Brava! A Day of Theatre

The Los Angeles Women’s Theatre Festival (LAWTF) will be presenting “Brava!” A Day of Theatre,  April 23, 2017, from 11:00am to 9:00pm, co-sponsored by the City of West Hollywood through its Arts and Cultural Affairs Commission and WEHO Arts. 

The Second Annual “A Day of Theatre” offers two workshops in Kings Road Park,1000 N Kings Rd, West Hollywood, CA 90069 taught by Juliette Jeffers from 11- 1pm (“Release and Let Go”) and by Terrie Silverman from 1:30-3:30pm (“State of the Heart and Country: A Workshop to Access Your Brave Voice”)

Diverse female solo performances begin at 3pm at the Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA 90069. Please see the six powerful performers on our roster below.

FREE WORKSHOPS!

The workshop will be taught by returning gifted teaching artists Terrie Silverman (State Of The Heart and Country: A Workshop To Access Your Brave Voice) and Juliette Jeffers ("Release and Let Go.") in Kings Road Park,1000 N Kings Rd, West Hollywood, CA90069.

Fee: FREE

Registration required by April 15^th at lawtfspotlight@yahoo.com or by calling (818) 760-0408.

PERFORMANCES

Six extraordinarily talented women will be performing their full one-woman shows, from 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm, at the Macha Theatre, 1107 N. Kings Road, West Hollywood, CA 90069

3:00 p.m.  Ai Yoshihara (My River Phoenix)

A woman searches for her own River Phoenix after River Phoenix passing and finds him in the man she marries in America. 

3:45 p.m.  Loree Gold (Snatched...Stories From Down There)

This travelogue woven with her story and LGBT history is a sexually charged, soulful and sometimes devastating ride through issues of ageism, transgenderism, family dynamics, bad choices, grief, grace, love, loss and mostly lust- and all the trouble it gets you into. 

4:30 p.m.  Missy Hairston (Awkwardly Fabulous)

A little girl’s journey to womanhood and the people, places and situations that begin to uproot her confidence in herself and plant seeds of doubt about her body, love life, and life in general. 

5:30 p.m.  Alina Cenal ( Words from a Cuban Father)

Alina’s strong presence of her father guides through a world of mambo, revolution, Fidel, hot dogs, Miami, the circus and Hollywood, as she is yanked from her native Cuba as a child to explore a new life that challenges her roots. 

6:45 p.m.  Misty Monroe ( Unapologetically Black)

This woman moves through stages of “Nigrescence” having been raised in suburban Northern California and spending summers in South Central L.A. She deals with culture shock, the devastating effects of crack cocaine on her family and her ultimate self-acceptance. 

8:00 p.m.  Eloise Laws (Back By Popular Demand!) 

A world renowned Broadway actress, singer, and author with more than 30 years in the entertainment industry will sing songs from her heart.

Tickets:

$25 a pair and $15 for one ticket for all six performances.

Please visit www.lawtf.org

Many thanks to the City of West Hollywood for their continued support of the Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival!

For more info on WeHo Arts programming, please visit www.weho.org/arts

We hope to see you there!

Festival 2017 Performer Spotlight #1: The Award-winning International Vocalist, Ms. Eloise Laws!

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival

is proud to present

The 24th Annual Festival

"TAKING FLIGHT"

  

Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony
"Standing On The Shoulders Of"
Thursday, March 23, 2017
The Barnsdall Theatre
4800 Hollywood Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90027

and

 Friday-Sunday, March 24- 27, 2017

The Electric Lodge

1416 Electric Avenue

Venice, CA 90219

The Los Angeles Women's Theatre Festival (LAWTF) marks 24 years of producing well over 500 extraordinary multicultural and multidisciplinary solo performers from around the globe.

  

The longest-running Annual Solo Festival for women in Los Angeles, LAWTF will kick-off Festival 2017 with our Champagne GALA and Awards Ceremony on March 23, 2017, "Standing On The Shoulders Of," which will honor extraordinary women who have made laudable contributions in the world of theatre.

Following the reception at 7:00 p.m., the festivities continue at8:00 p.m. and will be hosted by  Hattie Winston (Becker) and Ted Lange (The Love Boat.)

Entertainment for the evening of

Thursday, March 23, 2017, 8pm  

will include:

           

Eloise Laws

Special Celebrity Guest

Award-winning International Vocalist

Eloise Laws, known to her fans simply as "El", is a world renowned Broadway actor, singer, and author with more than 30 years in the entertainment industry. She is critically acclaimed for her harmonious jazz, soul and R&B music.

Laws' voice has resonated through continents with her signature, unique vocals, amazing musical expertise and easy-going style. Her superlative lyrics have been featured in songs like "Love Comes Easy," "Love Factory," "You're Incredible" and  "Stay With Me".

These songs are documented as her incredible and unforgotten work in great history of melodious jazz, blues and soulful R&B Music.

Laws' new single, "Can't Let Myself, Hurt Myself", is an authoritative and demonstration to the power and independence of the female spirit and advocacy of women expressions and souls. This song is dedicated to all people, especially women. It calls for them to stand up and take back their inherent strength and role as a person.

"Don't Move, Don't Blink", is a powerful composition enthusiastic to the alluring beauty and advocacy of love and romance. It speaks to advocates of adoration and believing in oneself.

Laws' musical career has bestowed upon us with more than 5 Albums and CD's, as well as a career in the theatre where she featured in and co-developed the musical, "It Ain't Nothing but the Blues", which premiered at the Denver Center Theatre Company and opened on Broadway at the Lincoln Center's Vivian Beaumont Theatre. This stellar, astonishing and stylish performance acknowledged four (4) Tony Nominations considered as great addition to her majestic portfolio.

Laws also received a Drama Desk Nomination for Best Actress in a Broadway musical, and a Helen Hayes Award Nomination for her stunning performance at the Kennedy Center.

 

Eloise Laws has never ceased creating extraordinary music. She continues to perform at sites worldwide, including Japan where she performed at the Cotton Club alongside her brothers Hubert andRonnie Laws and sister Debra Laws. She was bestowed the esteemed Cherry Blossom Award at the Tokyo Music Festival. She continues to perform music festivals around the world including the Playboy Jazz Festival, the Long 
Beach Jazz Festival and many others.

When performing on stage, Laws commands a presence like that of no other. She melts the crowd's hearts, grabs their attention and holds their hearts with her passionate unique vocal. Eloise Laws is a legendary songstress who continues   to anoint and music connoisseurs with her amazing voice.

To see Eloise Laws' spirited performance and other dynamic solo shows, please join us for the 24th Annual Festival "TAKING FLIGHT" to be held at the Electric Lodge in Venice.

For tickets and any additional information, please call LAWTF at (818) 760-0408, visit our website at www.lawtf.org or to purchase tickets click here.

We hope to see you there!