14 episodes
The Zip Code Plays Antaeus Theatre Company
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5.0 • 27 Ratings
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Celebrate the culture and history of the diverse neighborhoods of Los Angeles from the safety of your home. Antaeus Theatre Company presents The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles, a series of original audio plays, each set in a different L.A. zip code.
Season Two delivers six brand new episodes and will be available to podcast listeners beginning Thursday, May 20 at www.antaeus.org, or wherever you get your podcasts. For more information, visit zipcodeplays.info
Hosted by two-time Audiofile Award-winner
Ramón de Ocampo
Audio Producer, Sound Designer and Foley Artist
Jeff Gardner
Featuring original music by
Ellen Mandel
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Episode Six 91601: Monterey Park – Bingo Bitches
It’s Bingo day at the local senior center and Kwan Tai is introducing her old friend Wong Tai to the game and all of its rituals, including her lucky potato. But who will be the big winner when nemesis Mrs. Boodakian turns up? Daubers, cards, and insults fly in this raucous comedy about claiming one’s space.
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/91754-monterey-park-bingo-bitches/
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Episode Five 91601: North Hollywood – End of the Line
Watching the world go by from her NoHo balcony, self-appointed “detective” Aimee-Lynn is a curious observer of the goings-on in the neighborhood. But when a suspicious incident occurs on the street below, her worldview is changed forever in this dramedy about the duality that exists right before our eyes — if we can see it.
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/91601-north-hollywood-end-of-the-line/
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Episode Four 91331: Pacoima – Gold & Shine
Dr. LaShae Fair, a university professor stung by professional disappointment, has a chance encounter with an old man and his mule that pushes her into a thrilling storm of family revelations, haunting visions, and altered realities, where she discovers an answer to the question, “What do we owe to the past?”
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/91331-pacoima-gold-shine/
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Episode Three 90303: Inglewood – The Vig
Hollywood Park Racetrack is about to close its doors forever, but that doesn’t stop new-to-town Lina from searching for a long lost relative — with nothing but a yellowing polaroid and an old tip sheet. The odds for the future are long in this look at the dreams that drive people to reinvent themselves in the City of Angels.
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/90303-inglewood-the-vig/
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Episode Two 90026: Echo Park – $10 and a Tambourine
Broadcasting live on the radio from the Angelus Temple, famed 1920s evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson is forced to defend her past, her present and the future of Los Angeles itself when she entertains two visitors, one alive and one dead. Religion, power and celebrity are all up for grabs in this peek into the city’s early days.
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/90026-echo-park/
Support The Zip Code Plays! Make a gift to help Antaeus continue pursuing innovative new artistic projects in 2021 and beyond: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35088/store/donations/29230
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Episode One 90069: West Hollywood – Brunch, Interrupted
When Joe and Moses, an interracial gay couple of a certain age, are confronted by a new, straight resident of WeHo outside their favorite queer bar, questions of privilege, code switching, and daytime drag burst like an overstuffed piñata in this hilarious and provocative look at who is really colonizing whom.
For episode notes and to learn more about Antaeus Theatre Company, please visit: https://antaeus.org/special_events/90069-west-hollywood/
Support The Zip Code Plays! Make a gift to help Antaeus continue pursuing innovative new artistic projects in 2021 and beyond: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35088/store/donations/29230
Customer Reviews
Original, compelling, and beautifully produced
At a time when pop culture is dusting off and rehashing old stories and properties, particularly with productions slowed and theaters closed, leave it to Antaeus—themselves traditionally known for refreshing classical works—to make the most of these unprecedented times by giving us The Zip Code plays.
Written, performed, and produced by exceptional talents who you may know already from their work on stage and screen, these delightful, thrilling, and thoughtful little stories will take you on a much needed ride (and not merely to the zip codes in question).
brilliant concept and thoroughly enjoyable!
these are all a great listen, and they have been well reviewed by the Los Angeles Times and LA Weekly. if you have to start with one, go to "Annexing the Palisades" written by Alex Goldberg. brilliant!!
These are wonderful
Pity, thoughtful, provocative, entertaining and educational. Brilliant production values. I left with a smile on my face. More please