[NoHo Arts District, CA] – Make Theatre West a part of your holiday celebrations by joining them for Winter Wishes: A Holiday Cabaret Theatre opening December 2.

Winter Wishes: A Holiday Cabaret Theatre features a talented cast of 15 singer-actors performing treasured songs and telling stories of holiday memories and wishes. Theatre West will usher in this magical season of joy and light uplifting your spirits, making you laugh out loud and inspiring hope in your heart.

Winter Wishes: A Holiday Cabaret Theatre is suitable for general audiences and is an ideal entertainment for the holiday season.

The Cast

Luis Anduaga, Amanda Boutaud, Harleigh Ford, Stella Grimaldi, Ivy Jones, Bonnie Kalisher, Cody Kelepolo, Mimi Kmet, Robert W. Laur, Barbara Mallory, Constance Mellors, Zoe Miner, Scottie Nevil, Alyssa Rupert, Michael Van Duzer.

Musicians

Bill von Ravensburg, Pete Snell, Jim Varley, Mara Wells.

Team

Victoria Lavan directs a cast of 15.
Musical director: Paul Cady.
Written by the company.
Produced for Theatre West by Garry Kluger and Tessa Bell.

Lighting design: Abbey Perez. Sound design: David P. Johnson. Technical Supervisor: Malcolm Wilson. Theatre West Managing Director: Eugene J. Hutchins.

About Victoria Lavan

Victoria Lavan directs the show. Victoria enjoys a varied and accomplished career as a singer, actress, teacher and vocologist. Known for her skills and success in many styles and genres of music, she has been praised by the Los Angeles Times as “…a soprano with first-rate, high soaring vocal skills…and a warm, lyrical, uncluttered way with a song…” (Don Heckman). Favorite collaborations and roles include: the Sundance Institute with San Francisco Opera Adler Fellowship Program; Salt Lake Opera Theatre Rigoletto (Gilda); Opera Unplugged, La Boheme (Musetta); Albuquerque Chamber Orchestra, The Telephone (Lucy); New West Symphony, Ventura Music Festival – Bach B Minor Mass, soprano soloist, Grammy Award winning conductor, Vance George; Jesus Christ Superstar with Ted Neeley and Carl Anderson and Love Letters with her late husband, Bruce Liberty, Rubicon Theatre Co.; Glitter and Be Gay: A Tribute to Barbara Cook, El Portal Theatre and regional tour, numerous cabaret and concert performances and several new musical theatre works, including The Tango Singer at Theatre West and Swan Lake the Musical – a Sold Out concert performance in Los Angeles.

About Theatre West

Established in 1962, Theatre West is the oldest continually running professional theatre company in the city of Los Angeles. It is a membership collective of actors, playwrights, directors, and technicians. Theatre West’s alumni members include Ray Bradbury, Beau Bridges, Richard Dreyfuss, Sally Field, Betty Garrett, Martin Landau, Lee Meriwether, Jack Nicholson, Carroll O’Connor, Sherwood Schwartz, Joyce Van Patton, and Paul Winfield. Theatre West has produced more than 300 plays and musicals. Of these plays, nearly 70% are original works developed in its workshops and many have led to Broadway, regional tours, and feature films including A Bronx Tale by Chazz Palminteri and A Very Brady Musical by Lloyd Schwartz and Hope Juber. Theatre West is supported in part by The Ahmanson Foundation, California Arts Council, Peter Glenville Foundation, Kaplan-Loring Foundation, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts, and Lloyd E. Rigler- Lawrence E. Deutsch Foundation.

Covid

Covid-19 safety protocols in effect on performance dates will be observed. As of this writing, that means that audience members must wear masks.

Parking

Parking is available in a privately-operated lot across the street from the theatre. Fee: $10.00 via credit card.