35th Anniversary Holiday Fundraisers

Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110 East Broadway, Glendale, California 91205, United States


King of the Wild Frontier, by John Romano

Saturday, December 5 at 7:00pm—Click Here for Tickets


The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

Sunday December 6 at 3:00pm—Click Here for Tickets


Winter Solstice: The Longest Night

Saturday, December 12th (two performances) at 4:00pm and 7:00pm—Click Here for Tickets

King of the Wild Frontier, by John Romano
Read by Joe Spano
Saturday, December 5 at 7:00pm
Long time Company Member Joe Spano will perform the original short story, King of the Wild Frontier, written by television writer John Romano. Set in the 60’s in the suburbs of New Jersey, and in a community infused with the influence of both the Catholic Church and organized crime, a young man learns about the subtleties of truth and loyalty and begins to understand the complexities of being a grown up. This funny, wry and beautifully written story will be followed by a discussion with Joe and John about their collaboration on this project.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain
Adapted and performed by Robert Beuth
Directed by Peter Van Norden
Sunday, December 6 at 3:00pm
Directed a little over a year ago by Company Member Peter Van Norden, this is Mark Twain’s classic novel adapted and performed by Bob Beuth. The performance of this American Classic is intended for adults and charmingly and imaginatively retold with Bob and his beautifully constructed puppets and multi-media design. It has previously been performed in Los Angeles and at the Mark Twain House and Museum in Connecticut and is being presented here as a tribute to our late, beloved Peter Van Norden.

Winter Solstice: The Longest Night
An Evening of Music & Poetry
Ensemble Galilei with Lily Knight, Adrian LaTourelle, Kwana Martinez & Nicholas Hormann
Saturday, December 12 at 4:00pm
Saturday, December 12 at 7:00pm
Live music and the spoken word: The Ensemble Galilei has been touring the country with our Antaean Company members for some time and now bring their music for the season--including Irish airs, jigs and reels, songs, poetry and stories--to us here in Glendale. For just two performances, Antaean favorites Lily Knight, Adrian LaTourelle, Kwana Martinez, and friend Nicholas Hormann and the Ensemble of Shannon Heaton, Jesse Langen, Jackie Moran, and Carolyn Surrick, will entertain your ears and eyes with the beauty and inspiration of the season.

Performance Dates

Dec 5, 2026
7:00 PM
Dec 6, 2026
3:00 PM
Dec 12, 2026
4:00 PM
Dec 12, 2026
7:00 PM

Cast

Lily Knight
Lily Knight has appeared in feature films (among them, the upcoming Sky, The Artist, Touch, Changeling, The Secretary, Dahmer, AI), on over 50 television shows (most recently, a recurring role on American Crime, Grey’s Anatomy, Castle, American Horror Story, True Blood, Rizzoli & Isles, and Medium, to name a few) and on Broadway (Agnes of God, As Is, The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940) and off Broadway (The Holy Terror, The Early Girl, The Fiery Furnace, among many others) and regionally, at Arena Stage, ATL, Boston Shakespeare Company, Baltimore’s Center Stage, Berkshire and Williamstown Theatre Festivals, and more. Most recently, she performed onstage in A Delicate Balance at the Odyssey, as well as The Crucible, Peace in Our Time, and The Autumn Garden at Antaeus, where she is a company member. Lily tours with Ensemble Galilei in First Person: Seeing America, Universe of Dreams, and Anna’s Garden and is currently cocreating EG’s next show: Galileo and the Lost Marbles. Her next play is Adam Boch’s A Small Fire at the Echo Theatre. Next film, The Role Model.
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Adrian LaTourelle*
Adrian LaTourelle has appeared in numerous television series such as NCIS, Castle, The Legend of Korra, Last Resort, The Closer, House, NCIS:LA, Boston Legal, Without a Trace, Criminal Minds, Numbers, Sons of Anarchy, and Days of Our Lives. His many stage credits include work in some of the best theaters in the country, such as the Mark Taper Forum, the Shakespeare Theater in DC, The Old Globe, the San Jose Rep, the Dallas Theater Center, ANTAEUS, and the Yale Repertory Theater.  Adrian has also worked abroad, performing in theater and film in Russia and the Netherlands.
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Kwana Martinez*

At ANTAEUS: The Zip Code Plays Season 3, Hedda Gabler, The Curse of Oedipus; staged readings of Ghost Bicycle, Metamorphoses, Once in A Lifetime, The Lark, The Subject, and many more. California highlights include: South Coast Repertory (Our Town, Mr. Wolf, & many Pacific Playwright Festivals and NewSCRipts), Geffen Playhouse (Beheading Columbus, The Writers’ Room) The Old Globe (Compleat Female Stage Beauty), Ensemble Theatre of Santa Barbara (Crime and Punishment), San Jose Repertory (Sonia Flew), North Coast Repertory (String of Pearls), and work at Laguna Playhouse, Center Theatre Group, and Pasadena Playhouse. Elsewhere: Denver Center for the Performing Arts (Merry Wives of Windsor), Commonwealth Shakespeare (Romeo and Juliet and The Tempest), La MaMa, New York Theatre Workshop in collaboration with Mabou Mines, American Repertory Theatre, Milwaukee Repertory Theatre, The Alley Theatre, Arizona Theatre Company, Ashland New Plays Festival, and more. In addition to commercial and TV work, nominated Best Actress for the short, Bonito Secrets; M.F.A. Harvard, B.A. Vassar. kwanamartinez.com

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Production Team

Peter Van Norden

Director
Peter Van Norden has appeared in Antaeus productions of The Tempest, Hamlet (Drama Critics Circle, The Hothouse (2019 Ovation Award for Best Actor), Macbeth, The Liar, American Tales, The Man Who Had All The Luck, and The Zip Code Plays. Other recent appearances include: The Tempest, An Interactive Production at Shakespeare Center LA (where he also covered and performed for Tom Hanks as ‘Falstaff’ in Henry IV, Parts I and II); Red Ink at Playwrights Arena (2020 Ovation Award nomination); 1776 and Singin’ in the Rain at La Mirada Theater; and for three years as ‘Ebeneezer Scrooge’ in A Christmas Carol at the Rubicon Theatre Company. In his native NYC he appeared in Little Johnny Jones (with Donny Osmond), Hamlet (with both Kevin Kline and Sam Waterston), Jungle of Cities (with Al Pacino), Henry V (with Meryl Streep), and Saint Joan (with Lynn Redgrave). His many regional theater appearances include the lead roles in both George Bernard Shaw's Major Barbara (at San Jose Rep) and Misalliance (at Center Stage, Baltimore). Peter was the first American actor to appear in the title role of Mike Bartlett’s King Charles III at Arizona Theatre Company (where he also appeared in Neil Simon’s The Sunshine Boys). Film and TV roles include leads in The Accused (opposite Oscar winner, Jodie Foster), Police Academy (as Steve Guttenberg’s inept partner), The Naked Gun 2 ½, and the Stephen King mini-series, The Stand. Petervannorden.com
*member, Actor’s Equity Association, the union of professional Actors and Stage Managers in the U.S. This production is presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Los Angeles Membership Company Rule
Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center, 110 East Broadway
Glendale, California 91205