Culver City High School’s theatre students return to the stage of the venerable Robert Frost Auditorium this evening at 7, inaugurating a series of eight performances through Saturday, Jan. 19.
The Academy of Visual and Performing Arts’ Theatre Performance and Theatre Design students will be putting theory into practice when they present the first annual Blurred Vision Theatre Company One-Act Festival.
On alternating nights, two separate one-act programs will be staged, each for four performances.
The festival will celebrate the work of student designers, directors and performers. Tickets are $15 general admission, $10 ASB/Child/Faculty/Senior and can be purchased at www.tix.com or through the link at www.avpa.org.
The Lineup
“The Actor’s Nightmare” by Christopher Durang and One Act 4 will be performed tonight and Friday, and then next week on Wednesday, Jan. 16, and Friday, Jan. 18, all at 7.
“Final Dress Rehearsal” by Jack Frakes and “Hidden in the Picture” by Aaron Sorkin will be staged Thursday night, Saturday night, and next week on Thursday, Jan. 17, and Saturday, Jan. 19.
This year’s One-Acts were selected with an eye toward exploring the world of theatre and film directly in the text. “The Actor’s Nightmare” is a horrific but funny meditation on a performer’s worst nightmare — the actor is caught in the shifting worlds of four different plays. But he can’t recall attending a single rehearsal.
“Hidden in the Picture” deals with the intense and volatile world of filmmaking where stakes often run high.
“Final Dress Rehearsal” shares the less-than-fortuitous experiences of a director caught in the worst final dress rehearsal of her career.
Framework and Motivation
Farhang Pernoon, Creative Director of Theatre, said that Culver High’s One-Act Festival “is modeled after the one-act collaborative projects found within major university theatre programs.
“Our students will realize the elaborate and challenging process of bringing dramatic texts from page to stage.
“The Festival is driven by a spirit of collaboration that strives to achieve a synthesis between the Theatre Performance and Theatre Design programs at AVPA while also giving the students the opportunity to experience a full-company undertaking,” Mr. Pernoon said.