Murray Mednick on the Primacy of Words and Language in the Theater

"Mednick is perhaps L.A.’S most entrenched playwright, having resided in Southern California since 1975 and writing singularly poetical-spiritual works saturated in wry, existential and sometimes morbid wit. Mednick was the the driving force behind the Padua Playwrights Festival, founded in 1978 and home to the likes of Sam Shepard and Maria Irene Fornes – a festival performed outdoors in the foothills of Claremont. It was at this festival the Mednick premiered is epic The Coyote Cycle." -- BY GRAY PALMER

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LOS ANGELES, CA. MAY 10, 2017. André Gregory directs Wallace Shawn's “The Designated Mourner” at REDCAT. Frequently heralded as a masterpiece of political theater with the dynamic cast of Wallace Shawn, Deborah Eisenberg and Larry Pine. As their rapidly changing country slips into totalitarianism, three artist-intellectuals try to make sense of their changing lives in this searing and prescient drama. (Photo Credit: Lawrence K. Ho)

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The Third Annual Stage Raw Theater Awards: A Report and Winners

"Hence, the almost anti-celebratory opening number, Stephen Foster’s “Hard Times (Come Again No More)” beautifully rendered by the Stewarts, and joined by a chorus (Monica Greene, Gregory Guy Gorden, Erin Holt, Amir Levi, Cj Merriman, and Andrew Joseph Perez) assembled by director Jaime Robledo."

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