Admission is free, but you must reserve a seat in advance by sending an email to info@needtheater.org.
ON NOT REALLY BEING SORRY april 12, 2009
by IAN GOULD
featuring
Edward Tournier, Abbe Ertel Magid, and Eric Gould
“On not really being sorry is about a self-loathing actor, who reunites with a crush of his past, just in time for him to watch her fall in love with someone else. As the three become “friends”, he comes face to face with the banal truths of the insecure and guilt-filled mid-twenties existence.”
VAMPIRE COWBOYS TRILOGY march 29, 2009
by QUI NYUGEN
directed by DAN MAHONEY
featuring
Trish Hadley, Jessica Lowe, Martha Marion, Matt McKenna, Brian McWilliams, Frank Smith, Nicole Stewart, Zoe Jarman
“Vampire Cowboy Trilogy is a three-part fight spectacle following the stories of one estranged paranormal investigator, two colorful Cold War superheroes, and a high school full of teenage warrior princesses.”
music by MIKE WELLS
BALM IN GILEAD march 22, 2009
by LANFORD WILSON
directed by NICK KONOW & TIM VENABLE
featuring
Leo Marks, Erik Larkin, Mark St. Amant, Rob Nagle, Don Smith, Kate Maher, Corryn Cummins, Paula Christensen, Kelly-Sue Eder, Tiffany Helland, Jennifer Lauren Grant, Nick Triplett, Eric Thorne, Ben Begley, Brian Dare, Drew Groege, Emily Eiden, Camilo Rios, J. Nicole Brooks, Tim Venable, Steve Alderfer, Guilford Adams, Adam Meyer
“Nick Konow and Tim Venable revisit this classic story of desperate people in desperate times”
EVERBODY COMES TO GRIFF’S march 8, 2009
by AARON HENNE
directed by DYLAN SOUTHARD
featuring
LAURA CARSON, JONNY GREEN, JESSY BONNELL
“Henne’s calico cat trilogy comes to a zany conclusion in this delightful exploration.”
THE VIGIL(or The Guided Cradle) march 1, 2009
by CRYSTAL SKILLMAN
directed by DYLAN SOUTHARD
featuring
ROB BELUSHI, PAUL MOORE, JUSTIN PETERSON, JESSE WEINBERG
and more
“An american traveler learns something from the creator of water torture.”
THE WEB february 22, 2009
by MICHAEL JOHN GARCES
“An innocent man is caught in a riveting spiral of intrigue and deceit after an internet search goes horribley wrong”
directed by MATT B. WELLS
featuring
IAN FORESTER, STEPHEN NOLLY, FANNY GARCIA, EDDIE DIAZ, RYAN HARRISON
and more
by MATT BENJAMIN & LOGAN BROWN
directed by IAN H. FORESTER
featuring
KAITLIN DOUBLEDAY, ANDREW PRICE, ETHAN SAWYER, DAN MAHONEY, STONEY WESTMORELAND
and more
by DYLAN SOUTHARD
"A dinner party among 20-somethings in Los Angeles goes horribly wrong"
directed by MATT B. WELLS
featuring ROB BELUSHI, ABBY EILAND, MARIE LIVELY, JOSH MANN, DAN MAHONEY, TONY SANO
Your LA. Your Theater.
WELDON RISING may 17, 2009
by PHYLLIS NGY
directed by CARMEN AIELLO
featuring
Ian Forester, Marcos Ochoa, Linara Washington, Abigail Eiland, Adam Silver, Brenden Hill
“It’s the hottest night of the year and the world is about to end. A gay bashing occurs on the streets of New York’s meat packing district while neighboring lesbians and junkies watch from the windows and street corners in horror. ‘Weldon Rising’ takes a surreal look at the soulless poverty of urban life as the audience helplessly participates.”
UNITED STATES: WORK AND PROGRESS july 5, 2009
by CHRISTY MEYER, JON SCHUMACHER, AND ELLEN SHANMAN
featuring
Lauren Flans, Lauren Ludwig, Dan Mahoney, & Robert Babish
“Robots, America, and More!”
upcoming readings
THE CHILDREN july 13, 2009 @ 7 pm
by MICHAEL ELYANOW, directed by KAPPY KILBURN
KINSKI NOW july 19, 2009 @ 6 pm
written and performed by ANDREW PEREZ
past readings
POOR POOR LEAR july 26, 2009
written and performed by NINA SALLINEN (The Duchess in MERCURY FUR)
“In POOR, POOR LEAR, 36-year old Nina Sallinen transforms into a fiery 90-year old Grande Dame of the Scandinavian Theater who brings the audience into her own apartment for a tempestuous one woman rendition of Shakespeare’s KING LEAR.
All at once hilarious and heartbreaking, POOR, POOR LEAR -- Co-written in 1998 by Sallinen and Finnish writer/director Katja Krohn -- is a dazzling tour-de-force. A theater experience not to be missed.”
THE TRUTH WILL OUT august 9, 2009
Written by Jordan Seavey
Directed by Brandon Baruch
featuring
Michael Taylor Gray * Derek Long * Sharyn Gabriel * Rebecca Jordan * Silvie Zamora * Tim Alonzo * Daniele Manzin * Kaja Martin * Adam LeBow
“The Truth Will Out is "a 100% non-fiction anti-fantasia" that recreates the true story of what has been called "the most prominent gay-bias crime since the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard." The play simultaneously chronicles the story of Whittemore Walter, the news anchor reporting on the murder, as he grapples with his own sexuality and identity.”
THE AWAKE august 16, 2009
Written by Ken Urban
featuring
Rebecca Jordan, Jesse Weinberg, Ian Forester, Julie Lockhart, and more.
“Malcolm, Gabrielle, and Nate each find themselves struggling to separate their imagination from the reality of their lives. As they do so, these three strangers find their fates intersecting in curious and revelatory ways.”
THE BOMB WILL BRING US TOGETHER or ONE FINE GUITAR august 23, 2009
Written by Brian Polak
featuring
Steve Connell, Tyler Moore, In-Q, Devin Sidell, Sarah Sido, Mike Wood
“In an increasingly cold world, a young man faces his own feelings of isolation by turning towards the philosophies of the Unabomber, Ted Kaczynski.”
THE WEB august 30, 2009
by MICHAEL JOHN GARCES
“An innocent man is caught in a riveting spiral of intrigue and deceit after an internet search goes horribley wrong”
directed by MATT B. WELLS
featuring
IAN FORESTER, LIZ LYTLE, TYLER MOORE, ISABELLA ORTEGA,
and more
THE VISIT september 13, 2009
by Freidrich Durrenmatt
Directed by Ian Forester
featuring
BRIAN DENEEN, STEVE WALKER, LOREN LAZERINE, KELLY VAN KIRK, REBECCA JORDAN, STEVE MARTINI, ED TOURNIER, ERIN WAY, DAN MAHONEY, JABEZ ZUNIGA, and MORE...
AGAINST THE THIRD REICH september 20, 2009
Written & Directed byy Jarrett Sleeper
“A team of lady mercenaries in World War II accidentally steal Nazi time-traveling technology and battle the SS, cyborgs, and would-be fascist gods for existence.”
featuring
REBECCA JORDAN, NINA SALLINEN, LISA ROTHSCHILLER, BOB TURTON, ANDREW PEREZ, ALEX SELL, MEGAN NGUYEN, TANIA RAYMONDE, JAMIE PARKER, AND IAN FORESTER
Check back soon for new readings!
THE WEB november 1, 2009
by MICHAEL JOHN GARCES
“An innocent man is caught in a riveting spiral of intrigue and deceit after an internet search goes horribley wrong”
directed by MATT B. WELLS
featuring
JUSTIN HUEN, IAN FORESTER, GEOFF RIVAS, PETER HOWARD, SABRINA SIKES, JOSE GARCIA
current reading
SKI DUBAI november 8, 2009
by LAURA JACQMIN
Directed by EMILY WESIBER
featuring
SAIGE THOMPSON, BRENNAN KELLEHER, IDA DARVISH, JUSTIN WADE, ELIZABETH MAXWELL, AMY HILLNER
LOOK AT THE TREES november 15, 2009
by ANDREW PEREZ
Directed by IAN FORESTER
featuring
MIKE WELLS, ABBY EILAND, JONNY SANDERS, ED TOURNIER, ALEX SELL, TERENCE LECIERE, RACHEL SONDAG, DANA SORMAN, EUGENE WEST, & ERIC JOHNSON
TEMPODYSSEY
Written by Dan Dietz
Directed by Dylan Southard
SUNDAY DECEMBER 6
Featuring
Saige Thompson, Terence Leclere, Steve Walker, Ted Jonas, Julie Lockhart
