90012: DTLA Clara and Serra and The Talking Bear

Written by: Angela J. Davis
Directed By: Steven Robman
Episode Available: November 12, 2020

A magical encounter with a celestial comet awakens a pair of downtown statues and a neighboring denizen of the La Brea Tar Pits. Historical accusations, social justice, and food truck cuisine lead to a fantasia of repentance, acceptance, and grace high above the City of Angels.

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Cast

At ANTAEUS: (Founding Member) Hedda Gabler (Stage Raw Award), As You Like It (Ovation Award nomination), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Ovation Award nomination), The Curse of Oedipus and others. Theater: Most recently as Hercule Poirot in Murder on the Orient Express (La Mirada Playhouse), Mark Taper Forum, American Conservatory Theater, South Coast Rep, The Old Globe, La Jolla Playhouse, Matrix Theatre, La Mirada, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Center Stage, Milwaukee Rep and the California, Oregon, and Utah Shakespeare Festivals (Fallstaff Nomination 2015, title role in King Lear at USF). Tony was an associate artist, actor, and director at Berkeley Rep from 1980-1990. Directing Credits: SavagesFilumenaThe Night of the Iguana (Berkeley Repertory Theatre), The TempestThe Merchant of Venice (California Shakespeare Theater), All’s Well That Ends Well (Oregon Shakespeare Festival). Film: BlowMask of ZorroAnnabelleMeddler, John Sayles’ Lonestar, and soon to be released La Llorona. TV: I’m Dying Up Here, Dexter (recurring), Shooter (Recurring), NCIS, The Mentalist, Stargate SG1 (Bra-Tac), Continuum (Kagame series regular), Once Upon a Time (recurring as Gepetto), Castlevania. VO & Mo-Cap: Walden Pond, World of Warcraft, Fallout, Black Ops.
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At ANTAEUS: Diana of Dobson's, Cloud 9 (Stage Raw Nomination – Best Supporting Actress, 8 LADCC Awards), Top Girls (Ovation nomination – Best Supporting Actress, Backstage and Sage awards – Best Supporting Actress), As You Like It. Other Theater: Sense and Sensibility (South Coast Rep.), Prelude to a Kiss (Craig Lucas, SCR), Losing My Religion (Pasadena Playhouse), HamletWomen Beware Women (The Shakespeare Theatre), Three Sisters (Studio Theatre), I Love Lucy: a funny thing happened on the way to the sitcom (L.A. Theatre Works, World Premiere), Eurydice, The Beaux Stratagem, A Christmas Carol, Uncle Vanya, Tartuffe, The Doctor’s Dilemma, Long Day’s Journey into Night (A Noise Within), A Bright Room Called Day (Coeurage), The Visit, The Tempest (Oval), South of Delancey (Fremont Centre), Motherland (Inkwell). Selected FILM/TV: Bordertown (Netflix), Glee (Fox), The Dream (Flying Box – Lulu Wang, Bruce Dern), People at a Party (BBC), commercial campaigns for Barclay’s Bank and “We Card” (Dir. Tony Scott) MFA: The Academy for Classical Acting at the Shakespeare Theatre Company. BA: The George Washington University. abigailmarks.com
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At ANTAEUS : As You Like It. Theater credits include: A Streetcar Named Desire (Boston Court) Handball (Urban Theatre Movement & NYC Summer Stage), Romeo and Juliet (African American Shakespeare Company). Recent TV/Film: ArchenemyShamelessAnimal Kingdom, Ripper. Luis is a member of Urban Theatre Movement and Ensemble Studio Theatre and is also a member of the Antaeus Playwrights Lab. Follow @authenticLKD
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Production Team

Angela J. Davis

Writer
Angela J. Davis is the author of The Spanish Prayer Book (The Road Theatre Company, 2019-20 season; L.A. Times Best Bet). Angela’s dramatic plays AGATHE (2020 New American Voices Award), Charlotte (Hidden River Arts Award), The Czar’s Daughters (Pittsburgh Original Works Series), and Mata H. (Frostburg Art Center New Play Series; Sky Blue Theatre (London) / British Theatre Challenge Short List) are each part of the 365 Women a Year International Playwriting Project. Her play Hong Kong Date Night was named best new comedic short by the Ojai Valley Artists Theatre Ensemble and an official selection for the 2020 New York-based OC Arts Ten Minute PlayFest. Recently named in the top 21 (from a field of over twelve hundred) for the Moss Hart and Kitty Carlisle Hart New Play Initiative, additional playwriting honors include: Eugene O’Neill semi-finalist (three times), New American Voices Award, HRC Showcase Official Selection (twice), ATHE Award for Excellence in Playwriting - 2nd place winner, Marsha A. Croyle Award for Achievement in Playwriting, FutureFest Official Selection, Julie Harris Playwright Award - Top 5, Playhouse Creatures/Rodriguez (NYC) Award - top 5. Recent work presented/forthcoming at The Landing Theatre, Chameleon Theatre Circle, HRC Showcase, The Road, The Blank Theatre, Itinerant Theatre Company, Theatre In the Raw (Vancouver), Tempest Productions, The Dayton Playhouse, and elsewhere. Angela’s poetry and prose pieces appear in numerous national publications, including a University of Iowa Press anthology. A Pushcart Prize nominee and one of sixteen writers selected as Literary Hosts for the 2018 PEN America LitFest, Angela holds degrees from Stanford and UCLA and is an adjunct professor at Southwestern Law School from which she received the 2018 Award for Excellence in Teaching. Member of Dramatists Guild of America, PEN America, and the Antaeus Theatre Company Playwrights Lab.

Steven Robman

Director
*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

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