LACHSA THEATRE: The Los Angeles County High School for the Arts (LACHSA) will present its annual Halls of Horror this weekend featuring the talented students of the LACHSA Theatre Department. Guests will travel through two immersive experiences and will be transported into the era of Jack the Ripper and H.H. Holmes in a thrilling original and interactive performance.
By Julia Barajas and Mariana Dale Orifginally Published Oct 29, 2021 6:39 PM on the LAist Zen Sanchez plays a literally heartless hotel guest. (Mariana Dale/ LAist ) When the pandemic all but shut down Halloween last year, one of its victims was the annual “Halls of Horror” event at the Los Angeles County High School for the
For the past 11 Mays, the talented young finalists of the national August Wilson Monologue Competition have gathered from around the country to share their performances onstage at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre. This year, with theatres closed due to the public health crisis, the competition hosted its first-ever virtual finals. Over the course of the May 2–3
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts Theatre student Kyle Branch `20 performed one of the most riveting moments of August Wilson’s Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom as part of Art Goes On. Branch, who placed first in this year’s August Wilson Monologue Competition Los Angeles Regional Finals, and our second-place finalist, Tyla Uzo of Ramón C. Cortines High
Moving from big stages to little screens, artists reflect on what really matters “Since the age of five, I’ve been a storyteller,” said Josefina Lopez, author of the play Real Women Have Curves (later produced as a film starring America Ferrera), and founder of the CASA 0101 Theater in the Boyle Heights neighborhood in Eastern Los Angeles. “And when I was
