Best of 2005 Awards!
Athena Theatre congratulates the actors and production team of The Shape of Things and Proof:
TOP TEN PLAYS OF 2005
"The Shape of Things" Athena Theatre Company
TOP FIVE ACTRESSES - LEAD
Veronique Ory “ The Shape of Things" Athena Theatre Company
TOP FIVE ACTORS - FEATURED
John Bobek “Proof" The Athena Company
We are also proud to make Travis Michael Holder's top 2005 list:
BEST ACTOR IN A PLAY, 2005:
RUNNERS UP: John Bobek, Proof, Athena
BEST ACTRESS IN A PLAY:
RUNNERS-UP: Veronique Ory, Proof, Athena;
Proof
Thank you so much to everyone who came to see Athena Theatre's production of Proof.
I sincerely appreciate it!
Proof by David Auburn.
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Starring July 14th - July 31st The Flight Theatre at The Complex |
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Proof from Reviewers
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"David Auburn's award-winning play Proof, is receiving an award-winning, definitive production by Athena Theatre at the lovely Flight Theatre of the complex. Sharpen your pencils, Ovation Voters, and make your reservations now, because the run of this one could sell out within a week." -Metro LA
"Director Charlotte Gulezian has invested the play with the warmth of familial love and the elegance of math and science. Her blocking is liquid art. The actors move from one gorgeous stage picture to another. And she has elicited four amazing performances which don't leave a nuance unturned." -Metro LA
"Veronique Ory brings a palpably heartbreaking vulnerability to the role. Ory mines a quiet desperation that makes Catherine someone the audience can grieve for and with, as her beloved dad has died only a week before, leaving the rest of her life a gaping hole of contradictions." -Back Stage West
"Craig Braun looks every bit the college professor, a bit more lucid than he's supposed to be, but convincingly dedicated to his work, if not his daughter." ReviewPlays.com
"The loveliest turn comes from John Bobek, who brings a dynamic spontaneity and arresting sweetness to Hal, the geeky protege of the late professor's role that usually merely complements, not stands out with such striking results." -Back Stage West
"Elena Fabri is perfect as her bossy but well-meaning sister, managing to make us understand Claire's good intentions despite the character's officious manner." -Back Stage West
"This is a gem of a production, proof positive that Athena Theatre is more than fulfilling its mission of bringing quality theatre to a desert of mediocrity."- ReviewPlays.com
Proof - Video Trailer
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Striking the Set - Proof
3 days to put up, 2 hours to take down... here is a fast motion look at us striking our set for Proof.
ReviewPlays.com- Proof
by Jose Ruiz
This gripping Tony and Pulitzer award winner by David Auburn, juggles the lives of four people with uncanny insight and uncomfortable realism.
...Elena Fabri as Claire is excellent portraying the apparently benevolent sister who is determined to impose her will believing that she is right no matter what. At times, you almost want to punch her out for being such a bitch, she's that convincing. Craig Braun looks every bit the college professor, a bit more lucid than he's supposed to be, but convincingly dedicated to his work, if not his daughter. John Bobek's college teacher, Hal looks more like a teen-age geek trying to make time, but his dialogue and delivery quickly convince you he's a serious student with serious ambitions, especially towards Catherine, a girl with a voluble temper and not much self assurance and a mind that knows no bounds when it comes to the mathematical abstracts. Veronique Ory can change emotions on a dime, and here she delivers a performance that has you wondering if she's the sweet daughter who loves her father enough to give up her education, a lazy opportunist lacking motivation or a genius suffering a touch of the same madness her father had. Whatever you select, it's a performance rich with feeling and insight.
This is a gem of a production, proof positive that Athena Theatre is more than fulfilling its mission of bringing quality theatre to a desert of mediocrity.
Pick of the Week
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Veronique Ory
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Pterodactyls (Emma Duncan)
Slow Dance on the Killing Ground (Rosie)
Wait Until Dark (Susy)
A Lie of the Mind (Beth)
Proof (Catherine)
The Shape of Things (Evelyn)
How I Learned to Drive (Li'l Bit)
Waiting for Godot (Estragon)
Beirut (Blue)
Crimes of the Heart (Babe)
Two Encounters, "Birdbath" (Velma)