Crown City Theatre Company is staging Thomas Babe's play, "A Prayer For My Daughter" at the Crown City Theatre in Hollywood. The show will run until February 28. First played at Joseph Papp's Public Theater in New York 1978, this plays bizarre, poetic quality and edgy dialogue make it a play to remember. The characters display both their masculine and feminine sides as part of a master game of manipulation. Someone is going down for murder and no one is leaving the precinct. Not even Detective Kelly, who's daughter may be on the verge of suicide.
Directed by Albert Alarr (Producer/Director "Days of our Lives") Artistic Director of Mudluscious Theater Company and Graduate from The Juliard School of Theater.
Starring:
Kevin Brief (Detective Francis Xavier Kelly) Soon to be seen in the Adam Sandler film "Born to be a Star." Guest Star roles on TV's "Medium," "Cold Case," "House," "ER," "Will and Grace," "Six Feet Under," and many more.
Matthew J. Williamson (Detective Jack Delasante) Recently returned to L.A. from a broadway engagement in "Come Back Little Sheba." He has been seen on "Boston Legal," "Will & Grace," "ER," "All My Children," "Las Vegas," "The O.C.," and many more.
Gary Lamb (Simon Cohn a.k.a. Sean de Kahn) Co-Artistic Director of CCTC and former AD of Pasadena Shakespeare in the Park, Nevada Shakepeare in the Park and First Stage Theater of Chicago. He appeared in "Twelfth Night" at CCTC last year and has been on numerous TV shows including 3 separate appearances on "General Hospital" and a webisode of "Driving Fool" with Jim Hanks.
Matthew Thompson (Jimmy Rosario a.k.a. Jimmy Rosehips) Graduated with his BFA from SMU. Matthew has appeared in dozens of feature films, shorts, television shows and plays. Credits include, "Drake and Josh" (TV) and "Tru Loved" (Feature Film also starring Jane Lynch, Alec Mapa, Bruce Vilanche, Jasmine Guy, and Nichelle Nichols).
Set Design - Sarah Krainin
Costume Design - Caitlin Erin O'Hare
Assistant Director/Production Manager - Kimberly Bullock
Previews are on February 4. The play will run until February 28; schedules are: Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 pm.
Tickets are $25 for gala opening performances Feb. 5th and 6th (includes after party) and $20 for all other performances. The Crown City Theatre is located at St. Matthew's Church at 11031 Camarillo Street in North Hollywood, California.
Crown City Theatre Company has been producing 1996 when it first presented their musical "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" at the Ivy Substation. Since then they have produced many productions including "Godspell" and "The Boys From Syracuse" at the Excalibur Theater and 8 years of Shakespeare in Nevada. After changing the name of the company from La Petite in 2005 to Crown City they produced 3 seasons of the Pasadena Shakespeare Festival until they found a home at the end of 2007 here in North Hollywood. They have produced 3 world premieres and 6 other plays/musicals in the 2 years they have been located in St. Matthew's Church (not affiliated). Their company has won numerous awards and their current running show "A Big, Gay (north) Hollywood Wedding" has been running for more then 14 weeks and has been seen on NBC Nightly News and KTLA Morning News.
For tickets and more information, please visit www.crowncitytheatre.com or call 818-605-5685.
