Theater 63: The End
Synopsis for The End: The odds are pretty good that what you most worry about won’t get you. But it’s dead certain something else will.
Writer
Patricia Motto
The End’s Playwright, Patricia Motto’s first published work came in the Byford Booster when she wowed her teacher with two complete correctly punctuated sentences at the age of six. Since then, she has at various times taught college-level composition and continues to make a living as a freelance writer. She graduated from law school and became an attorney specializing in sexual harassment. She now has three completed full plays and several one-acts under her belt and is working on turning her Vietnam-era play into a musical. She lives happily with her shelter dog, Fosse, in Elmhurst, Illinois, where she also choreographs for and dances with The Tree Town Tappers.
Patricia Motto
Director
Bernadette Armstrong
Bernadette moved to Los Angeles to work in film in the late 1990s and after her first two films went to festivals she took a short hiatus from writing until she fell in love with small theater. Since 2008 she has had several successful theater projects produced in No Hollywood. Her play The Reading Group was named Pick of the Week by LA Weekly Magazine and in 2017 her play Simple Lives was nominated for Outstanding Writing of an Original Play or Musical by the Valley Theater Awards (the only woman nominated.) Bernadette is also the producer and founder of Open Door Playhouse Podcast!
Bernadette Armstrong
Cast:
Anne Cooper (The End)
Anne Cooper, a member of SAG/AFTRA and AEA for over thirty years, has acted under the direction of many talented Film and TV directors. She is in the upcoming movie MARRY ME with Jennifer Lopez. She is a theatre consultant to LA GOAL, which provides services for adults with developmental disabilities. She is a big fan of Bernadette Armstrong as a writer and director, and was in her production of SIMPLE LIVES and feels lucky to again be working with Bernadette.
Anne Cooper
Joyce Hananel (The Woman)
Joyce wrote and performed her one-woman show "Patti's America", directed by the late, great Gary Austin, founder of The Groundlings. She's also performed in multiple improv troupes across Los Angeles, including Austin's Dog Bread, Austin's Cat Milk, and Two Ring Circus.
Joyce Hananel
Sound Production:
Recorded at Oak House Recording Studio in Pasadena, CA with Sound Engineer David Peters.
Sound Editor: David Peters
