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Recent Raves for Syzygy
LA Weekly says GO!
"...director Martin Bedoian gives it a clever, funny production,
and Thomsen's performance alone is worth the trip."
-Neal Weaver, LA
Weekly
"Syzygy Theatre Group's production of "Chesapeake" at Grove Theater
Center in Burbank is a delightful treat...[Mark Thomsen's] portrayal
of Kerr and a list of other characters is inspired...for those
looking to be immersed in a sense of the sublime - this is just
the ticket"
Phillip Hain - Burbank
Leader
"Syzygy's Artistic Director Martin Bedoian directs the play with
a sure hand and Thomsen is perfectly cast as the lovable and
goofy performance artist. Chesapeake by Lee Blessing is
a play with enough surprises to delight and amuse."
-Pauline Adamek, ArtsBeatLA
Love's Old Sweet Song
LA Times Best Bet
and Critic's Pick!
"Syzygy Theatre Group delights with a sweet refrain of William Saroyan's work"
LA Weekly says GO!
"Director Martin Bedoian expertly deploys
his huge and able cast through the whimsical hilarity"
Praise for Syzygy's
2007-2008 Season
GOBLIN MARKET
"RECOMMENDED...Goblin satisfies as chilling fable...stylish
staging...a near optimum production "
F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times
"GO...The performances make the evening soar.."
Tom Provenzano, LA Weekly
"Critic's Pick...strangely endearing...Kudos certainly must
go to director Martin Bedoian. His efforts are anchored by a
pair of veteran performers who plumb the depths of this evocative
material."
Dink O'Neal -- Backstage West
"Simply put, Syzygy’s Goblin Market is one of the
finest pieces of theatre I’ve seen all year. "
Keith Dillon, The Stage Door Swings, KUCI 88.9 FM
"a first rate production...hits all the right notes"
-Laura Hitchcock, Curtain Up
"Take two of the most phenomenally talented performers on
the L.A. theater scene, add a critically acclaimed director and
a superb design team, and give them an exquisite but little known
musical to
bring to life, and you have Syzygy Theatre Group’s remarkable
production of Polly Pen and Peggy
Harmon’s Goblin Market."
-Steven Stanley - LAStageScene.com
MY THING OF LOVE
"Recommended!
In an optimum staging, director Darin Anthony and his gifted
cast mine both the pathos and hilarity of their material. "
- F. Kathleen Foley, Los Angeles Times
"GO!...caustically funny...navigates perfectly between
heightened lyric fancy and earthy reality"
- Tom Provenzano, LA Weekly
"Critic's Pick! Director Darin Anthony invigorates
the production, highlighting the great passion and humor in Gersten's
kitchen-sink dramedy."
- Madeleine Shaner, BackStage West
"Wow! If I simply tell you to go see My Thing Of
Love, will that be endorsement enough for you?"
- Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
"Ms. Gerston’s hilarious tragedy, or should
we call it terrible comedy, is currently being presented by the
Syzygy Theatre Group in Burbank; as is usual with Syzygy, the
production is superb."
- Keith David Dillon, KUCI Radio/The Stage Door Swings
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The Syzygy Theatre Group congratulates our ensemble members on their recent LA Weekly Theater Award Nominations:
Mark Thomsen
Solo Performance
Chesapeake
The Syzygy Theatre Group
William Salyers
Ensemble Performance
Battle Hymn
Circle X Theatre
Devin Sidell
Female Comedy Performance
Land of the Tigers
Buglars of Hamm and Sacred Fools
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2010/2011 Season
Smudge
by Rachel Axler
directed by Darin Anthony
Fall 2010
TBA
directed by Martin Bedoian
Spring 2011
New Alignments
Syzygy and the LA Writer's Center
proudly present
New Alignments readings of
Pornocracy by Jon Bastian
Saturday, March 13, 2010
at 2:00 pm at GTC Burbank
Stalin. Hitler. Manson. Amateurs…Tenth Century Rome, a time
when most women are property or prostitutes, except for Marozia – lover
of one Pope, mother of another, she would have been ruler of the
world except for the one person she could not control: The son she
did not make Pope. Pornocracy is a dark comedic tale in
verse of a very dysfunctional family, for whom betrayal and murder
are the norm, and incest, cannibalism and parricide are not unheard
of. Grand Guignol, puppets, the World Cup, and comedy high and low
all come together and it’s fun for the whole family – if
the family name is Borgia.
Ser by Karen Anzoategui
Saturday,
April17, 2010
at 2:00 pm at GTC Burbank
This story is told through the politics of a soccer game, utilized
as a vehicle to understand Argentine and US politics and society. Landing
in Los Angeles, this Argentine girl grows up in two different worlds,
North America and South America. In Los Angeles, the cultural
rivalry that exists between different Latino countries, specifically
Argentina and Mexico, are put to play. This serious look at
all worlds is balanced by the comedy of Karen’s family life. Throughout
her journey, she is visited by James Brown, her mother in mid-flight
back to Argentina, and her two brothers who are always on the way
to a soccer game, like a pilgrimage to the soccer God, Diego Maradona. Eventually,
Karen must face the difficulty of having to decide who to root for,
while fighting for her rights on all sides of the game. Just as Karen
is a spectator of the games, Ser asks it’s audience
to be a spectator in Karen’s wild and politically charged world.
GTC Burbank
1111-B West Olive Avenue, Burbank CA 91506
READINGS ARE FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!