As the old saying goes, “Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.” For “Left Coast News,” Left Coast Theatre Co. has scoured the annals of reporting history to bring you six bizarre, fact-based tales of the unknown, the unthinkable and the improbable featuring aliens, cults, politicians and, of course, drag queens. Left Coast News will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will leave you with a song (or two) in your heart.
Poster Girl
By Terry Maloney Haley & Leslie Balfour
Directed by Terry Maloney Haley
Cast: Neil Higgins, Richard S. Sargent, Terry Bamberger, Joel Canon, Connor Fatch
What if not all of those crazies on Fox News are real? What if some of them are created for a more nefarious purpose than just bringing prayer back to school?
The Distraction
By Richard S. Sargent
Directed by Neil Higgins
Cast: Karl Schackne, Terry Bamberger, Sabrina de Mio
No one likes politicians. They’re all scumbags. And in a windowless conference room in the Midwest, you’ll find three of the worst.
Los Angeles
by Erica Andracchio
Directed by Richard S. Sargent
Cast: Erica Andracchio, Eliza Boivin
Does a place need bars to be a prison? Nora found out when she did something bad and her world went dark.
Rags to Bitches
By Tommy Jamerson
Directed by Chris Maltby
Cast: Neil Higgins, Connor Fatch, Sabrina de Mio
Two Type-A drag queens, one high-stakes competition and a lasagne from nowhere. Only one diva will strut out alive.
The Conversation
By Anne Flanagan
Directed by Debi Durst
Cast: Becca Ward, Aaron Tworek, Eliza Boivin, Jo Legaspi
Encourage your low-wage, just-going-through-the-motions baristas to rip the top off the most divisive issue of the day over your morning latte? What could go wrong?
Normal, Illinois
By Rita Long
Directed by Richard S. Sargent
Cast: Becca Ward, Joel Canon, Richard S. Sargent, Chris Maltby, Eliza Boivin
Every new baby is a spotlight-stealer. But Annabelle’s little brother takes upstaging where no infant has gone before.
Newscasters: Aaron Tworek and Jo Legaspi
As the old saying goes, “Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense.” For “Left Coast News,” Left Coast Theatre Co. has scoured the annals of reporting history to bring you six bizarre, fact-based tales of the unknown, the unthinkable and the improbable featuring aliens, cults, politicians and, of course, drag queens. Left Coast News will make you laugh, it will make you cry and it will leave you with a song (or two) in your heart.
Poster Girl
By Terry Maloney Haley & Leslie Balfour
Directed by Terry Maloney Haley
Cast: Neil Higgins, Richard S. Sargent, Terry Bamberger, Joel Canon, Connor Fatch
What if not all of those crazies on Fox News are real? What if some of them are created for a more nefarious purpose than just bringing prayer back to school?
The Distraction
By Richard S. Sargent
Directed by Neil Higgins
Cast: Karl Schackne, Terry Bamberger, Sabrina de Mio
No one likes politicians. They’re all scumbags. And in a windowless conference room in the Midwest, you’ll find three of the worst.
Los Angeles
by Erica Andracchio
Directed by Richard S. Sargent
Cast: Erica Andracchio, Eliza Boivin
Does a place need bars to be a prison? Nora found out when she did something bad and her world went dark.
Rags to Bitches
By Tommy Jamerson
Directed by Chris Maltby
Cast: Neil Higgins, Connor Fatch, Sabrina de Mio
Two Type-A drag queens, one high-stakes competition and a lasagne from nowhere. Only one diva will strut out alive.
The Conversation
By Anne Flanagan
Directed by Debi Durst
Cast: Becca Ward, Aaron Tworek, Eliza Boivin, Jo Legaspi
Encourage your low-wage, just-going-through-the-motions baristas to rip the top off the most divisive issue of the day over your morning latte? What could go wrong?
Normal, Illinois
By Rita Long
Directed by Richard S. Sargent
Cast: Becca Ward, Joel Canon, Richard S. Sargent, Chris Maltby, Eliza Boivin
Every new baby is a spotlight-stealer. But Annabelle’s little brother takes upstaging where no infant has gone before.
Newscasters: Aaron Tworek and Jo Legaspi