Los Angeles Times Theater review: ‘Sick’ at Los Angeles Theatre Center
April 26, 2010 | 1:30 pm When it comes to walking the fine line between humor and misery, Erik Patterson is an experienced high-wire artist. Patterson’s new play, “Sick,” presented by Playwrights’ Arena and the Latino Theater Company at the Los Angeles Theatre Center, is an incisive treatment of hypochondria and addiction that can be blisteringly funny. Laughs aside, however, Patterson has a point to make about society’s generalized... Read More
HOT ACTS: SICK
If you prefer your family drama with a side of hypochondria and alcoholism, then take a trip downtown to the Los Angeles Theatre Center to catch Sick, which kicks off the Spring 2010 season of the East of Broadway series. HIH had the pleasure to attend the World Premiere, meet the cast, and enjoy the hidden wonders of Spring Street. With the cast of Sick. From award-winning playwright (and HIH friend) Erik Patterson, Sick observes one... Read More
Backstage Reviews “Sick”
LA Review: ‘Sick’ Playwrights’ Arena and the Latino Theatre Company at Los Angeles Theatre Center Reviewed by Travis Michael Holder | April 20, 2010 PHOTO CREDIT: Adam Blumenthal Playwright Erik Patterson admits to personal hypochondria in the program notes for this resplendently twisted effort—yet another in his string of hilariously wicked and glaringly contemporary plays gloriously sending up the communal sickness... Read More
LA Weekly says Go See Sick!
Photo by Adam Blumenthal “It was an angry poop,” exclaims Pamela (Vonessa Martin) to her husband David (Ramón de Ocampo). She and their 10-year old son Michael (an adorable Quinton Lopez) wait out the barrage of f-bombs from Gary (Johnny Giacalone), Pamela’s drunk brother who is cursing out his wife Carla (Diarra Kilpatrick) because she threw him out of the house. Pamela and David agree to take Gary in, and in the ensuing... Read More
VIDEO: Erik Patterson gets interviewed about ‘SICK’
In this week’s edition of Behind the Scenes, Back Stage’s Jenelle Riley talks to award-winning playwright Erik Patterson about his new play “Sick.” Patterson recently won the WGA Award for “Another Cinderella Story,” starring Selena Gomez and Jane Lynch of “Glee.” Here, he discusses his new play, becoming a songwriter by accident, and hypochondria. via Backstage Read More
