[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Loft Ensemble presents the final production of its 2024–2025 season in Sawyer’s Playhouse (the company’s second stage), the world premiere of The Impact of Dildos on a Funeral by Emma J. Latimer and directed by Natasha Renae Potts and Madylin Sweeten Durrie.
About The Impact of Dildos on a Funeral
Close friends find themselves locked inside a funeral home with no cell signal after the staff goes missing. As they try to honor the deceased’s mostly humorous wishes, secrets surface, grudges are rehashed, and hard decisions must be made. This dark comedy of errors will challenge audiences to examine how we handle the past to create a better future.
The Cast
The cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Xanxan Beneche, Isabella Costa, Matt Lorenzo, Sean Alan Mazur, Ignacio Navarro, Mitch Rosander, Rosie Ryden, and Esteban Vasquez.
The Team
Scenic design is by Madylin Sweeten Durrie, lighting design is by Sarah Nilsen, costume design is by Bridget Avildsen, sound design is by Emma J. Latimer, and props design is by Natasha Renae Potts. Fight choreographer is Marc Leclerc. Rehearsal stage manager is Andrea Casamitjana and production stage manager is Silas Jean-Rox. Graphic design is by Madylin Sweeten Durrie and website design is by Amanda Chambers. Production manager is Sarah Nilsen, and producer is Bree Pavey.
About Loft Ensemble
Loft Ensemble’s mission is to achieve creative unity by providing a place for artists to explore their individual talents freely, within a strong and supportive ensemble. By bringing the ceremony and ritual of non-traditional methods back to theatre, and exploring the spiritual connection we have to one another and to our subject matter, we achieve (and inspire) internal and external transformation.
Loft Ensemble invites you to experience a progressive place where we share art from the core of our souls. We invite you to worlds of discovery, turmoil, unrest, longing, triumph, joy and defeat – human experiences that demand exploration. We strive to find truth in each situation, each opportunity for evolution, taking each step together as we strip away barriers and break past our imagined limitations.
Loft Ensemble is an award-winning Los Angeles theatre company based in the NoHo Arts District and led by Artistic Director Adam Chambers (star of Disney Channel’s Girl vs. Monster and I Heart Vampires). The company was founded in 2007 and operated with a full year of Viewpoints workshops before producing any shows. Between 2007 and 2010 Loft produced a number of variety shows and an occasional mainstage. Starting full seasons in 2012, Loft has presented over 70 mainstage productions earning 10 awards and a cumulative 33 nominations. Most notably, in 2018 Mr. Chambers was recognized with the Valley Theatre Awards’ Artistic Director Achievement Award, and in 2019 Loft Ensemble was named Best Theatre Ensemble by the VTAs The ensemble is one of the fastest growing companies in Los Angeles.
SAWYER’S PLAYHOUSE
Sawyer’s Playhouse is our intimate 35 seat blackbox located upstairs from the mainstage. Dedicated in loving memory of Sawyer Sweeten, Sawyer’s Playhouse is a place to find exciting developmental work with smaller casts and new voices!
****
To see what shows are playing, check out our theatre guide>>
Sorry, no records were found. Please adjust your search criteria and try again.
Sorry, unable to load the Maps API.