Seven Writers Selected For Echo Theater Company s 2021 Playwrights Lab
Selected artists include Amanda L. Andrei, June Carryl, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Hannah Kenah, Daria Miyeko Marinelli, Liza Powel O Brien and LaDarrion Williamsby BWW News Desk
Los Angeles-based Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, has announced the names of seven playwrights who will participate in the company s 2021 Playwrights Lab.
Facilitated by co-directors Brian Otaño and Hannah Wolf, playwrights Amanda L. Andrei, Diana Burbano, June Carryl, Ricardo Perez Gonzalez, Hannah Kenah, Liza Powel O Brien and LaDarrion Williams will work together to develop new material that will be presented in LABFest, the LAB s festival of public readings at the end of the year.
Hybrid days are over for Marblehead s elementary students
Grades 7-12 will all head back to the classroom starting April 5
Wicked Local
A sharp cold wind took down the banner over the door that read Glover Together, but it didn’t matter because, for the first time in a year, Glover School staff and students were together again under one roof Monday morning.
“I’m thrilled to be back,” said first-grade teacher Carrie Killeen. “We’ve been working towards this day for a long time.”
It was almost a year to the day that Marblehead public schools shut their doors as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Students were sent home in March, went to remote learning in April and started on a hybrid schedule in September. On Monday, March 15, students in grades K-6 all returned to a five half-day per week schedule.
MLK/FBI
1625 N. Las Palmas Blvd., Hollywood
Using newly discovered and declassified files, Sam Pollard s documentary uncovers the extent of the FBI s surveillance and harassment of Martin Luther King Jr. The film also sheds light on the government s history of targeting Black activists. Capacity is limited. Tickets and refreshments must be purchased in advance. FM radio is required for audio.
Jurassic Quest is a dinosaur drive-through adventure for the entire family at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. (Jurassic Quest)
Friday, Jan. 15 - Sunday, Jan. 31
Jurassic Quest Dino Drive Thru
Rose Bowl Stadium
1001 Rose Bowl Dr., Pasadena
The touring dinosaur exhibit makes the first of three stops in Southern California. Guests can check out 70 photorealistic baby dinos, T-Rexes and other species while listening to an audio tour from the comfort of their vehicles. The quest heads to Costa Mesa and Pomona in February.
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Echo Theater Company offers readings of new plays about sexuality and identity January 11, 2021 11:16 AM CDT By Special to People’s World
The Echo Theater Company, dedicated to creating new work for the theater, presents LABFest 2021, a virtual reading festival of three new plays by Brian Otaño, Roger Q. Mason, and Christopher Sullivan that were developed in the company’s 2020 Playwright’s LAB. LABFest takes place with two offerings on Sat., Jan. 16, and one on Sun., Jan. 17.