Randa Walker, Reggie Willis, Travis Mitchell, Julius Verin, Roberta McMillan, Jimmi James, Fatin Saeed, Ryan Verin and Andrea Ivory comprise the ensemble cast in the West Coast Premiere of Over There/Over Here at Warner Grand Theatre opening May 29.
Over There/Over Here The play centers on Marcus Jackson, who enlists in the U.S. Army in order to avoid gang life and drug dealing in his neighborhood of Crown Heights. He finds the same situations he was trying to avoid present in the military. When he returns home broken from his experiences, he must find a way to move his life forward.
San Pedro's Warner Grand Theatre will be the location for the four public performances beginning May 29. The theatre is at 478 West 6th Street, San Pedro, California - 90731.
Over There/Over Here is written by Michael Reyes, who served as a soldier in the War in Iraq until 2004. His play opened in New York in 2006, and this production by The Relevant Stage Theatre Company will mark its second production and its first presentation on the West Coast. The play is directed by the theatre company's founder, Ray Buffer.
A percentage of the proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the Intrepid Fallen Heroes Fund. The Center for the Intrepid is for traumatic amputee patients, burn patients requiring advanced rehabilitation, and service members undergoing limb salvage techniques. As of March '07, 562 troops have lost limbs, over 100 of those have lost more than one limb. Unfortunately, these numbers will continue to rise.
General admission tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for college students and senior citizens, and $5 for youth, 18 and under. Tickets may be purchased online at www.therelevantstage.com, by phone at (310) 929-8129, and in person at the following San Pedro businesses: fINdings Art Center, Sacred Grounds Coffee House, Williams' Book Store, and The Corner Store.
The play contains some adult language and parental discretion is advised.
Warner Grand Theatre is a lavish, art-deco theater opened to the public on January 20, 1931 during the magical decades for films in the 1920s and 1930s.
Jack Warner called it "The Castle of Your Dreams." Warner Grand Theatre was designed by architect B. Marcus Priteca and interior designer A.T. Heinsbergen. Mr. Priteca designed three lavish art-deco palaces which were located in San Pedro, Beverly Hills, and Huntington Park. The Warner Grand is the last of the three original theaters left intact and has been undergoing gradual refurbishment after a thirty-year decline. Priteca later designed Hollywood's famous Pantages Theater.
Warner Grand Theatre is a facility of the City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.
Press Photos: http://therelevantstage.myjalbum.net/
An interview between the playwright, Michael Reyes and the Artistic Director of The Relevant Stage, Ray Buffer, is available at http://www.therelevantstage.com/
Tickets: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/
Office:
The Relevant Stage | 600 S. Pacific Avenue #220 | San Pedro, CA 90731
Theatre:
Warner Grand Theatre | 478 6th Street | San Pedro, Ca 90731
