The
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
in
association with
The
Fremont Centre Theatre
is
proud to present
“FROM THE BEST OF THE
FEST”
SUPERLATIVE
SOLO PERFORMANCES
February
6th – 23rd, 2014
As a kick-off to the 21st Annual
Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival in March, the Fremont Centre Theatre will
co-produce a dynamic roster of powerful encore solo performances by artists
from years past. LAWTF would like to highlight our diverse line-up of benefit
performers beginning with the first weekend below:
Thursday, February 6, 2014
Sariyah Idan: “Homeless in Homeland”
"Homeless in
Homeland" is a solo show with a documentary hip-hop theatre aesthetic and is
based on a trip Sariyah Idan took to Israel and Palestine.
Combining poetry, dance, and character monologue, Idan conveys a young
Jewish-American woman's struggle to understand her identity and the meaning of
home through the lens of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Idan's portrayal of 17
vibrant, diverse Americans, Palestinians, and Israelis, uncovers a new Middle
East of grief, daily struggle, and humor.
Friday,
February 7, 2014
Brenda
Adelman: “My Brooklyn
Hamlet”
"My Brooklyn Hamlet" is based
on Adelman's life growing up in Brooklyn with a Jewish 'wanna be Italian'
father who taught her how to drive a Caddy at six and how to shoot a gun at
ten. Her bohemian artist mother read Shakespeare to her as a bedtime story and
took her traveling with her all over the world. This is Adelman's tour de force
and true life story about love, family, murder, betrayal and the power of
forgiveness.
Ingrid
Graham: “The Passage”
"The
Passage" is
a dance performance that 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”
Ada Luz Pla's
autobiographical piece, "Tracing My
Lineage: A Story of a Puerto Rican Spitfire" pays homage to the many women who raised her in Puerto Rico
and later in the South Bronx projects, where 15 of her family members shared a
small three-bedroom apartment. In the piece, Pla plays herself, her mother,
sister, grandmother, great-grandmother, and a Puerto Rican wise.
Paulina
Sahagun: “Nahuatl- Now What?”
"Nahuatl-Now What?" explores
the question "Where do I belong?" as Sahagun straddles two worlds
through the crossed wires of a high-tech Aztec in gringolandia. From
the Mercado in Guadalajara to bad hair days in L.A., there is only one question. Does she know how to make
tortillas?
Sunday,
February 9, 2014
Clarinda
Ross: “Spit Like a
Big Girl”
Inspired by the discovery of her father's journals after
his untimely death, Clarinda Ross takes us on a humorous journey through the
backroads of her Southern childhood. She's examines the colorful
personalities of her college professor parents, and the many people she meets
on her way to adulthood.
Ross' parents and grandparents give her an
appreciation for the simple things in life. Most importantly, the play
expresses how well her parents' lessons have served her as the mother of a
disabled child. In "Spit
Like a big Girl," Ross
becomes a "big girl" a Southern Mama "big" enough to allow
her own special daughter to leave home and become a "big girl" in her
own right.
Please, Join us!
WHO:
Produced by Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival and 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. Thurs.- Sat. at 8:00, Sun. at 3:00.
ADMISSION:
$20 with advance reservation, $25 at the door. Students, seniors and groups of
twelve or more, $15.
RESERVATIONS:
(866) 811-4111 (toll-free).
FOR MORE INFORMATION:
(818) 760-0408
We hope to see you there!
