The Moveable Theatre Company

The Moveable Feast 

Paris – the 1920s.  Ernest Hemmingway brought together a circle of American expatriate friends including:  Aleister Crowley, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, F. Scott Fitzgerald and James Joyce and wrote about their lives, aspirations and interactions in the City of Lights.  The work is considered by many to be Hemmingway’s greatest.

The Moveable Theatre Company

Los Angeles – the 2000s.  A circle of theatre-loving friends gather to pool their talents and create a quality theatre experience that takes theatre to where the audiences are, rather than attempting to bring audiences to a specific location.  With no venue-related overhead, costs are kept to a minimum, talent can be gathered from many locations and charities throughout Los Angeles can benefit from performances held as fundraisers. 

On Sunday, May 5, 2013 The Moveable Theatre Company presented a World Premiere Staged Reading of Evenings With the Boys in the Backroom by Peter Adum and Joyce Fante.  Set in 1938-40, this original work chronicles the friendships between Hollywood book store owner Stanley Rose and some of his most famous customers: John Fante, William Saroyan, Nathanael West and Carey McWilliams.  John Fante's widow, Mrs. Joyce Fante shared the intimate details of the conversations that occurred in Stanley Rose's back room behind the book shop, where some of the most famous figures in American literature during the 1930s talked, drank, played cards and discussed ideas which would inspire their most famous works.  The list of characters in this play read like a "Who's Who" of the Los Angeles literary scene during Hollywood's Golden Age.  The presentation included a Q and A session with playwright Peter Adum.

 Clockwise, from top right:  Evelyn Ortiz (Lupe), David Datz (Nathanael West), Joe Estevez (John Fante), Shaun Duke Moosekian (William Saroyan), Bruce Nehlsen (Carey McWilliams), J. Todd Howell (Stanley Rose), Karen M. Louis (Aimee).

For more on Evenings With the Boys in the Backroom cast, click here.



Hear TMTC Production Director Holly J. Witham interviewed on LA Talk Radio's Don't Get Left in the Dust.  Host Paula Guenon talks with Holly about upcoming projects with The Moveable Theatre Company.

http://www.latalkradio.com/archives/Paula-121612.mp3

The Moveable Theatre Company is a proud member of LAVA, the Los Angeles Visionaries Association: www.lavatransforms.org

  

THE MOVEABLE THEATRE COMPANY MISSION STATEMENT

The Moveable Theatre Company takes quality theatrical performances to audiences throughout Los Angeles, while using the performances to raise money for worthy charitable causes.

What We Do

Most small organizations or clubs face the constant challenge of raising unrestricted funds for their worthy ongoing projects and programs. 

Usually operating with a limited staff or a small team of dedicated volunteers – there are only so many car washes, bake sales or raffles that can be done – and still the need for more operating funds remains.

 If you are looking for a creative alternative – consider hosting a show by The Moveable Theatre Company!

The Moveable Theatre Company is a Non-Profit 501c3 organization, through our fiscal partner The Pasadena Shakespeare Company (Tax ID #95-4571314).

CONTACT US:

You can contact us at: info@moveabletheatrecompany.org

or by calling us at:

(626) 303-4222

or (323) 650-2814

The world-preimere staged reading of Mary Casey's Surprise Valley raised over $4,500 for the Altadena Library Foundation!  For pictures from the event, please see:

 Zane Grey Contest

Watch a video of the day and the play!