ALL SHOWS PRESENTED AT THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Previously This Season
The Little Foxes
By: Lillian Hellman
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: Will Brittain, Tim DeKay, Heidi Dippold, Jamie Harris, Jared Harris, Larry Powell, Molly C. Quinn, Albie Selznick, Joanne Whalley, Karen Malina White
October 19, 2018 - October 21, 2018
A scathing examination of a wealthy southern family and the greed that tears them apart. Regina’s brothers have inherited their father’s wealth, while after years of neglect, her dying husband is determined to see she gets nothing. It will take every ounce of her ruthless charm to outwit her relations and assure herself a gilded future.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, October 19, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, October 20, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, October 21, 2019 — 4PM
Sisters Matsumoto
By: Philip Kan Gotanda
Directed by: Tim Dang
Starring: Keiko Agena, June Angela, Ron Bottitta, Kurt Kanazawa, Suzy Nakamura, Greg Watanabe, Ryun Yu
November 16, 2018 - November 18, 2018
Stockton, California 1945. Three Japanese-American sisters return to their farm after years in an internment camp, but the once prosperous family finds it’s not easy to pick up the pieces of their former lives. As the details of their deceased father’s final arrangements emerge, the sisters must work together to keep their dreams alive.
Includes a post-play discussion with actor George Takei, playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, and director Tim Dang.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, November 16, 2018 — 8PM
Saturday, November 17, 2018 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, November 18, 2018 — 4PM
A Walk in the Woods
By: Lee Blessing
Directed by: Cameron Watson
Starring: Alfred Molina, Steven Weber
January 25, 2019 - January 27, 2019
An idealistic American diplomat locks horns with a mercurial Soviet negotatior during a series of conversations in the woods outside Geneva. As their mutual friendship and understanding deepens, an awareness that their work may ulimately be pointless casts a shadow over their hopes to achieve a lasting peace.
Lead funding for A Walk in the Woods is generously provided by The John Logan Foundation.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, January 25, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, January 26, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, January 27, 2019 — 4PM
A Room with a View
By: E.M. Forster
Directed by: Kate McAll
Starring: Rosalind Ayres, Edita Brychta, Alastair James Murden, Moira Quirk, Darren Richardson, Julian Sands, Eugene Simon, Eleanor Tomlinson, Matthew Wolf
WORLD PREMIERE
March 1, 2019 - March 3, 2019
In this original adaptation of E.M. Forster’s novel, an encounter in Florence and an offer to exchange rooms brings George Emerson to the attention of Lucy Honeychurch. Their flirtation is cut short by Lucy’s chaperone, but when they meet again back home in England, Lucy must negotiate the demands of her station with the desires of her heart. Adapted by Kate McAll.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, March 1, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, March 2, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, March 3, 2019 — 4PM
Oslo
By: J.T. Rogers
Directed by: Brian Kite
Starring: Anthony Azizi, Josh Bitton, Edita Brychta, JD Cullum, Matthew Floyd Miller, Darren Richardson, André Sogliuzzo, Devon Sorvari, Michel Wakim, Kevin Weisman
LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
April 12, 2019 - April 14, 2019
1993. In this rollicking take on modern diplomacy, a Norwegian social scientist and his diplomat wife are determined to try a new tactic to break the long-standing deadlock of the Israeli-Palestinian peace process. A secret back channel in Norway leads to unexpected breakthroughs as negotiators find common ground. When the political becomes personal, relationships are forged that offer a chance to alter the course of history.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, April 12, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, April 13, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, April 14, 2019 — 4PM
Die Mommie Die
By: Charles Busch
Directed by: Carl Andress
Starring: Charles Busch, Mark Capri, Willie Garson, Ellis Greer, Jeffery Self, Ruth Williamson
Original Music by: Lewis Flinn
May 17, 2019 - May 19, 2019
Angela Arden wants to be free of her suffocating marriage to film producer Sol Sussman. What better way than poison! Distraught by her father’s death and convinced of her mother’s guilt, Edith Sussman plots to get the truth out of Angela using any means necessary. Charles Busch stars in the role he originated in this camp sendup where tongues aren’t the only thing dipped in acid!
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, May 17, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, May 18, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, May 19, 2019 — 4PM
Hedda Gabler
By: Henrik Ibsen
Directed by: Debbie Devine
Starring: Josh Bitton, JD Cullum, Gregory Harrison, Shannon Holt, Elizabeth Ruscio, Jocelyn Towne, Karen Malina White
June 28, 2019 - June 30, 2019
Hedda and George have just returned from their honeymoon, but when her former lover Eilert appears with a brilliant new manuscript, George’s hopes for a professorship are dimmed. Hedda’s desperate dissatisfaction with her life leads to dangerous choices in this startling portrait of a woman hell-bent on destruction. English version by Doug Hughes.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, June 28, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, June 29, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, June 30, 2019 — 4PM