Thank you to everyone for giving us packed houses at every performance of 3 Truths!

After four years, six plays, and over 150 community artists, the Justice Cycle closed with a bang...thank you for taking the journey with us, Los Angeles!

Written by NAOMI IIZUKA
Directed by MICHAEL JOHN GARCÉS
June 4-12 at California Plaza in downtown L.A.

Presented by Cornerstone Theater Company and Grand Performances, nationally-celebrated playwright Naomi IIzuka’s 3 Truths weaves together a sprawling cast of Angelenos from all walks of life all asking one question: What Is The Truth?

As L.A.’s landmark Hall of Justice stands in the distance, Cornerstone Theater Company transforms downtown’s California Plaza into a dramatic judicial arena where fates are decided and lives hang in the balance. As laws have the power to separate and confine us, we come together in our quest to uncover three truths: your truth, my truth, and the truth.

Directed by Michael John Garcés, this epic world premiere event is the culminating “bridge” show of Cornerstone’s Justice Cycle, a four-year multi-play exploration of how laws shape and disrupt communities. Immediately following each performance, audience members are invited to join in dialogue with L.A.’s important civic and cultural leaders as they come together to discuss urgent issues of justice facing our city and beyond. Check back here or at GrandPerformances.org for more information about all post-show civic dialogues.

Cornerstone's four-year Justice Cycle, a series of six world premiere plays designed around the question of how laws create and disrupt L.A.'s communities, came to a dramatic conclusion in early June. Check back here in the coming weeks as we unveil our 25th theatrical season and our next cycle of plays .

On Caring for the Beast
Written and Directed by Shishir Kurup

LA WEEKLY says "Kurup's elegant staging (featuring designer Tom Ontiveros' lovely lights and video projections) and a world-class ensemble prove the perfect sugar to help the New Age go down."

LA TIMES says "'Beast' is 'beautifully staged. Designers Shigeru Yaji (set), Tom Ontiveros (lights and video) and John Nobori (sound) work in impressive harmony. The set's all-white furniture floats in the darkness of the Rosenthal black box, creating an eerie space where the physical and metaphysical seem to converge."

Click here to read the entire LA Weekly review and click here to read the entire LA Times review online!

Follow six characters as they embark on parallel psychological, physical, and spiritual journeys through darkness into pain, and ultimately towards...light?

On Caring for the Beast is a study of the struggle between spirit and flesh, hope and despair, love and fear.  Is the battle ever won?

L.A.’s celebrated ensemble returns with the fifth play in Cornerstone’s Justice Cycle. Be consumed by this multi-media theatrical drama illuminating the shadows that exist in all of us.

Featuring Michael Cooke, MC Earl, Justin Gordon, Page Leong, Amro Salama and Bahni Turpin

Scenic Design - Shigeru Yaji, Costume Design - Garry Lennon, Lighting Design & Video Projections - Tom Ontiveros, Sound Design - John Nobori, Production Stage Manager - Nikki Hyde

*due to mature themes and adult content, this performance is not advisable for children under the age of 14.

Location

Rosenthal Theater
Inner-City Arts
720 Kohler Street
Los Angeles, CA 90021

*enter on corner of 7th St & Merchant

Times & Dates

February 4 -28, 2010
Wednesdays - Saturdays @ 8pm; Sundays @ 2pm

Tickets

Wednesdays: Pay-What-You-Can
All other performances: $20

Get your tickets here at Brown Paper Tickets!

Or call 213-613-1700 x20 for more information.

Show up early! All tickets unclaimed 10 minutes prior to curtain will be released to the public.