$40K for 40 Years of City Garage!
Bonjour to all our dear friends and loyal supporters.
Next year, 2027, marks the 40th year of City Garage! Through four decades we’ve brought you fascinating political dramas, biting social satires, critically acclaimed original works, and new and important voices from the international theatre. We know that many of you, like us, feel there is nothing else like City Garage in Los Angeles, and we’re so grateful that so many of you have been with us from the very start: from the Off Main Street Theatre (much gratitude to our lovely patron Ruth Flinkman Marandy who made it possible for us to begin there) to the Waterfront Stage on the Santa Monica Pier, to the original City Garage in the alley behind the promenade, to the move to Bergamot Station in 2010 (with thanks to Tom Patchett who gave us a temporary home at Track 16) until we finally landed in our current space in 2012. Over those forty years, we’ve produced and presented hundreds of plays, won many awards, have worked with countless gifted and creative actors and writers but through it all, it is you, our audience, who have made it all possible. You’re the reason we do the work and you’re the reason the work continues.
You may have read that Bergamot Station is in jeopardy. Now is the time to show your support for the arts and to show the city how much City Garage means to you. Join us in celebrating our 40th year by helping us raise $40,000. Help sustain the passionate, thought-provoking work you’ve spent years sharing with us. Box office alone can’t support what we do. In fact, it covers less than 25% of our costs. The rest comes from grants, and most importantly, people like you. Your donation, large or small, makes all the difference. Make a one-time donation—or become a Sustainer, with your monthly gift of $10, $25, $50, $100—or more if you inspired.. Send your contribution by December 31st to help us make our 40th anniversary goal. Follow this link:
Or, if you’d prefer to send a check, mail it to us at:
City Garage
Bergamot Station Arts Center
2525 Michigan Ave., T1
Santa Monica, Ca. 90404
Merci in advance!
FM 👠👠
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman opens Saturday, November 14th!
Make your plans now to be with us for opening weekend of Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman. This award-winning suspenseful thriller is a fascinating exploration of the ambiguous moral territory between justice and revenge. Is there any situation that can excuse taking justice into your own hands? We will have a preview on Friday, November 13th with complimentary champagne, and an informal buffet following the opening night performance, Saturday, November 14th. Get your tickets now!
Death and the Maiden by Ariel Dorfman
In an unnamed country which has only recently returned to democracy, a man who has been named to head a commission that will investigate the crimes of the previous regime is driving home one night when his car breaks down. He is rescued by an older man, a kindly doctor. But when he brings him home, his wife recognizes—or think she does—his voice as that of the man who raped and tortured her years before, while she lay blindfolded in a military detention center. Death and the Maiden, the award-winning drama from Ariel Dorfman, is a harrowing suspense thriller that investigates the slippery moral territory between the hunger for justice and thirst for revenge. Do immoral acts justify immoral retribution? And what if the target our legitimate outrage is innocent? How certain can we be of our motives—or of our own morality—when we suddenly have the opportunity to take justice into our own hands?
“A terrifying moral thriller which combines brilliant theatricality with clear thought and fierce compassion.” — Sunday Times (London)
“Suspenseful, riveting…achieves a universality that is movingly personal.” — The New York Times
See you at the theatre!
Frédérique, Archie (et Charles)
