HERO PRESENTS
THE FUTURE CLASSICS READING SERIES
Starting this November!
What is a classic?
Through our new staged reading series, Hero Theatre continues to examine what defines a classic.
As we use classical works as a tool for social progress, what will the cannon look like in times ahead?
Don't miss this opportunity to attend this exciting reading series with live performances of some of your favorite theatre and film work.
Read more about the plays below
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Sundance Film Festival winner
GIRLFIGHT
Written and directed by Karyn Kusama
GIRLFIGHT
Written and directed by Karyn Kusama
Written and directed by Karyn Kusama, Girlfight had its premiere at the 2000 Sundance film Festival, where it won the Grand Jury Prize – the festival’s highest honor. It tells the story of Diana Guzman (Michelle Rodriguez), a troubled young woman from Brooklyn, who turns to boxing as a means of working out her aggression. Join us as members of the film’s star-studded cast reprise their roles in a unique staged reading of this award-winning movie.
" GIRLFIGHT visits another kind of woman warrior." -- Rolling Stone
"Kusama’s strikingly accomplished feature directorial debut, is a sharply observed coming-of-age drama set in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects." -- Variety
" GIRLFIGHT visits another kind of woman warrior." -- Rolling Stone
"Kusama’s strikingly accomplished feature directorial debut, is a sharply observed coming-of-age drama set in Brooklyn’s Red Hook projects." -- Variety
Public Theater production of Blade to the Heat
BLADE TO THE HEAT
by Oliver Mayer
Directed by Elisa Bocanegra
Oliver Mayer
Oliver Mayer’s gritty play Blade to the Heat is a thrilling exploration of sexuality in the male-dominated, masculinity-driven world of boxing. When boxing world champion Mantequilla Decima loses to an
up-and-coming opponent, he is understandably bitter. However, what gets to him even more are the accusations flying around that Decima lost because he’s queer. When Decima fights his next opponent, the fast-talking Wilfred Vinal, Vinal reveals the one who really deserves that label of “queer.” This revelation sparks a chain of events that expose the toxicity of hyper-masculinity and its tragic consequences.
up-and-coming opponent, he is understandably bitter. However, what gets to him even more are the accusations flying around that Decima lost because he’s queer. When Decima fights his next opponent, the fast-talking Wilfred Vinal, Vinal reveals the one who really deserves that label of “queer.” This revelation sparks a chain of events that expose the toxicity of hyper-masculinity and its tragic consequences.
**Join us for a day of blood, sweat, and tears as Hero Theatre pairs this reading with a staged reading of the award-winning film Girlfight,
written and directed by Karyn Kusama. A benefit event coming this November. Click HERE to receive updates.
written and directed by Karyn Kusama. A benefit event coming this November. Click HERE to receive updates.
TEA
by Velina Hasu Houson
Directed by Rebecca Wear
December 7, 2018
TEA
by Velina Hasu Houson
Directed by Rebecca Wear
December 7, 2018
Velina Hasu Houston
Join us for a reading of this beautiful play by award-winning, Los Angeles-based playwright Velina Hasu Houston. TEA sheds a light on the experiences of Japanese war brides living in the United States after WWII. After they experience a great loss, four war brides – Setsuko, Teruko, Atsuko, and Chizuye – gather to share tea. During the ceremony, the women reveal their hardships of leaving Japan for the United States. Featuring an all-female ensemble, TEA is an inspirational story of overcoming prejudice and hardship, and serves as a reminder of the struggles some of our fellows Americans face when coming to “the land of the free.”
TEA is free to the public! Reservations required. Click HERE to make your reservation today.
TEA is free to the public! Reservations required. Click HERE to make your reservation today.
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
Play On! translation by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Elizabeth Swain
December 8, 2018
MACBETH
by William Shakespeare
Play On! translation by Migdalia Cruz
Directed by Elizabeth Swain
December 8, 2018
Migdalia Cruz
“Something wicked this way comes.”
Shakespeare’s famous “Scottish play” is a story of ambition, greed, and guilt. When Macbeth encounters three witches who prophesize that he will someday be king, he – at the urging of his wife – risks safety and sanity to secure the crown.
Hero Theatre is proud to bring esteemed Puerto Rican playwright Migdalia Cruz’s modern verse translation of Macbeth to Los Angeles for the very first time. Cruz was one of 36 playwrights commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to create a modern-English translation of a Shakespearean play for the Play On! series, which was made possible by a generous donation from the Hitz Foundation.
MACBETH is free to the public! Reservations required. Click HERE to make your reservation today.
Shakespeare’s famous “Scottish play” is a story of ambition, greed, and guilt. When Macbeth encounters three witches who prophesize that he will someday be king, he – at the urging of his wife – risks safety and sanity to secure the crown.
Hero Theatre is proud to bring esteemed Puerto Rican playwright Migdalia Cruz’s modern verse translation of Macbeth to Los Angeles for the very first time. Cruz was one of 36 playwrights commissioned by the Oregon Shakespeare Festival to create a modern-English translation of a Shakespearean play for the Play On! series, which was made possible by a generous donation from the Hitz Foundation.
MACBETH is free to the public! Reservations required. Click HERE to make your reservation today.
THE FLOATING ISLAND PLAYS
by Eduardo Machado
Directed by Elisa Bocanegra
January 12 and January 13, 2019
Join us for a special, two-day event as Hero Theatre brings to the stage Cuban playwright Eduardo Machado’s four-play cycle Floating Island. This dynamic tetralogy captures the story of four generations of a Cuban family, starting in the 1920s and ending during Fidel Castro’s regime. Titled “The Modern Ladies of Guanabacoa,” “Fabiola,” “In the Eye of the Hurricane,” and “Broken Eggs,” these plays are seen as both family and political dramas, and offer wonderful insight into the Cuban/Cuba-American experience.
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THE FUTURE CLASSICS READING SERIES RUNS NOVEMBER THROUGH JANUARY
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Coming in the Spring....
HERO SONG CYCLE CABARET
Book by Julia Stier
Directed by Gabe Figueroa
What will future generations of musical theater lovers call "a classic”?
Gather around the piano for a fun-filled evening of music and memories. Featuring songs from shows that will have everyone from millennials to grandparents singing along, this cabaret will showcase the next round of musical theatre classics.
HERO SONG CYCLE CABARET
Book by Julia Stier
Directed by Gabe Figueroa
What will future generations of musical theater lovers call "a classic”?
Gather around the piano for a fun-filled evening of music and memories. Featuring songs from shows that will have everyone from millennials to grandparents singing along, this cabaret will showcase the next round of musical theatre classics.