We know lots of people are heading out of town for a jumpstart on the Labor Day holiday. But if you’re sticking around -- maybe check out one of LAist’s theatre picks this week: 365 Days/365 Plays: Week 42 The staging of Suzan-Lori Parks’s massive experiment of writing a play a day continues this week in the hands of the Angry Bubble Productions. Audience members will be taken in 20 at a time for......

Here are LAist's theater picks for this weekend: Angel Feathers How’s this for a few laughs: Imagine a play where all the characters, except a daughter visiting from New York City, have cancer. That’s the premise behind writer Greg Suddeth’s new two-act dark comedy premiering this weekend. The Lost Studio. 130 S. La Brea Ave., Los Angeles. 323.651.5632. Tickets are $20. Opens Friday at 8 pm. Runs Friday and Saturday at 8 and Sundays......

Like Circle X, the theatre troupe, Son of Semele (as in Dionysius the God) took 7 of Suzan-Lori Parks plays influenced by the War in Iraq to another level. In a small narrow room that is the theatre's house, the audience is whirled into worlds of chaos, confusion and dark enchantment. Usually, plays in this year-round 365 Days/365 Plays festival last about 20 minutes. Son of Semele took the plays in a lengthy direction, methodically......

One Man: No War No War No War No War! A Crowd of Kids enters, watches the Man who goes from chanting to ranting Teacher (Crowd Leader): Look closely and listen up, kids. This is an antiwar protester. 1st Kid: Ancient History. 2nd Kid: Old School. 3rd Kid: Heavy. The Crowd watches the Protester as he works himself into a lather, repeating: "No War!" in as many different ways and with as much passion,......

We would never say our excitment or coverage of the yearlong 365 Days/365 Plays festival is exhaustive (after all, we have been to 17 of the 18 weeks so far, that equals too 119 plays seen, experienced, enjoyed, enthralled upon, etc). 1. It's Free, duh. 2. You are taking part in an international festival (plays are concurrently happening all over the states, including a few across the seas). 3. Playwright, recipient of the MacArthur......

Monday Paul Rusebagina presents An Ordinary Man: An Autobiography 7:30pm @ Beverly Hills Hotel Alison Weir discusses Innocent Traitor: A Novel of Lady Jane Grey 7pm @ Vroman's Alix Ohlin on Why Mysteries Matter: Detectives, Literature, and Life 7pm @ Central Library Tuesday Alex Espinoza presents Still Water Saints 7pm @ Vroman's Daniel Mason signs A Far Country 7pm @ Dutton's Erin Vincent signs Grief Girl 7pm @ Book Soup Wednesday Brian Frazer presents......

I am that, you are that, all this is that, and thats all there is. From Remember Who You Are It's week 5 and LA's only yearlong festival has finally made it northward into Burbank at the Alliance Repertory Company, a small 30-something seat theatre in the Magnolia Park neighborhood. If you've gone to 365 before, you may have noticed a few plays repeat themselves every week. One of a man standing in the wind,......

Gopher: Why you pissing on it [Chevy Impala]? Chuck: So chicks know its mine. Dudes too. This is my Impala. Not yrs. Gopher: It gets you pussy? Chuck: No, man. Gopher: No? Chuck: It gets me dick. A constant hard one. Gopher: Shit Chuck: Shit is right. From December 3rd's play, "Impala". "I want to see a show in every theatre space in LA," I once told a friend a few years back. Thanks to......

In our continuing yearlong coverage of 365 Days/365 Plays, we present you with weeks two through four: Week 2: The Open Fist Theatre Company Tuesday, November 21 at 7:45 p.m. and 9:15 p.m. Friday, November 24 at 10:45 p.m. Saturday, November 25 at 6:45 p.m. Week 3: Playwrights’ Arena Wednesday, November 29, 2006, 8 p.m. Lutheran Church of the Master, 10931 Santa Monica, Los Angeles Week 4: The Elephant Asylum Theatre December 5 -......

Excerpt from Day 2 (Nov. 16): Father Comes Home From The Wars (Part 1) Father: Hi honey, Im home. Mother: Yr home. Father: Yes. Mother: I wasnt expecting you. Ever. Father: Should I go back out and come back in again? Mother: Please. We're going to say this right now and get it over with: get off your arses and participate in this yearlong national theatre festival. which is being held simultaneously around the......

On 13 November, 2002, I had this silly idea that I would write a play every day for a year. It would be about being present and being committed to the artistic process every single day, regardless of the ‘weather.’ It became a daily meditation, a daily prayer celebrating the rich and strange process of a writing life ~ Suzan-Lori Parks Hey, LAist writes everyday too. How strange that we share this habit with......

La America Tropical, the once-controversial, then painted over mural is coming back to Olvera Street thanks to the city and The Getty: The mural, one of three done during Siquieros' six-month stay in Los Angeles, depicts an Indian being crucified on a double cross topped by an American eagle. The piece, depicting the struggle against imperialism, was considered so controversial at the time that it was painted over shortly after it was finished. Here......

LAist has so much fun this week! They go to E3, where they overhear the timeless remark "Man, this is where nerdy girls get laid." Is that a promise? They also give us this week's best CDs and make us realize that LA is the best place to use Zillow. Ah, Houstonist. They're biking to work, that is, if they can figure out how to get there. That's right, Mapquest says "Houston had the......