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36 Yesses
36 Yesses is an exploration of what it means to commit when everything is in play, and to believe when nothing is out of the question. What have we learned, created, questioned, rejected, redefined, and embraced in recent years? Where are we going as a community, as a country? Can hope lead the way? Join us for a theatrical event in process, a struggle of a journey toward consensus in values, in art, in life. 36 Yesses Written by Michael John Garcés Directed by Sha Cage With Scenic Design by Andrea Heilman, Costumes by Jeanette Godoy, Lights by Geoff Korf, Sound by John Nobori, and Stage Managed by Maria Oliveira. Featuring Marcenus M.C. Earl, Peter Howard, Page Leong, Bruce Lemon Jr., Kenny Ramos & Bahni Turpin. At The Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd, Los Angeles 90025 December 8 - 11, 15 - 18, 2022 Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays at 7:30pm, Sundays at 2:00pm Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can, with a suggested donation of $20. RESERVE TICKETS HERE DIRECTIONS AND PARKING INFORMATION Audience must wear masks in the building and during the play. like catch but with words like wrestling but with feelings wrestling with our feelings playing with your feelings like pretending but for real As a part of the creation process of this production, community interviews were conducted with the participation of: Annie Yee, Blanca Gutierrez, Ceci Dominguez, D’Lo, Elodia Honigstein, Emma Cobb, Frank Ayala, Frank Boeheim, Gema Sanchez, Jataun Valentine, Jeanette Godoy, Juanita Chase, Karen Covarrubias, Loraine Shields, Michael Mejia, Natalie Venegas, Neetu Badhan-Smith, Nicole Wong, Olusheyi Banjo, Sue Montoya, Tracey Turner. 36 Yesses is made possible in part by grants from the Annenberg Foundation; the California Arts Council, a state agency; California Community Foundation on behalf of LA Arts Recovery Fund; California Nonprofit Performing Arts Grant Program; California Office of the Small Business Advocate; California Venues Grant Program; Capital Group; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture; Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; the Mellon Foundation; the National Endowment for the Arts; the Muriel Pollia Foundation; the Shubert Foundation; the Trout Lily Fund; the Kathryn Caine Wanlass Charitable Foundation and U.S. Small Business Administration Shuttered Venue Operators Grant. [pdf-embedder url="https://cornerstonetheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/36-Yesses-Program-FINAL-Digital.pdf" title="36 Yesses Program FINAL Digital"]
Pedro Play
A new play with music, created with and about the San Pedro!
When Jessica is sent to San Pedro on a journalistic assignment, she finds much more than she bargained for. Traveling through Pedro’s rich and colorful past, present and future, Jessica finds a community in the midst of radical change. A romantic comedy with music, PEDRO PLAY explores the meaning of home and features members of the San Pedro community on stage in collaboration with Cornerstone Theater Company. PEDRO PLAY is inspired by what we’ve learned from the people we’ve met, as well as research, explorations, great meals, art and fun we’ve experienced in San Pedro over the past two years, as well as the redevelopment process of Rancho San Pedro housing and the Harbor Blvd area.Written by playwright Juliette Carrillo and directed by Cornerstone’s Associate Artistic Director, Bruce Lemon, this production has been designed in collaboration with an award-winning design and production team including Choreographer Marissa Herrera, Music Director Suzanne Messer, Scenic Designer Christopher Scott Murillo, Costume Designer Jeanette Godoy, Light Designer Wesley Charles Chew, Sound Designer John Nobori and Stage Manager Maria V. Oliveira. The cast will be accompanied by a band playing original music by Co-Composers David Markowitz and Nehal Shahin.
This play features the performance talents of Boaz Abel, Andrew Rudy Alvarez, Larry Bates, Rudy Caseres, Taraji Dacosta, Ricky Dhupar, Brian Garcia, Ruth Livier, David Markowitz, Suzanne Messer, Lisa Nygren, Diane Patalano, Nehal Shahin, Morgan Pugh, Winston Rocha, Phone Tha, Bahni Turpin, and Katharine VanDewark.
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Tickets are Pay-What-You-Can with a suggested donation $20, but any amount is appreciated. No one turned away for lack of funds.
Pedro Play will run for FOUR performances at the WARNER GRAND THEATRE:
478 W 6th St, San Pedro, CA 90731
Thursday, October 19 at 8pm
Friday, October 20 at 8pm
Saturday, October 21 at 2pm
Saturday, October 21 at 8pm
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Pedro Play is made possible in part by grants from the Arts Council for Long Beach; the California Arts Council, a state agency; The California Endowment; California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for the Humanities; Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the County Department of Arts and Culture; Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs; the Map Fund, the Mellon Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, the Shubert Foundation, the S. Mark Taper Foundation and the Kathryn Wanlass Charitable Foundation. [pdf-embedder url="https://cornerstonetheater.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/PP_DG_Programv3.3.pdf"]WICOUN
Photo Journal
Below is a gallery of photos that have been taken over the course of five trips across South Dakota by the members of the team. This gallery does not come close to representing the full breadth of these trips, the six-dozen-plus engagements the teams have attended, the literal weeks upon weeks of work, but they can impart a small sense of what the process has been like so far. [gallery columns="4" ids="18267,18284,18283,18281,18271,18291,18280,18269,18288,18287,18270,18266,18264,18282,18277,18279,18285,18290,18289,18293,18268,18286,18263,18294,18274,18292,18265,18272,18273,18275,18276,18278"]What Happens Next
View online program for What Happens Next HERE, or download here.
Commissioned and produced by La Jolla Playhouse, the play was created with, for and about veterans, inspired by stories shared by the military community in San Diego. Written by Naomi Iizuka and directed by Michael John Garcés, the play explores the complexities of sacrifice and resilience of people who have served, and sheds light on what they carry into their civilian lives.
What Happens Next premiered at the Challenged Athletes Foundation in San Diego, April 19 – 29, 2018 and was remounted in San Diego and at UC Irvine in 2019. In June 2021, Cornerstone re-imagined What Happens Next as a Zoom play which is available for screenings.
Original Cast: Judy Bauerlein, Nick Borrelli, Bruce A. Lemon, Jr., Hannah Logan, Francisco Martinezcuello, Nico Marcolongo, Jennie McFarling, Anthony Pone, Kionte Storey Michael Garcia, Associate Director Amanda Novoa, Stage ManagerRemounts
Originally produced by La Jolla Playhouse in 2018, Cornerstone produced the play again with the same cast, and with an eye toward performances to be brought in to veteran communities anywhere.
Performed at UC Irvine at Winifred Smith Hall in Claire Trevor School of the Arts, November 18, 2019.
Performed at Challenged Athletes Foundation in San Diego, November 20-24, 2019.
Streamed online June 24-27, 2021 on YouTube. Read about the original production in the San Diego Union-Tribune. Bring What Happens Next to Your Community Performed by eight actors and produced with minimal space and technical requirements, What Happens Next can be produced in any type of venue, including non-traditional spaces like a recreation center, meeting hall, or veterans community space. The performance is approximately 90 minutes long and runs without an intermission. You can learn more about bringing What Happens Next to your community, HERE. Photo courtesy of Jim Carmody/La Jolla PlayhouseA Jordan Downs Illumination
Thank you for joining us for A Jordan Downs Illumination. View press related to the production below and continue your education & inspiration by visiting our Jordan Downs Transformation by the Decade Blog that takes a look at the many transformations that have laid the foundation for the Jordan Downs and Watts community as it exists today. Click here to view photos, and tag and search #ajordandownsillumination.
Dramatic change is happening in the heart of Los Angeles in the neighborhood of Watts. The Jordan Downs Housing Project, originally built during WWII, has been home to Watts families for generations, and is now being completely transformed into a modern urban village. Join us as award-winning, multi-disciplinary artist Nancy Keystone, Cornerstone Theater Company, and local residents present a one-of-a kind immersive experience: part theatrical performance, part installation and part participatory activities with and about Jordan Downs. A Jordan Downs Illumination will be a celebration and commemoration of the residents’ lives past and present with a vision toward the future, marking a moment of change and transition for a deeply connected community.
A Jordan Downs Illumination is the first play in our Change Series. In these volatile times, Cornerstone Theater Company is undertaking an exploration of how societal change across the country and the globe is impacting our local communities and, by extension, the very nature of the work we do as a company.
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CLICK HERE for A JORDAN DOWNS ILLUMINATION PRESS RELEASE. Further press inquiries, please contact Director of Strategic Relations Ilia Lopez at ilopez@cornerstonetheater.org.
