2009 - 20010 Theatrical Season
October 30 - November 22, 2009: Malibu Stage Repertory Theatre Company presents I LOVE YOU, YOU'RE PERFECT,
NOW CHANGE
 Off-Broadway's longest-running smash hit
musical-comedy celebrates the triumphs and trials of the modern-day mating game. It's a hilarious look at love and
relationships that is touching, insightful and humerous. From dating and waiting to bridemaids and babies, this love-happy
musical revue cleverly covers everything you've secretly thought about romance, marraige, lovers, husbands, wives, and
in-laws but were afraid to admit. Book and Lyrics by Joe DiPietro. Music by Jimmy Roberts. Produced by Julia
Holland, Victoria Sterling, an Richard Johnson, Directed by Richard Johnson. Starring an ensemble cast of many locals, guest performers and live musicians, including Mariza Lee Coetzee, Shawn Cortel, Alixzandra Dove,
Bonnie Frank, Gigi Goyette, Julia Holland, Carolyn Hunter, Diane Peterson, Jennifer Still, Margo Rifenbark, Brian Pietro,
Oscar Best, Zack DiLiberto, Jay Tando and Regina Wilson. Music Director Rick Friend. Costume Designer Deborah
LaGorce-Kramer.
September 11 - October 4, 2009: Malibu Stage Repertory Theatre presents the first of
our season of 4 plays - PROOF
 Written by David Auburn and directed by Cate Caplin,
the play tells the story of Catherine, a young woman who has spent the last few years of her life caring for her brilliant
mathematician father who has gone into mental decline. Many questions arise when one of her father’s
former students discovers a groundbreaking mathematical proof that her father may or may not have written. Catherine’s
sister shows up and further complicates matters, prompting an intriguing and thoughtful examination of the fine line between
genius and madness. PROOF won the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2001.
May 1 - 24, 2009: Malibu
Stage Repertory Theatre presents LOOKING FOR NORMAL
 MALIBU
STAGE REPERTORY (formerly Zuma Repertory Theatre) presents Jane Anderson's comedic drama "Looking for Normal" opening May
1, 2009 at the Malibu Stage Company in Malibu.
"Looking for Normal" made
its world premiere at the Geffen Playhouse in Los Angeles, CA in 2001. The gender-bending comedy-drama tells the story
of a middle-aged, Midwesterner named Roy who after 25 years of marriage, announces to his family that he has decided to have a gender-change operation. While to the outside world Roy's life
with a wife, kids and a steady job may look "normal," his search for his true identity
and deep desire to bring drastic change to his life forces those around him to explore the complexities of their relationships,
the institutions of marriage
and family, and the very notion of love. You will love the show's stunning performances
by Malibu's award winning actors. Directed by Diane Carroll.
March 22, 2009: Malibu Stage Repertory Theatre presents NO APPLAUSE -
A Fund Raiser for Malibu Stage Repertory
 One night ONLY- Sunday March 22, 2009 at 5PM. Tickets are $100.00 each - and
include a reception that follows of food, wine, coffee, sodas, and desserts , all provided by Malibu Stage Repertory, to meet
the actors. Season tickets will be available also at this event. Directed by Richard Johnson, starring Malibu
Stage Repertory members David Lamont, Howard Levy, Beverly Craviero, Bennett Liss, Nathalie Blossom, Howard Ferguson Woitzman,
Catherine Dao, Jimmy Hall, J. Walter Holland, Mimo Reynolds, Diane Peterson, Carolyn Hunter, Margott Rifenbark, Jennifer Still,
Pamaela Donnelly, Shawn Cortel, Richard Johnson, Pat Cady, Oscar Best, and guest appearace by Krysten Lambert, and the organizers
of our children's theatre groups, Julia Holland, and Shoshana Kuttner and John Henry Litten.
February 6 - March 15, 2009: Malibu Stage Company Presents RABBIT HOLE
 A play about a normal upscale family, the Corbetts, that have everything a regular family could want...
until the day their world is turned upside down. Teeming with heartbreak, compassion, wit and
honesty, Rabbit Hole is
a nuanced and delicate piece of theater about family relationships, loss and hope. Having won or been nominated for almost
every major playwriting award in the country, Rabbit Hole is
widely regarded as one of the best new plays written in the last 25 years. Co-starring Malibu actress Katharine Ross,
Sharon Gardner, Jeffrey Doornbos, Tasha Ames, and Mimo Reynolds. Directed by Graeme Clifford.
2008 - 2009 Theatrical Season
 October 3-26, 2008: Zuma Repertory Theatre Presents - DIVA
Performances Friday & Saturday nights at 8PM, and Sundays at 5PM.
This biting comedy tells the behind-the-scenes story of Deanna Denninger, a forty-something actress with a super-sized
ego who stars in Deanna, a popular network television sitcom.
Guest Production - August 29 - September 14, 2008:
Please click on the flyer below to link to the website for more information.
 August 2 - 3, 2008 - Malibu Stage Company Presents:
A LOVE LIKE NO OTHER
Starring Stacey Keach and Jane Romney
To benefit Malibu Stage Company
 June 27 2008 - July 20, 2008: Los Angeles Premier of "GLORIOUS!"
Produced by:
Zuma Repertory Theatre - Richard Johnson & Victoria Sterling
Directed by: Diane CarrollA comedy based
on the true story of Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy socialite who lived in New York in the 1940s. Jenkins was known
as the “worst singer in the world” and labeled “the first lady of the sliding scale” as she couldn’t
hold a note. Despite her lack of talent, Jenkins doggedly pursued her dreams and made a career of her singing, selling
out New York City’s famed Carnegie Hall on her final performance in 1944, with more than 2000 would-be patrons turned
away at the door. Her recordings can still be found today on the internet.
 WEST BANK UK - by Oren Safdie and
Ronnie Cohen - March 21-April 13, 2008.
 THE SHADOW BOX by Michael Cristofer, A Zuma Repertory Production - January 18 - February 2, 2008
In Memory and tribute to TARI TABAKIN, who played Felicity, and passed shortly after this, her
last play. Thanks to her for the many great joys she gave the
audiences around this part of the world and for her great care that she exhibited in every play she did.
2007 Theatrical Season
 
ENTERTAINING MR. SLOANE by Joe Orton, directed by Charles Marowitz - Aug. 10 - Sept. 2, 2007
MSC Reading - THE
LAST OTHELLO by Robert Joseph Ahola - October 4, 2007 - One night. |
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2006 Theatrical Season
 RICK KUREK CONCERT - January 28, 2006 - Saturday, 7:30PM - 1 night
JUDAS AGONISTES, by Robert Ahola, directed by Mr. Ahola
- MSC Reading, February 25 - Saturday, 8:00PM- 1 night
IN THE SHADE OF THE LEMON TREE, by Patrick Cunningham,
directed by Oren Safdie - MSC Reading - March 4, 2006 - Saturday, 8:00PM - 1 night
LETTICE AND LOVAGE,
by Peter Shaffer, directed by Donald Reiker, with surprise GUEST STAR - March 11 - Saturday, 8:00PM - MSC Reading - 1
night
DO NOT GO GENTLE, by Sol Saks - March 18 - Saturday, 8:00PM - MSC Reading - 1 night
LIFE TIMES
3, by Yasmina Reza, directed by Donald Reiker - MSC Play #1 - Fri, Sat, Sun, April 14 - May 7.
OLEANNA,
by David Mamet, directed by Taylor Nichols - Fri - Sun, MSC Play #2, - May 19 - June 11
Malibu International One-Act Play Festival - Fri - Sun, November 16-25, 2007.
Past Productions: 2005 Theatrical Season •The Last Word by Oren Safdie (July 9 through July 31, 2005) •Candida by G.B. Shaw (August 11through September 14, 2005)
2004 Theatrical Season •Sideman by Warren Leight (June 4 through July 11, 2004) •Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell (August 21 through September 12, 2004) •Collected Stories by Donald Margulies(October 2 through
November 7, 2004) 2003
Theatrical Season •Light Up The Sky by Moss Hart (May 2 through June 22, 2003) •
Jews & Jesus by Oren Safdie and Ronnie Cohen (August 15 through September 14, 2003)
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