First-time playwright Amir Abdullah's play "Pray to Ball" is receiving its premiere at the Skylight Theatre. Deborah Klugman speaks with Abdullah about the play's intersections of basketball, friendship and Islam.
The Australian Theater Company -- the first Aussie stage troupe in the U.S. -- launches in L.A. after a successful Kickstarter campaign with its production of "Holding the Man" at the Matrix. Stage Raw's own Aussie delegate, Pauline Adamek, spoke with co-founders Nick Hardcastle and Nate Jones at a bash hosted by the Australian consulate.
By BILL RADEN "Stage Rows" tried to take a week-off from L.A.-centric hobnobbing by fleeing to NYC. Escape was thwarted, however, when we bumped into Bart DeLorenzo, and a cadre of L.A.-expats. Meanwhile, back in Hollywood, Martha Demson and her currently itinerant Open Fist Theatre received a Charlie Award for the company's contributions to local culture.