Wu, Screening Panel 

OFFICE STAFF

Alana Duvernay, Marketing and Development Consultant

Monica Moran, Office Manager

Support LAWTF While Shopping for the Holidays!

Did you know that you can support the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival while you shop at your local Ralph's or Food4Less?

    

LAWTF is a part of the Ralph's and Food4Less Community Contribution Program which was designed to "make your fundraising the easiest in town" by simply using your Ralph's rewards Card or by entering our phone number, 818-760-0408, at the register.

 

Please visit the Ralph's Community Contribution site to get more information and to register your Rewards Card.  

Grocery shopping is something we all do, and this way of contributing requires no monetary giving on your part.

So make sure to use these cards while shopping to receive your savings and help out LAWTF at the same time! 

Thank you for your continued support of the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival!

Happy Holidays! 

THE FIRST ANNUAL SOLO PERFORMER EMPOWERMENT DAY!

LAWTF’S FIRST ANNUAL EMPOWERMENT DAY A RESOUNDING SUCCESS!

On Saturday, November 16, 2013 the Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival partnered with the Fremont Centre Theatre located at 1000 Fremont Place, South Pasadena, CA 91030 for this first annual event of workshops and panels geared toward solo artists and those wishing to cultivate a solo career. Close to 20 workshop co-facilitators, moderators and panelists joined this all-day educational event to share their knowledge and expertise from the solo world.

This may very well have been the first of its kind offering in the Los Angeles area.

Workshops were facilitated by director/writing instructor Debra DeLiso, director/actor Iona Morris, and director/performance coach Terrie Silverman (Creating a  Solo Show); producer/actor Adilah Barnes and actor/artist Vanessa Adams-Harris (Hitting the Road with Your Solo Show); actor/publicist Lynne Conner and producer/actor Elizabeth Wu (How to Submit a Winning Package for a Solo Festival); and publicists Lynne Conner and Philip Sokoloff (Flying Solo: Marketing a Solo Show.)

Panels included moderator actor/director Barbara Roberts and panelists producer/actor Adilah Barnes, playwright/actor Michael Philip Edwards, actor/union activist Clarinda Ross and producer/director Yetta Young (Nuts And Bolts Of The Business); moderator actor/filmmaker Joyce Guy and panelists producer/director Karen Aschenbach, actor/director Starletta DuPois, publicist/consultant Allison Queen, producer/director Shanae Sharon and director/performance coach Terrie Silverman (Teamwork Makes the Dream Work); and moderator producer/actor Adilah Barnes and panelists actor/artist Vanessa Adams-Harris, vocalist/actor Mzuri Moyo, artistic director/actor Lissa Reynolds, and dancer/choreographer Tracy Silver (Working Women: Crafting a Solo Show.)

This exciting event was also covered all-day by press and received considerable positive feedback that can be viewed at www.lawtf.org. A few comments have been included here:

 “I'm so glad it's successful! I was quite inspired by everyone and the whole event! Such an empowering and inspiring day.” - Lissa Reynolds, Artistic Director of Fremont Centre Theatre/Panelist

“..very successful! …well-attended, good participation…wonderful feedback… well- structured and organized…venue was cozy…It just FELT good!...I enjoyed it.” - Elizabeth Wu, LAWTF Board member/Co-Facilitator

“Thank you, Adilah…what a journey…I love you, you have taught me so much about running a successful business for 20 years...unending drive and passion for the Festival has been truly inspirational. To have a powerful woman in your life that motivates you and sets a fine example is a testament… May you continue to soar and set the bar high for each of us…it has been an honor… added…to my experience as a publicist…and more...” - Lynne Conner, LAWTF Advisory Board/Co-Facilitator

“HUGE CONGRATS ON THE SOLO-EMPOWERMENT DAY

WHAT AN EXTRAORDINARY GROUP OF WOMEN - both the participants & the panelists…such generosity of spirit and passion.” - Terrie Silverman, Co-Facilitor/Panelist

“Empowerment Day was very 'empowering in so many ways.'  We accomplished a great deal…folks…were very pleased with…shared information, warmth and… expertise.  Brava and here's to next year.” - Barbara Roberts, Moderator

"Adilah thank you again for such a powerful, necessary workshop… your love for things beautiful is amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!" - Starletta DuPois, Panelist

“Wow….thank you for an amazing Empowerment Day!!!

Just fantastic. I loved being there and meeting new people and listening to the speakers. It was a huge success.” - Dina Morrone, Solo Performer/Attendee

“Everything worked out well… It was a wonderful experience for a photographer. …actresses are always fun to photograph even just sitting at a table talking…insights they shared have application for any field of the arts…uplifting for me too! Thanks for inviting me--and for the lovely goodie bag!” - Martha Benedict, Photographer

For those of you solo artists who missed this year, based on the glimpse you are getting from the quotes above, you must join us next year!

Extended Early Bird Deadline!

As the October month begins to near its end and the November events seem to be quickly approaching, the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) has decided to EXTEND its Early Bird Registration Deadline for the up and coming, first ever, Solo Performer Empowerment Day taking Place at the Fremont Centre Theatre in Pasadena, California.

This is an exciting day full of incredibly valuable career advice from industry professionals designed to give a boost to our community of solo performers and will also be beneficial to anyone contemplating theatrical production or who wish to tour as a solo artist. An event incorporating interactive workshops, informative community networking and enlightening panel dicussions, this is a day you will not want to miss!

 

Please, Spread the Word, Come Out, Support and Enjoy!

Solo Performer Empowerment Day

November 16th 2013 9am - 5pm

Fremont Centre Theatre

1000 Fremont Avenue

South Pasadena, CA

Early Bird Registration Deadline: November 1st 2013
Early Bird Registration Fee: $75.00 General Public/ $50.00 Students w. Vaild School ID

 

*   * Please Note, after Nov. 1st Registration Fees will Increase to $95.00 for All *   *

 

 



Exciting Fall News From LAWTF

Hello All and Happy October!

The fall season has finally begun and the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) is busy at work preparing for all of our wonderful up and coming events and most of all for our annual festival taking place in March of 2014, we have many exciting things in store for all of you and we look forward to another promising year of art, community and theatre as we continue on for our 21st consecutive season.

As of today, the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival is proud to announce that the FINAL COUNTDOWN for the 2014 Festival Submissions has begun and there are only 7 More Days left to apply! The Final Postmark Deadline is set for Tuesday, October 15th 2013 and we are looking very forward to the amazing solo work each application has in store for us. So, if you or anyone you know is at all interested in submitting solo performance work for consideration for the festival it's not too late! Submit Today!
(Please visit our website at www.lawtf.org for more information, details and applications)

 

Also up and coming from the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) in association with the Fremont Centre Theatre (FCT) is the First Annual Solo Artist Empowerment Day happening on November 16th 2013! This is an inspiring day filled with interactive workshops, enlightening panels, artist networking and so much more! Come out, Support and Enjoy!

Centre Court Theatre

1000 Fremont Avenue

South Pasadena, CA 91030

 

 

 

For More Information Regarding the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival

Website: www.lawtf.org

Email: lawtfspotlight@yahoo.com

Twitter: @LAWTF

or LIKE us on Facebook!

 

 

We hope you all have an amazing day and enjoy your miracle, it's waiting.

 

 

- LAWTF Staff

APPLY NOW FOR OUR 2014 FESTIVAL!

THE COUNTDOWN HAS BEGUN! 

2014 Festival Submissions are due AUGUST 31, 2013!! 

Please apply or spread the word to any Female Solo Artists that you may know!

FREE LAWTF EVENT

Join LAWTF on August 21st for our 

Wine Down Wednesdays Mixer 

at

Pyramido Greek and Mediterranean Restaurant

4907 Lankershim Blvd. 

North Hollywood, CA 91601 

7-9pm

RSVP: lawtfspotlight@yahoo.com 

Free Ticket to Early-Bird Festival Pass Purchasers

FREE TICKET with a HBFF 2013 Festival Pass!

REGISTER HERE: 

http://www.hbff.org/free-ticket-to-early-bird-festival-pass-purchasers/

FREE theatre performances in 

WEST HOLLYWOOD! 

The Classical Theatre Lab and the City of West Hollywood present

The Trouble in Chiozza by Carlo Goldoni

Directed by Louis Fantasia
Final Weekend: 

Saturday and Sunday, July 27 and 28 at 4pm

Kings Road Park
1000 N. Kings Road
West Hollywood

Featuring the talents of: Christine Avila, Carolyn Crotty, 
Angela Dubnow, Zeljka Gortinski, Joe Hulser, Daniel Jimenez, 
Tatiana Lopez, Dex Matthews, Michael Matthys, Ernest McDaniel, 
Maggie Paloma, Steve Peterson, Paul David Story and Donald Wayne

Admission is FREE!!!!!!!

Come for the comedy, stay for the romance

GO…Neal Weaver LAWeekly
Run! Run! Run! And take a young love….JoeStraw9.blogspot.com

For more info visit:

http://www.visitwesthollywood.com/event/trouble-in-chiozza/

http://losangeles.broadwayworld.com/article/Classical-Theatre-Lab-to-Bring-Goldonis-TROUBLE-IN-CHIOZZA-to-Kings-Road-Park-76-28-20130608

Check out Culver City's Public Theatre! 

Celebrate their 15th anniversary with 

 FREE Theatre Performance!

Get more info at: http: //culvercity.org/en/Articles/ccpt_071313.aspx

Don't miss out on 

TONIGHT's FREE Event! 

For more info visit: www.momfam.com

FREE event of the day!

UNCABARET! 

UnCabaret brings an array of original talent to the mic for enlightening music and conversational comedy that is, at turns, risky, idiosyncratic, spontaneous, and introspective.

Featuring:

Alec Mapa

Mary Beth Abella

Kristina Wong

Suzanne Whang

Charlene Deguzman

This performance honors the legacy of C. Bernard Jackson

Friday, July 12 @ 8:00pm

Event info: http://www.grandperformances.org/events/uncabaret/

Hello Everyone! We are especially excited about the 

FREE event of the day as it is one of our favorite 

movies!

FREE SCREENING OF OSCAR WINNING FILM 

CHINATOWN!!!

Inside the Metro’s historic Union Station 

Saturday, July 20th

Screening begins 8:30 p.m. (doors open 8:00 p.m.)

Event is free, but requires advance reservations.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity! Plus it's FREE!!!

Event Information: http://thesource.metro.net/2013/07/10/chinatown-the-oscar-winning-1974-neo-noir-classic-will-screen-inside-metros-historic-los-angeles-union-station-in-a-free-program-on-saturday-july-20/

TODAY'S EVENT: WOMEN IN BUSINESS FORUM AND MIXER

Speaker: MIMI DONALDSON (Author/ Motivational Speaker)

Thursday July 18th, 2013
Reception: 5:30-6:00pm
Program: 6:00-8:00pm

Flight Path Museum at LAX

BE THERE OR BE SQUARE!!!

Event info:http://www.blacknla.com/Ads/HawthorneChamber.asp

RSVP By Wednesday 7/10/13

YOU DON'T WANT TO MISS THIS!!!

STARTING TODAY.... We are going to start posting FREE arts events throughout LA that all of you art lovers can check out for NO price at all! 

What could be better?!?

Be sure to keep checking our blog, facebook, and twitter for all of the information and to LIKE our facebook page to stay update!

Also, feel free to comment on here with any other events that you want to share with everyone. The more the merrier!

BHCP LIVE: HIP HOP ROYALTY

DOUG E FRESH

SLICK RICK THE RULER

THURSDAY JULY 11TH

FREE OUTDOOR CONCERT

DOORS OPEN 5:30PM

Event information: 

http://www.baldwinhillscrenshawplaza.com/?

If you check it out, post on here letting us know what you think! Enjoy!!! 

Join LAWTF at PRIDE! with the City of West Hollywood!

On Saturday, June 15, 2013 at 2pm As part of LAWTF's Pride Month programming with the City of West Hollywood,, LAWTF will host the program PRIDE! at the Kings Road Park located at 1000 Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA 90069. 

   

Nestled by the backdrop of trees, plants, and a fountain waterfall, LAWTF will present performers inside the multipurpose room at Kings Road Park. Performers will give creative voice to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) community. 

June is also the month of the Annual "Juneteenth" Celebration, an African American tribute that honors June 19, 1865, the date the last slaves in the Union were informed of the Emancipation Proclamation. This took place in Texas, the last state that informed slaves of their freedom two and a half years later. In honor of Juneteenth, LAWTF will also include performers who speak to human rights, civil rights, and voting rights.

Performer Vanessa Harris-Adams (A Simple Act of Courage), actor/vocalist Mzuri Moyo (The Fannie Lou Hamer Story), R. Sky Palkowitz (Calling America: Don't Hang Up!!), and poet Yazmin Watkins (Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love).

Confirmed performers include performer Vanessa Harris-Adams (A Simple Act of Courage, Rosa Parks), actor/ vocalist Mzuri Moyo (The Fannie Lou Hamer Story), performance artist R. Sky Palkowitz (Calling America: Don't Hang Up!!), and poet Yazmin Watkins (Love Without Limits: The Bi-Laws of Love). Stay tuned for more on this program as we get closer. 

These LAWTF Pride Month programs are FREE to the public, and donations are welcome.

Many thanks to the City of West Hollywood for a third time grant making this program possible this year for its residents and the public-at-large! To RSVP, please call (818) 760-0408.

The curtain has fallen on another year of LAWTF performances and we want to start by saying a big thank you to all the artists, hosts, volunteers, and staff that came together to make the 20^th Anniversary Festival such a rousing success!

We also would be remiss if we didn’t give a “standing ovation” to our most gracious hosts, the wonderful staff at the Renberg Theatre, who opened their doors and lent us their beautiful stage for the weekend.

Beginning with the opening night Gala and continuing throughout the weekend audience members were treated to a diverse set of performances that ran the artistic gammit. These talented women and a few absolutely outstanding men inspired us with their honesty, courage, and insight.

Take a moment to look through our photo album and get a feel for what a truly magical experience this year’s festival was.

We can’t wait to see you again next year!