The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival
(LAWTF) marks 21 years of producing close to 500 extraordinary multicultural
and multidisciplinary solo performers from around the globe.
The longest-running annual solo festival
for women in Los Angeles, LAWTF will return March 27-30, 2014 to the Electric
Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue, Venice, CA 90291.
The Champagne Gala and Awards Ceremony
on March 27, 2014 will be held in honor of exceptional women who have made
laudable contributions in theatre. Following the reception at 7:00 p.m., the
festivities continue at 8:00 p.m. with the presentation of the Integrity,
Eternity, Rainbow, Maverick and Infinity Awards to distinguished women.
Entertainment for the weekend-long event is as follows:
Thursday, March 27, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
"In Honor Of"
Ingrid Graham: “The Passage” This dance
explores one woman’s journey to self-acceptance through gratitude and
meditation.
Tia Matza : “Grief and Grace” This aerialist
piece channels the grace of Tia’s mother as it also honors the divine feminine
in all of us.
Sloan Robinson: “BANANAS: A Day In The Life of Josephine Baker” La Baker, also
known as 'The Duchess of Europe', overcame limitations imposed by the color of
her skin to become one of the world's most versatile entertainers.
Friday, March 28, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
“Transformations”
Tracy Silver: “Motion Cures” A misunderstood
child in a dysfunctional family shares how the beauty and grace of ballet saved
her life.
Sofia Marie
Gonzalez: “Bully-Mia” This piece on
bullying chronicles one person’s journey from victim to victor.
Katie Rubin: “Why I Died, A Comedy!” An unlikely exploration of forgiveness, unity
and ultimately enlightenment in the life of one actor.
Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 3:00 p.m.
“Mirrored Reflections”
Cynthia Ling
Lee: “Rapture” The intimate
and bittersweet rapture of poetic love-in-separation is reinterpreted through
cultural and gendered difference in this contemporary abhinaya (emotional expression in Indian dance) piece.
Ansuya Nathan: “Long Live the King” A big fan of Elvis, a young Indian woman
arrives in Australia with her husband the day The King dies. She fears her
marriage is drifting apart due to pressures of migration and the impending
birth of their first child.
Marlene Ondrea
Nichols: “Dress Kiss Me” A dress becomes
a bridge to understanding a woman’s seamstress mother who hopes to create
enough beauty through clothing to block memories of war and loss.
Lisa Marie
Rollins: “Ungrateful Daughter” An adopted Black
girl shares her mixed experience growing up in an Anglo family.
Saturday, March 29, 2014 at 8:00 p.m.
“Rising Above”
Dacyl Acevedo: “Will Work For” This farcical journey uses clowning,
storytelling and physical theatre to illustrate how one actor navigates through
the trials of unemployment to survive the economic crash.
Jozanne Marie: “Beautiful” Jamaican-born,
Jozanne shares her brave story of survival, faith and victory in a personal
story about a girl, an island and a secret.
Anita Noble: “Polly Bemis” From “Unbinding Our Lives” by Geralyn
Horton, Anita portrays the historical Polly Bemis, a pioneering Chinese woman
who was bought and sold as a saloon girl and ultimately became a famous figure
of the Wild West.
Sunday, March 30, 2014 at 3:00
p.m.
"It’s All Relative”
Estela Garcia: “Remedios Varo: La Alquinista” In Spanish and with supertitles, this piece
uses multimedia to bring alive paintings by visual artist Remedios Varo that
speak as metaphors for her personal family life.
Jennifer S.
Jones: “Appearance of Life” An Argentine woman searches for her
daughter, Rosa, who becomes one of many desaparecidos (disappeared) during the
Dirty War of Argentina, from 1976 to 1983. This piece is based on the writer’s
first-hand interviews.
Ciera Payton: “Michael’s Daughter” One woman’s
paper-trail relationship with her incarcerated father.
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, March 30, 2014 at 7:00 p.m.
“Riffs”
Karen Bankhead: “Etta Mae Humphries: And the Rest Is History” Etta Mae Humphries, better known as “the
Black Forrest Gump,” is full of wisdom, humor and anecdotes of her influence on
celebrities. She knows everybody who is anybody.
Mwanza Furaha: “Excerpts from Cabaret Underground” This jazz
cabaret artist speaks to her own life and pays tribute to some of the vocalists
she has had the pleasure of working with during her career.
The Lindz: “WASP” This poet speaks on
relationship-related, socially conscious, goofy, insightful, sardonic and
riotous poetry.
* * * * * *
The
Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival was founded by Executive Producer Adilah
Barnes and Miriam Reed. The Festival is an annual event unique among American
cultural institutions and should not be missed.
Los
Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival is a non-profit organization. Admission to the Gala is $45, or two
tickets for $80 (includes light fare and Champagne). For the other programs,
ticket prices this year include general admission single show tickets at $20 in
advance, or $25 at the door. Students, seniors, and groups of ten or more, $18.
Children 12 and under, $10.
Reservations:
(818) 760-0408. Online reservations will be available at www.lawtf.com. To join and follow LAWTF on Facebook and
Twitter, click on their links at www.lawtf.com
No comments:
Post a Comment