HISTORY...
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Since being founded in 1983 by members of Robert Redford's Sundance Institute (Peter Hay, Didi Conn, Ethan Phillips and Virginia Morris), First Stage has helped develop hundreds of stage plays and film scripts. First Stage has been the launching pad for many plays that have gone on to successful productions in theaters throughout the country.
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In 1998, our 15th Anniversary year, First Stage was the proud recipient of the C. Bernard Jackson Award given by the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights. This award recognizes organizations that nurture, develop and support L. A. playwrights.
These are just some of the works read at First Stage that have gone on to success:
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CHAIM'S LOVE SONG
by Marvin Chernoff Developed entirely in our Writers Workshop and went on to a very successful Off-Broadway run in 1998. Learn more about this play |
OLD WICKED SONGS
by Jon Marinas
Produced at the Walnut Theatre; the American Place Theatre; the Geffen Playhouse. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.
LAKE BOAT
by David Mamet
Read here and went on to its West Coast premiere at the Tiffany Theatre.
THE DAY ROOM
by Don Della
Read here and went on to a successful Off-Broadway run.
TEA
by Valina Hasu Houston
Read here then produced at various theaters including the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Old Globe Theatre.
GREEN MOUNTAIN FEVER
by John Ford Noonan
Read and workshopped here and went on to enjoy several productions.
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by John Patrick Shanley
STRAIGHTS!
by Dennis Safren
Read, workshopped here, and then went on to several productions including The Trustus Theatre in South Carolina
and The Bailiwick Theatre in Chicago.
Some of the many theaters which have produced works read and developed at FirstStage include:
The Baltimore Center Stage; The Playwright’s Center in Minneapolis; The Empty Space Theatre of Seattle; Houston’s Alley Theatre; The Salt Lake City Acting Company; The California Repertory Company; The Abbey Theatre in Dublin; Playwright’s Horizons in New York; Chicago’s Stage Two Theatre and scores of Los Angeles theaters including The Tamarind; Theatre of NOTE; Actors Alley; Hudson Theatre; Actors Art Theatre; Group Repertory Theatre; Cast Theatre; Fountain Theatre; East/West Players and Moving Arts Theatre.
by Jon Marinas
Produced at the Walnut Theatre; the American Place Theatre; the Geffen Playhouse. A finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in 1997.
LAKE BOAT
by David Mamet
Read here and went on to its West Coast premiere at the Tiffany Theatre.
THE DAY ROOM
by Don Della
Read here and went on to a successful Off-Broadway run.
TEA
by Valina Hasu Houston
Read here then produced at various theaters including the Manhattan Theatre Club and the Old Globe Theatre.
GREEN MOUNTAIN FEVER
by John Ford Noonan
Read and workshopped here and went on to enjoy several productions.
DANNY AND THE DEEP BLUE SEA
by John Patrick Shanley
STRAIGHTS!
by Dennis Safren
Read, workshopped here, and then went on to several productions including The Trustus Theatre in South Carolina
and The Bailiwick Theatre in Chicago.
Some of the many theaters which have produced works read and developed at FirstStage include:
The Baltimore Center Stage; The Playwright’s Center in Minneapolis; The Empty Space Theatre of Seattle; Houston’s Alley Theatre; The Salt Lake City Acting Company; The California Repertory Company; The Abbey Theatre in Dublin; Playwright’s Horizons in New York; Chicago’s Stage Two Theatre and scores of Los Angeles theaters including The Tamarind; Theatre of NOTE; Actors Alley; Hudson Theatre; Actors Art Theatre; Group Repertory Theatre; Cast Theatre; Fountain Theatre; East/West Players and Moving Arts Theatre.
