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LADY
It may not be
sexy, and
there's not much
money, but the
west coast
premiere of
Craig Wright's
politically
charged play at
The Road Theatre
Company
definitely gets
down and dirty....More>>
Show Info
LADY
By Craig Wright
Directed by Scott Allan
Smith
Starring Shawn Michael
Patrick, Matt Kirkwood and
Mark Doerr
Deep in the woods of
downstate Illinois, three
boyhood friends come
together on a hunting trip.
Now middle aged and on
separate paths, they find
that the common thread of
memory is being stretched to
the breaking point. Can the
war in Iraq reach even these
secluded woods and destroy
their friendship forever?
The production examines the
reopening of old wounds as
three friends struggle with
their memories, their
beliefs and their humanity
in a world where politics is
pervasive, reaching far
beyond the White House and
the Iraqi frontlines and
seeping into the woods of
downstate Illinois.
As evidence of the play's
significance in our current
political climate, The Road
Theatre Company is one of
three regional theaters
producing Wright's play this
election year - The Asolo
Repertory Theatre's
production in Sarasota opens
in May and Stages Repertory
Theatre's production in
Houston opens later this
month.
Wright said, "I'm very
excited that LADY will have
its West Coast premiere at
The Road. They're a proven
company with a long history
of bringing new work to L.A.
audiences. I'm proud to be
associated with them."
With a reputation for
provocative, relevant work,
award-winning
playwright/screenwriter
Craig Wright is best known
in the theater community for
his award-winning plays The
Pavilion, Recent Tragic
Events, Orange Flower Water,
Grace, Melissa Arctic, Main
Street, Molly's Delicious,
and numerous others. The
Pavilion was nominated for a
Pulitzer Prize as well as
the American Theatre
Critics' Association's Best
New Play Award. Recent
Tragic Events won an ATCA
Best New Play Citation Award
in 2002. Melissa Arctic won
the Helen Hayes Award for
Outstanding New Play. Mr.
Wright's television writing
debut was on the HBO series
Six Feet Under, for which he
received an Emmy nomination.
He has also written and
produced the popular
television shows Brothers
and Sisters, Lost, and is
the creator of Dirty, Sexy,
Money.
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About The Road Theatre
Company
The Road Theatre Company is
beginning its 17th Season!
The company has enjoyed an
amazing 17-year
history as one of L.A.’s
premier theatre companies,
having swept numerous
prestigious theatre award
shows. During these exciting
15 years the company's
main stage productions have
been honored with 14 Ovation
Awards, 65 Valley Theatre
League Artistic Director
Achievement A.D.A. Awards, 8
Drama Critics Circle Awards,
5 Robby Awards, 4 L.A.
Weekly Awards, 2 Back Stage
West Garland Awards and 32
Back Stage West “Critic’s
Citations.” Additionally,
the company was awarded the
1998 Drama Critics Circle’s
prestigious Margaret Harford
Award for Sustained
Excellence in Theatre and
the 2003 Back Stage West
Landmark Award for Sustained
Excellence in Theatre.
About The Lankershim Arts
Center
The Lankershim Arts Center
is an all-inclusive arts
facility with a theatre on
the second level and an art
gallery on the ground floor.
The Center offers various
visual and performing arts
programs. Built circa 1939
as a Department of Water &
Power Building, it was
renovated and transformed
into an arts center by the
City of Los Angeles. It is
now a registered landmark.
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