Tuesday, March 24, 2015

Heart of a Lion Cast: Michael Garcia

This is Michael Garcia, who plays Javier in Heart of a Lion. He was intense, sensitive and a little dangerous in last night's reading. There is one more reading of Heart of a Lion tonight (March 24, 2015) at 7:30 p.m. More information here.

Sunday, March 22, 2015

Heart of a Lion Cast: Molly O'Meara

Molly O'Meara is a San Diego local now studying in North Carolina.  We're so happy she's sharing her spring break with us.  She's Allison in Heart of a Lion and we think you'll love her. Here's her bio:
 
Molly is thrilled to be back working on “The Heart of a Lion”. She is currently studying Music Theatre at Elon University in NC, but while home for holidays, was granted the opportunity to perform in the house reading. Molly's elated to continue exploring the play as it progresses. Other San Diego credits: “Spamalot” (Moonlight Stage), Betty in “The Crucible” (Moxie Theatre/Intrepid Shakespeare Co), Blanche in “King John” (Intrepid Shakespeare Co), Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz”, Peter in “Peter Pan”, and Gracie Shinn in “The Music Man” (Lamb’s Players Theatre). Thank you Michael and Kevin for this opportunity!

Heart of a Lion has two staged readings: Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24 at Moxie Theatre. Tickets, which are selling briskly, may be reserved here.

Friday, March 13, 2015

Heart of a Lion Cast: Jim Chovick

Jim Chovick is Pete in Heart of a Lion, which receives a reading on March 23rd and 24th.  Here's what he's been up to.
San Diego Theaters: THE OLD GLOBE, LA JOLLA PLAYHOUSE, LAMB’S PLAYERS THEATRE (Associate Artist), CYGNET THEATRE (Resident Artist), INTREPID SHAKESPEARE COMPANY (Resident Artist), NORTH COAST REP (Associate Artist), SAN DIEGO REP, NEW VILLAGE ARTS, SLEDGEHAMMER THEATER, EVEOKE DANCE THEATRE, STARLIGHT THEATER, ION THEATRE, MOXIE THEATRE, THE PLAYWRIGHTS PROJECT, MOONLIGHT AMPHITHEATER, THE AVO@MOONLIGHT, SCRIPPS RANCH THEATER, 6TH@PENN, MYSTERY CAFE, VANTAGE THEATER and THE FRITZ. Awards: San Diego Critics Circle, Backstage West Dramalogue, KPBS Patte’, Billie and Robby. Member of SAG.

Tuesday, March 10, 2015

San Diego Playwrights Interview With Michael Eichler

San Diego Playwrights interviewed Michael Eichler -- author of Heart of a Lion. Check out the excerpt below or read the whole thing here.


Michael Eichler had an excerpt of his play Heart of a Lion read at WordPlay Tuesdays at Diversionary Theatre in October 2014. The entire script will be read at Moxie Theatre 6663 El Cajon Blvd, San Diego, 92115 on Tuesday March 24, 2015 at 7:30 pm. (A show the day before sold out a month in advance!) Tickets are $20 and all proceeds will benefit the Consensus Organizing Center at SDSU. You can make reservations at admin.consensus@mail.sdsu.edu.  Kevin Six is directing a terrific cast led by Jim Chovick.  Come join Leon the lion and learn that love can take the most unusual forms.

Tell us about Heart of a Lion and its development.
I was thinking about how little communication we have between generations today and when we do it’s pretty stilted and stereotypical. I asked, what do these attempts at connecting look like? Is there such a thing as friendship between people of different generations? If not, is there anything we can do to compensate?

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Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Half the seats are gone for the second HEART OF A LION reading on Tuesday March 24 at Moxie Theatre 6663 El Cajon Blvd. at 7:30. LEON says all seats will be gone soon and says you should not miss him perform. Reserve your seats at  admin.consensus@mail.sdsu.edu. LEON is "in the moment".