David Beatty

SoCal Film Festival Keeps Chugging in Surf City

​Last October, amid much glitz, glamour but light attendance, the first ever Anaheim International Film Festival premiered, and while it's not quite one-and-done, organizers plan this year to sprinkle festival screenings in with regular UltraLuxe of GardeWalk programming throughout the fall. Meanw ... More >>

Fall Film Fest Season Kicks Off With SoCal Film Festival in Huntington Beach

​Start working out those eyeballs, Orange County. This fall is going to be given over to back-to-back film festivals, the first a returner to Huntington Beach and the second an inaugural run in Anaheim. Both events will give significant screen time to the works of local filmmakers, from students t ... More >>

"Lien on Me": Dildo and Fart Jokes Slammed Between Two Slices of Silly

www.davidbeatty.netSean Wing and Heather Williams in "Lien On Me"​Before we start, a moment of full disclosure: I've know photographer/playwright/actor/ director/screenwriter and filmmaker David Beatty for over a decade. He was a member of my late theater company, Rude Guerrilla, where he taught ... More >>

It's the Stupid Economy at Rude Guerrilla Theater Co.

Fire damages Rude Guerrilla Theater Company building

Dave Barton, Artistic Director of the Rude Guerrilla Theater Company (and frequent Weekly contributor), posted these two messages on his personal blog about a nasty Saturday morning fire that damaged the downtown Santa Ana building which houses RGTC (reprinted with permission): "Oh, God...Rude Guer ... More >>

Theatre Out's 'Small Domestic Acts,' Staging in Fullerton, Is a Small Step in the Right Direction

Those Magic Moments

Recollections of what made 2007 theater sing

Bond, Edward Bond

Rude Guerrilla turns its focus to the most important playwright you’ve probably never heard of