Plays by Daniel MacIvor and Chiara Atik at Atwater Village Theatre

The Atwater Village Theatre is back with three plays, two from the Open Fist Theatre Company and one from the Echo Theater Company.

Daniel MacIvor’s The Soldier Dreams and Never Swim Alone

Open Fist Theatre Company returns to live, in-person performance with concurrent runs of two plays by celebrated Canadian playwright Daniel MacIvor. The Soldier Dreams is a darkly funny and moving play about life, death, grief — and dancing. As David lies in a virus-induced coma, his lover, Richard, plays host to David’s family members, each of whom feel they had the most special connection. In this poignant homage to those we love who have left us, the audience becomes witness to everyone’s — including David’s own — memories of David. 

In the slyly witty and unexpectedly suspenseful Never Swim Alone, two men are locked in a ruthless competition of one-upmanship under the watchful eye of “The Referee,” a young woman with a secret connection to the boys these men used to be.

PERFORMANCES: Oct. 23 – Dec. 12
• Saturday at 4 p.m. (The Soldier Dreams): Oct. 23 ONLY 
• Saturdays at 8:30 p.m. (The Soldier Dreams): Oct. 16 (preview), Oct. 23, Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Dec. 4, Dec. 11 (dark Nov. 27)
• Saturdays at 10 p.m. (Never Swim Alone): Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20
• Sundays at 6 p.m. (Never Swim Alone): Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21
• Sundays at 7 p.m. (The Soldier Dreams): Oct. 17 (preview), Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Nov. 28, Dec. 5, Dec. 12
• Mondays at 8:15 p.m. (The Soldier Dreams): Oct. 18 (preview), Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29, Dec. 6

Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(FREE parking in the Atwater Xing lot one block south of the theater)
(323) 882-6912 or www.openfist.org

TICKETS: 
Admission to both plays is by donation. 
• Recommended donation to The Soldier Dreams: $20
• Recommended donation to Never Swim Alone: $15
• Recommended donation to see both plays in a single evening: $25

• Proof of vaccination required of all patrons.
• Admittance limited to ages 12+.
• Masks required throughout the performance.
• Open Fist Theatre Company ensures that theater ventilation systems are up to the
recommended standard for COVID-19 protection.
• As long as the rate of COVID transmission in Los Angeles County remains “substantial,” household groups will be separated by six feet on all sides.

Chiara Atik’s Poor Clare

The world premiere of Poor Clare, Chiara Atik’s powerful and very funny modern spin on the medieval story of Saint Clare of Assisi, opens the Echo Theater Company’s 25th anniversary season. Clare is just a regular noblewoman living in 13^th-century Italy, trying out hairstyles and waiting to get married… until a man named Francis starts ranting in the courtyard. What happens when your eyes are opened to the injustice of the world around you — and you can’t look away?

PERFORMANCES: Oct. 23 – Nov. 29
• Wednesday at 8 p.m.: Oct. 20 ONLY (preview)
• Thursday at 8 p.m.: Oct. 21 ONLY (preview)
• Fridays at 8 p.m.: Oct. 22 (preview), Oct. 29, Nov. 5, Nov. 12, Nov. 19, Nov. 26
• Saturdays at 8 p.m.: Oct. 23 (opening night), Oct. 30, Nov. 6, Nov. 13, Nov. 20, Nov. 27
• Sundays at 4 p.m.: Oct. 24, Oct. 31, Nov. 7, Nov. 14, Nov. 21, Nov. 28
• Mondays at 8 p.m.: Oct. 25, Nov. 1, Nov. 8, Nov. 15, Nov. 22, Nov. 29

TICKETS:
Fridays/Saturdays/Sundays: $34
Mondays: $20 in advance; Pay-What-You-Want at the door (subject to availability)
Previews: Pay-What-You-Want

Echo Theater Company
Atwater Village Theatre
3269 Casitas Ave
Los Angeles, CA 90039
(FREE parking in the Atwater Xing lot one block south of the theater)
 (310) 307-3753 or www.EchoTheaterCompany.com

• Proof of vaccination or a negative PCR test taken within 72 hours will be required of all patrons.
• Admittance limited to ages 12+.
• All current CDC and local guidelines regarding seating and masks will be followed at each performance.