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WHEN:
Sat, Nov 11 and Sun, Nov 12
12pm to 5pm

Running time:
varies

Tickets:
FREE
The Edge of the World Theater Festival presents


Conceived and curated by Mark TJ Lifreri and Mark Seldis

"The L.A. History Project" is a two-day mini-festival of brand new work exploring stories and issues from Los Angeles' rich history.

The companies and subjects include:

SATURDAY

Circle West
"LA Voices," written by LA Voices Project, directed by Charlie Otte
  • An oral history, fact and fiction, of the earliest days of Los Angeles

    plymouth
    "Crazy Drunk," written by Robert Fieldsteel, directed by Bernard White
  • 1904! Philanthropist Griffith J. Griffith Shoots Wife In Head! Defense Claims State of Alcoholic Insanity! Has Curse of the Felizes Struck Again?

    Sacred Fools
    "Gatsby in Hollywood" written by Joshua Rebell and directed by Dave P. Moore
  • Detailing F. Scott Fitzgerald's time in Hollywood in the late thirties

    Moving Arts
    "Body Found" written and directed by Trey Nichols
  • Revealed at Last! The truth about the Black Dahlia murder case!

    Zoo District
    "Imprint: Helen Hunt Jackson, Aimee Semple McPherson, Helen Gahagan Douglas, and Sharon Tate," written and directed by Tracy Hudak
  • 4 women and 4 stories stolen by history and trapped in the purgatory of a waiting room outside the Los Angeles Times Archives.

    SUNDAY

    Playwrights Arena
    "FANCY" by Lucy J. Kim
  • IN AN ERA WHEN LEATHER-SLAPPING GUNSLINGERS WALKED THE EARTH, FANCY COULD KILL A MAN.

    Open Fist
    "The Bay of Smokes," by Alena Wilson and Alisa Wilson, directed by Marc Cameron
  • A noir murder mystery examining the history of prohibition in Los Angeles


    Some of LA's best and brightest theatre companies were invited by the organizers of EdgeFest to premiere works conceived for this very event. Our goal is to celebrate not only the rich history (the good and the bad) of this city but also the innovative ensembles of theatre artists collaboratively creating new work everyday. Each company was invited to create and present a one-act play based on a period of LA History; a decade, a year, an event, a movement, whatever that company felt was a significant story to tell about L.A. We intend this project to be an annual event which will over the years create a myriad of new work on the City of Angels. These play will be present in a bare-bones workshop format, with minimal tech. The LA History Project is offered free to the public.

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