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Antigone

written by Jean Anouilh, 1910-1987 (1942); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Jordan Bridges, 1973-, Dominic Fumusa, 1969-, Francis Guinan, John Hansen, Alan Mandell, fl. 1974-2010, Elizabeth Marvel, 1969-, Alley Mills, 1951- and Mandy Siegfried (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 1999, originally published 1957), 1 hour 50 mins

The body of Polynices, Antigone's brother, has been ordered to remain unburied by Creon, the new king of Thebes. Antigone defies the law, sealing her fate. Originally produced in Paris during the Nazi occupation, Anouilh's Antigone was seen by the French as theatre resistance and by Germans as an affirmation of au...

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Arms and the Man

written by George Bernard Shaw, 1856-1950 (1894); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Al Espinosa, 1968-, Teri Garr, 1947-, Anne Heche, 1969-, Jason Kravits, 1967-, Sarah Rafferty, Jeremy Sisto, 1974- and Michael Winters (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2006, originally published 1898), 1 hour 33 mins

It's 1885, and Raina's bourgeois Bulgarian family is cought up in the heady patriotism of their war with Serbia. The beautiful and headstrong Raina eagerly awaits her fiance's victorious return from battle - but instead meets a soldier who seeks asylum in her bedroom. This is one soldier who definitely prefers rom...

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God's Man in Texas

written by David Rambo, 1955- (1998); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Andy Taylor, fl. 1986-2001, Robert Pescovitz and W. Morgan Sheppard, 1934- (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2001, originally published 2001), 1 hour 41 mins

A pointed look at organized, merchandised religion, the dangers of pride and ambition, the battles for power between generations, and the redemptive power of faith. A face off for control between a legendary Baptist pastor and an ambitious young preacher.

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Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde

written by Moisés Kaufman, 1963- (1997); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by JB Blanc, 1969-, Dakin Matthews, 1943-, Ian Ogilvy, 1943-, Peter Paige, 1969-, Julian Sands, 1958-, Simon Templeman, John Vickery, Douglas Weston and Matt Wolf, 1972- (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2009, originally published 1997), 2 hours

In three short months, Oscar Wilde, the most celebrated playwright and wit of Victorian England, was toppled from the apex of British society into humiliation and ruin. Drawing from trial documents, newspaper accounts, and writings of the key players, Moisés Kaufman ignites an incendiary mix of sex and censorship...

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The Lost World

written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1859-1930 (1912); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Josh Clark, Kyle Colerider-Krugh, Peter Paige, 1969-, Kirsten Potter, Kate Steele, Tom Virtue, 1957- and Kenneth Alan Williams (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2010, originally published 1912), 46 mins

Arthur Conan Doyle's rollicking adventure tale follows a scientific expedition deep into the Amazon jungle – right back into the time of dinosaurs and cave men. Before Jurassic Park, before Indiana Jones - there was The Lost World!

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Opus

written by Michael Hollinger, 1962-; directed by Brendon Fox; produced by Susan Loewenberg; performed by Jonathan Adams, 1931-2005, Jere Burns, Kevin Chamberlin, 1963-, Steven Culp, Jon Matthews and Liza Weil, 1977- (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2013), 1 hour 50 mins

In Michael Hollinger's look at the discordant backstage world of classical music, The Lazara Quartet has just fired one of its members, and his replacement is wary of the group's reputation for personal, violent quarrels. And as they prepare for a command performance at the White House, they're haunted by their fo...

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The Physicists

written by Friedrich Dürrenmatt, 1921-1990 (1961); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Anne Gee Byrd, 1938-, Matthew Patrick Davis, Bruce Davison, 1946-, John de Lancie, 1948-, Matthew Gaydos, Harry Groener, 1951-, Christopher Guilmet, Melinda Page Hamilton, 1974-, Gregory Itzin, 1948-, Roma Maffia, 1958- and Missy Yager (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2009, originally published 1961), 1 hour 42 mins

Johann Möbius, the world's greatest physicist, is locked away in a madhouse along with two other scientists. Why? Because he is haunted by recurring visions of King Solomon, and the other two are convinced they are Einstein and Newton. But are these three actually mad? Or are they playing a murderous game wi...

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The Ruby Sunrise

written by Rinne Groff (2005); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Asher Book, 1988-, Kate McGregor-Stewart, 1944-, Elisabeth Moss, 1982-, Jason Ritter, 1980-, Kate Steele and Henry Winkler, 1945- (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2007, originally published 2006), 1 hour 50 mins

THE RUBY SUNRISE begins when a 1920s tomboy feverishly works to develop her latest invention - a little something called "television". Twenty-five years later, her daughter will stop at nothing to bring her mother's incredible story to life during TV's Golden Age. But will it get the truth it deserves? The product...

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Spinning Into Butter

written by Rebecca Gilman, 1964- (1999); directed by Brendon Fox; performed by Charles Kimbrough, 1936-, Jordan Baker, Daniel Chacon, Michael Cotter, 1976-, Patricia Fraser, Kevin Kilner, 1958- and Stuart Pankin, 1946- (Los Angeles, CA: L.A. Theatre Works, 2002, originally published 2002), 1 hour 38 mins

What happens when conflicting emotions inhabit the same space? When a new vocabulary is devised to disguise the same old thoughts? In this barbed satire of political correctness, Rebecca Gilman's provocative characters spin a web of their own, revealing the latent racism that may lurk beneath the porcelain veneer...

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