Why We Have A Body

Directed by Tanna Frederick.
Produced by Alexandra Guarnieri.
Comedy by Claire Chafee.

With

Barbara Bain, Tanna Frederick,
Cathy Arden & Lisa Pescia

LIVE MUSIC

The score is recreated live at each performance by five remarkable musicians.
A playful mix of jazz, funk, blues and classical music, combined with original sound effects, dynamically interacting with the 4 actresses and reacting to the action.

Claire Chafee’s elegant, richly humorous comedy is all about love: romantic love, family love, sibling love, lesbian love, sexual love, and the sometimes strange but wonderful things that we do to satisfy our deepest desires and longings. Funny, sexy and occasionally poignant, “Why We Have A Body” will make you, like Lily and Renee, want to keep coming back for more.

Original music and sound design by Edward Auslender

Band  Members:
KYLE O’DONNELL (Saxophonist)
DAVID ABRAMS(Guitarist)
TREVOR STEER (Pianist)
COOPER APPELT (bassist)
ROBERT HUMPHREYS (drummer and percussionist)

Special Opening Receptions
Friday, March 2nd, 2012 @ 7:30 P.M.
Saturday, March 3rd AT 7:30 P.M.
RSVP required: (310) 392-7327

Proceeds will be Donated

Ticket: $34.99
We have a limited amount of special discounted tickets
Please click here on this link for $17.50 dollar tickets
Regular show times: Thurs.- Sat. at 7:30 p.m., Sun. at 5:00 p.m.
through April 8th

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(310)399-3666
Lili’s a private eye. Her specialty is divorce cases, investigating adulterous husbands. But Lili herself is having an affair with a married woman, Renee, who is (or was, up until this point) a heterosexual.

Lili has a sister, Mary, a career criminal who compulsively robs convenience stores at gunpoint. But Mary is willing to make an effort at having a straight (i.e., non-criminal life). For this, she will have Lili’s assistance.
More than anything, Lili and Mary want to be family. But their mother, Eleanor, is forever exploring cultures in some other country or on some other continent. Mary and Lili long for their Mom.

Claire Chafee is the playwright. “Why We Have A Body” is her best-known play. It premiered in San Francisco in 1993, when it enjoyed a long run, and was later successfully revived there last year. Ms. Chafee’s other plays include “5 Women on a Hill in Spain,” “Darwin’s Finches,” and “Even Among These Rocks.”

Tanna Frederick directs, and portrays Mary. A critically praised audience favorite, she recently concluded record-breaking long runs on stage in “Sylvia” and “Just 45 Minutes from Broadway” at Edgemar Center, where she also appeared in “Always…But Not Forever.” She also appeared in Robey Theatre Company’s “For The Love of Freedom: Toussaint” and at Skylight Theatre in “A Safe Place.”  Her lively film career includes performances in “Hollywood Dreams,” “Irene in Time,” “Queen of the Lot” and the upcoming “Just 45 Minutes From Broadway,” “The M Word,” and more. She has also been involved with philanthropies ranging from Save Our Surf to the Iowa Film Festival.

Barbara Bain, three-time Emmy ® winner  (“Mission: Impossible,” “Space: 1999,” “Richard Diamond, Private Detective”) plays Eleanor.

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Felicity Nove
“Poured Paintings”

RSVP is required.
The exhibit will running until the end of April.

*Please email us at info@edgemar.org
with how many people will be attending

Felicity Nove: Poured Paintings

Informed from my recent work on the nature of “scale” in art and science – paintings evocative of deep sink-holes, galactic hazes, and swirling cosmos which view expansive and stellar worlds through a microscope – I return to a more intimate world of exploration.

In this new series, I focus on the internal and phenomenological landscape.  Inspired by the poems and colors of William Blake‘s drawings, my new paintings explore spatial and temporal consciousness.  Created through kinesthetic awareness and intentionality there is a resulting evidence of ones own physical experience recorded by the suspended pigments and optical effects of play-of-color, iridescence, adularescence, and reflections on the canvas.

These embodied action paintings are evidence of a “body”.

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Theatre, dance, music, film, and visual arts come together in one place. Students and seasoned professionals perform side-by-side–their work is a culmination of workshops, rehearsals, and collaborations across disciplines. This is the purpose and the realization of Edgemar Center for the Arts.

We provide a physical environment that nurtures the collaboration between writers, directors, actors, musicians, dancers, and visual artists. Because our focus is on the creative process, our classes and productions actively mix together people of all ages and levels of experience to create an environment of learning.

We invite the community to observe, engage, and interact, to add its voice to our discovery.

Our vision is that children will grow up at Edgemar and people of all ages will take risks, and find their artistic voices. At one of our first fundraisers, Neil Simon, a member of our Honorary Board, said the national trend has been that theatres go out of existence.

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Author: jeffsbiotch

Duration: 230

Published: 2011-04-04 04:17:00

For Norman Reedus

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Best Los Angeles Acting School

Explore what it takes to have great comedic instincts from one of the top comedic actors of our time. Brad Garrett will lead you through all aspects of comedy as it applies to cold reading, auditioning technique, character development, script breakdown & analysis. This unique opportunity is not to be missed!

*Learn the ins & outs of situational comedy.

*Setting up, delivering, & landing a joke.

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*The rhythm of a scene.

*Transitions and beats.

*Character development.

*Cold reading.

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*If you want to be considered for this course, please call managing director Alexandra Guarnieri at 310-392-0815.

Brad Garrett played Ray Romano’s big brother Robert on the hit CBS series “Everybody Loves Raymond,” which has earned him five Emmy nominations and in 2002, 2003 and 2005 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series.

Garrett, raised in Woodland Hills, California, was born on April 14, 1960. After high school graduation, Garrett began performing his stand-up act at various Los Angeles comedy clubs, getting his start at the Ice House in Pasadena and The Improv in Hollywood. His first appearance – at age 23, on “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson,” made him one of the youngest comedians ever to perform on the program.

From this appearance, Garrett’s stand-up career took off, garnering him headlining gigs at national venues as well as opening spots for legends, including Frank Sinatra, Diana Ross, Julio Iglesias, Liza Minnelli and Sammy Davis Jr. In 1989, The Las Vegas Review Journal named Garrett the “Best Comedian” working on the Strip.

At this point, Garrett made his foray into the world of television. Garrett’s television guest roles range from stints on “Roseanne” and “Mad About You,” to his trademark role of the obsessive mechanic on “Seinfeld” (you may remember him stealing Jerry’s Saab in order to teach him a lesson about poor auto maintenance).

In nine seasons on CBS, “Everybody Loves Raymond” continued to be a critical and ratings success, posting numbers worthy enough to win its time slot every week. Garrett portrayed Ray Barone’s (Ray Romano) brother Robert, the NYPD policeman. Robert’s existence is constantly overshadowed by his sports-writer sibling. The rivalry helped coin the titled line, “Everybody Loves Raymond.”

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Author: Galadhfea

Duration: 219

Published: 2011-05-13 21:18:49

Ladies and Gentlemen, Norman Reedus

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Our mission is to provide a creative home to a community of passionate actors.

The studio offers a wide array of classes and workshops that are geared for actors of all ages and stages of their careers. Actors are encouraged to raise the bar by working on diverse material, honing their skills both on-

Second The Walking Dead Season 2 Trailer AMC has released the second trailer for Season 2 of The Walking Dead, which debuts on Sunday, October 16 at 9 PM ET with the 90-minute season premiere, Episode 2.1: What Lies Ahead. Click on the video player below to see what’s in store for this group of survivors in the new season of The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead episode 2.1, “What Lies Ahead” airs on AMC October 16th, 2011. The episode stars Andrew Lincoln, Jon Bernthal, Sarah Wayne Callies, Laurie Holden, Jeffrey DeMunn, Steven Yeun, Chandler Riggs, Norman Reedus and is directed by Gwyneth Horder-Payton. The Walking Dead: The Beginning of The End The end of the world is just the beginning. Get ready for the explosive second season of The Walking Dead, returning this October. The Walking Dead: Don’t Make A Sound Silence is the key to survival. But what happens when all you want to do is scream? Check out the season 2 premiere of The Walking Dead, coming this October. The Walking Dead: Full Throttle Even when you think you’re safe, walkers are lurking at every corner. Brace yourself for the full throttle of Season 2. The Walking Dead returns in October. The Walking Dead: Boston Herald Season 2 of The Walking Dead promises to make other dramas look like kids stuff. Tune in to the season premiere this October. Sheriff Rick Grimes literally takes matters into his own hands in this first look at season 2 of The Walking Dead. The Walking Dead returns in October on AMC. Comic-Con

Author: uNifyProductions

Duration: 91

Published: 2011-10-15 17:43:17

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*VIP tickets include a Meet and Greet before the show with Brad Garrett and Ray Romano as well as a photo with them both.

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Duration: 72

Published: 2011-06-24 19:35:24

Norman Reedus – American Badass

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Hello Herman, a new feature film directed by Michelle Danner, has wrapped principal photography in the Los Angeles area. The story involves Herman Howards, a high school student who has been a bully magnet. Taunted and tormented, he armed himself and took revenge by shooting dozens in a bloody fury. Now incarcerated, a national debate springs up around him as to whether or not to execute him. He’ll tell his story to the world through one journalist, Lax Morales, an award-winning reporter who is haunted by his own past.

The events raise the question, to what extent do the participation of mass media and its audience contribute to the spiraling of violence in American culture?

Norman Reedus stars as Lax. Reedus is best known for his work in The Boondock Saints movies and the hit show The Walking Dead as well as Lady Gaga’s video Judas. His love interest is played by Martha Higareda, an acclaimed star in her native Mexico who starred with Keanu Reeves in Street Kings. Rob Estes from 90210 is playing Chet Clarkson, a political pundit. Andy McPhee from Sons of Anarchy plays Sean Gall, the leader of a white supremacist group. The film also stars newcomer Garrett Backstrom as the teenage shooter Herman Howards.

Author: Cookiedangel

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Norman Reedus about Hello Herman

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Duration: 82

Published: 2011-07-05 21:16:34

“Hello Herman” cast talks about Director Michelle Danner

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