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Stella Adler Theatre, Los Angeles, CA Review - Imago Fest - Real Life Issues
By Amanda Cortez
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Stella Adler - A Conservatory for Actors
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Imagofest is a festival of one act plays written by
Stella Adler - Los Angeles Alumni,
Matt Sauter, Alex Aves, and
Allan Smith under the tutelage of Playwright
Timothy McNeil (recent work includes
Los Angeles
Times Critic’s Choice “Anything.”
The mood of each play deals with universal, real life problems, divorce, suicide, and a bad relationship so the audience can identify with the subject matter.
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Stella Adler - Dressing Room
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Matt Sauter's,
The Divorce Party, directed by
Bonnie McNeil is about a
Monica (
Juliet Quintin-Archard), has an epiphany on her 40th birthday that she no longer wants to be married to her mundane, obnoxious husband, Terry (
Mike Daily). Stuck on her new life, Monica neglects to discover her soon-to-be ,memorable, birthday celebration when family members arrive to celebrate the inevitable, chaotic event.
The Other Side to Everything by
Alex Aves; directed by May Quigley Goodman takes place on an evening in a cluttered apartment belonging to the depressive artist,
Girl. On the brink of possibly doing something to herself.
Girl (
Alex Aves) calls
Boy, (
Nick Cimiluca) her on-again off-again boyfriend (who is married), over to help her get through the night. However, the emotional relationship boils into silliness, hatred, and lust as they go down memory lane.
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Stella Adler Production
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The one-act bipolar play tosses and turns a volatile relationship from old lovers to friends but fails to flow mellifluously.
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Stella Adler - Hollywood classroom workshops
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Twice on Sunday by
Allan Smith; directed by Roger Mathey takes place in a
San Francisco apartment. Estranged, big sister Catherine (
Alison Evans) comes to rescue little bother Matt (
Jeremiah Heitman) from a suicide gone-bad. Rebel brother is now paralyzed from the legs down and in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. The siblings discuss their alienated past and try to reunite.
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The mood was slightly lethargic and could have used cable jumpers to gain momentum.
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Stella Adler Theatre Main State
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Playwright -
Tim McNeil has had a wide and varied career since arriving in
Los Angeles. As an actor theater highlights include George in
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf at
Stella Adler
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Yevgeny in Los Muertos at the
Elephant, Claudius in the
Page 93 production of
Hamlet at the
Lillian,
Pozzo in
Waiting for Godot, also at the
Lillian, Jerry in
Margaret at the
Hudson Backstage,
Walter in Crane, Mississippi at the
Elephant, Horace in the
Day I Stood Still, also at the
Elephant,
Henry Smalls in
Small Days at the
Hudson Backstage, and many more. Tim has written and had produced over 13 plays in
Los Angeles including the aforementioned
Los Muertos,
Anything,
Crane Mississippi,
Margaret,
Small Days (soon to be a motion picture),
The Straight Bozo, and
Freddie’s Dead, among others, all around town. Some have been critic’s choices, etc. His movie
Anderson Gully is due to be shot at some point in 2008, which he is greatly excited about. In addition, he has also directed quite a few plays including
King Lear at Stella Adler Theater,
Beach Play at the
Hudson (
Critic’s Choice), the
Crucible at
Stella Adler,
The Diary of Anne Frank also at
Stella Adler,
Homebody/Kabul at the
Studio C Theatre, among others. He has also been a teacher at the
Stella Adler
Academy for the past ten years.
Tim was a founding member of the late great
Page 93 Theater Ensemble and a proud member of
Feckham Peckham Fulham Clapham.”
The Stella Adler Los Angeles
A Conservatory for Actors, is a world renowned acting school located in the heart of
Hollywood,
California.
The Stella Adler Los Angeles offers extensive training for the serious actor in theatre, film, and television (on camera). The
Stella Adler Technique grew out of
Miss Adler’s personal work with
Constantine Stanislavsky, the father of modern acting. This technique (or method of acting) has been studied by many of the worlds most notable actors, directors, and writers including
Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Salma Hayek, Benico Del Toro, Holland Taylor, Gary Ross, Eric Stoltz, Mark Ruffalo, just to name a few.
For all performances, you can park at the
Hollywood & Highland Center - $2 for 4 hours with
Stella Adler validation.
For more information, see www.stellaadler-la.com
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