8.2 out of 10 - A GOOD SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com The Wayward Artist is pleased to produce the pop/rock, hit musical 'Next to Normal'! Join Diana Goodman and her family in their anything-but-normal suburban home. 'Next to Normal' explores the effects of extreme loss and the tolls mental illness can have on a modern-day family.

8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. Based on the playwright’s upbringing, and later adapted into the critically praised film, Steel Magnolias is a humorous, yet devastating journey of friendship, loss, and love.

8.5 out of 10 - A GREAT SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com Set in a small town beauty salon in Louisiana, Robert Harling’s Steel Magnolias celebrates the bond of friendship between six women in the midst of life’s challenges. Based on the playwright’s upbringing, and later adapted into the critically praised film, Steel Magnolias is a humorous, yet devastating journey of friendship, loss, and love.

9 out of 10 - EXCEPTIONAL SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In this fresh retelling of the classic Greek myth, Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece has been reframed for our time. Join the fantastic voyage and encounter Hercules, Hera, sirens, centaurs, and more—familiar mythological figures imbued with unexpected character and depth.

9 out of 10 - EXCEPTIONAL SHOW! www.latheatrebites.com In this fresh retelling of the classic Greek myth, Jason and his quest for the Golden Fleece has been reframed for our time. Join the fantastic voyage and encounter Hercules, Hera, sirens, centaurs, and more—familiar mythological figures imbued with unexpected character and depth.

Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College. A hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work, boasting a zany cast of characters that asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot and should we care? Remaining performances:Friday, April 5 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSaturday, April 6 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSunday, April 7 at 6:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre www.latheatrebites.com

Interview with Amberly Chamberlain Director of The Last Days of Judas Iscariot playing now @ Santa Ana College. A hilarious, poignant, thought-provoking work, boasting a zany cast of characters that asks one of the most plaguing questions in the Christian ideology: What happened to Judas Iscariot and should we care? Remaining performances:Friday, April 5 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSaturday, April 6 at 7:30PM, Phillips Hall TheatreSunday, April 7 at 6:30PM, Phillips Hall Theatre www.latheatrebites.com

7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com March 15 - April 14, 2019 In 1968, a year of watershed moments in the United States: The assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, lunar space exploration and the Vietnam War, Connie, a single mother gets a job at Sears in Boyle Heights, an economic hub in Los Angeles where people of all cultures and nationalities shop and work. When Connie’s son gets drafted and is sent to Vietnam, her mother makes her pray to La Virgen de Guadalupe for his protection. As Connie tries to remember how to pray, La Virgen appears to her and their friendship grows as she navigates work, love, war and her new independence.

7.4 out of 10 - Average Show! www.latheatrebites.com March 15 - April 14, 2019 In 1968, a year of watershed moments in the United States: The assassinations of Dr. Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, lunar space exploration and the Vietnam War, Connie, a single mother gets a job at Sears in Boyle Heights, an economic hub in Los Angeles where people of all cultures and nationalities shop and work. When Connie’s son gets drafted and is sent to Vietnam, her mother makes her pray to La Virgen de Guadalupe for his protection. As Connie tries to remember how to pray, La Virgen appears to her and their friendship grows as she navigates work, love, war and her new independence.

Interview with Alana Dietze Director of The Wolves playing now @ Atwater Village Theatre. March 16 –  April 22,2019 Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. A girls indoor soccer team warms up. From the safety of their suburban stretch circle, the team navigates big questions and wages tiny battles with all the vim and vigor of a pack of adolescent warriors. A portrait of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness for nine American girls who just want to score some goals. www.latheatrebites.com