Enter ‘Exit Wounds’ and ‘Kill Shelter’. Don’t kill the Colony.

LADCC Critics
September 6, 2023
Commentary, Reviews

Hayden Kharrazi and Suanne Spoke in “Exit Wounds” at International City Theatre in Long Beach. Photo: Kayte Deimoa.

Don Shirley – Angeles Stage

Greater LA is currently the home of two new and complex scripts that examine hot-button life-or-death arenas, from refreshingly unexpected perspectives. Not surprisingly, the LA Times has yet to review either of them. Read more…

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