CIRCUS THEATRICALS FINDS NEW HOME
Award-winning theatre company moves to Hayworth Theatre Center in the Historic Wilshire District

December 1, 2005 - Award-winning and critically-acclaimed theatre company, Circus Theatricals, has ended its residency at the Odyssey theatre, and has found a new home at the Hayworth Theatre Center. The Hayworth Theatre Center is conveniently located in Los Angeles' historic Wilshire District. A former movie theatre and dance studio, The Hayworth is being transformed into a vibrant new theatre and performing arts complex. The company will call its theatre The Circus Theatricals Studio Theatre at The Hayworth.

The Circus Theatricals Studio Theatre at the Hayworth will house a newly built theatre for productions and professional acting classes, dressing rooms, green room, rehearsal space, offices, and a spacious lobby. The new theatre site offers convenient street parking as well as a parking structure adjacent to the building, with a special low rate for theatre patrons.

“We're very excited about having a place to call our own again," says Circus Theatricals Artistic Director Jack Stehlin. "Our own permanent space will allow us the opportunity to take Circus Theatricals to the next level."

Circus Theatricals will present a season of four main stage and four second stage productions a year. The 2006 season, to be announced, will include a mixture of classics and new works. The company also plans to develop more new works with established and budding playrights, expand its community outreach programs, develop a subscription audience, and add more professional acting classes and special workshops, such as the popular Shakespeare workshop with associate artist Alfred Molina.

About Circus Theatricals
Circus Theatricals presents a wide range of classic and contemporary plays as well as world premieres by some of the most exciting playwrights of our generation. Circus Theatricals is a professional acting company, which also offers classes in acting, movement, Shakespeare, and acting for the camera.

Jack Stehlin founded Circus Theatricals in New York in 1983. The company’s successful NYC productions included Shakespeare's Macbeth Off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company and Danton’s Death at the Rapp Arts Center. Circus Theatricals moved west in 1995. The company claimed its Los Angeles home at The Hudson Guild from 1995 - 1999, and the Odyssey Theatre from 1999 to 2005. In Los Angeles, Circus Theatricals has garnered awards and nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage West, the LA Weekly, Ovations, and Dramalogue.

Circus Theatricals at The Hayworth Theatre Center is located at 2511 Wilshire Blvd, just off the 10 and 110 freeways. For more information about Circus Theatricals, please visit their website at www.circustheatricals.com or call Jeannine Stehlin at 310-836-7823.

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