October - December 2020 December 3, 3:00pm PT/6:00pm ET AGAIN WE AWAKEN - in recognition of World Aids Day In their sixth collaboration with Skylight Theatre honoring World AIDS Day, the LGBTQ+ troupe traces the dreams, lessons and landscapes that have touched their lives and bridge two global pandemics. Written and Performed ...
July 2020 Events July 30, 3:00pm - Special Event, WEST ADAMS "Penelope Lowder has her finger firmly on the pulse of American culture. " - Los Angeles Times Earlier this year we performed WEST ADAMS, the 2020 LA Times Critics Choice play about the absurdity of racism. Some thought it ...
The Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project On Friday, Juneteenth, (June 19th), theatre communities around the country will provide their response to the current moment – the civil uprising that has come as a reaction to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others before them – with ...
CLOSE AND FAR AWAY Two old friends reconnect via zoom during quarantine... but technology and distance are the least of their problems. Writer: Cory Hinkle** Director: Elina de Santos Performed by: Melissa Paladino, Jennifer Pollono **Resident Playwright May 21, 3:00pm AND THE VOID SAYS HA HA HA I DO THAT ...
THE STORY: Roz is a nun and newbie playwright in medieval Gandersheim, Germany. When she and her fellow nuns present her brazen, feminist comedy for the Holy Roman Emperor, his rejection of her work catapults Roz on a journey of millennial proportions to Hollywood and beyond.
Featured plays: V-Card by Stacey Weingarten Our First Honest Conversation by Christine Hamilton Schmidt Charlie by Beth Polsky Three Syllables of Shame by Rom Watson
A story about the absurdity of racism. STORY: With a hostile takeover of a neighborhood block party and altruistic dreams of gentrification, Penelope Lowder’s newest play, set in LA's historic "WEST ADAMS" district suggests that perhaps reshaping a newly adopted neighborhood in your image isn’t as lofty as one might ...
Skylight and QueerWise join together on February 22 to present a special community event about being treated as someone that is... "insignificant or peripheral." Donations are requested online or at the door in support of Skylight's continuing efforts to put Art In Action through community outreach and education. Supported ...
