Quetzal and Andy Garcia - One night only, May 12!

Community Fair and Quetzal Concert with special guest Andy Garcia!
Monday, May 12
6:30 p.m. on the Playhouse courtyard
8:00 p.m. concert by special guest Quetzal on the Playhouse Mainstage

Meet and mingle with arts and community organizations while enjoying food and refreshments. The community fair will be followed by legendary local band Quetzal on the Mainstage! After twelve years of sold-out concerts from around the globe, Quetzal has become of one Los Angeles most important and successful music groups. Proclaimed by no less an authority than Los Lobos as ready to carry the torch for Los Angeles's Chicano community, Quetzal embody the soul and the struggle at the heart of the Mexican-American legacy. For more information about Quetzal go to www.myspace.com/quetzal.

Andy Garcia (Academy Award-nominated actor and star of such films as The Godfather: Part III, The Untouchables and the recent Ocean's Eleven trilogy) will be on site to host this special benefit event.

Proceeds from the concert will go to support Latino Heritage and the Pasadena Playhouse Outreach and Education programs. Tickets start at $15 when you mention code OQET.

Call (626) 356-7529 for details.

Of Mice, Men and the American Dream

A week-long celebration of culture and community
May 12 - 17

Join us as we take a take thus new twist on a timeless classic and venture into the history of Steinbeck's California - then and now. The week of events will include:




- A Community Fair featuring numerous local arts organizations and free food!
- A concert by legendary local band Quetzal!
- A wine tasting hosted by Mission Wines and Spirits!
- A play reading produced by Hothouse at the Playhouse!
- A panel discussion entitled "John Steinbeck and The American Dream"
- And much more!

Click the image above for details, dates, times and prices (though most events are FREE).

Post your Of Mice and Men Comments Here

Paul Lazarus’ direction of Of Mice and Men takes the play in a bold new direction re-setting the play five years later after the signing of the Bracero Treaty. To post your observations about the Bracero program, about John Steinbeck, or about Of Mice and Men please use the comments feature.

And for an even wider audience post your thoughts at the LA Times' new The Guide.

Free hothouse Reading!

From Katherine Kilburn, Associate Director of Artistic Development:

As part of our celebrations around OF MICE AND MEN and the American Dream, our May Hothouse reading will be May 13th and 14th at 8PM in the Carrie Hamilton.

Come hear a wonderful and timely new play by local Latina writer, Evangeline Ordaz. VISITORS' GUIDE TO ARIVACA was commissioned by Borderlands Theatre in Arizona to contemplate what it means to be an American and how the border and immigration play a part in that dream. VISITORS' GUIDE TO ARIVACA is beautifully balanced in representing all sides of the debate.

VISITORS' GUIDE TO ARIVACA will be directed by Armando Molina, Artistic Director of Company of Angels Theatre here in LA. More information on casting will come but please plan ahead and make reservations with the box office to join us in this compelling part of our week-long celebration.

See you there!

MASK: FINAL WEEK SPECIAL!

$25 Tickets available April 15, 16 and 17<
Call the Box Office at (626)737-2842 and mention code STAF.

MASK!
A New Musical based on a true story

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Mask
A New Musical based on a true story

Book by Anna Hamilton Phelan
Music by Barry Mann
Lyrics by Cynthia Weil
Musical Staging by Patti Colombo
Directed by Richard Maltby

Starring Michelle Duffy, Greg Evigan, Michael Lanning
and Allen E. Read as Rocky Dennis

March 12 - April 20, 2008