OPENS THIS WEEK & RUNS THROUGH FEB 28!

On Caring for the Beast
Written and Directed by Shishir Kurup

Follow six characters as they embark on parallel psychological, physical, and spiritual journeys through darkness into pain, and ultimately towards...light?

On Caring for the Beast is a study of the struggle between spirit and flesh, hope and despair, love and fear.  Is the battle ever won?

L.A.’s celebrated ensemble returns with the fifth play in Cornerstone’s Justice Cycle. Be consumed by this multi-media theatrical drama illuminating the shadows that exist in all of us.

*due to mature themes and adult content, this performance is not advisable for children under the age of 14.

Times & Dates
February 4 -28, 2010
Thursdays - Saturdays @ 8pm; Sundays @ 2pm
Plus Wednesdays 2/17 & 2/24 @ 8pm

Location
Rosenthal Theater, Inner-City Arts
720 Kohler Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021

*street parking available preview weekend; valet parking available post-opening
*enter Inner-City Arts on corner of 7th St & Merchant. Rosenthal Theater is immediately to the right of that entrance

Tickets
Previews (2/4-2/7) and Wednesdays: Pay-What-You-Can
All other performances: $20

Get your tickets here at Brown Paper Tickets!

Or call 213-613-1700 x20 for more information.

Show up early! All tickets unclaimed 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the public.

Join us on select Thursday night performances for a special talkback with the audience immediately following the performance!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

A conversation about Faith
Facilitators: Mark Strunin & Michele De Rosa
Panel: TBA

Thursday, February 18, 2010

A conversation about Torture
Facilitator: Michael John Garcés
Panel: Shishir Kurup and Kim Ng-Luu

Thursday, February 25, 2010

A conversation about Truth and the Justice Cycle plays
Facilitator: Peter Howard
Panel: Playwrights and directors of Justice Cycle plays: Shishir Kurup, Michael John Garcés, Julie Marie Myatt and Naomi Iizuka

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We are in the midst of The Justice Cycle, a series of six world premiere plays designed around the question of how laws create and disrupt communities. How do laws bind us together? How do laws tear us apart? Following our five-year Faith-Based Cycle, our hope is that this cycle will challenge our company, audiences and community partners alike to examine our beliefs about how justice functions in our society.

Written by NAOMI IIZUKA
June 3 - 12, 2010 at Grand Performances

This working title comes from an ancient Chinese proverb: there is your truth, there is my truth, and there is the truth.

In the tradition of previous Cornerstone Bridge shows like A Long Bridge Over Deep Waters and Broken Hearts, the Justice Cycle Bridge Show will bring together the previous Justice Cycle communities in a brand new, culminating play by celebrated playwright Naomi Iizuka.

NAOMI IIZUKA

Naomi was born in Tokyo and raised in Japan, Indonesia, Holland, and Washington, D.C. Her work has been produced and developed throughout the United States. Plays include 36 Views, War of the Worlds, Language of Angels, Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls, Polaroid Stories, Skin and Tattoo Girl. She has lived most recently in Iowa and California. Naomi is the recipient of a Whiting Award, a McKnight Fellowship, an NEA/TCG Artist-in-Residence Fellowship, Princeton’s Hodder Fellowship, a Jerome Fellowship, and a PEN Center USA West Award for Drama. She graduated from National Cathedral School in Washington, D.C., and received a B.A. from Yale University and an M.F.A. from the University of California-San Diego.

Cornerstone Theater Company is thrilled to announce the addition of three local artists to the Cornerstone Ensemble: designer Nephelie Andonyadis and playwrights Sigrid Gilmer and Julie Marie Myatt!

"Inviting these fantastic artists to join our ensemble is a thrill for Cornerstone,” says Artistic Director Michael John Garcés. “While each are very different artists, they share a real commitment to engaging communities in their work. We couldn't be more excited to have them.”

Click here for more information on the Cornerstone Ensemble!