As Bill readies a new condo for him and his soon-to-arrive wife, he gets an unexpected visit from their new neighbor, Jack. What follows is a sharp comedy about the lives we dream of having versus the lives we end up living.
Moving Arts welcomed resident artist EM Lewis back to L.A. and presented a weekend event featuring two new works: a reading of a play in progress and a workshop presentation.
In Fathers at a Game fantasy and reality collide with deadly force. Moe and Eddie are two buddies watching their sons play football. Or are they?
To sit behind a desk is to “check your nuts at the door” according to Rod, who views his friends’ ability to adapt to the changing world around them as tantamount to treason. When in the wake of Rod’s father’s death, his best friend Fetcher opts for a weekend at Lake Jamaica with the country club set instead of their annual fishing trip to Lake Fred, strong bonds forged in adolescence threaten to break. Caught in the middle, third-wheel John must choose sides: Rod’s, Fetcher’s or his own.
To sit behind a desk is to “check your nuts at the door” according to Rod, who views his friends’ ability to adapt to the changing world around them as tantamount to treason. When in the wake of Rod’s father’s death, his best friend Fetcher opts for a weekend at Lake Jamaica with the country club set instead of their annual fishing trip to Lake Fred, strong bonds forged in adolescence threaten to break. Caught in the middle, third-wheel John must choose sides: Rod’s, Fetcher’s or his own.
As part of The Hollywood Fringe Festival, Moving Arts presented their new, site-specific creation, “ASAP Fables.” This family-friendly event featured the performance of five absurdly impossible and original fables, all of which were created… as soon as possible.
The MosaicWonderland Project is part of an ongoing Moving Arts’ project that explores the relationship between visual and performance arts.
In collaboration with Mosaicwonderland and artist/owner Kimberly Jordan, Moving Arts presents a collection of original scenes and monologues inspired by the mosaics and paintings in Ms. Jordan’s current exhibition.
In 2010, Moving Arts blew away Last Frontier Theatre Conference audiences with the performance of Blood and Thunder, and in 2011 we returned to the Mainstage in Alaska with a staged reading of South Bridge by Reginald Edmund.
By Rachel White Paul Bowman John Orlock Ross Tedford Kendall Josh Galitsky
Directed by Vesna Hocevar Ross Kramer Sara Wagner Jason Duplissea Terence Anthony
These premiere plays (3 World Premieres, 2 West Coast Premieres) explore the ties that bind us and the decisions we make to change our lives. Some comedic, some tragic; all five plays are bold and express an emerging playwright’s unique theatrical voice.
