LACC Theatre Academy Presents: VOICES

The Los Angeles City College Theatre Academy’s third-year Advanced Actor's Workshop presents The VOICES staged Reading Series featuring new two new plays: #gunsense by Academy Prof. Clarinda Ross, and Waiting by the Ocean for You by Academy Alumna Destiny Keller.

These two one-act plays will be read aloud by the third year acting class and professional actors. The VOICES series focusing on issues of concern to our student population, is made possible by a grant from the LACC Foundation. The event is free and open to the public.

Location: on the third floor of the Student Union.

More about the plays:

#gunsense by Clarinda Ross speaks to the heart of America’s gun debate. The main storyline, which takes place from 1976 -1994, depicts a caring father/daughter relationship that includes a love of sport-shooting. Scenes from today’s epidemic of gun violence are set against the backdrop of what sensible gun ownership looked like only a generation ago. The play ends on the hopeful note of the Assault Weapons ban being signed into law by President Bill Clinton. #gunsense frames the need for common-sense reforms by examining our not-too-distant past, it is possible to see a way forward.

Waiting by the Ocean for You, a new play by Destiny Keller (LACC Class of 2021) presents three people from different backgrounds, who create a bond during their treatment and recovery from addiction. The threesome quickly turns from friends to a chosen family as they ride the waves of recovery, relapse, loss and triumphs. This new play shines a light into the dark corners of addiction, illuminating the fact that addicts and alcoholics are complex people full of love, grief, and hope.