It’s the spring of 1925. Glendale founding father Leslie C. Brand is dead and grieving widow Mary Louise is ready for the reading of the will. But who is the mysterious young woman also in attendance? Based on true events and historical figures; the play looks at the nature of philanthropy and the true inheritors of Mr Brand’s largesse.
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CREATIVE TEAM:
Series Host – Ramón de Ocampo
Audio Producer, Sound Designer, and Foley Artist – Jeff Gardner
At ANTAEUS: The Cripple of Inishmaan, Picnic, Macbeth, The Curse of Oedipus, Tonight at 8:30 & former Co-Artistic Director. Other theatre: Ah! Wilderness (A Noise Within), Dangerous Corner (Matrix Theatre), Juno & the Paycock (Odyssey Theatre), Ladyhouse Blues (Andak), Last Summer at Bluefish Cove (Tiffany Theatre), The Cavalcaders (Florida Stage), The Beat Generation (Merrimack Rep). TV/Film: South of Nowhere, Star Trek:Deep Space Nine, For the People, The Riches, The Fosters, Leverage, Monk, Judging Amy, Law & Order LA, Patty Hearst, In the Mood, The Longshadow, Diani & Devine Meet the Apocalypse, I Am I.
With Antaeus: Nora, The Zip Code Plays, and several staged readings.
Other theater credits include: world premieres by Neil Labute, EM Lewis, Tom Jacobson, Luis Alfaro; work with A Noise Within, EST/LA, Cornerstone, Moving Arts/The Lion, Son of Semele, Celebration, The Actors' Gang, San Diego Rep, Sledgehammer, Diversionary and New Image Teen Theater directed by Kathy Najimy. TV/Film credits include: The Dropout, Westworld, This Is Us, Brooklyn 99, Glow, Goliath, Bosch, Station 19, Parenthood, Castle, 24, CSI: Miami, Monk, Serenity, Pearl Harbor, Friends, The King of Queens, ER, Nothing Sacred, Party of Five, Never Have I Ever, Upload, 911 Lone Star and all seven seasons of The West Wing.
Hearts like Planets (virtual, Chance Theatre); The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Greenway Court); Othello (Griot Theatre); bled for the household truth (Rogue Machine); Still Life (Rogue Machine); The Hot L Baltimore (T. Schreiber); Two Rooms (The Seeing Place). Film/Episodic: Sole Proprietor (Insurgent Pictures); IRL (Cut To The Chase); Midnight Delight (Dot and Feather); Digital Physics (Philadelphia Philms); Shinobi Girl (Media Blasters). alexandrahellquist.com and @theahellquist
Alex Goldberg is a Playwright, Screenwriter, Director. At ANTAEUS: Annexing the Palisades (Zip Code Plays Season #1), Mayor of the 85th Floor (LAB RESULTS). Full Length Plays: It Is Done (Original Works Publishing, four productions), America’s Brightest Star (Railroad Playhouse), Stock Home (Fringe NYC), and I’m in Love with Your Wife (winner, Playwriting of a New Script, Midtown Int’l Theater Festival). O’Neill semi-finalist (twice) and finalist. Film: Closure (winner two Best Feature awards and two Audience Choice Awards. Member: The Playwrights Lab at Antaeus, Dramatists Guild. He lives with his wife, actress Catia Ojeda, and their two sons, in Burbank. www.alexgoldberg.net
Lisa Sanaye Dring
Director
Lisa has directed with Playpenn, Know Theatre of Cincinnati, Circle X Theatre Co., Edinburgh Festival Fringe, The Blank Theatre, California Repertory Company, We the People at Sacred Fools, The Motor Company, Inkwell and Theatre of NOTE. Punkplay, which Lisa co-directed with Matt Bretz, was listed as a Production of the Year and a runner-up for Best Direction by TicketholdersLA. She co-directed Welcome to the Blumhouse Live, an interactive film event for Blumhouse/Amazon Prime, which was recently nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Interactive Program. lisasanayedring.com
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
