Urban Theatre Movement and Downey Arts Coalition presents a staged reading of new play about suburban warfare. Meet Laurie & Chris, New York hipsters. They moved to the suburbs, and now they want to clean up their new neighborhood by demolishing the old Handball court to pave the way for an urban facelift. But not… Continue reading “Handball” Staged Reading Sunday May 27
Category: Theater
La Vida Lucky (1974) Staged Reading May 20
“La Vida Lucky (1974)” is a short play written by Daniel Houston-Davila, based on stories out of his book, Malinche’s Children, which chronicles the rise of a small barrio in Southern California throughout history, to what it is today located in Downey’s neighboring city, Norwalk. This story follows a young hispanic father of five grappling… Continue reading La Vida Lucky (1974) Staged Reading May 20
“August G” Premieres at Casa 0101 Theatre
Alistair Hunter, a member of the Downey Arts Coalition, is currently appearing as the character of ‘August G (without age)’ in the American Premiere of the award winning French playwright Arman Gatti’s surrealistic play, “The Imaginary Life of the Street Sweeper August G” at the state of the art New CASA0101 Theatre, 2102 First Street, Los Angeles,… Continue reading “August G” Premieres at Casa 0101 Theatre
Urban Acts: Staged Reading Series
Something new is coming for the city of Downey, a series of staged readings of new plays is being presented here by Urban Theatre Movement and the Downey Arts Coalition. It’s no secret that Downey doesn’t have anything currently in the way of contemporary drama produced in our borders. However, we have artists and performers… Continue reading Urban Acts: Staged Reading Series
Downey Children’s Theatre: The Gallery
We’ve written about the history of the Downey Theatre before, which is something not widely known, since its been more than thirty years since the Downey Children’s Theatre effectively shut down. One of the Downey Arts Coalition ideas early on was to bring some of this history out into the open, to talk about the… Continue reading Downey Children’s Theatre: The Gallery
Downey Children’s Theatre: A Retrospective
This Saturday March 31st, the Downey Children’s Theatre will be featured in an historical display comprised of vintage photographs and artwork … plus the fond remembrances of participants who were there … tracing the origin of the beautiful Downey Theatre through the creation of the Downey Children’s Theatre and the numerous programs that evolved … including… Continue reading Downey Children’s Theatre: A Retrospective
Electricidad runs through March 17th
DAC member Sylvia Blush presents a new production of “Electricidad” by Luis Alfaro, opening this Friday March 2nd at the Bilingual Foundation of the Arts in Lincoln Heights. Using the East L.A. barrios as the backdrop for this adaptation of Electra, this modern twist on the Greek tragedy thrusts you into fits of laughter and… Continue reading Electricidad runs through March 17th
Urban Theatre Movement “Short Eyes” final weekend
The Urban Theatre Movement started in south-east LA County, with residents from the gateway cities that met in college with a passion for theatre. Paul Tully, a Downey resident and co-founder of the theatre company, loves our city and sees the need to help bring more of the arts here locally. They’ve moved quickly into… Continue reading Urban Theatre Movement “Short Eyes” final weekend
Downey Arts Meeting Saturday Oct 29th 12PM
Hope you can make it to our next Downey Arts Coalition meeting at the Downey Civic Theatre, in the green room. Enter through the office door right off the small street between the theatre and the library. This Saturday October 29th at 12PM. We start out each meeting re-capping the current news and events happening… Continue reading Downey Arts Meeting Saturday Oct 29th 12PM
Downey Arts Round-up
I wanted to share a few updates on the news from the arts coalition, and status on some of the arts-related happenings of late. We’ve had a good run of stories in The Downey Patriot. First, here is the article about this month’s gallery at Mari’s Wine Bar: Art Exhibit to Open at Wine Bar.… Continue reading Downey Arts Round-up