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Seventeenth Annual Festival

 “MEETING THE NEW DECADE”

 

 


 

Below is a list of Festival Dates.  Clicking on a date will take you to the Program Line-up 
for that date.  To order tickets for a specific program, please follow the steps below.

  
1.Review the Program Line-up under each Festival Date.

2. Once you decide which programs you would like to attend, select the  button located next to each date to add a ticket reservations for that program to your "Shopping Cart".  Once you select the  button you will be taken to the Secure "PayPal" payment site to view and confirm your selection, pay for your ticket reservations or continue shopping.

3. To finalize your payment select the  button to complete the purchase process.

 
Purchase Confirmation:
You will receive an e-mail confirmation upon completing your ticket reservation purchase.

Ticket Confirmation:
You will receive an e-mail confirmation from LAWTF when your tickets have been secured.

Online Ticket Service:
LAWTF'S online ticket service is provided by VerticalAccess Corporation.

Processing Fee:
A $2-3 per ticket Processing Fee is added to all purchases except where noted. The fee schedule is as follows:

 
Ticket Price  Processing Fee Total Cost Ticket Descriptions

$125

 $3

$128

VIP ticket for all 2009 Festival performances at Electric Lodge

$75

$3

$78

for two tickets to Champagne GALA and Award Ceremony
$40 $3 $43

Single tickets for Champagne GALA and Award Ceremony  

$25

$2

$27

General Admission at the door

$20

$2

$22

Advanced tickets

$15

$2

$17

Seniors, Groups, and Students 

 

 Groups, Seniors, Students and Union Member Discounts
Call our office at: 818/760-0408

Groups (10 or more)................................$17
Seniors, and Students..............................$17

 

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Festival Dates and Event Titles
Click on Event below to view Program Line up

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

Thursday, March 25, 2010 at 6:30 p.m. - "Gala Awards Ceremony"

Friday, March 26, 2010 at  8 p.m. - “Beyond Boundaries” 

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 2 p.m. matinee. - “Of The Spirit and the Soul”

Saturday, March 27, 2010 at 8 p.m. - “Taking Flight”

 Sunday March 28, 2010 at 2 p.m. - “DNA”

Sunday March 28, 2010 at 7 p.m. - “Getting Real”


 

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Program Line-up


Thursday
March 25, 2010
6:30 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

  

"Gala Awards Ceremony and Champagne Reception"
6:30 -7:45pm

 

ETERNITY AWARDEE

Connie Sawyer (Actor)

RAINBOW AWARDEE Sri Susilowati (Choreographer/Dancer/Instructor)
MAVERICK AWARDEE Odalys Nanin (Producer/Actor)
INTEGRITY AWARDEE Florence LaRue (Vocalist/Actor) 
INFINITY  AWARDEE Alaina Reed Hall (Actor)
INFINITY  AWARDEE Bea Arthur (Actor)

Hosted by:  Hattie Winston and Ted Lange (Love Boat)

"In Tribute"
 

Performers: 

INGRID GRAHAM - "Trinity" (Dance) A celebration of womanhood, exploring through movement how women embrace their sensuality and strength.

Juliette Marshall  -  “Shift Happens” (Cabaret): A newly single mom joins the Brentwood Divorce Club as she looks for love in all the wrong places, while trying to be a good role model for her daughter.

MZURI MOYA - "Sojourner"  (Theatre/Music/Song) From Miami, Mzuri pays homage to. ex-slave and women’ advocate Sojourner Truth.

BONNIE WEISS - "Great Rock of Inner Seeking" (Dance) A 73 year old modern dancer expresses a piece that was inspired by sculptor Isamu Noguchi. 

 

Item name: Champagne Gala - SINGLE TICKET
Item number: LAWTF_Gala_032510_7PM
Price: $40.00 + $3.00 Processing Fee 

Item name: Champagne Gala (TWO TICKETS)
Item number: LAWTF_Gala_032510 (2)_7PM
Price: $75.00 + $3.00 Processing Fee

Item name: VIP 03/25-28/10 Ticket
Item number: VIP all Electric Lodge event ticket
Price: $125.00 + $3.00 Processing Fee

 

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Gala Event Tickets

$43
single
ticket


$78
two tickets



VIP Tickets

$128
VIP ticket for all festival performances at Electric Lodge


Friday
March 26, 2010
8 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

“Beyond Boundaries”  

Hosted by Karen A. Clark, US Bank Official Sponsor

Performers:

AMY CAMPION- “DUA” (Dance) DUA uses a fusion of street dance with modern  dance movement to illuminate a path of struggle and realization. 

Sheetal Gandhi "Bahu-Beti-Biwi" (Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife) (Dance/Theatre): A solo tour de force combining dance, stirring vocalization and percussive text that glides between humourous portraiture and active resistance.

CYNTHIA LEE - "Ruddha" (Dance) North Indian rhythmic dance syllables transform into nonsensical English gossip and indiosyncratic postmodern movement that suddenly shifts into classical Kathak.  
          
                                                                        
MINA OLIVERA- “LOL: Latina On the Loose" (Theatre)
We take a comedic snapshot of a young Brazilian who comes to live in America. 

The Lindz - in “WASP (Performance Poetry): This poet contributes relationship-related, socially conscious, goofy, insightful, sardonic and riotous performance poetry.

 

Item name: BEYOND BOUNDARIES
Item number: LAWTF-General_032610_8:00PM
Price: $20.00 + $2.00 Processing Fee

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$22
general
ticket

 


Saturday
March 27, 2010 
2 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

“Of Soul and Spirit”

Hosted by Tanna Frederick (“Hollywood Dreams”) and Levy Lee Simon (For the Love of Freedom)

Performers:

Ellen Hagan - in “Crowned” (Performance Poetry): Political poetry based on girlhood, sexuality, media and home.

TAYLOR HARVEY - in “Taylor Harvey” (working title) (Vocalist/Pianist) A 16 year old precocious teen expresses her self-written songs through the piano and voice.   
                                   
                        
RALEIGH R. PINSKEY - "Evolution of Soul 685" (Theatre) A disgruntled soul's dilemma "to evolve or not to evolve" evokes educational forays, life altering challenges, and really bad hair days in this piece from Carefree, Arizona. 
          
                           
BONNIE WEISS - "Great Rock of Inner Seeking
and "Doesn't Everyone Want to Do a Spanish  Dance?” (See Thursday night's line-up for description).   This is a piece that honors Spanish dance.  

Item name: OF THE SPIRIT AND THE SOUL
Item number: LAWTF-General_032710_2:00PM
Price: $20.00 + $2.00 Processing Fee

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$22
general
ticket

 


Saturday
March 27, 2010
8 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

“Breaking Free”

Hosted by Dawn Didawick (Erin Brockovich)

Performers:

BARBARA COLE - "Surviving Chrysalis" (Storytelling) One woman reconciles motherhood and career with her journey toward self-actualization.

ELAINE DEL VALLE – “Brownsville Bred" (Theatre) This New York based performer chronicles her coming of age story of living in Brooklyn's African American "Brownsville."

LAURA ELAINE ELLIS - "When Strength Is My Weakness" (Dance) This dance piece from Oakland, CA explores a woman's struggle to find renewed strength when pressures become insufferable.

 

Item name: TAKING FLIGHT
Item number: LAWTF-General_032710_8:00PM
Price: $20.00 + $2.00 Processing Fee

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$22
general
ticket

 


Sunday
March 28, 2010
2 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

“DNA”

Hosted by Sy Richardson (Pushing Daisies) and Tata Vega (The Color Purple)

Performers:

DINA MORRONE - "The Italian In Me" (Theatre) Dina takes the audience on her roller coaster ride     to her motherland of Italy where she tries to find a career as an actor in a foreign country.

LYDIA NICOLE - "Calling Up Poppi”(Theatre) We take a sober look at one girl's life, growing up in Spanish Harlem as the daughter of a prostitute and a father who is a pimp.  
              
                                               
GLORIA ROSEN - "Listen, Can You Hear Me Now?" (Storytelling) A hearing child of deaf parents shares her life coping with parents who reside in the non-hearing  world. 

Item name: DNA
Item number: LAWTF-General_032810_2:00PM
Price: $20.00 + $2.00 Processing Fee

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$22
general
ticket

 


Sunday
March 28, 2010
7 p.m.

Electric   lodge 
1416 Electric  Ave
venice, ca 90291

“Getting Real” 

Hosted by Margaret Avery (The Color Purple) and Florence LaRue (The Fifth Dimension)

Performers:

JESSICA LYNN JOHNSON - "Oblivious to Everyone" (Theatre) This comedic piece explores America's obsession with pop culture and media as it touches upon homophobia, racism, sexism, materialism and much more.

MICIA MOSELY - "Where My Girls At?" (Theatre After a national search, four characters compete  to be chosen as the ONE lesbian on a new reality tv show in this piece from Oakland, CA.

ERICA WATSON -  "Fat Bitch" (Stand-up) Funny, yet thought-provoking, a big woman  from New York enlightens the audience on what it is like to perceived by society based on looks.

FABIENNE ZUIJDWIJK - "I am here" (Performance Art) This multi-media performance art piece from Holland erases the line between performer and audience. 

Item name: GETTING REAL
Item number: LAWTF-General_032810_7:00PM
Price: $20.00 + $2.00 Processing Fee

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$22
general
ticket

 


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