March 13, 2007

prt building fund - reading


Daily Creator J. B. sends us this information about PRT in LA:

Dear Friends -

As you may or may not know Pacific Resident Theatre's building is up for sale. All donations from this reading is for our Building Fund. I hope you will come out and support this worthy event that I've produced for the past three years. We have hosted: Lee Blessing, Eve Enselver, Joe Pintauro, Donald Freed, Susan Johnston, Laura Maria Censabella...and now Henry Ong with cellist Longo Chu! Love, Jordan Baker

Pacific Resident Theatre presents
The Company Reading Series
Monday, March 26, 2007
at 7:00 pm

Anthony Trollope's RACHEL RAY
Adaptation by Henry Ong
Directed by Brendon Fox
Original cello music composed by Longo Chu

PRT Members: Mary Van Arsdale, Rachel Avery, Sara Brooke, Tom Beyer, Andy Carnick, Channing Chase, Rebecca Crandell, Jaxon Gwilliam Duff, Tania Getty, Amy Huntington, and Dennis Madden

Special Guest Artist: Blythe Niles

Set in the idyllic English countryside of Devonshire, Rachel Ray tells the story of the eponymous heroine pursued by the dashing,ambitious and persistent Luke Rowan who is at the same time battling to gain control of the local brewery. Populated by a host of unforgettable Trollopian characters, imbued with the deepest of religious, political and class convictions, this could be the liveliestand most compact of dramas from the pen of that greatest of Victorian storytellers, Anthony Trollope. Playwright Henry Ong'sadaptation is possibly the very first attempt to bring the 19th century novel to the stage.

Henry Ong is an internationally produced playwright whose works defy easy classification. Among his plays are the critically acclaimed Madame Mao's Memories, a one person play about the life of the infamous widow of China's Mao Zedong; the award-winning People Like Me, based on actual stories of gay and lesbian teenagers in Los Angeles; Sweet Karma, a docudrama about the life of the Oscar-winning actor of "The Killing Fields," Haing Ngor; and The Old Lady Who PoppedOut of the Sidewalk and Became a Christmas Tree, a tale of greed and redemption.

Light refreshment served
RESERVATIONS A MUST! 310-822- 8392
Suggested donation: $10 (for the PRT Building Fund)

703 Venice Blvd.Venice, CA 90294
(3 blocks west of Lincoln -- parking FREE in rear and on street)

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