Laurel at Village Well in Culver City

Laurel at Village Well in Culver City

Lit Angels: LA's New Online Literary Journal, hosted by Francesca Lia Block and Linda Davis Saturday June 10th, 2023 @ 5:00PM - 6:00 PMLit Angels is a new online literary journal that carefully curates short fiction, novel excerpts, memoir excerpts, essays and poetry,...

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Ollstein Students Present Final Project at the Wende

Ollstein Students Present Final Project at the Wende

This Saturday at the fabulous Wende Museum in Culver City... my OTIS art and design students are sharing a presentation of their art work inspired by interviews with Russian and Ukrainian elders. 2pm @ the Wende May 6th. It's free!         Sharing...

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This week – Cheese, the Musical!

This week – Cheese, the Musical!

This new play will be presented as a reading. Readings are an essential part of the play development process. Cheese, the Musical! is part of the On The Radar (OTR) New Works Program that aims to support the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S....

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Cheese, the Musical! It’ll be amazing!

Cheese, the Musical! It’ll be amazing!

Introducing.....  CHEESE the MUSICAL! We're doing a workshop with one pubic performance - so get ready! It'll be amazing! This fab art work is an oil painting by the talented Christie Mellor! Adapted from the critically acclaimed and darkly comedic play by Laurel...

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Cheese, The Musical in New Play Series

Cheese, The Musical in New Play Series

Chance’s On the Radar (OTR) New Works Program consists of a new script reading series, a playwright’s residency, and a commissioning program all geared towards supporting the creation of diverse new stories by emerging U.S. playwrights. This year Cheese, The Musical...

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Ollstein to Direct Moon in Anchorage

Ollstein to Direct Moon in Anchorage

Auditions have just been completed for the upcoming Anchorage Community Theatre Production of They Promised Her the Moon. Laurel has been invited to Anchorage to direct this production with rehearsals beginning the end of January. They Promised Her the MoonWritten and...

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OTIS College: True Stories

OTIS College: True Stories

In response to the war in Ukraine, fifteen students in Laurel Ollstein's Creative Action Class at OTIS College of Art and Design interviewed three Eastern European elders about their early lives in Russia and Ukraine and their lives in America now. Through interviews,...

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A Female Astronaut Left Behind

A Female Astronaut Left Behind

Geraldyn “Jerrie” Cobb, an American aviator, was the first woman to pass astronaut training in the early 1960s. However, when the now-famous men of the Mercury Seven went to space, she and other women of the Mercury 13 were excluded from the program due to their...

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Ollstein Reads at 28th Annual UCLA Publication Party

Ollstein Reads at 28th Annual UCLA Publication Party

On June 8, 7:30-9:00 pm join Laurel Ollstein and other published authors who teach in the UCLA Extension Writers Program for an evening of readings from their recently published works. At the beautiful theatre at the Skirball Cultural Center, you will also have an...

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University of Colorado, Boulder to Produce Moon

University of Colorado, Boulder to Produce Moon

The University of Colorado, Boulder is producing They Promised Her the Moon by Laurel Ollstein as their 2021-22 Roe Green Production. The Roe Green Visiting Theatre Artist fund allows them to invite a professional guest artist to campus each year to work with...

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Playscripts Publishes They Promised Her The Moon

Playscripts Publishes They Promised Her The Moon

They Promised Her The Moon by Laurel Ollstein is now being published by Playscripts for performance licensing.  If you register on the Playscripts website, you will have access to sample pages from the play.   Currently Playscripts has made They Promised Her The Moon...

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Writing Monologues Workshop @UCLA April 7 – June 9, 2022

Writing Monologues Workshop @UCLA April 7 – June 9, 2022

SCRIPT X 463.4E 10 weeks Thursdays 7-10 pm Craft powerful dramatic and comedic moments by employing techniques of monologue, offering characters the chance to make unforgettable statements within your story. A great monologue can be the most memorable moment in a...

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Playwright Interview: Laurel Ollstein: “Pandora”

Playwright Interview: Laurel Ollstein: “Pandora”

From Radio KPFK:  LISTEN     DOWNLOAD Laurel Ollstein, whose latest play, “Pandora,” will be streaming on the theatreworks.org website, is interviewed by host Richard Wolinsky.    Laurel Ollstein is also the author of “They Promised Her the Moon,” which was produced...

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Pandora: The Ideal Woman

Pandora: The Ideal Woman

As the American with Disabilities Act celebrates its 30th anniversary, actress and champion athlete Katy Sullivan plays the first woman of Greek myth.

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New Play: June 4 – 8 TheatreWorks

New Play: June 4 – 8 TheatreWorks

What if a woman rethought, reshaped, rebooted and rewrote the Pandora’s Box myth? That’s the premise of the play Pandora. Ignorance killed the cat. Curiosity was framed.

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“TheatreWorks flies us to a captivating Moon”

“TheatreWorks flies us to a captivating Moon”

“TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s stellar production of “They Promised Her the Moon” is a highly stylized piece featuring a terrific script penned by Laurel Ollstein, directed with intricacy and texture by Giovanna Sardelli.” Mercury News

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Old Globe for All Tour

Old Globe for All Tour

The Old Globe for All program takes theater on the road to schools, prisons and more. I learned so much from the audiences there.

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