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Each year, we rehearse and perform 3 – 5 plays to benefit our community, our children and our city. We keep our ticket prices low, so that the Festival is accessible to as many people as possible. Special performances for school groups widen our reach. We are proud to be the introduction to Shakespeare for many Los Angeles young people … and adults, as well.
The Willful Minors is our Shakespeare Troupe in community service, bringing the Bard to schools, local events, senior care facilities, hospitals and anywhere there is a need for the Arts.
Venues where The Willful Minors have performed include the Baldwin Hills Public Library, the Jefferson Park Public Library, Bridge Point Retirement Community and the historic Wilshire Ebell Theater.
Our Willful Minors also serve as Ambassadors, helping us spread the word about Los Angeles Drama Club. We recently performed a Curtain Raiser for the Good People Theater Company‘s production of Barrymore.
Would you like to get involved? We need volunteer drivers for our events, and are actively seeking a Willful Minors Van or Bus!
If you are interested in having The Willful Minors perform, please email us at speak@losangelesdramaclub.com.
If you’d like to BE a Willful Minor, click here to learn more!
Our friends at Good People Theater Company did something pretty amazing! They designated us their “Charity of Choice” for their production of Barrymore – they donated 100% of the box office for their Saturday, November 16th 2 pm show to LADC.
The production is excellent – we highly recommend it! And we encourage you to support this new and very welcome addition to the LA theater scene … tell them LADC sent you!!
Plus, as a Friend of LADC, you can get a special discount on tickets – enter EDU at checkout for $10 off the ticket price (regularly $25)
Barrymore is getting rave reviews:
LA Weekly admires Director Janet Miller’s “craft and wit” and Gordon Goodman’s “commanding performance…”
StageHappenings found Gordon Goodman’s performance “riveting. Hopefully this show will bring a spotlight to this marvelous performer…”
And John Blyth Barrymore, the grandson of the man, himself, says “I was completely blown away by Gordon Goodman’s performance in the play as directed by Janet Miller. For the first time I saw an actor nail it, totally.”
See you at the Greenway Court Theatre – 544 N. Fairfax (between Melrose and Beverly) – on Saturday, November 16th at 2 pm!
Performances: April 20 & 21
Using ritual, music, and movement, in addition to Shakespeare’s text, our Players will dramatize the ancient story of Prince Pericles, a man who falls upon bad luck and hard times, as he searches for his estranged wife and daughter.
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Performances: May 3rd – 5th / May 10th – 12th
This eight-month commitment was designed for our Players who are as passionate about the process as they are about the performance.
Discussion, writing, experimental games and adventurous acting … our Players have been “living” with this work for eight months, exploring: Read more
Performances: May 4th – 5th / May 11th – 12th
Join Rosalind & Celia as they run away from the rules and restrictions of oppressive court life to JOIN THE CIRCUS!! There, under the Big Top, they find a pack of zany characters – clowns, jugglers, acrobats – and lots of singing and dancing …
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It is an Election Year. What will politicians do and say to be in power? Take Macbeth, for example. This Fall, we’ve pared Macbeth down to reveal these Bad to the Bone characters just as they are – raw, ambitious, political, shadowy, dark. Join us!
Saturday, Dec. 1 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, Dec. 2 at 2 pm
Friday, Dec. 7 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, Dec. 8 at 4 pm
Tickets – $10.00
The Lost Studio
130 S. La Brea Ave.
The Asylum Players Lab has been working for 12 weeks to create their own original theatre pieces – works based on a pedagogy of social justice themes expressed with compassion and solution. We’ve been exploring the ISMS (ageism, classicism, racism, lookism, ableism, etc.) and the PHOBIAS (homophobia, xenophobia, etc.) that create conflict and cause damage – from a two-person altercation … to a global catastrophe. We look forward to sharing our work with you.
Our 2012 Summer theme was “All in the Family” – Shakespeare’s plays are filled with rich family relationships that our Players explored, through improvisation, movement, voice and text work. We were thrilled to welcome Kila Packett to our faculty – Kila taught Stage Combat, and the hand-to-hand combat scenes that our Players developed over the weeks were a big hit at the Recital!
Our 2012 season presented three unique challenges that pushed our Players to new heights of artistry and accomplishment. Complex stories, challenging text, and musical explorations were all part of the odyssey taken by 42 Players.
For our “Rare Gem” series, we tackled King John, set in 1850s Appalachia. Not only did the setting work beautifully, but the Players stunned even their directors by navigating the shifting alliances and machinations of the characters with ease, grace and so much life.
Love’s Labors Lost took us the 1950s Las Vegas – again, the transplant took perfectly, and casino bosses, showgirls and even Elvis impersonators added to the fun!
A play as iconic as Hamlet deserves special attention, and 12 of our Players gave a whole school year to tackling its complexity. The role of Hamlet was divided into four parts – our four Hamlets worked together to reflect the full spectrum of one of Shakespeare’s most famous characters. Several audience members commented that our Steampunk-themed production gave them new insight into the play.
