Cartoonist, musician, poet, Grammy-winning songwriter, screenwriter and author of children’s books, Silverstein was truly a renaissance sort of chap. Take a ride into this eclectic evening of comedy, song and risqué’, often wacky, satire that so uncannily pinpoints the poignancy, absurdity and delightful comedy that is American life. Director Dan Bonnell puts it all together in an original and highly theatrical new mix of that which was Silverstein. June 7 through July 27, 2008 |
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Written by Martin Sherman and performed by Naomi Newmann
This one-woman tour de force takes the audience on a restless journey through 20th century Jewish life; from a Ukrainian shtetl to the Warsaw ghetto to Atlantic City and Miami, with side trips to a hippie commune in Connecticut and an Israeli settlement on the West Bank. “Rose is an exercise in pure storytelling” (The Washington Post), erasing the lines between the personal, the historical, the political - as well as the heart-wrenching and the hilarious.
July 5 through September 7, 2008 |
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Directed by Jeffrey Hayden
Starring Hal Linden and Allan Miller
Al Lewis and Willie Clark played vaudeville as a team for forty-three years, but mutual dislike has kept them far apart for the last eleven years. Now CBS wants them to appear in History of Comedy and their reunion sparks delirious comedy.
“RECOMMENDED!...loosen your Bourscht Belt, it's going to be a gag-rich evening...surprising affecting.” – L.A. Times
April 5 thru June 1, 2008 |
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Winner of the PULITZER PRIZE and TONY AWARD for Best Play. Starring GREG MULLAVEY.
Directed by award winner ELINA de SANTOS who brought The Odyssey
"Awake & Sing!" and "All my Sons."
On the eve of her 25th birthday, Catherine, a troubled young woman.
has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, a
famous mathematician. Now, following his death, she must deal with
her own volatile emotions; the return of her estranged sister,
Claire; and the attentions of Hal, a former student of her father's
who is searching for valuable work in the 103 notebooks her father
left behind.
May 1 thru June 1, 2008 |
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Coming soon
A Man’s A Man
This shockingly theatrical German satire by Bertolt Brecht was the OTE’s very first production in 1969 at its little 81-seat Hollywood Blvd. location. It put the Odyssey on the “theatrical map” and was highly relevant to the Vietnam era. Now, it seems highly timely to again take on Brecht’s Chaplin-esqe/Commedia del Arte/horror comedy. MAN… is part of Brecht’s highly stylized, early period, while he was most influenced by American film comics like Chaplin and Keaton. Join the KOAN UNIT with Widow Begbick and the girls of her “drinking canteen”, the savage Sgt. Bloody Five, the poor patsy Gayly Gay (originally played by Peter Lorre), a Marx Brothers-like “machine gun unit” and a host of eccentric characters that only Brecht could invent. And most exciting, OTE commissions a brand new musical score for this old/ever-new fable. An evening that promises to be haunting, hilarious and excruciatingly perceptive.
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Special Events
Guest Companies at the Odyssey
HEDDA GABLER May 1–25, 2008
Presented by Freya Films LLC.
Don't miss Henrik Ibsen's masterpiece Hedda Gabler starring Dina Rosenmeier. A modern exploration of the gripping drama that has captivated audiences around the world with its wonderfully complex characters. Seymour Cassel starts in this limited performance run as the manipulative Judge Brack.
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