Poor Clare
Winner: Lighting Design- Azra King- Abadi
Writing: Chiara Atik
Director- Alana Dietze
Ensemble Performance- Trinity Catlin, Martica De Cardenas, Tony DeCarlo, Kari Lee Cartwright, Jordan Hull, Ann Noble, Michael Sturgis, Donna Zadeh
Featured Performance- Ann Noble
Featured Performance- Michael Sturgis
Lead Performance- Jordan Hull
Production- Kelly Beech, Chris Fields, Rachael Zambias
Previews: October 20th, 21st, 22nd; Opens: October 23rd,
No performances December 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th
Fridays, Saturdays, Mondays @ 8PM; Sundays @ 4PM
“AN ASTONISHING NEW PIECE OF THEATRE… a real feast for the eyes… Is it funny? Oh yes!” — Paul Myrvold, Theatre Notes
“WOW!… As unexpectedly deep as it is consistently delightful… the incandescent [Jordan] Hull and an all-around fabulous supporting cast, in particular Michael Sturgis’s irresistible Francis, elicit laugh after laugh from Atik’s audacious but effective script.” — Steven Stanley, Stage Scene LA
“MOVING…RAUCUS AND HILARIOUS… [and] TIMELY… Successful as a comedy, a biographical portrait and a representational morality play, it’s truly a religious experience…. EXCEPTIONAL” — Laura Foti Cohen, Larchmont Buzz
“INSPIRED… SPARKLING… ASTUTE… fizzy and dazzlingly delightful dialogue… rife with humor and pathos.” — Harker Jones, Broadway World
Stage and Cinema
“STUPENDOUS… compelling, robust and very funny.” — Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema
“SUPERB… . This is a play that will make you chuckle inside the theater and then think more deeply about your own response to the homelessness encircling us, after you’ve left.” — Don Shirley, Angeles Stage, LADCC
“CHARMINGLY DAFFY… a saint’s play served up as an offbeat comedy millennials can believe in.”— Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times
“In the radiant humanity of Hull’s tender-funny portrayal, true benevolence seems miraculously within reach.” -Charles McNulty
“INFECTIOUS FUN… Under the sharply-tuned direction of Alana Dietze and featuring an excellent and committed ensemble cast, the debut of Atik’s fresh and uncharted take on the classic story shines with the sparkle of a newly polished diamond… an instant classic.” — Travis Holder, Ticket Holders LA
People’s World
“AFFECTING AND POWERFUL, EXTREMELY FUNNY… sharp, snappy, arch dialogue… The mashup of today’s language with 13th-century Assisi is a stunning choice, as well as the source of our clarity in recognizing truths —Eric Gordon, People’s World
The Hollywood Times
“POWERFUL AND VERY FUNNY”,— Jim Gilles, The Hollywood Times
“ENTERTAINING, CHARMING FUN — a MUST-SEE PRODUCTION.” — Elaine Mura, Splash Magazines
On Stage Los Angeles
“ENGAGING… A STRONG POLEMIC… It, like, imagines Assisi, Italy, Circa 1211 or so… It’s OMG, the Middle Ages.” — Michael Sheehan, On Stage Los Angeles
“INCISIVE AND ENTERTAINING… All the production elements work in harmony… It all adds up to a colorful elaboration of a great story.”— Deborah Klugman, Gia On The Move
Arts Beat LA
“ENTERTAINING… clear, modern and often humorous” — Terry Morgan, Arts Beat LA
Showmag
“RICH AND FUNNY…. a sharply clever expose of our own times… OUTSTANDING.” — Leigh Kennicott, Showmag
Clare is just a regular noblewoman living in medieval Italy, trying out hairstyles and waiting to get married. Until a man named Francis starts ranting in the courtyard. Based on the real story of St Clare of Assisi, Poor Clare is a play about what happens when your eyes are opened to the injustice of the world around you, and you can’t look away..
Read an Interview with Poor Clare playwright- Chiara Atik
CAST
Martica De Cardenas
Kari Lee Cartwright
Trinity Catlin
Jordan Hull
Ann Noble
Sam Morelos
Tony DeCarlo
Michael Sturgis
Donna Zadeh
Written by Chiara Atik
Directed by Alana Dietze
Produced by Chris Fields, Kelly Beech, and Rachael Zambias
Scenic Design Amanda Knehans
Lighting Design Azra King-Abadi
Costume Design Dianne K. Graebner
Wig and Hair Design Klint Flowers
Sound Design Jeff Gardner
Casting Director Tal Fox
Production Stage Manager Christopher Jerabek
Assistant Stage Manager Eden Lederer and Trinity Caitlin
Associate Producer Alexa Yeames