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About the
Troubadour Theater Company
Troubadour Theater Company is a free-wheeling, no holds barred, Commedia Del Arte flavored, slapstick driven Los Angeles based ensemble of actors, musicians, and comedians that has been performing for audiences throughout Southern California and beyond since 1995. Their fast-paced, laugh-filled, loose adaptations (some of the lines are still there) of classic plays and films, as well as their original productions and hilarious sketch material, make this company a unique and exciting experience for theater-goers of any age.
The Troubies, as they are affectionately called, have played to audiences throughout California, performing in parks, schools, parades, Legion Halls, food festivals, and fringe festivals. The company is a Not for Profit organization and has performed charitably for many causes including animal conservation, adult rehabilitation, AIDS awareness, California Literacy Night for LAUSD, children with autism and other youth programs. Troubadour members have professional experience as writers, directors, and performers for film, television, theater, orchestra, and circus.
In its adaptations of the Bard's classics, Troubadour has combined the beauty of Shakespeare's language with feats of acrobatic physicality, comic routines, and musical numbers. What makes for even more fun is the clownish, interactive style in which the performances are presented. Improvisation plays a large part as audience members are called upon to help erect the set, sing along, and even enlisted to play parts! Never the same show twice! In recent years the Troubies have put their spin on all genres of classic tales, notably It's a Stevie Wonderful Life, Santa Claus is Comin' to Motown and Alice in One Hit Wonderland.
Troubadour Theater Company was one of five arts oganizations selected by the Santa Monica City Council to program youth entertainment at the newly renovated Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. The Troubies' travels have grown each year to include theaters in Hollwood (The Ford Amphitheatre, The Roxy on Sunset, The Matrix Theatre), Santa Monica (The Miles Memorial Playhouse), La Mirada (La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts), Garden Grove (Grove Theatre Center), Fullerton (The Muckenthaler), Ojai (Ojai Shakespeare Festival), Kern County (big park with lots of grass), San Francisco (San Francisco Fringe Festival), Burbank (The Falcon Theatre), Hailey, Idaho (sponsored by Company of Fools at the Liberty Theatre) and Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe Festival).
Awards for Troubadour Theater Company include:
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2006 Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre
- OC Weekly 2005 Helena Modjeska Career Achievement Award for Contribution to Orange County Theater
- Top Ten Theater Moments of 2006 (Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing) Daily News
- Goldstar Events Roar of the Crowd (Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing)
- Orange County Weekly Best Musical 2004 (The Comedy of Aerosmith)
- Entertainment Today's Audience Award
- Top Ten Theater Moments of 2002 Daily News
- Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle
- Best of the San Francisco Fringe
- Backstage West Garlands
- Los Angeles Weekly Award
Ovation Award Nominations:
- "It's A Stevie Wonderful Life"
- "Fleetwood Macbeth"
- "Christmas Carol King"
