Pacific Resident Theatre

Pacific Resident Theatre (PRT) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company located at 703 Venice Boulevard in Venice, California. It was founded as an actors cooperative in Venice's arts district in 1985 and is dedicated to producing both classic[1] and little known plays,[2] as well as works by new authors.[3] The company has received over 90 awards[4] including awards from the L.A. Drama Critics Circle,[5] Drama-Logue, the NAACP, the LA Weekly and Garland.[6]

Production history

2011-2012

  • The Secrets of the Trade by Jonathan Tolins
  • The Indians are Coming to Dinner by Jennifer W. Rowland
  • Barrie: Back to Back, an Evening of Plays by J. M. Barrie
  • Julia by Vince Melocchi

2009-2010

  • Becky's New Car by Steven Dietz
  • Wild Boy by Oliver Goldstick
  • The Browning Version by Terence Rattigan
  • Loyalties by Tony Pasqualini
  • Saint Joan of the Slaughterhouses by Bertolt Brecht

2008-2009

  • Lions by Vince Melocchi
  • Fata Morgana by Ernest Vajda
  • The Time of Your Life by William Saroyan
  • My Ántonia by Scott Schwartz, Based on the novel by Willa Cather
  • Hamlet or Does Father Reeeally Know Best? Adapted from Shakespeare's play by Nancy Linehan Charles

2006-2007

  • The 60s by Trish Soodik
  • Anatol by Arthur Schnitzler
  • The Hasty Heart by John Patrick
  • Alice Sit-by-the-Fire by J. M. Barrie
  • Hogan's Goat by William Alfred
  • Keeping Faith by Alex Peabody

2004-2005

2002-2003

2001-2002

2000-2001

1999-2000

  • The Swan by Ferenc Molnár
  • Otherwise Engaged by Simon Gray
  • A Question of Mercy by David Rabe
  • Tonight at 8.30 by Noel Coward
  • Children Suggested by a short story by John Cheever
  • A Time Trilogy 3 Evenings With Paul Linke

1998-1999

1997-1998

  • Quick Change Room by Nagle Jackson
  • Ardele by Jean Anouilh
  • Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher
  • Christmas Memory/ One Christmas by Truman Capote
  • Ivanov by Anton Chekhov
  • Candida by George Bernard Shaw
  • A Time Trilogy 3 Evenings With Paul Linke

1996-1997

1995

  • There's One in Every Marriage by Georges Feydeau
  • Southern Girls by Sheri Bailey and Dura Temple
  • A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens, Adaptation by Orson Bean

1993-1994

  • Ondine by Jean Giraudoux
  • Come Good Rain by George Seremba
  • Boo! An Evening of Ghost Stories by PRT and the L.A. Directors Project
  • Stories of the Season by Robert Alan Beuth and George Harrison
  • The Visit by Friedrich Duerrenmatt

1992-1993

  • Under the Gaslight by Augustin Daly
  • Stories of the Season by Robert Alan Beuth and George Harrison
  • Sitting Man by Carol Kaplan
  • Barbarians by Maxim Gorki

1991

1990

1989

  • The Blue Dahlia by Raymond Chandler, adaptation by Daniel O'Connor
  • The Merry Wives of Windsor by William Shakespeare
  • The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder

1988

  • Romanoffs by R.C. Morris & T. R. Oglesby
  • South Central Rain by Jamie Baker
  • The Long Christmas Dinner by Thornton Wilder

1987

  • Slaughterhouse on Tanner's Close by Daniel O'Connor
  • June Second adapted from William Faulkner's "The Sound and the Fury"

1986-1987

1985

  • Thanksgiving by Jim McClure
  • Happy End by Bertolt Brecht
Pacific Resident Theatre
A gray art deco-style building with a black sparrow imprint on it. Yucca plants in planters stand in front of the building.
Exterior of the Theatre as of April 2021
Address703 Venice Boulevard
Venice, California
United States of America
Coordinates33.9915°N 118.4580°W / 33.9915; -118.4580
Website
http://www.pacificresidenttheatre.com/

References
  1. Los Angeles Times Theater Review: A fearless, massive Ondine enchants despite complexity, August 18, 1993
  2. Los Angeles Spotlight: Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill's seldom performed 1929 musical Happy End, January 1, 2005
  3. Los Angeles Times Theater Review: Motherhood tips over a man's world, World premiere production of Alex Peabody’s Keeping Faith, May 19, 2006
  4. Los Angeles Times Concert Halls & Theaters: Pacific Resident Theatre
  5. Goldstar National: Pacific Resident Theatre
  6. Backstage, The Actors Resource: Garlands Toast - Best in the West
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