LA Times
Grunion Gazette
"Alive Theatre is a young, dynamic, multicultural company producing vibrant work on a shoe string. They are straight up "of the people, for the people". Strength, commitment, talent and heart abound"!
In Arabia We'd All Be Kings
(Summer 2009)
"I was very moved... by the excellent performance of my play".
Museum of Latin American Art,
April 2009
"Judging by the chemistry of this galvanized group, along with their professionalism and talent, I predict a rash of breakout stars, as well as a thriving future for the company. . . Alive Theatre has the potential to be Long Beach's Steppenwolf or Actors' Gang."
Beachcomber Newspaper
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Ladies & Gentlemen, it’s summertime in the LBC, and that can only mean that it is finally time for the Garage Theatre’s Annual Student Showcase Spectacular. This year we are handing the reigns over to some of Southern California’s most dedicated and talented young adults, as they are joining forces with us (the older young adults) on our production of Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead by Bert V. Royal Directed By Victoria Rafael.
All the things that make the teenage angst so angsty show up in this take of our beloved cartoon...Peanuts gang gone wild: death, sex, drugs, afterlife, hippies, gangstas and goth kids, eating disorders, and more!!! You won’t believe what this crew of familiar characters ya love so darn much will get into.
Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead
Written by Burt V. Royal
Directed by Victoria Rafael
June 21, 2013 – June 29, 2013
Continuing forth with our commitment to the next generation of theatrical awesomeness, join us for another chapter in our Summer Student Showcase Spectacular, overseen by us, but directed and carried forward by local area high school students. Their lives will never be the same. You don’t want to miss this one.
Performance Schedule:
Friday, June 21- Saturday, June 29, 2013
Thursday-Saturday @ 8pm
Twofer Sutherland Thursdays (2 for 1 tickets)
Where:
The Garage Theatre
251 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90813
Tickets:
$20 Opening
$18 General
$15 Students/Seniors/Teachers
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AND THE REST OF THE SEASON...
Ravens and Writing Desks
A Movement Piece*
Directed and Conceived by Angela Lopez
Written by Angela Lopez and Ryan McClary
August 02, 2013 – August 31, 2013
*A World Premiere*
Follow Post Mortem down the rabbit hole on a journey of self-discovery; examining life, love, and what makes us who we are...or what we think makes us who we are.
SIN
Written by Wendy Macleod
Directed by Amy Louise Sebelius
October 04, 2013 – November 02, 2013
Haters gon hate. See what sippin' on all that haterade does to someone who's been so busy playing Judge Judy, she can't see the guilty for the innocent. Traffic. Seven Deadly Sins. TJ Maxx. All in one sweet, sweet theatrical piñata known as SIN.
Long Beach is Sinking
Our 10th Annual Holiday Melodrama
Written and Directed by Jamie Sweet
December 06 – December 22, 2013
Oh No! Long Beach is sinking and it's up to our band of intrepid hereos to figure out why? Join Rod, Ging, Trisha and Dixie as they journey into the depths of Earth to discover what sort of calamity could cause our city to sink! As always this show is a kid friendly- ice cream social so FREE ice cream in addition to a hootin' and hollerin' good time.
General Performance Schedule:
Thursday-Saturday @ 8pm
Twofer Sutherland Thursdays (2 for 1 tickets)
*Holiday Melodrama:
Fridays @ 8pm, Saturdays @ 2pm & 7pm &
Sundays @ 2pm
Where:
The Garage Theatre
251 East 7th Street
Long Beach, CA 90813
Tickets:
$20 Opening
$18 General
$15 Students/Seniors/Teachers
*Holiday Melodrama:
$12 Big Kids, $7 Little Kids
www.thegaragetheatre.org or www.alivetheatre.org
contact@thegaragetheatre.org
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Hello Friends and Patrons...
As promised in late 2012, Alive Theatre has some exciting 2013 news to share with you regarding our company. We are thrilled to be joining forces with our dear friends and colleagues at The Garage Theatre. Not merely a combination of our respective companies but a collision of two vital forces of Long Beach theatre!
The Garage and Alive have a shared history and parallel paths. The Garage folks were influential in our beginnings, acting as mentors when we were just wee, little things and have been our sister company throughout the past 5 years. Both companies were founded by Cal State Long Beach theatre arts alumni and share many of the same performers, technicians and audience –and an abiding love of producing an in-your-face, sometimes quirky, always provocative, brand of theatre.
So… this collision is a no-brainer. Each company has spent years staging theatre in “found”, untraditional spaces throughout Long Beach, working on a shoestring budget with love and passion as the fuel for their creative fire. The Garage Theatre found its current home at their 7th Street location in 2005 and, now, in 2013, is welcoming us into their space. Our mutual goal is to combine our strengths and pool our resources, furthering our shared vision, aesthetic and mission, allowing both companies, now unified, to keep growing and thriving here in Long Beach.
If you haven’t had the privilege and pleasure of experiencing a Garage Theatre production and want to get a taste of who they are and what they’ve done, we encourage you to peruse their website www.thegaragetheatre.org and check them out on Facebook.
We hope you are as happy at hearing this news as we are in sharing it with you. We thank you for your continued support and look forward to creating explosive theatre for and with you for many years to come!
Be well,
The Alive Theatre Team
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2000 - 2009 LA Weekly Noteworthy Theater of the Decade
2008 District Weekly Award for Best Nerds
2012 Best Actor, Robert Edward in Orson's Shadow (OC Weekly)
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2010 Bitter Lemons Most Outrageous Theater Award Nomination
2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival Nomination for Best World Premiere
2010 Hollywood Fringe Festival Award for Best Physical Theater
In Arabia We'd All Be Kings
2009 Venerable Grunion Award for Best Direction - Jeremy Aluma
Cherry Poppin' Play Festival '09
2009 Venerable Grunion Award for Best Playwright
References to Salvador Dali Make Me Hot @ MoLAA
2009 District Weekly Award for Best Venue
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