AMPLIFYING THE VOICES OF
LOS ANGELES THEATER ARTISTS
Five staged readings of new plays exploring relationships rocked by an outside force.
At Company of Angels we’re committed to connecting deeply and authentically with audiences from a broad range of economic backgrounds, ages, ethnicities, and perspectives. To further that commitment, we’re offering our New Works Festival pay-what-you-can at the door (please do RSVP to secure your seat). As a non-profit theater company, we have always relied on our community of supporters. But today, we need them more than ever.
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THE LINE UP
WOUNDCARE: A CRACK BABY REPARATIONS PLAY
Written by Jennie Webb
Directed by Jen Bloom
Friday, October 18 | 8:00 PM
After meeting her troubled, recently deceased mother–who gave her up for adoption as an infant–Terra starts to navigate a little-known California State compensation program and runs into more of life’s surreal hurdles.
gertrude & lady m
Written by Emily Brauer Rogers
Directed by Katie Chidester
Saturday, October 19 | 8:00 PM
Gertrude, the mother of Hamlet, and Lady Macbeth find themselves in the afterlife where all the social rules they experienced are no longer there. Not bound by what they have to do as women, they’re free to vie for power–and both have their eyes set on ruling below. Which one will be able to outmaneuver the other and win the crown?
connection
Written by John Dubiel
Directed by Kelie McIver
Sunday, October 20 | 7:00 PM
After a poorly presented advertising pitch, two ad execs find themselves locked together in a conference room, needing to work out their personal differences and devise a new ad concept in an attempt to keep their jobs.
traffic report
Written by Tamadhur Al-Aqeel
Directed by Elana Luo
Saturday, October 26 | 8:00 PM
Mia buys a plane ticket on the black market for her father to escape his country and join her family in California. The plan backfires, and instead a stranger with a secret comes to stay.
what lies behind
Written by Judy Soo Hoo
Directed by Andy Lowe
Sunday, October 27 | 7:00 PM
An Asian American woman attempts to solve the disappearance of her sister by signing-up her dementia-afflicted father, who was the last person to have seen her, in a gene-editing study that may recall his memory.