We are in the midst of The Justice Cycle, a series of six world premiere plays designed around the question of how laws create and disrupt communities. How do laws bind us together? How do laws tear us apart? Following our five-year Faith-Based Cycle, our hope is that this cycle will challenge our company, audiences and community partners alike to examine our beliefs about how justice functions in our society.

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Written by JULIE HÉBERT
Directed by JULIETTE CARRILLO
Spring 2009

The Los Angeles River has a long and documented history thanks to river historians and Hollywood films. But, how do we begin to unravel LA residents’ relationship to a river most of us have only glimpsed from our car windows? Playwright Julie Hebért begins to explore the mysteries and hot spots along the river, including adjacent communities like Frogtown and people working to reclaim the waterway and its benefits. Conversations with scientists, advocates, river lovers, politicians, Native Americans, artists, and residents along the banks of this great paved natural resource will all inform this play. What spaces are vital along the river today? What does the future hold for the ecosystems that exist within it? And, what will happen when Angelinos finally get out of their cars and step into the riverbed?

Community partners for this project include:
Farmlab
Friends of the Los Angeles River

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For All Time

Written by KJ SANCHEZ
Directed by LAURIE WOOLERY

"Timeless, elemental emotions crackle in the straightforward words of everyday people...under Laurie Woolery's direction, everyting is artful yet immediate." - Daryl Miller, Los Angeles Times

"The concept of justice, at first defined only by punishment and retribution, expands to embrace repentance, forgiveness and redemption." - Mike Boehm, Los Angeles Times

As the third play presented in the Justice Cycle, For All Time presents an in-depth look into the social, familial, and economic impact of criminal actions, the process of judgment and the system of incarceration. Created in collaboration with prisoners, formerly incarcerated, victims, family members, public defenders, prosecutors, activists and advocates, For All Time brings stories of crime and punishment to life and raises questions about the nature of retribution and the endless cycle of violence. As blood cries for blood, what role does forgiveness play in silencing the rage?

For more information on For All Time and the Justice Cycle,  click here. 

TIMES & DATES

Oct 30 - Nov 23, 2008
Thursdays - Saturdays at 8PM
Sundays at 3PM 
(Plus Wednesdays Nov 12 & 19 at 8PM)

LOCATION

Shakespeare Festival/LA
1238 W. 1st St.
Los Angeles, CA 90026 
(between Glendale Blvd and the 110 fwy)