In June this year, NTC held a series of readings/workshops at NoHo Actors Studio in Los Angeles to explore possible productions. The plays/events being considered were:

VICTORY by Howard Barker
Cast: Susan Clark, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Pamela Salem, Michael O'Hagan, Julian Stone, Robin Gammell, Russell Milton, Binky van Bilderbeek, David Ross, Robert Pike Daniel, Steve Keyes & Trader Selkirk.

GEORGE GALLOWAY V US SENATE
Cast: Michael O'Hagan, Steve Keyes, Trader Selkirk.

MITZI'S ABORTION by Elizabeth Heffron
Cast: Ed Asner, Susan Clark, Dale Dickey, Cerris Morgan-Moyer,
Jenna Macari, Walter Wong, Maurice Godin & Michael O'Hagan.
(A planned co-production with a major US theatre.)

HUSH by April deAngelis

With Roy Abramsohn, Zack Bennett, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Catherine Urbanek, Lorinne Vozoff & Burt Young.
Directed by David Payne.

Mitchell Ryan and
David Clennon in PATIENT #1

PATIENT #1 by Donald Freed

The first Reading of a new play by Donald Freed was held on March 20th. Freed's other plays include SECRET HONOR (filmed by Robert Altman, with Philip Baker Hall), CIRCE & BRAVO (Faye Dunaway) and VETERANS DAY (Jack Lemmon and Michael Gambon). The play was directed by David Payne, with David Clennon, Mitchell Ryan, Ben Sainsbury and Trader Selkirk.

FOREVER YOURS by MICHEL TREMBLAY 

"In his brilliantly insightful, uncompromising drama… Michel Tremblay brings one family’s awful past and haunted present together in mortal combat over a kitchen table" Detroit News "As lethal as broken glass" Beacon Herald
Cast: Norma Maldonado, Louise Munson, Ruben Garfias, Annika Marks.
Directed by:  Arturo Castillo
Date: February 14, 2004  Time: 7:30 pm

POOR BEAST IN THE RAIN by BILLY ROCHE
West Coast Premiere

"We may believe in our hearts we owe a little debt of gratitude to the small town rebel who refuses to have his wings clipped, tongue-tied or to swallow the bitter pill of convention. ….the play is really about all the people… left behind." Billy Roche
"A poetry of passing joys and lost paradises" Sunday Times, London
"How many contemporary plays give us the feeling that O’Casey has been exhumed in order to set a Chekhov short story to dialogue?" London Times
Cast: Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Jason Killalee, Andrew Connolly, Michael O’Hagan, Susan Clark, Tim Murphy.
Directed by:  Michael O'Hagan
Date: February 7, 2004  Time: 7:30 pm

ACROSS FROM THE GARDEN OF ALLAH by CHARLES WOOD
U.S. Premiere

Following a hugely successful run in London’s West End, this play is set in Los Angeles' Chateau Marmont Hotel, as a British Screenwriter and his wife are brought to California to rewrite a script with unexpected consequences.
Cast included: CHRISTOPHER NEAME, PAMELA SALEM, WALTER WONG
Date: December 5, 2004  Time: 2:00 pm

THE TRUTH & OTHER FICTIONS by TREVOR GRIFFITHS
U.S. Premiere

Post war Iraq. Coalition construction workers are called in to seal up a religious shrine from potential looters, but they may be covering up more than holy relics.
Cast: OMAR ADAM, MICHAEL O’HAGAN, JANN KARAM, MATT MEDRANO,
CRAIG YOUNG.
Date: November 21, 2004  Time: 2:00 pm

STILLBORN LOVER by TIMOTHY FINDLEY
West Coast Premiere

Findley is one of Canada’s most compelling, best-loved, award-winning writers. A Russian youth is found brutally murdered in a Moscow hotel room in 1972. Repercussions will unravel the past of a respected career diplomat and family. Subtle, superbly crafted, this is a tale of integrity, loyalty, love and the dark side of passion. Winner of two “Best Play of the Year” Awards.
Cast: SUSAN CLARK, ROBERT FOXWORTH, ROBIN GAMMELL, JEAN GILPIN, JASON HILDEBRANDT, CERRIS MORGAN-MOYER, IAN PUTNAM.
Date: November 14, 2004  Time: 2:00 pm