Email Author JOEL BEERS

Awards

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published April 1, 2010

  "Family Not-So-Friendly"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published September 30, 2010

  "Man Loves Goat"

• 2011 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published November 11, 2010

  "Teen Cheerleader Orgy Porn"

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2008 Stories by JOEL BEERS

• Hot NYC Playwright Johnna Adams Had to Come Through Orange County to Get Famous

  published November 6, 2008

  Corpse-Raising Cockfighters?Hot NYC playwright Johnna Adams had to go through Orange County to get... More >>

• Edgy and Eggy

  published October 30, 2008

  Most people wouldn’t confuse the Scottish city of Edinburgh with Laguna Beach, but this weekend, the cities’ theatrical sensibilities... More >>

• Cal State Long Beach's Graduate Theater Program Tackles the Seldom-Produced 'Kentucky Cycle'

  published October 23, 2008

  American History XXXCal State Long Beach’s graduate theater program tackles the seldom-produced Kentucky... More >>

• The Hunger Artists' Creepy-Crawly 'Bug' Makes the Surreal All Too Real

  published October 23, 2008

  A red herring is any plot element introduced into a story designed to deliberately mislead an audience into believing some plot element is... More >>

• Rock the Vets

  published October 9, 2008

  One of the best bands to spring from North Orange County’s fertile mid-’90s soil were Room to Roam, which combined Paul... More >>

• STAGEStheatre's 'Larva Boy' Needs More Development Before Its Next Stage

  published September 25, 2008

  Growing PainsLarva Boy needs more development before its next stageSTAGEStheatre can... More >>

• Breath of Fire's 'W.A.C. Iraq' Taps Into Some Fascinating, Seldom-Told Stories

  published September 18, 2008

  Wacky IraqiBreath of Fire’s latest taps into some fascinating, seldom-told stories Mel... More >>

• Babies, Greeks and More at Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble's New Works Festival

  published August 28, 2008

  Stolen Babies! Ancient Greeks! Chicken sacrifices!All this and more at Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble’s New Works... More >>

• The Tempest is Lost (as in the TV show) in Shakespeare Orange County's Latest

  published August 14, 2008

  The Tempest is Lost And other secrets revealed in Shakespeare OC's latest Passengers... More >>

• In 'The Seven Deadly Sins,' Rude Guerrilla Theater's Morality Tales Aren't Dirty—or Rude—Enough

  published July 31, 2008

  Not-So-Deadly Sins Rude Guerrilla's morality tales aren't dirty enough Though not coined by the Catholic... More >>

• Globe Trotting

  published July 31, 2008

  You may have heard-or at least heard of-Bayadera. OC-based since 1999. Mad love from critics and the OC Music Awards. Two self-produced albums,... More >>

• [Summer Guide] Our Picks for the Best of Summer Theater

  published June 12, 2008

  Surfing Señoritas from Space! And Jesus, too! Our picks for the best of summer theater As at most... More >>

• Viva La Mujer

  published May 29, 2008

  Don't blame the Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble if you feel theater is irrelevant. In its short history, the troupe has tackled such... More >>

• The Chance Theater's 'Rabbit Hole' Is a Liberating Dose of Reality

  published May 22, 2008

  Hare-Raising Rabbit Hole is a liberating dose of reality First, what Rabbit Hole, David... More >>

• John Harrington

  published May 22, 2008

  Long before its mushrooming nightlife generated a city-hall migraine, Fullerton blew sweet and cool as OC’s jazz capital. Native son John... More >>

• Metaphor Saves Katrina-Based 'Rising Water' From Drowning at the Maverick

  published May 8, 2008

  Float On Metaphor saves Rising Water from drowning John Biguenet's 2007 play Rising Water is... More >>

• New Laguna Playhouse Production of Catherine Butterfirld's 'Brownstone' Has Flaws, Yet Lingers

  published April 3, 2008

  Butterfield's Six New Laguna Playhouse production, Brownstone,  has flaws, yet lingers More >>

• Culture Clash Looks for the Real Orange County at South Coast Rep

  published March 13, 2008

  In Search of Stanton Culture Clash looks for the real OC Its former top cop is under indictment on federal... More >>

• Breath of Fire Latina Theater Ensemble's 14

  published March 6, 2008

  Closer Than You Think 14 explores borders within and without There's a slight degree of datedness... More >>

• The Laguna Playhouse’s Red Herring (Mostly) Doesn’t Stink

  published February 21, 2008

  This Fish Don't Stink But Red Herring never  truly comes together, either If the play... More >>

• A bloodless Talk About the Passion at the Chance Theater

  published February 14, 2008

  Bloodless Passion Graham Farrow has nothing to say in this California Premiere Few 65-minute plays—hell,... More >>

• More With Less

  published January 31, 2008

  Doing more with less is the through-line of the fifth—and final—season of The Wire, the best TV since the halcyon days of... More >>

• In the Zone

  published January 17, 2008

  For those of us blessed with living in the only county God herself has smiled upon, our experience with hypnotism probably extends no further... More >>