Emotions, not Emojis
1960s. Crystal Cove, a tiny beach paradise. A pair of twins are shipwrecked, and wreck a little havoc on the colorful collection of characters who hang out there. With a hey, ho, the wind and the rain!
Performances:
December 6th & 7th
December 13th & 14th
3:30 pm curtain
Lyric Theatre
520 N. La Brea
Tickets: $10.00 in advance
Pay-What-You-Can at the Door
Subversive Shakespeare is Back!Performances:
December 6th & 7th
1:00 pm curtain
Lyric Theatre
520 N. La Brea
Tickets: $10.00 in advance
Pay-What-You-Can at the Door
One of Shakespeare’s “romantic” (yet not so romantic) comedies, this play uncovers the possible disasters when one has to choose between loyalty to a friend and one’s own desires and agenda – when the two are at cross-purposes. “Two Gents” is rife with iconic, large and colorful characters, including one of Shakespeare’s first cross-dressing heroines, and a couple of scene-stealing clowns, and, as has become the LADC tradition, lots of music!
Performances:
Saturday & Sunday
May 3rd & 4th / May 10th & 11th
12:30 pm
The Lyric Theatre
520 N. La Brea Ave.
Our LADC veterans have tackled Hamlet and Romeo and Juliet and many other challenges, and now are wrestling a bigger Dragon. Without a doubt, King Richard III makes Macbeth look like a saint. Come discover why and how he continues to fascinate generations of audiences. As is our culture, multiple Players will divide up the title role – representing his splintered self. Jump in.
Performances:
Saturday & Sunday
May 3rd & 4th / May 10th & 11th
3:30 pm
The Lyric Theatre
520 N. La Brea Ave.
Tickets are now available for the Shakespeare Youth Festival Los Angeles at the Lyric Theatre, at 520 N. La Brea.
Two Gentlemen of Verona
May 3 & 4 at 12:30 pm
May 10 & 11 at 12:30 pm
Richard III
May 3 & 4 at 3:30 pm
May 10 & 11 at 3:30 pm
Tickets: $10.00
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July 14 through August 1, 2013
LADC is pleased to offer two programs this year – our 6th Annual Summer Shakespeare Intensive, and Queen Elinor’s School of Knighthood and Chivalry. Our programs are designed for students entering Grade 2 – Grade 9 in Fall 2014. For some activities, the participants are divided according to age, and for others, they will work together as a group. In some group activities, the older participants will serve as mentors to the younger; the younger students learn by example, and the older gain valuable leadership experience.
Summer with LADC is held at The Lyric Theatre at 520 N. La Brea Ave. Each week will offer unique content, and those who choose to do multiple weeks will have the opportunity to build on their experiences of the prior weeks.
OUR SESSIONS ARE FULL – if you would like to be placed on the waiting list, please fill out the form below …
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For I can raise no money by vile means … Julius Caesar, Act 4, Scene 3
We love our supporters – know that we are honored every time you attend an event, or sign your child up for a class, or tell a friend about us. We cherish every donation that comes into us, and are so grateful you chose us, when there are thousands of options – the world needs help. We believe that art saves lives and that arts communities change the world, one neighborhood at a time. We are both of those things. And we are growing because there is a demand for us in so many underserved pockets of our city. If every person on our mailing list, every fan on Facebook, and every follower on Twitter donated just $12.00 by 12/12, then our youth arts program would have over $12,000! 
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Subversive…(Adjective)
Seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution.
Purists, head for the hills. We have subverted – with impunity – the established opinions and “schools of thought” on this already controversial play, turning conventional concepts on their 16th century heads. What happens when Petruchia, a single-minded young woman, determined to marry well, meets Jake, otherwise known as the Shrew … er, that is, the Cur? His younger brother Bianco has all the girls in a tizzy, but thanks to the boys’ stubborn mother, they can’t do anything about it until Jake is married off.
Please join Subversive Shakespeare’s first Fall show,
“Taming of the Shrew Cur”
Breaking the rules that Shakespeare didn’t make: One Play at a Time
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Performances:
Saturday & Sunday
April 12th & 13th
The Lyric Theatre
520 N. La Brea Ave.
We have developed an on-going Performing Arts Troupe in the West Adams/Mid-City area. Through free and low-cost classes and workshops, we are identifying and nurturing young motivated performers and providing them with the space to experience the camaraderie of an arts community, the skills to meet the challenges of the creative process, and the opportunity to develop a new sense of assurance, autonomy and self-motivation.
These opportunities are geared to children and youth, ages 7 – 16, and involve them in all aspects of acting, theater and Shakespeare, culminating in periodic performances for the community.
Shakespeare in the City builds and betters the Mid City Community by pulling youth into a creative womb where they are nurtured and encouraged to do great things.
In 2014, we premiered The Tempest. Check out the Photo Gallery (and video coming soon!!)
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Learn more about the work that led to our being named “Community Champions” by PBS SoCal in 2013.
In 2012, we premiered Timon of Athens: The Alchemy of Friendship at Club Fais Do Do, to an excited and grateful community. Get a taste of the experience by watching this remarkable video:
