Santa Monica Playhouse presents

Its Criminal, The Comedy

by Murray Meyers
directed by Laurel Ollstein

 

An idiosyncratic travelogue through the criminal justice system by Los Angeles criminal defense attorney Murray Meyers. IT’S CRIMINAL recounts Meyers’ courtroom adventures with needy, sometimes dangerous clients, loony judges, sexy DA's, and even his own neuroses. A workshop performance of the play was chosen 2008 Hoopla Pick in the LA Weekly, which said, "More lawyers should do one-person shows."

Written and performed by Murray Meyer. "This is my take on the daily menu of mishegas (craziness) I encounter in my job,” says Meyer, who has more than twenty years experience as a criminal lawyer. Meyer developed his material at the Un-Cab Lab comedy workshop run by Un-Cabaret creators Beth Lapides & Greg Miller.
Directed by Laurel Ollstein. Ollstein has been involved for over twenty-five years in new play development as an actress, writer, director and teacher. She was a member of the award winning Actor’s Gang for over ten years, and is currently a member of About Productions and also the Literary Manager for Ensemble Studio Theatre Los Angeles. She wrote the book for the musical OPA! which premiered in 2008 at the Midtown theatre festival in New York, where it received fourteen award nominations. It will be performed at the Queens theatre in September 2009. Directing credits include: Showing Our Age written by Laurel Ollstein, at Inside The Ford for About Productions; Children’s Hour written by Lillian Hellman, for Loyola Marymount University; 365 plays by Susan Lori Parks, for Playwright’s Arena; and Walking Back to Brooklyn by Murray Meyer, at the San Francisco Fringe, Seattle Fringe, and Toronto Fringe.

Produced by Pender Pine Productions

at Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street 
Santa Monica, CA 90401

Opening 07/17/2009	Closing 07/17/2009

Showtimes

Friday 9:00 pm

RESERVATIONS

(310) 394-9779 x1

Ticket Prices:

$16.00

 

 

 

Parking & Directions: The Playhouse is located in the heart of the Santa Monica Bayside District on 4th Street, four blocks north of the 10 Freeway, between Arizona Ave. & Wilshire Blvd. Convenient parking is located directly across the street in Public Parking Structure #1 By public transportation: take the Santa Monica Blue Bus or the LA Metro Rapid #720 and exit at 4th and Wilshire

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