Theater in 2024 — the silver lining of a challenging year
In Southern California, the post-pandemic malaise finally started to lift. And the theater, quite unexpectedly, turned out to be 2024’s silver lining. The Mark Taper Forum reopened for business in the fall with a pedal-to-the-metal revival of “American Idiot,” a collaboration with Deaf West Theatre that marked Center Theatre Group artistic director Snehal Desai’s directing debut at […]
Son Of Semele Leaves Home Of 18 Years
Award-winning theatre company Son of Semele Ensemble is announcing its departure from their Silver Lake home of 18 years. Led by Founding Artistic Director Matthew McCray since 2000, the company has been in residence at 3301 Beverly Boulevard in a black box theatre they created in 2003. With a new landlord taking over the venue, […]
Artistic Director Matthew McCray profiled in the SDC Journal
“In particular, Toyota’s Symphonies for Youth has put to work some of LA’s busy theatre directors and choreographers, giving them a chance to work on projects where they expand their skill sets by creating staged concert presentations…”
Semele profiled by American Theatre Magazine
In its young life, [Son of Semele] has demonstrated cosmic reach, some gut-wrenching performances and an attraction to whatever is innately and unexplainable theatrical.