Bonjour,
We’re excited to tell you about awards we received last week from Steven Stanley—the 2024-205 Scenies. Thanks to you, our loyal audience and supporters, for making these productions possible!
Congratulations to the City Garage winners of the 2024/2025 STAGE SCENE LA Scenie Awards:
OUTSTANDING REVIVAL OF A 20TH CENTURY PLAY:
“The Homecoming”
OUTSTANDING ENSEMBLE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH CENTURY PLAY: “The Homecoming”
Angela Beyer, Carey Cannata, Troy Dunn, David E. Frank, Adam Langsam, Taylor Lee Marr
OUTSTANDING LEAD PERFORMANCE IN A REVIVAL OF A 20TH CENTURY PLAY: “The Homecoming”
Angela Beyer
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A ONE ACT:
“I Want a Country”
OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION OF A TWO HANDER:
“If I Needed Someone”
OUTSTANDING PERFORMANCE IN A PRODUCTION OF A TWO HANDER: “If I Needed Someone”
Devin Davis-Lorton, Adam Langsam
OUTSTANDING DIRECTION OF MULTIPLE PRODUCTIONS:
Frederique Michel – “I Want a Country,” “If I Needed Someone,” “The Homecoming”
Antigone, adapted by Neil LaBute starts August 15th!
It’s coming soon—the opening weekend of the US Premiere of Neil LaBute’s adaptation of Jean Anouilh’s Antigone. Be there with us! There will be a preview with complimentary champagne to kick off opening weekend on Friday, followed by an informal, opening night buffet on Saturday. Make your reservations now!
Antigone
By Jean Anouilh, Adapted by Neil LaBute
August 15 – September 21, 2025
Acclaimed playwright Neil LaBute brings a fresh edge to the classic tale of a fierce young woman determined to stand up to authority—even at the price of her own life. Working from the 1944 text by French playwright Jean Anouilh—written during the occupation—LaBute asks the same question here as Anouilh did under the Nazis: what price must an individual be willing to pay to defend their beliefs? Antigone faces down her uncle, the dictator Creon, insisting on proper funeral rites and burial for her slain brother, something Creon has forbidden on pain of death. In this deadly battle of wills, Antigone, one of the great classical heroes of Greek tragedy, refuses to compromise, even to the point of self-destruction. In a troubled time, where autocracy is on the rise and the free expression of ideas are under assault, Antigone speaks for all those unwilling to give in and go along.
We Need Your Help Now to match our pledge by August 15th!
We’re almost there! We’ve been working hard this summer to match a pledge by a very special patron (who wishes to remain anonymous) of $20,000 to support the work at City Garage. We need to complete this match by August 15th! Thanks to the generosity of so many of you, we’ve now raised $14,925 toward that goal. Our gratitude to these kind patrons:
Roger Director
Joanne Leslie
Ricky Lee Grove and Lisa Morton
Ann Bronston
Tom Laskey
Anonymous
Steve Diskin
Martha Duncan
Bo Roberts
Anonymous
Lindsie Carlsen
Holly Dunnigan
Mr. & Mrs. Jerome Greenberg
Michele and Curt Wittig
Tom Patchett
Michael Intriere
Roger Marheine and Carol Wise
Sallie Bingham
David Tillman
Lloyd Goldwater
Jay Bevin
David Burton
Gustav Vintas
Myron Meisel
Eliane Ganz
Ravi Narasimhan
Joel Drazner
Irit Raz McBride
Beth Cannata
Christopher Keledjian
Bridgette Redman
Margaret Perscheld
Edward Goldman
Barbara Beyer
Connie & Sylvester Lopez
Marlene Larson
Geraldine Fuentes
Arthur Williamson
Can you help us get the rest of the way before the 15th? Any amount, small or large is welcome!
Merci,
Frederique, Archie, Charles & everyone at City Garage
