{"id":205678,"date":"2025-09-06T18:55:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:55:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/205678\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T18:55:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T18:55:14","slug":"pericles-at-city-of-west-hollywoods-free-theatre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/205678\/","title":{"rendered":"PERICLES at City of West Hollywood&#8217;s Free Theatre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of West Hollywood\u2019s Free Theatre in the Parks! and Coeurage Ensemble will present a new adaptation of William Shakespeare\u2019s Pericles. There will be six performances only on Saturday and Sunday at 4pm from September 6\u201321. Kings Road Park is located at 1000 N. Kings Road in West Hollywood, 90069.<\/p>\n<p>Admission is free and suitable for all ages. Seating is first-come, first-served and RSVP is encouraged at <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/pericles-weho2025.eventbrite.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">https:\/\/pericles-weho2025.eventbrite.com<\/a>. Directed by Amanda McRaven, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) Ted Barton, Emily L. Gibson, Donna Simone Johnson, Kasper, Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott, and Eddie Vona.<\/p>\n<p>Part adventure, part fairytale, and full of heart, this immersive production of Shakespeare\u2019s Pericles invites audiences to travel through mystical lands, meet pirates and nuns, and dance alongside a cast of unforgettable characters. When Pericles leaves home in search of fortune, they cross paths with a cast of strange and wondrous characters \u2014 wacky kings, mysterious nuns, evil queens, and the love of their life. But when tragedy strikes and that love is lost at sea, Pericles keeps moving to outrun grief. Will they find their way home or something even better? Running time is 90 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Set, costume, and prop designs are by Jeanine Ringer and Kyla McCracken, text coach is Kyle T. Hester, DEI consultant is Sarah Holder, production stage manager is Pedro Armendariz, and stage management cover is Talya Camras.<\/p>\n<p>Director Amanda McRaven (she\/her) is the artistic director of Coeurage Ensemble. She directs and produces collaborative, feminist, queer, socially conscious events. She is also the founder and co-producer of Los Angeles Lady Arm Wrestlers, a social justice, community-based performance series that fundraises for local non-profits; an educator and facilitator of theatre with people who are systems-impacted and incarcerated; and the Director of Community Programs at the Shakespeare Center.<\/p>\n<p>Photo Credit: Lucia Ledoux<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_11.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Donna-Simone-Johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donna Simone Johnson<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Eddie-Vona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eddie Vona<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_10.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Donna-Simone-Johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donna Simone Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_09.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Eddie-Vona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eddie Vona<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Mateo-Mpinduzi-Mott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ted-Barton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ted Barton<\/a>, Kasper, Emily L. Gibson, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Donna-Simone-Johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donna Simone Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_08.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Eddie-Vona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eddie Vona<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ted-Barton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ted Barton<\/a>, Kasper, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Mateo-Mpinduzi-Mott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_07.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Mateo-Mpinduzi-Mott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott<\/a>, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ted-Barton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ted Barton<\/a>, Kasper, Emily L. Gibson, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Donna-Simone-Johnson\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donna Simone Johnson<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_06.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Mateo-Mpinduzi-Mott\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudimages2.broadwayworld.com\/upload13\/2386868\/tn-500_05.jpg?format=auto&amp;width=1400\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ted-Barton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ted Barton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"467\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_04.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEmily L. Gibson, <a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Eddie-Vona\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Eddie Vona<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/cloudimages2.broadwayworld.com\/upload13\/2386868\/tn-500_03.jpg?format=auto&amp;width=1400\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\n<a target=\"newwinddow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.broadwayworld.com\/people\/Ted-Barton\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ted Barton<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre  Image\" title=\"Photos: PERICLES at City of West Hollywood's Free Theatre \" height=\"1050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/tn-500_02.jpg\" width=\"700\"\/><br \/>&#13;<br \/>\nEmily L. Gibson<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>SPONSORED BY NORTH COAST REP<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The City of West Hollywood\u2019s Free Theatre in the Parks! and Coeurage Ensemble will present a new adaptation&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":205679,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5123],"tags":[1582,276,2961,224,5337],"class_list":{"0":"post-205678","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-los-angeles","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-california","10":"tag-la","11":"tag-los-angeles","12":"tag-losangeles"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115158877966111241","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205678","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=205678"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205678\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/205679"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=205678"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=205678"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=205678"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}