While some local theatres are re-opening, unfortunately, we have made the difficult decision to remain closed for the time being. Due to the small size of our intimate venue, there is simply no way to know at this time when circumstances will render it safe to come back. And the health and safety of each cast and crew member, and of course our beloved patrons, are our primary considerations.
However, please know that we eagerly look forward to the day we will return to present the high-quality contemporary and classic productions that ABET has become known for. And we will return. We will see you again. Until then, if there is anything you need, or that we can help with, please let me know. We are a community and are here to help. And a huge thank you to those of you who have made donations to ABET to help us through this crisis, and in memory of Gordon Frank.
We love you. Please stay safe.
Celia Frank
Managing Artistic Director
A GIFT FOR OUR PATRONS
We are thrilled to announce that LA THEATRE WORKS has granted us permission to make two of their audio performances available to our patrons.
These are offered FREE FOR EVERYONE but we hope you’ll consider making a donation to ABET to help us cover our ongoing monthly expenses while the theatre remains dark.
Click on the donate button above and you’ll be given an opportunity to make either a ONE-TIME DONATION or a SMALL MONTHLY CONTRIBUTION for the duration of our closure. We hope you’ll consider the second option. For the cost of one Starbucks visit per month, you can help keep ABET going and ready to quickly move forward with our next production as soon as it is possible.
In the meantime …
LA Theatre Works is the nation’s leading producer of audio theatre. The two pieces below are radio-theatre style performances, recorded in front of live audiences. Both links will be active through October 30. Enjoy!
CAKEWALK
by Peter Feibleman
Broadway legend ELAINE STRITCH stars as author Lillian Hellman in this beguiling account of Hellman’s tumultuous relationship across several decades with a man 25 years her junior, played by Oscar nominee BRUCE DAVISON. Accompanied by the original music of Carly Simon.
Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles in February of 2000. Running time: 2hr
starring
ELAINE STRITCH as Lilly
BRUCE DAVISON as Cuff
SAMANTHA BENNETT as Esther
CLAUDETTE NEVINS as Women’s Voices
RAPHAEL SBARGE as Men’s Voices
Directed by Rosalind Ayres
Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg
Radio Producer: Raymond Guarna
Stage Manager / Foley Artist: John Lovick
FALLEN ANGELS
by Noël Coward
Jane and Julia, played by ANNETTE BENING and JUDITH IVEY, are women of a certain age who feel life is passing them by. Then an old lover (JOE MANTEGNA) reappears from their carefree younger days, and their lives are thrown into hilarious disarray. A Noël Coward classic!
Recorded before a live audience at the Guest Quarters Suite Hotel, Santa Monica in February of 1994. Running time: 1½ hr
starring
ANNETTE BENING as Jane
JUDITH IVEY as Julia
JOE MANTENGA as Maurice
HARRIET HARRIS as Saunders
JOHN RUBINSTEIN as Fred
KRISTOFFER TABORI as Willy
“Meme les anges” was composed by Marnie Mosiman and arranged by Nathan Birnbaum.
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