Meet the Mate Team: Cast & Crew of Caltech
25 Nov 2012 Author: lollyward In: Writing
Pasadena 2012
MATE in Pasadena = CalTech + Armory
28 Oct 2012 Author: lollyward In: WritingGet your chess on in the sexiest way ever seen on stage.
Mrs. Malaprop on Malapropism Overload
28 Oct 2012 Author: lollyward In: ActingI’ll be Mrs. Malaprop in “The Rivals” at the Actors’ Gang on Friday, November 2 and Saturday, November 3. Try to figure out what I’m saying.
MATE Meets CalTech
29 Sep 2012 Author: lollyward In: WritingMATE will be produced by Theater Arts at the California Institute of Technology for two weekends beginning in November. Come visit the sexy side of chess.
November 16, 17, 18
November 30, December 1, 2
Armory Center for the Arts
145 North Raymond Avenue
Pasadena, California 91103
The Rivals at the Actors’ Gang Theater
1 Sep 2012 Author: lollyward In: ActingAdd a dash of romance and dueling to your life with The Rivals, written by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, directed by David Schweizer, and opening at the end of September. I’ll be mangling words some weekend as “Mrs. Malaprop.”
Playwrights Union Reading Festival, May 12 & 13, 2012
1 May 2012 Author: lollyward In: WritingMy play is part of the Playwrights Union Reading Festival of New Work.
THEORY OF NOTHING
By Lolly Ward, Directed by Randee Trabitz
Sunday, May 13, 1:15-3:00pm at the Actors’ Gang; Culver City, CA
A family of scientists and artists gathers to finalize the parents’ divorce, but complications of love and memory in multiple dimensions change their path. If Marie Curie stopped by your tree house, would you let her in?
MATE Staged Reading at CalTech
22 Apr 2012 Author: lollyward In: WritingTACIT (Theater Arts at the California Institute of Technology), headed by Brian Brophy, presents a staged reading of MATE, Saturday, April 28, 2012, 11am-2pm.
New Yorker will “Double Down” for AWAKE
22 Apr 2012 Author: lollyward In: ActingTwo of my loves, the New Yorker magazine and the new NBC show AWAKE are together at last. Read the rave review by Emily Nussbaum, including this quote on the storyline I was in: “When in the third episode, Michael’s son was kidnapped…I became so desperate for Britten not to lose his son again that my heart was in my throat.”
Joining the MKS & Associates team
27 Mar 2012 Author: lollyward In: ActingI’m happy to be joining forces with a new commercial agency, MKS & Associates. Go, team.
Everything about THEORY OF NOTHING
18 Feb 2012 Author: lollyward In: WritingMy new play, THEORY OF NOTHING, delves into the secrets of physics through family ties. Get into the spirit by watching HOW THE UNIVERSE WORKS or reading QUANTUM PHYSICS FOR POETS
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Stay tuned for AWAKE, airing March 15
16 Jan 2012 Author: lollyward In: ActingThe Writing Life
1 Nov 2011 Author: lollyward In: WritingI accepted an invitation to join the Playwrights Union, a network of Los Angeles writers in stage, tv, and film.
About Lolly Ward
Lolly most recently played “Mrs. Loney” in BREAK THE WHIP at The Actors’ Gang Theater and “Gertrude” in HAMLET at the Stella Adler Theatre. As a member of The Actors’ Gang since 2000, Lolly has performed many roles, including “Masha” in THE SEAGULL (LA Weekly Award), directed by Georges Bigot, and “Myriam” in MEPHISTO, directed by Tim Robbins. After opening EMBEDDED in Los Angeles, she toured with it to London and New York, where Robbins also directed a film of the play at the Public Theater. She has a Bachelor's and Master's in English from Stanford University and won Stanford Magazine’s 2008 fiction contest with her short story, “How to Change Someone’s Life, Not Your Own.” She co-produced and starred in the short film AFTER DINNER and sometimes shows her lighter side by performing improvised musicals or acting on TV, for instance in THE KING OF QUEENS.
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