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Cast
Haskell Vaughn Anderson III, Gloria Charles, Dan Cole, Ron Dickinson, Valerie Dillman, Alan Keith Caldwell, Kim Estes, Dan Kozlowski, Matt McKenzie, Seth Margolies, Nick Rogers, Keith Stevenson and Sarah Zinsser.
Directed by
Guillermo Cienfuegos
Produced by
Lisa Nichols
Reviews
GO: LIONS
"...an all-around touching portrait of Middle America, a reminder that 'real Americans' need not be so reductively characterized as Joe the Plumber."
Luis Reyes - L.A. Weekly
“…the ensemble does a masterful job of depicting a posse
of bar archetypes. Anderson's embittered barfly and Zinsser's tough-talking and resigned spinster are particularly wonderfully vivid and recognizable figures, and McKenzie's turn as the increasingly desperate Spook, all nicotine-stained voice and machismo as he inescapably devolves into drunken bumhood,
is genuinely engrossing.” Paul Birchall – Back Stage
"Playwright Vince Melocchi's somber ensemble drama about
a group of underachieving pals hanging out at a Detroit neighborhood bar, watching their lives drift down the toilet
as the economy tanks around them, possesses a worldly prescience, neatly anticipating the country's current fiscal woes." - Backstage West
"In Vince Melocchi's play, Lions, we are privy to the hardships of a group of downtrodden men and women who are faced
with the economic sufferings of today's world. Playing at the Pacific Resident Theatre in Venice, Lions is a compelling play, performed with realism by a gifted cast under the direction of Guellermo Cienfuegos." - Stagehappenings
It’s the 2007 NFL season and the Detroit Lions are on a winning streak — unfortunately John Waite is not. With his lifelong friends at The Tenth Ward Club, he places his hopes on his team, and attempts to escape the creeping demise of his city, and of his way of life.
Video Clips
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News
Detroit Free Press Reviews Lions
Columnist Drew Sharp praises production.
Samuel French to Publish Play
Lions joins the list of plays to be available from this prestigious publisher.
Tickets
Purchase tickets online at www.PacificResidentTheatre.com
or call 310.822.8392. Lions is part of the theatre's subscription series.
Pacific Resident Theatre is located at:
705 1/2 Venice Boulevard, Venice, California 90291
Three blocks west of Lincoln.