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HELIOTROPE
THEATRE and LAS
PALMAS THEATRE
(Los Angeles, California)
Producer and
Artistic Director. Developed and produced more than 20
Plays and Musicals including (partial list):
* FAMILY SECRETS
-Heliotrope, also Westside Theatre,
New York and National tour- (Original Producer). Ran two years
Off-Broadway, one year in Los Angeles. Major cities national tour
through 6/95. Winner, "Best Performance" awards from both LA
Weekly and LA Drama Critics Circle.
* MAKING MY WAY IN
THE DARK -Heliotrope- (Producer
and Director) Terres Unsoeld's touching and funny One-woman show
about life with her family of professional mountain climbers.
* QUILTERS
-Las Palmas- Winner, "Best Ensemble
Performance" from DramaLogue.
* SID CAESAR AND
IMOGENE COCA TOGETHER AGAIN -Las
Palmas Theatre. What proved to be one of the final performances
given by this legendary team.
* THE CLIMATE
-Heliotrope- (Co-Producer)
Continuation of the successful run of Jonathan Tolins'
semi-autobiographical two-person comedy of characters and short scenes.
Tolins went on to write "Twilight Of The Golds".
* ALL SOULS DAY
-Heliotrope- Winner, "Best Ensemble
Performance" from DramaLogue; Nominated, "Best Ensemble Performance" by
LA Weekly.
* FANTASTIC VOYAGES
-Heliotrope- (Producer and
Director) Lisa Rafel's extrodinary dramatic retelling of her adventures
climbing the Himalayas.
* TROY EVAN'S
MONTANA TALES AND OTHER BAD ASS
BUSINESS -Heliotrope- (Producer) Winning accolaides and loyal
audiences
by simply standing on a stage amidst a few props and momentos, Troy
Evans was riviting spinning tales (some taller than others) of his life
experiences with the unique people of the great plains.
* Joe Kogel's LIFE
AND DEPTH -Heliotrope- (Producer)
A wonderful storyteller who saw life a little differently after his
brush with Cancer.
* SPOLIN GAMES
-Heliotrope- The seminal
improvisation group based on the work of Viola Spolin, originally
taught by her, continued by her son Paul Sills, and ultimately spawned
modern improvisation including Second City, The Groundlings, and many
others.
* INSIGNIFICANCE
-Heliotrope- (Co-Producer)
Nominated, 3 DramaLogue awards.
* BUCK
-Heliotrope- Winner of 3 L.A. Weekly and 1
Drama Critics Circle awards.
* HAIR
-Heliotrope- (Producer) 20th Anniversary
Production, widely acclaimed, ran 8 months- Nominated for 3 LA Weekly
and 7 DramaLogue awards, a Robbie award, and an NAACP Theatre award.
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HUDSON THEATRE
Producer and Director. Plays included:
* IT'S THE DAY
AFTER VALENTINE'S DAY Eric
Trules' one-man show directed by Charles G. Davis.
* HUDSON SHORTS
26 short plays performed by 70
actors, directed by
24 directors over three nights for eight weeks. Won numerous
DramaLogue awards.
* TELEGRAM FROM
HEAVEN (also produced at the
National Jewish
Theatre, Chicago) Dinah Manoff and Dennis Bailey's adaptation of Arnold
Manoff's (Dinah's father) WWII novel of a young woman's social and
political coming-of-age. Nominated, Chicago Jefferson award for
outstanding theatre, "Best Production", L.A. Weekly awards; Winner, 7
DramaLogue awards for writing, direction, lead acting, set, costumes,
and sound design.
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