On Stage Now:

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Stage Door

by George S. Kaufman and Edna Ferber

Directed by Barbara Schofield

With:

Pilar Alvarez, Jordana Berliner, Mallory Bishop,
Tara Bopp, John Dimitri, Daphne Gabriel, Dustin Eastman, Kiley Eberhardt,
Stephanie Erb, Arthur Hanket, Bill Jackson, Michelle Lema,
Laetitia Leon, T.J. Marchbank, Kevin McCorkle,
Hannah Pierce, Beth Robbins, Matt Roe, Rebecca Rosenak,
Judith Scarpone, Kim Swennen, Katy Tyszkiewicz, Amanda
Weier, Teresa Willis

Produced by The Gretzl Group

Stage Manager • Maia McCleery
Scenic Design • James Spencer
Costume Design • Shon LeBlanc
Lighting Design • Dan Reed
Sound Design • Peter Carlstedt
Props • Ina Russell & Bruce Dickinson

Jan. 22 - March 13
Fridays & Saturdays @ 8 pm, Sundays @ 2 pm

Special Performances:
Preview Showings Jan. 14, 15, 16 and 17 • $15
Opening Night Friday Jan. 22 • $35 w/ Reception
Pay-What-You-Can Performances Jan. 17, 24 and 31

Tickets Adults $25 | Students & Seniors $20
call (323) 882-6912, or click on the link below

LA WEEKLY
"GO!"
"If you think this revival is just a valentine to a bygone era, think again."
"This production comes on the heels of last year’s Light Up the Sky, demonstrating this company’s firm grip on smart, sassy period comedies."

STAGE SCENE LA
"...it should come as no surprise that Stage Door and Open Fist are a match made in Broadway (or should that be Hollywood?) heaven."

DAILY BRUIN
“The actors, technicians and director of 2010 take the great work of playwrights of 1936 to create one of the most worthwhile tickets in town."

Classes:

Over 300 feature films. Over 1000 hours of network television.
For the first time the Open Fist Theatre opens its doors to the public.

(For more in-depth class descriptions and instructor bios, please go to our Education page)

Going on now:

Scene Study Workshop:
Mondays 7-11pm with Bjørn Johnson (Award-Winning Actor, Director, Acting Teacher and Fight Choreographer)
A focused, intense, and safe environment in which actors are free to explore their craft, technique, and instrument. The class experience begins with a brief conversation with Bjørn regarding the work of some of our great teachers and recent insights and experiences within the industry and the actor's craft. The class then participates in an individual warm-up and relaxation exercise ("a relaxed instrument is an available instrument"). Following a short break, the class continues with prepared work: scenes, monologues, songs and exercises, gleaned from some of the great teachers of Acting.
Four classes for $150!
Classes held at Catchlight Studios (home of Kelsey Edwards Photography) on 633 N La Brea, 90036

Meisner Technique: Begins February 8th
** SPECIAL DISCOUNT: half off the first month** Mondays 10 am-2 pm with Martha Demson (Open Fist Theatre Company Artistic Director)
Students will work on a series of progressively complex exercises to develop an ability to improvise, to access an emotional life, and finally to bring the spontaneity of improvisation and the richness of personal response to text.
Now $62.50 for the first 4 weeks

The Practical Actor: Audition Technique for TV & Commercials:
** SPECIAL DISCOUNT: half off the first month!**
Tuesdays 9:30 am–12 pm with Kevin McCorkle (The Young & the Restless, Cold Case, Lie to Me) & John Lacy (24, Big Love, Monk)
A hybrid of on-camera commercial technique fused with in-the-trenches practical audition guidance and overall industry navigation.
Now $187.50 per 8-week session

And coming March 8th:

• Meisner Technique: Mondays 10 am-2 pm with Martha Demson (Open Fist Theatre Company Artistic Director)

• The Practical Actor: Audition Technique for TV & Commercials: Tuesdays 9:30 am – 12 pm with Kevin McCorkle (The Young & the Restless, Cold Case, Lie to Me) & John Lacy (24, Desperate Housewives, House)

• Actors who Improvise: Tuesdays 12am-3 pm with Ron West (Second City Artistic Associate, director and co-writer of deLEARious at OFTC)

• Classical Acting Technique: Wednesdays 11a-2p with Barbara Schofield (AMDA Faculty, MA and PhD from Tufts University)

• Voice: Thursdays 10a-2p with Laura Flanagan (AMDA Faculty, BA from Yale University, MFA from Carnegie Mellon and the Moscow Arts Theatre)

• Beginning and Advanced Dance for Actors: Fridays 11:30 am-12:30pm & 1pm-2pm with Jennifer Lettelleir (LA Weekly Award Winner for Best Choreography for Frank Zappa’s Joe’s Garage at OFTC)

Contact
Pilar at palvarez@openfist.org
to register

This company is supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the
Los Angeles County Arts Commission.

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