See RICHARD AZURDIA in LA POSADA MAGICA at The Odyssey Theater, Dec. 3 - 24!

The Odyssey Theatre presents the Los Angeles premiere...

LA POSADA MAGICA

Written by Octavio Solis

Music Composed by Marcos Loya

Directed by Diane Rodriquez

Musical Director Marcos Loya

Performed in English with a Latin beat, this enchanting musical play blends the traditions of Mexican street theatre and Latin jazz. Gracie is a young girl who joins her neighborhood posada on Christmas Eve. Along the way, she and her companions encounter colorful characters, including chocolate-gobbling sisters, graveyard spooks and a heartthrob rock singer.

Starring: Richard Azurdia, Denise Blasor, Sol Castillo, Vivis Colombetti, Gloria Garayua, Crissy Guerrero, Carla Jimenez, Marcos Loya, Benito Martinez, Lorenzo Martinez, Erica Ortega,Dan Pacheco, Eduardo Padilla, Kevin Sifuentes, Tiffany Solano, Richard Soto, Luis Zambrano

December 3rd - December 24th

Previews: Tuesday Dec. 1st and Wednesday Dec. 2nd.

Thurs–Sat @ 8pm

Saturday Matinees @ 2pm

Sunday @ 2pm

Dec 22, 23 @ 8pm

Dec 24 @ 2pm

RICHARD PERFORMS:

Preview Wednesday Dec. 2 @ 8pm

All Fridays Dec. 4, 11, 18 @ 8pm

All Sundays Dec. 6, 13, 20 @ 2pm

Saturday Matinees Dec. 5, 12 @ 2pm

Wednesday Dec. 23 @ 8pm

Tickets: $30, $25, $15 (students under 18)

(Family of 5 or more $10 per person)

http://www.odysseytheatre.com/theatre4.php

Phone: 310-477-2055

The Odyssey Theatre

2055 South Sepulveda Blvd.

Los Angeles, CA 90025

Produced by Beth Hogan, Denise Blasor, Crissy Guerrero

Lights Designed by Lonnie Alcarar

Costumes Designed by Denise Blasor

Documentary Directors Denise Blasor and Crissy Guerrero

Graphic Designer Peter Simpson Cook

Musicians Marcos Loya & Lorenzo Martinez

See RICHARD AZURDIA in THE CHANGELING with Independent Shakespeare Company!

"GO!" LA WEEKLY

"this is a dark and fascinating production well-served by the strong ensemble..."

Independent Shakespeare Co. presents

THE CHANGELING

by Thomas Middleton & William Rowley

The beguiling Beatrice is betrothed to a man she no longer desires-then falls for a dashing stranger. In turmoil, she turns to De Flores, a man long obsessed with her. Together, they plot to free her from her engagement, through the most bloody means. Ghosts, mysterious potions, dancing lunatics, and various human remains all make an appearance in the most decadent of tragedies.

October 16-November 8

Thursday-Saturday at 8:00 p.m.

Sundays at 3:00 p.m.

The Lillian Theatre

1076 Lillian Way

Hollywood, CA 90038

$20 regular price

Students, groups of 10 or more, and those wearing Gothic Victorian duds (pertinent identification required at Box Office): $10 tickets

www.independentshakespeare.org/box-office/box-office.html

818-710-6306

Absinthe will be served.

With: Karen Anzoategui, Richard Azurdia, Bob Beuth, Roberto Bonanni, Dolph Paulsen, Melissa Chalsma, Rafael Clements, Luis Galindo, Brian Hand, Katherine Leigh, Jeremy Lelliott, Tom Mesmer, R. Sky Palkowitz, Sean Pritchett, Mikaela Richmond, Rajan Velu

Direction: Pat Towne

Set Design: Caitlin Lainoff

Costume Design: Mikiko Nagao

Lighting Desing: Bosco Flannagan

Stage Manager: Laura Lin

Funny, sexy, and bloody, this Jacobean tragedy about obsessive love has been provoking audiences for 400 years but has rarely been produced in Los Angeles. Don't miss this chance to see The Changeling ... but leave the kids at home.

RICHARD AZURDIA in VISITORS' GUIDE TO ARIVACA with Company of Angels!

VISITORS' GUIDE TO ARIVACA
by Evangeline Ordaz
Directed by Armando Molina

Two hundred years ago it belonged to the Tohono O’odham. Then Mexico claimed it only to lose it in a war with the United States. Now, Valente wants to walk across it to get to a job in Oregon. But, no map charts a path through this gauntlet of ranchers, Native Americans, vigilantes, ICE agents, and other pursuers of the American dream.

Starring: Richard Azurdia, Nathan Bouldin, Daniel ChaconKate Coyne, Marissa Garcia, Ruben Garfias, Tony GattoMisha Gonz-Cirkl, Justin Huen, Andrew Roa & Tina Sanchez.

Sept 11 - Oct 4, 2009
Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm & Sundays at 7pm

CoA inside The Black Box at The Alexandria
501 S. Spring St. 3rd Floor
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90013

Tickets: $20 General, $15 Students & Seniors
Group Rates Available. Contact info@companyofangels.org
Box office: 323-883-1717

Purchase tickets online at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/78044 or http://www.companyofangels.org/

CoA would like to thank The Amerland Group, LLC, and Buxbaum Group for their patronage to CoA inside The Black Box at The Alexandria.

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See RICHARD AZURDIA in MASS TRANSIT for Play-In-The-Park @ Pershing Square! Sunday 06/28/09!

FREE!
This Sunday, June 28, 2009!

City of Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks Pershing Square Outdoor Concert and Event Center presents

READERS’ THEATRE*

The curtain rises on a new presentation area in the midst
of Pershing Square Park,
532 S Olive Street at 5th Street in Downtown Los Angeles.

Sunday, June 28, 2009 5:00PM.

The first Play-In-The-Park tops off the annual
FREE Neighbor Day Weekend Activities at Pershing Square.

Organized by Walt Klappert of Yale Cabaret Hollywood.

We begin with the short delightful play…

“Mass Transit” by Evangeline Ordaz of
Downtown Los Angeles’s Theatre Group Company of Angels
directed by Julius Galacki
featuring Richard Azurdia, Julie Estrada Evans, Xavi Moreno, Nicole Ortega, Monica Quintanilla and Armando Vasquez
It is hard enough to get the kids and wife in the car.
Forget about getting them where they are going.

Then…

W. Shay Hammond of TheSpyAnts brings us
“Doggonit,” a play by Jerry Pappas
directed by Addi Gaash
featuring Jennifer Etienne Eckert, Scott Krinsky and Mari Marks.
The animals you meet at this Veterinarian’s office
are not all brought in on a leash.

For better seating, bring your own lawn chair or blanket

Come and Play in the Park! :-)

See www.YaleCabaretHollywood.com for more information.

RICHARD AZURDIA in "STRANGER" @ The Bootleg Theater!!

See RICHARD AZURDIA in...

Bootleg presents

The World Premiere of

STRANGER

A Spaghetti Western with Music

Co-Written by Eva Anderson & Keythe Farley
Music by Anthony Bollas

Opens Saturday, June 6
Wednesday thru Saturday at 8pm
Plus Sunday June 21 & 28 at 2pm
Previews May 29 – June 5, 2009
Tickets: $25 General Admission
$15 for Students/Seniors
http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/68955

Bootleg Theater
2220 Beverly Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90057 (West of Alvarado)213.389.3856
http://www.bootlegtheater.com/mainstage.html

Director: Keythe Farley
Set Designer: Francois-Pierre Couture
Lighting Designer: Dan Weingarten
Costume Designer: Ann Closs-Farley
Sound Designer: Rebecca Kessin
Fight Choreographer: Victor Warren
Dance Choreographer: Bradley Michaud
Stage Manager: Rachel Kahn
Producers: Jessica Hanna, Alicia Hoge-Adams & Corbett Barklie

CAST: Richard Azurdia, Ann Closs-Farley, Michael Dunn, Cameron Dye, Wallis Hearst, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Travis Michael Holder, Dylan Kenin, David Natale and Molly O’Neill

The Nevada Desert. 1847. The tiny town of San Lorenzo is terrorized by a ruthless villain named Lagarto. He has brutally murdered the town's sheriff, kidnapped his sixteen-year-old daughter Lucinda, and turned her into a killing machine with a taste for human flesh. The people of San Lorenzo are too weak to fight, but Miranda Coolidge, owner of the local saloon has something Lagarto wants-- a secret treasure that the late sheriff hid somewhere in the desert, and when a stranger with a mysterious past blows into town, she and the local preacher find real reason to hope.

PARKING: Due to a City Sewer Reconstruction plan, we no longer have street parking on Beverly Blvd. There is free parking available to Bootleg customers behind the Praise Christian Fellowship Church across the street from Bootleg at 2235 Beverly Blvd. Turn North on Roselake Ave. off of Beverly and the parking lot entrance will be on your left.

RICHARD AZURDIA CO-STARS IN THE URBAN/SCI-FI FILM "GB2525", TO PREMIERE IN LOS ANGELES

GB2525 will have its Los Angeles premiere by opening the 6th Annual Reel Rasquache Film Festival-Reel Visions, Friday May 15, 2009.

“Outstanding performances by Frank Alvarez (Sup) and Richard Azurdia (Puppet) cap off an outstanding ensemble of soon to be discovered actors.”Robert Aguilar Jr. - San Diego Examiner

GB2525 recently premiered with acclaim at the San Diego Latino Film Festival. The film is written/co-directed by Jojo Henrickson (writer of the critically acclaimed film, Ladron Que Roba A Ladron from Lionsgate) and produced by John Estrada (selected as a 2009 Producing Fellow for Project: Involve, Film Independent). It features Frank Alvarez, Jossara Jinaro (Passions), Bernie Martinez, JoJo Henrickson (Ladron Que Roba A Ladron), Ruben Garfias (Get Smart's Bruce & Lloyd), Richard Azurdia (Weeds), Ricardo Molina (Drag Me To Hell), Gabe Martinez, Pete Pano and Oscar Torre (Cane).

About GB2525
In the dark, urban landscape of the future, a two-year gang truce is shattered when the leader of the most powerful gang, 54th Street, is brutally assassinated. Puppet (Richard Azurdia), now in command, seeks violent retaliation. The sole obstacle to an all out war is a respected gang member known as "Supa'man", who convinces Puppet to give him time to search out those responsible and salvage the truce. Sup' and his crew must battle time and rival gangs to ultimately discover a truth far greater than they could have ever imagined.

About Richard Azurdia
Azurdia is a Los Angeles native whose inherent ability to portray a wide range of characters has led him to much work in TV, film and over 40 theater productions. Azurdia is most recognized for his role of 'Primitivo' in Lionsgate's acclaimed film LADRON QUE ROBA A LADRON. Azurdia’s other credits include recurring as 'Davenport' on Showtime's WEEDS and the lead in the award winning film AMERICA 101.

GB2525
FRIDAY MAY 15TH, 8:30PM
To open the 6th Annual Reel Rasquache Film Festival
Luckman Fine Arts Complex at Cal State University L.A.
5151 State University Dr.
Los Angeles, California 90032
www.reelrasquache.org

More on Richard Azurdia or GB2525:
www.RichardAzurdia.com
www.gb2525.blogspot.com
www.myspace.com/gb2525

WORLD PREMIERE OF THE AMERICAN LATINO URBAN/SCI-FI "GB2525", 2009 SAN DIEGO LATINO FILM FESTIVAL

From the writer of Lionsgate's acclaimed film "Ladron Que Roba A Ladron" comes the American Latino Urban/Sci-Fi, GB2525. To premiere at the San Diego Latino Film Festival - El Mundo Extrano Showcase.

GB2525
In the future, the only things that have changed... are the weapons.

In the dark, urban landscape of the future, a two year gang truce is shattered by the brutal assassination of the leader of the most powerful gang, 54th Street. Puppet (Richard Azurdia), now in command, seeks violent retaliation. The sole obstacle to an all out war is a respected gang member known as "Supa'man" (Frank Alvarez), who convinces Puppet to give him time to search out those responsible and salvage the truce. To do so, Sup' and his crew must battle time and rival gangs to ultimately discover a truth far greater than they could have ever imagined.

GB2525 was written and co-directed by Jojo Henrickson (writer of the critically acclaimed film, Ladron Que Roba A Ladron from Lionsgate) and produced by John Estrada (a 2009 Film Independent Producing Fellow) of New Legacy Entertainment. The special effects and visual look of the film were conceived by Kieron Estrada, who served as co-director, cinematographer, production designer and visual effects supervisor.

GB2525 also features a talented and diverse cast of American Latino actors. The cast includes Frank Alvarez, Jossara Jinaro (The Devil's Rejects, Passions), Jojo Henrickson (Ladron Que Roba A Ladron), Bernie Martinez, Richard Azurdia (Weeds, Ladron...), Ruben Garfias (Get Smart's Bruce & Lloyd, Ladron...), Ricardo Molina, Gabe Martinez, Pete Pano and Oscar Torre (Cane, Ladron...).

World premiere at the 2009 16th Annual San Diego Latino Film Festival:
Thursday, March 19th at 8:30pm
Saturday, March 21st at 10:30pm
www.mediaartscenter.org/site/c.dfLIJPOvHoE/b.4955845/k.A2FB/El_Mundo_Extrano.htm


For more on GB2525, trailer, blog, stills:
www.myspace.com/gb2525
http://www.gb2525.blogspot.com/

Richard Azurdia in THE NEO-SACRED REVIVAL with Padua Playwrights!

See RICHARD AZURDIA in.......

"GO!" LA WEEKLY

"Strong performances from a talented cast and humorous and elegant musical interludes...This is a brilliant, utterly enchanting evening of theatre." BEDLAM MAGAZINE

"If you need a meaningful reason to spend $20, know that "The Neo-Sacred Revival" is a solid night out with a theater ensemble that shows brilliant range." BLOGDOWNTOWN.COM

Padua Playwrights Presents...

THE NEO-SACRED REVIVAL
3 Short Plays For The Modern Soul

Three short plays examining sex, God and death in Los Angeles developed in collaboration between Padua Playwrights' ongoing Playwriting Workshop, led by Artistic Director Guy Zimmerman and Padua Playwrights' new Actors' Lab, led by Gill Gayle. There will also be an exhibition of paintings by Matt Aston, inspired by the texts, in the adjacent Art Share Gallery.

ACTS OF LOVE
by Sharon Yablon
directed by Gray Palmer

HAMMERS
written/directed by Guy Zimmerman

TINY TRUMPETS
by Heidi Darchuk
directed by Gill Gayle

ENSEMBLE:Matt Aston, Richard Azurdia*, Adrian Alex Cruz, Corryn Cummins, Kim Debus, Lisa Denke*, Caroline Duncan*, Gill Gayle*, Jack Littman, Gregory Littman*, Sandra McCurdy, Gray Palmer*, Tina Preston*, Lake Sharp, Mickey Swenson*
*member of Actors Equity Association

WHERE:
Art Share L.A.
801 East 4th Place, 90013
Arts District, Downtown Los Angeles

WHEN:
January 23rd through February 15th, 2009
Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings at 8:00 p.m.

HOW & HOW MUCH:
Call (213) 625-1766 for reservations
Tickets are $20

Produced with support of:LARABA, LADAD Space, Downtown Artist Project, City Council Member Jan Perry