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going on this month
1. Onstage in August - Four Dervishes
2. Also onstage...
3. USC Volunteer Day - August 21, 2004
4. Gracias and Welcomes
1. Onstage - Hurry! FOUR DERVISHES closes August 8th
Our good friends at Ghost Road Theatre Company return for a run of their new original production, "Four Dervishes."
"Magical...holds the promise of being something quite transcendent and glorious...Recommended" - L.A. Weekly
"A highly ambitious and extremely fascinating performance piece, energized by Al-Aqeel's score, extremely clever and innovative design efforts throughout, and deeply sincere work from the ensemble" - Backstage West
"Critic's Pick" - Entertainment Today
There are only TWO MORE performances left for Ghost Road Company's latest ensemble-devised work. Must close August 8th. Don't miss out. This work is at once thought-provoking, funny, touching, and haunting. Elements of the ancient Sufi text, Tale of the Four Dervishes, mix with a British spy and scholar who actually existed (Richard Francis Burton) and an Islamic legend who may or may not have (Al-Khidr) and three American soldiers of our own devising. "Four Dervishes" will speak to everyone in different ways and you won't be sorry you came. Friday and Sunday at 8pm. Call (310) 281-8341 for tickets. Visit Ghost Road Company's website to see stills and read more about the show. Please join us.
Conceived & directed by Katharine Noon, devised and written by Tamadhur Al-Aqeel & Katharine Noon.
"FOUR DERVISHES" is performed by Robert Patrick Brink, David Conner, Patty Cornell, Angela Kang, Laura Pruden, Amber Skalski, Brian Weir, and Ronald E. Wingate, Jr.
Mark Seldis produces, and designers include Production Designer Alison Heimstead, Lighting Designer Chris Wojcieszyn, Sound Designer Tamadhur Al-Aqeel, Costume Designer Lisa Burke, Stage Manager Jon Winans, and Projection Designer Robert Patrick Brink.
"FOUR DERVISHES" is presented in association with 24th Street Theatre, 1117 West 24th Street (at the corner of Hoover and 24th Streets, two blocks south of Hoover Exit from 10 Freeway and free parking) For more information and to make reservations, please call the Ghost Road Info Line at (310) 281-8341, email at GRC5year@aol.com, or visit the Ghost Road Company's website.
2. Also onstage - August 13th... NY Fringe Fundraiser Performance
If you know our pal Brian Brophy, you know he’s fringe. So it only makes since to send him to NY. The NY Fringe, that is!
Friday the 13th (of August) at 7pm at 24th Street Theatre
Don't miss this fundraiser performance of SLEEPWALK, to send the cast and crew to the 8th New York International Fringe Festival. SLEEPWALK'S GOING TO THE FRINGE FESTIVAL IN NEW YORK AND...THEY NEED JACKSONS!!
New York, 1959
Why would a top disk jockey shut himself in a glass booth in Times Square and refuse to come out? McCarthyite witch hunts. Amphetamine-fueled paranoia. Two hundred hours without sleep. Shake, rattle and roll.
Written by Sean K Smith and directed by Sean K. Smith and Brian Brophy
Starring BRIAN BROPHY MARTHA HACKETT TANIA GETTY CHARLIE DAVIS
JOHN LATHAN VICTOR TALMADGE
Donation of $20 (more if you can)
Call 323-663-3604 to get tickets!
NEW YORK CITY PERFORMANCES
August 16, 18, 20, 21 and 22
Linhart Theatre
440 Lafayette Street, 3rd Floor
Check out www.FringeNYC.org for show times and more info
3. USC Volunteer Day - August 21st
Every year our friends at USC come for four hours to help us paint, clean, and restore the theatre to it’s original luster. We welcome community members to join in on the fun too. Saturday, August 21, 2004 10am-2pm. So wear your dirty clothes and come help us get LA's coolest theatre even cleaner, nicer and cooler. A great way to get involved with 24th Street. Call us for more info 213.745.6516.
4. Gracias and Welcomes
Gracias to our Funders - Thanks to LAUSD for funding our school Field Trip program for the coming school year and to the LA County Arts Commission for our new OGP II grant and for our two summer interns Andrea and Gabe, who are finishing their internships this month. The Arts Commission ROCKS! Thanks to our friends at Toyota for renewing their support.
Welcome to the wonderful John Lithgow, who is our newest Advisory Board member, along with Jack Black, Brendan Fraser, Sandra Tsing Loh, Cal Arts President Steven Lavine, and Poseidon School Exec. Dir. Joanne Saliba.
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24th Street Theatre programs are supported by Ahmanson Foundation,
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