Ivy Substation (Culver City, CA)
The Actors' Gang present Carnage, a revival of their outrageous 1987 satire on televangelism and the state of religion in America. Two decades later, Tim Robbins and Adam Simon's play remains frighteningly relevant. Beth Milles directs.
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The last date listed for Carnage was Thursday March 27, 2008 / 8:00pm. (view all dates)
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As always, this was a wonderful evening of entertainment from one of my favorite theater companies in Los Angeles.
A challenging play, and the mood totally changes in the second half. But a fantastic lead actor, a fantastic ensemble of actors make it totally worthwhile. Funny and frightening.
Liked:
Sensational acting of the Reverend character
Creative make-up of the Tack(?) guy in the 2nd act
All of the TV scenes
Doubted:
Lack of smoothness in transition into the 2nd act
The Ivy Substation was constructed in 1907 by the Los Angeles Pacific Railway and was operated as one of its largest electric substations. The historic Mission Revival style building has been completely renovated and transformed into a performing arts center.
The Actors' Gang present Carnage, a revival of their outrageous 1987 satire on televangelism and the state of religion in America. Two decades later, Tim Robbins and Adam Simon's play remains frighteningly relevant. Beth Milles directs.
The Actors' Gang is one of Los Angeles' most enduring theatre ensembles. Founded in 1981 by a group of renegade theatre artists, the Gang's mission is to create bold, original works for the stage and daring reinterpretations of the classics. Our work is raw, immediate, socially minded, and crafted with the highest artistic standards. Over the course of our first 20 years we have produced 68 plays and won over 100 awards, winning acclaim for our interpretations of Shakespeare, Bruchner, Brecht, Moliere, Aeschylus, Ibsen and Chekhov, while developing in workshop new plays that address the world today through a prism of satire, popular culture and raucous stagecraft. Through co-productions, The Actors' Gang presented the West Coast Premiere of Eric Bogosian's "Suburbia" with the Namaste Theatre Company, Roger Guenver Smith's "A Huey P. Newton Story," Danny Hoch's "Jails, Hospitals, Hip Hop" with Center Theatre Group, and "Medea/Macbeth/Cinderella" with The Cornerstone Theatre Company. The Actors' Gang has toured with productions as the US representative at the Edinburgh Festival and to New York's Public Theatre with "Carnage, A Comedy"; with "The Imaginary Invalid" to the Rushmore Festival in New York, and in 2001 saw "Bat Boy, A Musical," developed at the Actors' Gang, won the Lucille Lortel and Outer Critics award for best new musical Off-Broadway in New York.