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Incident On The Golden Gate Bridge by David MacGregor featured in our most recent ten-minute International plays festival performed at The Mark Taper Auditorium in Downtown Los Angeles and produced in association with LA MADE. The play was directed by Josh T. Ryan and performed by Cooper Daniels, KiDane Kelati, and Sarah Ryan.
Lost & Found - 2019 International 10-minute Play Festival
Sun, October 20, 2019. 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
A festival of international short plays produced in association with LA MADE.
VIDEO CONTENT COMING SOON!
Robert Le Blanc
Winner of the 2019 LA Made/Raze The Space Playwriting Award for his play Familiar
Adam Szudrich
Awarded Best International Play for Rosa & Leo
Emily McClain
Awarded Audience Choice Award for Un-Help Desk
Josh T. Ryan
Awarded Best Director, direction on David MacGregor's play Incident on Golden Gate Bridge.
Our 2019 international festival of ten-minute plays featured eight world premiere performances. The plays were selected from more than 600 international submissions and our winning eight plays came from playwrights in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, and across the United States. Visit our Collaborators Page for more on the artists involved.
Mark Taper Auditorium, 630 West 5th Street, Los Angeles, CA 90071
A festival of international short plays produced in association with LA MADE.
VIDEO CONTENT COMING SOON!
Robert Le Blanc
Winner of the 2019 LA Made/Raze The Space Playwriting Award for his play Familiar
Adam Szudrich
Awarded Best International Play for Rosa & Leo
Emily McClain
Awarded Audience Choice Award for Un-Help Desk
Josh T. Ryan
Awarded Best Director, direction on David MacGregor's play Incident on Golden Gate Bridge.
Our 2019 international festival of ten-minute plays featured eight world premiere performances. The plays were selected from more than 600 international submissions and our winning eight plays came from playwrights in Australia, Ireland, United Kingdom, and across the United States. Visit our Collaborators Page for more on the artists involved.
Exit Strategies - 2018 International 10-Minute Plays Festival
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The 2018 RAZE THE SPACE International 10-Minute Plays Festival featured eight new works for the stage from writers Chip Bolcik, Annalise Torcson, Seamus Lucason, Sally Davis, Drew Katzman, Elaine Brousseau, Steven Doloff, and Kel Vance.
The plays were directed by Martin Jago, Vickie Mendoza, Kate Motzenbacker, Adam Parker, Shaina Rosenthal, Michael Matthys, J.P. McLaurin, and Brad Griffith. The following actors completed the creative team of over 30 international artists: Sydney Readman, Olivia J Fox, Josh T Ryan, Brad Griffith, John Paskiewicz, Ellyn Stern, Byron Vasquez Jr., Samantha Ginn, Tom Deák, Stephen Schmitz, Paul Eiding, Jayne Taini, Penny Safranek, Suzanne Dodd, Mark Hein, Jetta Juriansz, and Hazel Lozano. |
Antigone at the Mark Taper Auditorium - September, 2017
Mark Taper Auditorium @ Los Angeles Public Library, Downtown on September 10th, 2017, 2 - 3 p.m. Free staged reading of Sophocles' timeless classic ANTIGONE. This bold new translation makes its stage debut right here in the City of Angels. In rehearsal.
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Los Angeles Public Library, 630 W 5th St, Los Angeles, CA 90071
Meet Some Antigone Cast Members... |
CAST Antigone - Katie Rodriguez Ismene - Zoe Yale Creon - Stuart Howard Guard - Josh T Ryan - Guard Haemon - Ian Runge Eurydice - Nicola Bertram Messenger - Liz Femi Teiresias - John Achorn The Chorus Christine Avila Mark Hein Von Rae Wood Robert Harlan Greene TRANSLATION & DIRECTION Martin Jago |
February 2017
Work on our company-devised project Displaced, which was part of REDCAT's Studio Showings last year, continues with a series of on-going rehearsals that are introducing elements of multimedia such as projection to the performance. The continuing global refugee crisis is at the heart of this tender story of separation, loss and war.
Work on our company-devised project Displaced, which was part of REDCAT's Studio Showings last year, continues with a series of on-going rehearsals that are introducing elements of multimedia such as projection to the performance. The continuing global refugee crisis is at the heart of this tender story of separation, loss and war.
October 2016
Our company-devised piece Displaced was part of REDCAT's Studio Showings today in Downtown Los Angeles. It was a short and intense rehearsal period for actors Nicola Bertram and Katie Rodriquez with the challenge of technically demanding physical theatre with masks, choreography, and music.
Our company-devised piece Displaced was part of REDCAT's Studio Showings today in Downtown Los Angeles. It was a short and intense rehearsal period for actors Nicola Bertram and Katie Rodriquez with the challenge of technically demanding physical theatre with masks, choreography, and music.
Displaced is a company devised project currently in early-stage rehearsals. Employing a mix of physical theatre, dance, mask, music and sound effects the project brings together a core team of Los Angeles based performance specialists and theatre practitioners.
The play is an exploration of the current global refugee crisis. The story follows one man's escape from his war-torn homeland to the shores of Europe and charting the highs and lows, the friendships, hostilities, fear, and religious intolerance that he encounters along the way.
The play is an exploration of the current global refugee crisis. The story follows one man's escape from his war-torn homeland to the shores of Europe and charting the highs and lows, the friendships, hostilities, fear, and religious intolerance that he encounters along the way.
March 2016. A PLAY A DAY is a week-long series of ten-minute plays at New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, England. RAZE THE SPACE provided one of the directors (Martin Jago) and the plays (first produced by the company as part of our Samuel French "US & THEM" event in Los Angeles). We're delighted to be working collaboratively with NTR, a fantastic company with a creative team that is forging a exciting, contemporary picture of what theatre can and should aspire to be.
RAZE THE SPACE - THEATRE AWARDS 2015
AWARD DETAILS: "US & THEM" is the 2015 theme of our annual ten-minute play festival at Samuel French. The event was a huge success thanks to the support and generosity of Joyce Mehess, the store manager. The collaborative spirit of all those who took part (scroll down to see event photos) also made for a great day.
There may be life yet to come in this superb collection of shorts with interest from our friends at New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, U.K.
Additionally, among RAZE THE SPACE's current endeavours is seeking publication of the collection in the very near future.
THE WINNERS
2015 Best Play: Fifteen Minutes by Bernie C. Byrnes
(Directed by Kate Motzenbacker and performed by Shelly Skandrani)
2015 Best Monologue: Fifteen Minutes by Bernie C. Byrnes
(Directed by Kate Motzenbacker and performed by Shelly Skandrani)
2015 Best Ensemble Play: Small Talk by David MacGregor
(Directed by Mark Hein and performed by Mark Hein, Abel Horwitz, Jenny Gustavsson and Ian Heath)
There may be life yet to come in this superb collection of shorts with interest from our friends at New Theatre Royal in Portsmouth, U.K.
Additionally, among RAZE THE SPACE's current endeavours is seeking publication of the collection in the very near future.
THE WINNERS
2015 Best Play: Fifteen Minutes by Bernie C. Byrnes
(Directed by Kate Motzenbacker and performed by Shelly Skandrani)
2015 Best Monologue: Fifteen Minutes by Bernie C. Byrnes
(Directed by Kate Motzenbacker and performed by Shelly Skandrani)
2015 Best Ensemble Play: Small Talk by David MacGregor
(Directed by Mark Hein and performed by Mark Hein, Abel Horwitz, Jenny Gustavsson and Ian Heath)
2015 Event photos: "US & THEM" Annual Ten-Minute Play Festival at Samuel French Bookstore, Hollywood
The next RAZE THE SPACE event is almost here! Scroll down for more details
Announcing our "US & THEM" plays, playwrights and directors:
"US & THEM" a staged reading of five, new, ten-minute plays will take place at 12 P.M. on Saturday May 9th at Samuel French Bookstore, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Fifteen Minutes
Written by Bernie Byrnes
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Directed by Kate Motzenbacker
Glacial Decline
Written by Donna Latham
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Directed by Josh T Ryan
Small Talk
Written by David MacGregor
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Directed by Mark Hein
Ethan's Chair
Written by Brett Hursey
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Directed by Ashley Steed
Nuts
Written by Roy Proctor
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Directed by Martin Jago
"US & THEM" a staged reading of five, new, ten-minute plays will take place at 12 P.M. on Saturday May 9th at Samuel French Bookstore, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90046.
Fifteen Minutes
Written by Bernie Byrnes
&
Directed by Kate Motzenbacker
Glacial Decline
Written by Donna Latham
&
Directed by Josh T Ryan
Small Talk
Written by David MacGregor
&
Directed by Mark Hein
Ethan's Chair
Written by Brett Hursey
&
Directed by Ashley Steed
Nuts
Written by Roy Proctor
&
Directed by Martin Jago
PLAY SUBMISSION DEADLINE for "US & THEM" is March 28th, 2015
Submissions in PDF or Word only. Send as an email attachment to [email protected] or [email protected]
"THE GLOBAL EFFECT"
Our first staged reading @ Samuel French in Hollywood took place on
19 July, 2014:
THE GLOBAL EFFECT
Powerful new writing with a global voice
What?
A FREE staged reading of original new works: A collection of ten-minute dramas for the stage with a global theme.
Where?
The Samuel French Hollywood Bookshop, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046
When?
12 PM, SATURDAY 19th JULY, 2014
A FREE staged reading of original new works: A collection of ten-minute dramas for the stage with a global theme.
Where?
The Samuel French Hollywood Bookshop, 7623 Sunset Blvd., Hollywood, CA 90046
When?
12 PM, SATURDAY 19th JULY, 2014
EVENT NEWS!
RAZE THE SPACE is delighted to announce that accomplished British actor Stewart Marquis will be taking
part in this staged reading via a VoIP link live from London! You can find out more about Stewart on our
Collaborators page.
RAZE THE SPACE is delighted to announce that accomplished British actor Stewart Marquis will be taking
part in this staged reading via a VoIP link live from London! You can find out more about Stewart on our
Collaborators page.
