Reading of One Act Plays and Reception
photo credit: Prehensile Eye Playwrights 6 Presents a reading of two one act plays Wednesday, November 2nd 8:00 p.m. MORE OF A CONNECTION THAN YOU THOUGHT by David Duman & ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS by Brenda Pontiff Directed by Gib Wallis at the Attic Theatre 5429 Washington Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90016 Tel. 323-524-0661 The reception will [...]
Monica Trasandes’ work featured in WANTED: Writers! on August 17th!
MONICA TRASANDES is a Los Angeles-based writer. Born in Uruguay, her family relocated to the U.S. in the ’70s and she grew up in San Diego. She has an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College in Boston, and works as Director of Spanish-language media at GLADD. Her short stories have been published in journals such [...]
August and September Writer/Actor Labs
photo credit: Audringje Playwrights 6 will host its Writer/Actor Lab for developing new works for the stage and screen on the following dates: • Monday, August 22nd, 2011 • Monday, September 12th, 2011 • Monday, September 26th, 2011 The labs meet at the Celebration Theatre at 7:30 PM. Arrive early to cast (if you’re a [...]
Busy Laura Black is one of the featured writers in Wanted: Writers! Wednesday. August 3 at 7pm.
Please join us as we celebrate the written word in a low-tech evening of readings of selected works at a really cool gallery and performance space Wednesday, August 3 · 7:00pm – 9:30pm RUMOURS-A Coffeehouse, Gallery and Performance Space 11739 W. Washington Blvd. Los Angeles, CA FREE to attend!!! For more info please go to: [...]
Laura Black’s “Slight” starring Barry Saltzman has world premiere at AOF!
P6′s Laura Black’s short film “Slight will make it’s world premiere at the Action on Film International Film Festival on Saturday, July 23rd at 6pm. The screening is part of the block of shorts shown at the Regency Academy Theatres, Theatre 5, 1003 E. Colorado Blvd, Pasadena CA. In addition to making it’s world premiere, [...]
Laura Black’s “Drive” and Monica Trasandes’ “Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain” World Premiere Plays Opening May 4 and May 5
Playwrights 6 and The Open Fist Theatre Company are proud to present our first-ever co-production! “Drive” opens May 4 and runs Wednesday nights at 8pm through June 8. “Fernando Richardson’s Treacherous Brain” opens May 5 and runs Thursday nights at 8pm through June 9. “Drive” is written and directed by Laura Black and stars Jane [...]
P6 Alumni Rock Competition and Downloads
Good news from Mil Nicholson and Gary Bullock — P6ers of many, many years, now in the mountains of North Carolina. Gary just won first place in the Appalachian Film Festival Screenplay Competition with Elsewhen ‘developed in P6′. Gary thanks everyone who took part in the readings, and everyone else who participated in comments. Gary now owns [...]
Duman’s Series Debuts at The Web Fest
Lab writer David Duman’s comedic web series VLOG STAR (www.vlogstarshow.com) will be screened this weekend at the second annual LA Web Fest on Saturday during the third Saturday block, 12:30-1:55PM on 3/26. The Festival is at Stage 52 in Mid-City, 5299 W. Washington Blvd, between Fairfax and La Brea. The Web Fest goes on all [...]
Robert Manning, Jr and Barry Saltzman in “Meditations: Eva Hesse”
Mediations takes us through the last day of the artist’s life with a Dying Eva laboring to complete her final exhibit. Moving in and out of memory, Hesse’s life plays back in a series of episodes reflecting earlier incarnations–including Young Eva confronting a traumatic childhood, and Adult Eva’s complex relationship with her husband, artist Tom [...]
Laura Black’s “The Rules” In Action on Film Festival!
Laura Black’s award-winning film “The Rules” will screen in the Action on Film Festival Sunday, July 25 at 8pm. The Regency Academy Theatre 2, 1003 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena, CA. For info and tickets please go to: https://www.aoffest.com/store/Sunday-25-Academy-2-8-pm-block-6p95.htm#details To view a trailer, please check out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JgqRcYe_NVQ&feature=related Black is a founding member of Playwrights 6.
Please Vote For Laura’s Trailer!!!
Laura’s Trailer “Lying Games” is in the Open Film’s 1st “Get it Made” Competition! Please support her by voting for the trailer. You have to join to vote but it’s free and only takes a minute. Here is the link: www.openfilm.com/videos/lying_games
P6 Writer/Actor Labs for July
Playwrights 6 will hold 2 writer/actor labs in July, 2010. Featuring world premiere works read by professional actors, the P6 lab has developed works for the stage and screen and continues to offer a challenging and nurturing environment. Dates are Mondays, July 12 and 26, 7pm, The Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Bl in Hollywood.
Barry Saltzman in “Amadeus”
Our very busy Barry Saltzman (one of Playwrights 6′s writer/actor lab actors) stars in The Production Company’s presentation of “Amadeus” which opened June 18. For tickets and further info, please visit: http://www.theprodco.com/
Joseph Beck stars in The Forbidden Zone at Sacred Fools
P6 Writer / Actor Lab participant Joseph Beck stars in “The Forbidden Zone.” The show has been adapted from one of the greatest midnight movies of all time. A surreal and bawdy journey to the Sixth Dimension that features the music of Danny Elfman and the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo. For more information, [...]
June Writer / Actor Lab Dates
P6 will host Writer / Actor Lab dates to develop new works read by professional actors on Mondays in June: Monday June 14 Monday June 28 Labs are held at 7 PM at the Celebration Theatre on Santa Monica Blvd. just east of La Brea.
P6 Writer/Actor Labs Coming Up in May
P6 Writer/Actor Labs for May will be on Mondays, May 10 & 24, 7pm at the Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Blvd. at LaBrea in Hollywood. Brand spanking new works will be read by our awesome actors. No spanking required.
David Duman goes “Fishing”
“Fishing, ” a play by David Duman, writer in the P6 writer/actor lab opens May 7th at the Shotwell Studios, 3252 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. “In Fishing, Thomas, the brilliant but caustic chef, and Sandra, the ennui-riddled manager, attempt to hold together a hot new restaurant where sardonic waiters and kinky foodies are [...]
April Writer/Actor Lab Dates
photo credit: Julia Manzerova The P6 Writer/Actor Labs for April will be on Mondays, April 5 and 26 at 7pm, The Celebration Theatre, 7051 Santa Monica Blvd, Hollywood. See brand new works as they are read and performed by fabulous actors of the P6 Writer/Actor Lab for the P6 Writer/Actor Lab writers.
Laura Richardson in Horton Foote’s “Getting Frankie Married…And Afterwards”
Writer and Actor Laura Richardson, member of P6Writer/Actor Lab will star in Horton Foote’s “Getting Frankie Married…And Afterwards” at the Open Fist Theatre, April 2-May 15, 2010. For more information please go to www.openfist.org
Barry Saltzman In a free reading of The Country Girl
Barry Saltzman, a longtime acting participant in the Writer/Actor Lab, stars in one of Clifford Odets most beloved plays “The Country Girl,” a free staged reading presented by the Classical Theatre Lab on Tues., March 23 at 7PM at Fiesta Hall in Plummer Park, 7377 Santa Monica Blvd. in West Hollywood. To reserve a seat, please call 323-960-05691.www.classicaltheatrelab.org
Josette DiCarlo in Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding
Sunday, March 14 at 3pm, longtime Writer/Actor Lab actor Josette DiCarlo stars in “Big Gay North Hollywood Wedding” at the Crown City Theater on the campus of St. Matthew’s Church 11031 Camarillo St. in NoHo. Click here www.brownpapertickets.com to buy tickets. “This riotously high energy, interactive wedding ceremony and following reception party (where we are the guests) [...]
Petroro in Italian American Reconciliation by John Patrick Stanley
Last chance to catch P6 Writer/Actor Lab actor Marisa Petroro as Janice in John Patrick Stanley‘s play Italian American Reconciliation. Watch out Jersey Shore biatches!Patrick Shanley’s play, as directed by Dana Koellner, is a fanciful, lighthearted and zestfully comic exploration of male/female relationships, and the sometimes unsettling (and very funny) complications that can ensue. Read [...]
McCarley in Betty’s Summer Vacation
Long time actor of the Writer/Actor Lab, Margaret McCarley stars in Christopher Durang’s play, Betty’s Summer Vacation. The production runs February 20 through March 27th, 2010 at the Long Beach Playhouse in Anaheim on Friday and Saturday nights. Check the Long Beach Playhouse website to buy tickets. See map below for directions.
