Theatre of NOTE
Theatre Of NOTE
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| Address | 1517 N. Cahuenga Blvd. Los Angeles, California USA |
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| Type | Theatre Ensemble |
| Capacity | 44-99 |
| Opened | 1981 |
| Years active | 1981 – Present |
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| www.theatreofnote.com | |
Theatre of NOTE is a theatre company located in Los Angeles, California.
The Theatre of NOTE describes itself as a non-profit democratic company. Founded in 1981, the ensemble produces an average of four mainstage productions per year, with a focus on world, West Coast, California and Los Angeles premieres, such as their world premiere of Bertolt Brecht's adaptation of The Duchess of Malfi and the Los Angeles premiere of Tony Kushner's A Bright Room Called Day, as well as Bill Robens' 2009 noir send-up, Kill Me Deadly.
NOTE has earned consistent commendation from the Los Angeles press and national acclaim from such publications as American Theatre magazine, as well as dozens of accolades, nominations and honors from every award-granting theater alliance in Southern California.
NOTE was founded in 1981 by Kevin Carr, along with Kitty Felde, Marc Gordon, Melanie MacQueen, Heather Carr, & Ted Parks as a forum for original one-act plays (N.O.T.E. stood for “New One-Act Theatre Ensemble”), and to provide an environment for new playwrights. In 1982, following a season at the Attic Theatre, NOTE opened a black-box theatre in downtown Los Angeles, where productions such as Dennis G. Turner’s The White Pages and Kitty Felde’s Man With No Shadow were performed. Shurtleff Twice Over, an evening of Michael Shurtleff one-acts, included the actress Anjelica Huston in a role. Extensive renovations to the space were carried out in 1985.
In 1986, Janis Hashe became Artistic Director. During her tenure, NOTE produced premieres of Christi Taylor-Jones’ A Horse of a Different Color and Marc Mantell’s Apartments. Leaving downtown in 1987, NOTE co-produced Dyeing and Other Comedies with Camelot Productions at the Skylight Theatre in Los Feliz. As part of the 1987 Los Angeles Fringe Festival, NOTE produced Roger Gillis’s All Talk and Jeff Sheppard’s 2000 Fish at the Powerhouse Theatre in Santa Monica. Also produced at the Powerhouse was DJ Carlile’s Carved in the Fog. Ms. Hashe was elected to NOTE’s Board of Directors in 1993. Joseph Megel became Artistic Director in 1988, and NOTE co-produced deaf performing artist and mime Peter Cook’s The Flying Words Project with Friends and Artists Theatre (FATE) in Los Feliz. A number of other shows were also presented at FATE, including the premiere of Grubb Graebner’s Arroyo Repo and also Cheryl Slean’s Palmdale, developed at NOTE’s Playwright’s Workshop. In 1987, Walter Koenig directed his original one-act play The Secret Life of Lily Langtree, with his wife Judy Leavitt directing her two one-acts, #1 Tech Night: Hands on Demo and #3 Encore: Long Distance Lady, all under the umbrella title Public Moments.
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