Events

Laura Black’s “The Rules” In Action on Film Festival!

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!!!

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

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”

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

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

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 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”

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

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”

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 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

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

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 [...]


Saltzman Goes to the General Hospital

Saltzman Goes to the General Hospital

P6 actor does sting on General Hospital.


McCarley in Betty’s Summer Vacation

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.


March 2010 Writer/Actor Lab Dates

March 2010 Writer/Actor Lab Dates

Playwrights 6 will hold two Writer/Actor Lab dates in March, 2010. So mark your calendars!


DiPirro stars in BroadComedy

DiPirro stars in BroadComedy

Carolann DiPirro, longtime actor in the Writer/Actor Lab, stars in BroadComedy, a charming import from Boston and New York. Audiences have been raving after peeing in their pants from laughing too hard. The show plays Thursday nights at the Acme Theatre in Los Angeles, located on La Brea.  See the map below for directions (click [...]


Black’s Dance Dance Baby at REEL Ladies

Black’s Dance Dance Baby at REEL Ladies

Founder and writer Laura Black’s short film, Dance, Dance Baby! will be included in the REEL Ladies Short Film & Media Showcase on February 28, 2010 in Beverly Hills. Black developed Dance, Dance Baby through Playwrights 6 in its Staged Reading Series.


Brecht in LA by Rick Mitchell

Brecht in LA by Rick Mitchell

The final reading from 2010 Contest Finalists will be “Brecht in LA” by Rick Mitchell and directed by Jonathan Levit. May of the regular actors of the Writer/Actor Lab will play roles on the cast of “Brecht in La.” The reading will be on Tuesday, February 9, 2010,  at 8pm at the Underground Theatre, 1312 [...]


2009 Fundraiser

2009 Fundraiser

That’s right, LEGENDARY BINGO (a.k.a. “Drag Queen BINGO”) is this Wednesday at 9 p.m. Hamburger Mary’s in WeHo at 8288 Santa Monica Blvd. @ Sweetzer. BINGO starts right at 9. Get there a little early to get a good seat. BRING A BIG PARTY and reserve a table by calling 323-654-3800.