Our Most Recent Event ...
Close Encounters of the Comic Kind
OCPA goes
off-book! For summer, the Orange County Playwrights Alliance goes outdoors
– to the Orange County Theater Festival. The OCTF's second Festival Day
features off-book performances of five new one-act comedies from OCPA. Come to the
Muck Mansion on August 29 and enjoy a breezy afternoon of laughter in the shade of the
covered amphitheater! Return to the OCTF to enjoy food, booths and The Rivals that
evening.
The playbill for OCPA's 3:30pm show:
Family Newspaper
by John Lane (Stanton)
directed by Stephen Gomer
People can talk and read at the same time, but they don't always listen to the same thing.
An absurd spin on "family time."
Channeling Glenn Miller
by Jordan R. Young (Orange)
directed by Jordan R. Young
A jazz-comic study in the key of miscommunication.
Counter Intelligence
by Colleen Bevacqua (Newport Beach)
directed by Anthony Couturie
Customer service is getting worse. It's also getting funnier.
World Premiere!
The Phantom of Youth
by Joni Ravenna Sussman (Newport Beach)
directed by Steve Josephson
A woman approaching 40 tries to turn back the clock with a self-help book, raw food, and a
crush on a hunky grocery boy.
World Premiere!
Unfinished Sympathy
by Eleanor Brook (Fullerton)
directed by Caprice Spencer Rothe
Love blooms late in life as opposites attract during a summer at the Hollywood Bowl.
World Premiere!
For driving directions, visit www.octheaterfestival.com