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Rainbow Zebra Productions will present its its new “Rainbow Zebra/Magic Theatre Reading Extravaganza!”, a 6-month series of new play readings taking place at Magic Theatre. “I want to highlight the work of some playwrights I admire by presenting new works by them in readings done by our brilliant crew of local actors,” said producer/director Andrea Gordon. “It should be a real treat for the audience- and it is FREE!”

RESERVE YOUR SEAT HERE!

Laurel Ollstein‘s Pandora

Directed by Andrea Gordon
Sunday, July 21, 2024
7:00 p.m.

Pandora retells the myth of Pandora’s Box from the feminist perspective. What if a woman was suddenly created and dropped into the middle of the world now? Someone with no preconceived notions of anything – like beauty, love or violence? And what if the rest of humanity and the gods could suddenly see the world through those clear eyes.  Ignorance killed the cat. Curiosity was framed!

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About Laurel Ollstein

Laurel Ollstein is an award-winning playwright, director and educator whose plays most recently have been produced at The Old Globe Theatre in San Diego and TheatreWorks Silicon Valley. She is currently working on her musical In Tillamook, and her full-length memoir, Bullet. Pandora was a commission from the Getty Villa. @laurelollstein.com

Lit Angels: LA’s New Online Literary Journal, hosted by Francesca Lia Block and Linda Davis

Saturday June 10th, 2023 @ 5:00PM – 6:00 PM

Lit Angels is a new online literary journal that carefully curates short fiction, novel excerpts, memoir excerpts, essays and poetry, by new and established writers.

Lyrical & witty, light & dark, magical & gritty, dreamy & informative writing —to inspire
delight
connect
—to make you laugh
cry
think
and ultimately, we hope, help us all survive in this crazy world.

FEATURED CONTRIBUTORS

Sera Gamble is the Creator and Executive Producer, with Greg Berlanti, of “YOU” (Netflix). She is also developing a a series adaptation of the beloved Francesca Lia Block book “Weetzie
Bat” for Peacock. Gamble wrote and executive produced “The Magicians” (Syfy). She also Executive Produced the Apple series “Physical.” She served as writer and executive producer of
the NBC series “Aquarius,” and wrote and produced the cult CW series “Supernatural” for its first seven seasons. Gamble also writes essays, poetry and fiction. Two of her stories have appeared in the Best American Erotica series, and other work has appeared in journals such as Washington Square and Nerve. She lives in Los Angeles, and, most importantly she is a dog person.

Semaj Saint Garbutt is a queer social death theorist and MFA candidate residing in Los Angeles CA. They write in bouts of lucidity, merging theory and fantasy to birth narratives of resistance and renewal. Some of their work can be found at River Furnace, Patreon, and Lunch Ticket.

Lezlie Mitchell is a freelance writer and editor for brands like Reebok, Livestrong, and Best of Vegan. She co-wrote Lovers, a stylized short film and wrote and published her first children’s
book, Some Of Us, All Of Us during the pandemic. Her work is featured in the anthology, Energy Healing & Soul Medicine, as well as Permanent Markers: Race, Ancestry and the Body aer the
Genome. Lezlie writes a weekly newsletter, Moon Drops, for her company Mooniun. And when she isn’t writing, she’s busy acting and spending time with her husband, three small children and
cat, Coco. Find her at https://www.mooniun.com/ and on Instagram @lovelezlie

Laurel Ollstein is an award-winning playwright/director based in Los Angeles who also directs playwriting programs, writing and arts education in schools, and creates plays on social justice
themes. Most recently, her play – They Promised Her the Moon – had its critically-acclaimed West Coast premiere at the Old Globe theatre in San Diego – and almost (just before shut down)
a fabulous production at TheatreWorks, in Silicon Valley. She’s had commissions from The Getty Villa, About Productions, New Jersey Repertory, and Playwrights’ Arena, and developed
plays with The Actors’ Gang.

Gleah Powers is the author of the multi-award-winning books Million Dollar Red: a Memoir, and Edna and Luna, a novella. She is a Pushcart nominee, a finalist in the 2017 and 2021 Next Generation Indie Book Awards, shortlisted in the non-fiction
category for Million Dollar Red in the Rubery International Book Awards 2021, and a recipient of an award from the California Relief Fund for artists. Her work has appeared in print and online in various outlets. She completed her formal art training at the
California Institute of the Arts and has worked professionally as a painter, actor and dancer in New York, Los Angeles, and
Mexico City. She recently completed a collection of art pieces entitled Elvis’Graffiti, inspired by Baz Luhrmann’s film, Elvis. Visit her website at www.gleahpowers.com.

Rachel Resnick is a Los Angeles Times bestseller and Yale grad. She holds an M.F.A. from Vermont College. Rachel is also a creative entrepreneur and transformationalcoach who’s run her own storytelling business (rachelresnick.com) since 2006. Her
most recent book is Love Junkie: A Memoir. This piece is an excerpt from a new book — a hybrid of memoir, personal growth and writing inspiration. Rachel lives in Twentynine Palms, California. You can find her at instagram.com/rachelresnick and
facebook.com/StoryCoachRachelResnick
 

Sharing life stories through art.

Adapted from the critically acclaimed and darkly comedic play by Laurel Ollstein. 

Welcome to Tillamook, Oregon, “the land of cheese, trees, and ocean breezes.” Griffin, a cheese sculptor, struggles in his marriage to Cindy, who lives in denial over the loss of their young son. Enter Billie, Cindy’s best friend — and a knocked-up, wanna-be Hollywood actress — running from her failures. The secrets they keep and the lies that they tell fester and spoil like the rotting cheese that surrounds them. Can they find a way to move on and create a new kind of family?

Production Team

Laurel Ollstein Book

Jake Anthony Music and Lyrics

Marya Mazor Director

Jenny Jacobs Dramaturg