Philip Brandes

Philip files for:

Stage Raw

LA Times

Santa Barbara Independent

Philip joined the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle in 2022.

Recent Posts

World Premiere: Ghost Land @ CITY GARAGE THEATRESeptember 15, 2023
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Ukrainian playwright Andriy Bondarenko brings the horrors inflicted on his compatriots by Russia’s invasion to … Read more
Blood at the Root @ OPEN FIST THEATRE COMPANYSeptember 15, 2023
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw Under Shepperd’s direction, a youthful ensemble performs with energy and commitment, and the pace never … Read more
The Right Is Ours! @ SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSESeptember 15, 2023
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way The creators have their hearts in the right place in wanting to tell this … Read more
The Sound Inside @ PASADENA PLAYHOUSESeptember 15, 2023
Rob Stevens – Haines His Way Cameron Watson has directed with pinpoint clarity and permits his actors to live and … Read more
Exit Wounds @ INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRESeptember 6, 2023
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Graf masterfully weaves together this terrible-family-secrets narrative with, of course, a sideways glance at American … Read more
The Bluest Eye @ A NOISE WITHINSeptember 6, 2023
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage A Noise Within got a jump on other midsize companies by opening its fall season … Read more
Enter ‘Exit Wounds’ and ‘Kill Shelter’. Don’t kill the Colony.September 6, 2023
Don Shirley – Angeles Stage Greater LA is currently the home of two new and complex scripts that examine hot-button … Read more
Kill Shelter @ THEATRE OF NOTESeptember 6, 2023
Martίn Hernández – Stage Raw Playwright Ashley Rose Wellman’s world premiere dramedy depicts a complex mother-daughter relationship with nuanced characters … Read more
Hungry Ghost @ SKYLIGHT THEATRE COMPANYSeptember 6, 2023
Deborah Klugman – Stage Raw What does it take to be a caring mother? And why bear a child if … Read more
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord @ KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRESeptember 6, 2023
Terry Morgan – Stage Raw “I very much wanted to like Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, but even Pablo Escobar … Read more