Inland Empress at Lounge Theatre

Inland Empress

Lounge Theatre
6201 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles

Seven years in prison can really change a person -- especially if you're a woman who runs a meth business out of an abandoned horse ranch. Inland Empress follows former matriarch and drug queen-pin Louise who wants to make a better life for her sister and three nieces. But after scamming, lying and corrupting them for years, Louise finds that she'll have to work even harder to set things right for the family she left behind. Written by Tom Cavanaugh, this dark familial drama makes its world premiere at The Lounge Theatre in Los Angeles.

Thru - Feb 28, 2016

Fridays: 8:00pm

Saturdays: 8:00pm

Sundays: 7:00pm

Price: $15-$25

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-469-9988

Running Time: 120 minutes, and there is one inter

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Inland Empress Reviews

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LA Weekly - Not Recommended

"...Sometimes these kinds of problems get ameliorated in performance, but director Jessica Hanna has accelerated the pace of the action, making the interchanges seem even shriller and more strident than they already are. Knight, through no fault of her own, delivers much of her exposition uncomfortably standing around, with little to do. The stage violence is, well, as stagey as it comes. And as Sierra, Baker has a bad habit of declaiming out to the audience, underscoring the ersatz theatrics of climactic moments."

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- DEBORAH KLUGMAN

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

"...Director Jessica Hanna has taken Cavanaugh's solemn play and given it excellent pacing and a lively look at dysfunction-junction, especially in her actors' character behavior, well supplied. We may not like this family and their evil business, but you have to admire the artistry that went into portraying it. A world premiere by Mutant Collective, in association with Theatre Planers, all the actors acquit themselves terrifically, on the rustic set-design of David Offner and inhabiting Jackie Gudgel's costumes."

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- DALE REYNOLDS

Gia on the Move - Somewhat Recommended

"...It cannot be overlooked, however that there is an unevenness in the symmetry of acting styles on stage and the overwhelmingly fast clip, which satisfy the length of the play and enhances the emotional content, but often gets in the way. While the story is grounded in all the action, what is occasionally lost is critical and that is the relationships."

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- TRACEY PALEO

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Inland Empress Reviews

LA Weekly - Not Recommended

StageHappenings.com - Recommended

Gia on the Move - Somewhat Recommended

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