Now Playing in Mainstage and Studio Theatres plus Auditions http://www.lbph.com/ http://www.lbph.com/About/Entrance3.jpg http://www.lbph.com/ 144 134 Entrance to the Long Beach Playhouse with driveway to parking lot in back. weekly en-us Drama: Two drifters, George and his friend Lennie, with delusions of living off the "fat of the land," have just arrived at a ranch to work for enough money to buy their own place. Lennie is a man-child, a little boy in the body of a dangerously powerful man. It's Lennie's obsessions with things soft and cuddly that have made George cautious about whom the gentle giant, with his brute strength, associates with. When a ranch boss's promiscuous wife is found dead in the barn with a broken neck, it's obvious that Lennie accidentally killed her. George is then faced with a moral question: how should he deal with Lennie before the ranchers find him and take matters into their own hands? http://www.lbph.com/Mainstage/MainstageSeason.htm Mon, 23 Jun 2008 09:25:00 PDT A masterfully constructed thriller about a blind girl, alone in a Greenwich Village apartment, who is stalked by vicious drug smugglers. This tense drama moves from one moment of suspense to another building toward an electrifying finale. http://www.lbph.com/StudioTheatre/StudioSeason.htm#dark Mon, 2 Jun 2008 17:12:00 PDT Comedy: an ingenious, funny and brilliantly crafted masterpiece, which juggles time and space to present the lives and loves, passion and panic of three married couples in a play of love and laughter, meals and mayhem. Like all of Ayckbourn's comedies it is about the precise interaction of sex and class in modern English society. http://www.lbph.com/Auditions/AuditionsST.htm Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:04:00 PDT Comic Drama: "Life is a Banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death". This is the philosophy of Auntie Mame, the title character of our first production. An Instant Playhouse Classic when it was first produced in 1965, we are proud and excited to bring Auntie Mame back to where she belongs for the first time in 43 years. "A towering and tremendous hit.." -NY Journal-American. "A jumping joyride. " -NY Herald-Tribune. http://www.lbph.com/Auditions/AuditionsMS.htm Tue, 01 Jul 2008 07:50:00 PDT Long Beach Playhouse is seeking NEW DIRECTORS for its' 80th Season. The oldest continually operating community theatre west of the Mississippi is celebrating its' 80th Anniversary. We will be interviewing experienced directors for our current and upcoming seasons. Our entertainment venue has a 200 seat Mainstage Th eatre on the first floor and a 99 seat Equity Waiver theatre on the second floor. In addition to a three hundred plus volunteer base, the playhouse boasts a complete in-house technical support staff with a full scene and costume shop and extensive furniture and prop inventory. Become a part of Long Beach history. Contract fee is $600.00. Director candidates should submit their resumes via e-mail before the July 18, 2008 deadline to: Directorone0128@sbcglobal.net ...or mail to: Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 E. Anaheim Street, Long Beach, CA 90804 attn: Director Selection Committee http://www.lbph.com/Auditions/NewDirectors1.pdf Fri, 13 Jun 2008 14:52:00 PDT