The East of Broadway Spring 2010 Flex Pass is now available for $80! The Flex Pass includes a ticket to main productions (Sick, Dementia and 1951-2006), a pair of tickets to The Vault and 25% off additional programming (up to 4 tickets per show). Purchased separately the tickets cost $144 but with the Spring Flex-Pass you’ll save over $60!

Sick (Apr 17 – May 16)
World Premiere
Written by Erik Patterson
Directed by Diane Rodriquez
Co-Produced by Playwrights’ Arena and the Latino Theater Company at the LATC

Family relations reach a feverish pitch in this perverse examination of the frightening, yet oddly-soothing world of hypochondria comedic drama. Ill tidings surmount as prescriptions are abused and relationships go toxic in this infectious drama from award-winning playwright Erik Patterson.

Dementia (May 1 – May 30)
Written by Evelina Fernandez
Directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela
Produced by the Latino Theater Company at the LATC

Skeletons aren’t the only things that come out of the closet in this award-winning Latino swansong about the glamorous death of Moises, his friends call him Moe. Mortality never seemed so fabulous as he invites his closest friends over for a “going away party for good party”. Demented fantasies abound as his alter ego, a torch singing drag queen, tempts him into his famous final scene.

In 2002, Dementia garnered the prestigious GLAAD Award for Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles as well as four Ovation Award nominations.

1951-2006 (May 14 – Jun 13)
World Premiere
Written and directed by Donald Freed
Produced by Playwrights’ Arena and the Latino Theater Company at the LATC

From world-renowed playwright Donald Freed comes the World Premiere of his latest work, 1951-2006, a 50-year love story that takes place on the 4th floor of an East Side Brownstone. Riveting dialogue, psycho-sexual musings and historical revelations populate this illuminating time capsule of America.

The Vault (May 27 – Jun 12)
A multi-disciplinary ensemble creating an original weekly cabaret produced by the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theater Center.

 

ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING

The Emperor’s Last Performance (Mar 26 – Apr 4)
The Emperor’s Last Performance traces the life and career of pioneer African-American actor Charles Sidney Gilpin and his rise to fame in Eugene O’Neill’s The Emperor Jones. Charles Gilpin’s performance in Eugene O’Neill’s play, The Emperor Jones, propelled him to the height of his craft and at the same time made Eugene O’Neill one of the greatest playwrights of his time. But the role of “Brutus Jones” in The Emperor Jones was not Charles Gilpin’s greatest performance. His greatest performance was in pretending that he liked the role that made him a star.

The Einstein Plan (May 23)
Albert Einstein suggested that if as little as 2% of the population engaged in non-violent civil disobedience, the government would not be able to operate as usual. In The Einstein Plan’s interactive format, a character simply called “The Exile” directly engages the audience and invites them to participate in creating their political future.

LOL! Latina on the Loose! (Jun 18 – Jun 26)
Mina Olivera’s LOL! Latina on the Loose! is a side-splitting comedy that takes you on a journey from Brazil to Switzerland to El Salvador to America, and straight to your heart. You’ll join her on her journey and experience the challenges she faces coming to America by herself as a teenager, and the tests she confronts in retaining her larger-than-life grandmother’s biggest teaching: “Show them your worth!”

The Slumber of Reason (Jun 26)
The Latina Dance Project’s new dance theater piece. The creative springboard for this work is Spanish painter Francisco de Goya’s prints, “Los Caprichos.” With a stark intensity unprecedented in the history of art, these prints convey the contradictions of a historical period when religious fundamentalism and paranoia prevailed over reason. They are joined by acclaimed actor/director Tim Perez (Vancouver, BC), composer Wes Hambright, video by Jose Garcia Davis and costumes by Susie Cox (Dallas, TX).

Transitions (Jun 18 – Jun 27)
Transitions is a trilogy of one act plays that deal with ordinary people struggling with a call from God in their lives, which is insisting that they move forward, or else.