Bonjour,
We had a wonderful run of “Betrayal,” which just closed this last weekend. We hope you were able to come see it. Coming next, is “The Bald Soprano” by Eugene Ionesco. This mad, crazy, wildly funny play is the comic masterpiece that launched the Theatre of the Absurd. It was first produced in 1950 is now the longest running, continuously performed show in history at la Théatre de la Huchette in Paris. (I even saw it on my recent trip!). It’s the story of an ordinary evening in the home of M. and Madame Smith that spins madly out of contol as they entertain their guests, the Martins. Dazzling in its linguistic acrobatics, the play is a comic masterpiece of joyful, irrational anti-logic and a looney parody of the stolid, thick-witted world of middleclass propriety. In an escalating battle of banalities, polite conversation turns to confusion, then mayhem, and finally explodes into cheerful, liberating chaos. Simultaneously comic and profound, it is a short, sharp ludicrous journey into a funhouse mirror version of the world we think we know—and the truth of what we do not. It opens April 26th and will run through June 2nd. Get your tickets now!

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Distinguished Production of a New International Play, “Insulted. Belarus”

Stage Raw has announced its awards for 2023 and we’re happy to tell you that our production of “Insulted. Belarus” by Andrei Kureichik last fall is receiving an award for “Distinguished Production of a New International Play.” Congratulations to the outstanding cast and our friend and collaborator, Andrei Kureichik, who continues to lead the fight for a free and democratic Belarus.

The Writers Workshop at City Garage

Are you working on a play, a one-person show, a screenplay, or a piece of fiction and want help pushing it forward? Develop it in the Writers Workshop at City Garage. Get guidance, feedback, story analysis, and support in our weekly sessions. The number of places is limited. Click here for more information.

$30,000 Matching Campaign; Getting closer and closer…

Merci to all of you who gave so generously to help us toward matching our grants from the state of California and the City of Santa Monica.Thanks to the people below, we’ve raised $26,580. Can you help us make it the rest of the way to $30,000? Any amount is welcome!

Ruth Flinkman and Ben Marandy
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David Burton
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Emyr Gravell
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Anna Pond
Myron Meisel
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Ernest Tam
Elizabeth Oakes & Samuel Goldstein
Barbara Kellir
Sharon Gardner
Roger Director
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Cristina Markarian & Paul Rubenstein
Lisa & Bill Gray
Holly Dunnigan
Stephen Greenberg
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Mr. Lawrence Goldstein, Mrs. Rosa Goldstein
Lisa & Bill Gray
Esther Lumer
Anonymous
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Grzegorz Majewski
Marlene Larson
Tom Laskey
Tom Patchett
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