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Open Fist Theatre Company

The Open Fist Theatre is both a 501(c)(3) non-profit theatre company. Originally operating a 99-seat theatre facility in Theatre Row Hollywood located at 6209 Santa Monica Blvd, it is now in residence at the Atwater Village Theatre. The name of the Open Fist Theatre Company comes from two principles: the notion of an open spirit and the fist—a sign of determination and force.

Production history
1990True West by Sam Shepard 1991Car Cemetery by Fernando ArrabalChild of God by Michael Denney • Cloud Nine by Caryl ChurchillExit the King by Eugène IonescoProfessor George by Marsha Sheiness 1992Baal by Bertolt BrechtDusa, Fish, Stas, and Vi by Pam GemsGoose and Tomtom by David RabePoor Murderer by Pavel Kahout • The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant by Rainer Werner FassbinderTiny Alice by Edward Albee 1993Blood Moon by Nicholas KazanCinders by Janusz GlowackiMs. Julie by August StrindbergThe Architect and the Emperor of Assyria by Fernando ArrabalThe Last Word by Tony SpiridakisAfter the Bomb by Roxy Ventola 1994The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Night Angel by William Piana • Vieux Carre by Tennessee WilliamsHush by April De Angelis 1995Etta Jenks by Marlene MeyerThe Flight of the Earls by Christopher Humble • Behemoth by Della Vecchia Smith • The Moke Eater by Ken Bernard • Blood and Stumbo; Falling by Beth BurnsUnderground by Mark Litton • The Ghost Diaries by Keith Mason 1996A Warring Absence by Jody Duncan • Time Piece; Guernica by D. O'Brian, Neal BellFear and Misery of the Third Reich by Bertolt BrechtThe God Game by Allison BurnettJourney of the Fifth Horse by Ronald RibmanNew York 243 by J.D. Zeik 1997Salam, Shalom by SaleemThe Servant of Two Masters by Carlo GoldoniTitanic by Christopher DurangThe Vakhos by EuripidesTabooki (Serial) by Various Authors • After Easter by Anne DevlinBuddy Jack Adapted by Ron West, Joe Liss 1998Getting Into My Skin by SaleemTime Lost by Jack O'RourkeGod’s Country by Steven DietzSex, Death and Other Annoyances by Ron West • The Accompanist by Berberovna/Adapt. Giurgea • Skin by Naomi IizukaWe Won’t Pay! We Won’t Pay! by Dario FoFall ’98 One-Act Festival by Various Authors • The Notcracker Project (with Circle-X Theatre Company) by Various Authors 1999Fall Off Night by Allison Gregory • Widows by Ariel Dorfman & Tony KushnerSlippery People by Charley McQuary • The Life of Galileo by Bertolt BrechtEscape From Happiness by George F. Walker 2000The Abdication by Ruth Wolff • Cowboy Mouth; Lobster Man by Sam Shepard, Martin George • How to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients by Matei VisniecTalk Show From Hell by Jean-Noël Fenwick • The King Stag by Carlo Gozzi2000 Directors Festival by Various Authors • Measure 4 Measure by William ShakespeareThree Sisters by Anton ChekovBay of Smokes by Alena Wilson and Alisa Wilson 2001The Knacker’s ABC by Boris VianThe Wooden Breeks by Glen BergerCasanova by Constance Congdon2001 Directors Festival by Various Authors • Fen by Caryl ChurchillSharon and Billy by Alan BowneThe Freedom Ball by Chelsea HackettExmass by Bradley Rand Smith, Lewis Black & Mark Houghtaling 2002Perchance To Dream by Jean-Claude GrumbergAdult Entertainment, Problem Child by George F. WalkerFlight by Mikhail Bulgakov2002 Directors Festival by Various Authors • The Mound Builders by Lanford WilsonThe Andrea and Hep Show by Andrea Fears, Hep Jamieson and Ron West • ''I Licked A Slag's Deodorant'' by Jim Cartwright 2003Songs of Joy and Destitution by Charles L. Mee Jr. • As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner, adapted by Edward KempPlayhouse Creatures by April De Angelis2003 Directors’ Festival by Various Authors • The Andrea and Hep Show 2: More Faster More Furiouser by Andrea Fears, Hep Jamieson and Ron West • The Cosmonaut’s Last Message to The Woman He Once Loved In The Former Soviet Union by David Greig 2004Abingdon Square by Maria Irene FornesThe Devils by Dostoevsky, adapted by Elizabeth Egloff • Roberto Zucco by Bernard-Marie KoltèsBirdbath by Leonard Melfi2004 Directors’ Festival by Various Authors • Lydie Breeze by John GuareThe Andrea and Hep Show 3 by Andrea Fears, Hep Jamieson and Ron West 2005The Chekhov Machine by Matei VisniecPapa by John DeGroot • General Admissions by Mark BankerThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt BrechtSpeaking in Tongues by Steven Bovell 2006Papa (Revival) by John DeGroot • 2006 Directors’ Festival by Various Authors • The Time of Your Life by William SaroyanHow to Explain the History of Communism to Mental Patients by Matei VisniecAutobahn by Neil LaButeBeautiful City by George Walker 2007Macbeth by William ShakespeareTravesties by Tom StoppardThe Idiot Box by Michael Elyanow • Do Do Love by Laura RichardsonThe Room by Michael FrancoEenie Meanie by Teresa Willis • Seven Santas by Jeff Goode 2008The Dead by James JoyceBlue Night in the Heart of the West by James Stock • Comedy of Errors by William ShakespearedeLEARious by Ron West • ''Frank Zappa’s Joe's Garage'' Adaptation by Michael Franco and Pat Towne 2009Light Up The Sky by Moss HartDevil With Boobs by Dario FoLove Water by Jacqueline WrightFirst Look Festival by Various Authors ==Awards and nominations==
Awards and nominations
==Current and past affiliated artists==
Current and past affiliated artists
Ziad HamzehMatthew Fox ==References==
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