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We are thrilled to announce that Los Angeles Drama Club is now part of the After School program at Girls Academic Leadership Academy, the first all-girls school within Los Angeles Unified School District! We feel that LADC’s mission is an ideal compliment to GALA’s mission – to graduate girls with a strong, confident, and independent voice, with collaborative and compassionate leadership skills, and with a sense of self and community.

We’ll be exploring one of Shakespeare’s most magical plays, The Tempest. A shipwreck, a mysterious island, kings, sprites, monsters, power grabs … and repentance. Performance is scheduled for Thursday, December 7th.

If you are a GALA student interested in participating, please CLICK HERE.

If you would like to learn how LADC can come to your school, please CLICK HERE.

Our Summer season is in full swing, with a new recital every Friday afternoon!! Come join us as our students share their work – it’s extraordinary what our young performers accomplish in just one week!

Friday, June 30 at 2 pm
3RD ANNUAL YOUNG PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL

Friday, July 14 at 2 pm
SHAKESPEARE INTENSIVE
Total immersion for our young actors (2nd through 9th grade)

Friday, July 21 at 2 pm
BEYOND SHAKESPEARE
Our middle & high school students explore other playwrights with the same passion for language as Shakespeare

Friday, July 28 at 2 pm
SHAKESPEARE AND SONG
Celebrating the music (both figurative and literal) in Shakespeare’s works

Friday, August 4 at 2 pm
SHAKESPEARE AND THE GREEKS
Join us as we explore Greek myth and philosophy, Shakespeare-style

The Festival is under way! SYFLA 2017 Opening weekend launched with The Merchant of Venice and Titus Andronicus – the Musical! Congratulations to our two fantastic casts. The REVENGE continues this weekend. Advanced reservations recommended. CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS.

The Box Office is open for Shakespeare Youth Festival LA 2017: A Season of Revenge. Purchase your tickets today for Titus Andronicus, Merchant of Venice and Hamlet.

Titus Andronicus

Saturday, April 22 & 29 at 1 pm
Sunday, April 23 & 30 at 5 pm

Merchant of Venice

Saturday, April 22 & 29 at 5 pm
Sunday, April 23 & 30 at 1 pm

Hamlet

Yorick Cast:
Aidan Lapp – Hamlet
Julia Eschenasy – Gertrude
Caroline Ellis  – Polonius
Arianna Mah-Candelaria – Laertes

Hecuba Cast:
Liam Larsen – Hamlet
Milan Levy – Gertrude
Jesse Waldman  – Polonius
Hazel Sepenuk – Laertes

All Performances:
Chris Venegas – Claudius
Sonny Moskowitz – Horatio
Jalen Tennyson – Ophelia
Juliette Millar – Marcellus/First Player/Osric
Vivian Wolfson – Rosencrantz
Samara Rice – Guildenstern

Friday, May 5 at 7:30 pm – Yorick
Saturday, May 6 at 3 pm – Hecuba
Sunday, May 7 at 4 pm – Yorick

Friday, May 12 at 7:30 pm – Hecuba
Saturday, May 13 at 3 pm – Yorick
Sunday, May 14 at 4 pm – Hecuba

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Our Players are currently hard at work rehearsing Titus Andronicus: The Musical, Merchant of Venice, and Hamlet – all will be presented in April and May.

Titus Andronicus: The Musical
Fais Do Do – 5253 W. Adams Blvd.
April 22 & 29 at 1 pm
April 23 & 30 at 5 pm

Merchant of Venice
Fais Do Do – 5253 W. Adams Blvd.
April 22 & 29 at 5 pm
April 23 & 30 at 1 pm

Hamlet
Underground Theater – 1314 N. Wilton Pl.
May 5 & 12 at 7:30 pm
May 7 & 13 at 3 pm
May 8 & 14 at 4 pm

Los Angeles Drama Club was honored to be invited to perform at three branches of Los Angeles Public Library in January.

On January 21, seven of our Players traveled with Ms. Julia & Mr. Esdras to present An Afternoon with Shakespeare at the Woodland Hills Public Library.  In addition to performances of scenes from Merry Wives of Windsor, Macbeth, Troilus & Cressida/Trojan Women, and Henry V, our audience enjoyed learning stage combat moves, theater games, iambic pentameter and, everyone’s favorite, Shakespearean insults.

On January 28, we had the honor of performing Shakespeare’s Malicious Monarchs in the beautiful Mark Taper Auditorium at the downtown Central Library. Sixteen of our Players performed as some of Shakespeare’s most frightening and diabolical rulers, and those who supported them and opposed them.

After the Central Library performance, nine of our Players continued on to the Washington-Irving Library where we capped off their Shakespeare Festival. After enjoying some Shakespeare-themed snacks, we performed to an enthusiastic and packed house, who loved being asked to insult the Players, Shakespeare Style!

To learn how you can have Los Angeles Drama Club perform for your organization, visit our Willful Minors page.