Pacific Resident Theatre has continuously set a standard for excellence in LA Theater over our nearly 40-year history. Our ensemble of actors has been consistently recognized for their efforts of bringing quality performance to our stages and our design and direction endeavors follow suit. We would like to thank the critics of Los Angeles for their continued support and high-praise. PRT is proud to maintain a calibre of distinction through our productions. We are determined to carry these accomplishments forward.
THE BESPOKE OVERCOAT
by Wolf Mankowitz
Stage Raw – Recommended
I AM SOPHIE
by Corinne Shor
Stage Raw – Recommended
SAFE AT HOME: AN EVENING WITH ORSON BEAN
by Orson Bean
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Stage Raw Awards – Best Solo Show
LADCC Award – Best Solo Show
Top 10 Stage Raw Recommended
THE HOMECOMING
by Harold Pinter
Ovation – Recommended
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
LA Weekly and KCRW Top 5 of 2015
Stage Raw – Recommended
KCRW – Recommended
Stage Raw – Recommended
Stage Raw Awards – 3 Nominations
Broadway World Awards – 4 Wins
SWEET THURSDAY
adapted from John Steinbeck by Robb Derringer and Matt McKenzie
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
SWEET THURSDAY
adapted from John Steinbeck by Robb Derringer and Matt McKenzie
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
THE BROWNING VERSION
by Terence Rattigan
LA Times 10 Best Plays of 2019
LADCC Award – Best Direction
LADCC Award – Best Lead
LADCC Award – Best Featured Performance
Ovation Award – Best Leading Actor
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
Backstage – Critic’s Pick
HOGAN’S GOAT
by William Alfred
Ovation Award Nomination – Costume Design
THE HASTY HEART
by Jogn Patrick
LADCC Award – Best Revival
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
3 Garland Award Nominations
DEATH OF THE SALESMAN
by Arthur Miller
LA Times – Recommended
LADCC Nomination – Best Performance
Ovation Nomination – Best Performance
WHEN THEY SPEAK OF RITA
by Daisy Foote
Ovation Award Nomination – Best Supporting Actor
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly – Recommended
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
OF MICE AND MEN
by John Steinbeck
LA Times – Recommended
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
ORPHEUS DESCENDING
by Tennessee Williams
LADCC Award – Best Production
LADCC Award – Best Direction
LADCC Award – Best Performance
Backstage West – 2 Garland Awards
5 Maddy Awards
LA Weekly Career Achievement
A DELICATE BALANCE
by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly – Recommended
Backstage West – Pick of the Week
Backstage West – 1 Garland Awards
ANNA CHRISTIE
by Eugene O’Neill
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly – Pick of the Week
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
EVERYDAY LIFE
by Rainer Maria Rilke
LADCC Award – 3 Nominations
LA Times – Best Bets
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
A QUESTION OF MERCY
by David Rabe
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
OTHERWISE ENGAGED
by Simon Gray
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
THE MASTER BUILDER
by Henrik Ibsen
Garland Award – Performance
LA Weekly – Recommended
LA Weekly Award Nomination
A CHRISTMAS MEMORY: ONE CHRISTMAS
by Truman Capote
LA Times – Best Bets
INDISCRETIONS
by John Cocteau
Ovation Award – 5 Nominations
LADCC Award – 3 Nominations
LADCC Award – Best Performance
Garland Award – Best Production
Garland Award – Best Direction
Garland Award – Best Ensemble
LA Weekly – Best Ensemble
LA Weekly – Best Production
ARDELE
by Jean Anouilh
LADCC Award – Best Performance
LA Weekly – Pick of The Week
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
Drama-Logue Awards – 6 Awards including Best Production and Best Direction
THE PLAYBOY OF THE WESTERN WORLD
by J.M. Synge
LADCC Award – 2 Nominations
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Reader – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly – Pick of the Week
Drama-Logue Awards – 2 Awards including Best Production and Best Performance
STORIES OF THE SEASON
by Robert Alan Beuth & George Harrison
LA Times – Best of the Weekend
BARBARIANS
by Maxim Gorki
LA Times – Best of the Weekend
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue Award – Best Performance
Daily News – 4 Stars
WHEN WILL I DANCE?
by Claire Braz Valentine
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
ALIENS
by Steven Morris
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
CAMINO ROYALE
by Tennessee Williams
Marquis Award
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue – 4 Awards including Best Production & Best Direction
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER
byThorton Wilder
LA Times – Best of the Weekend
SOUTH CENTRAL RAIN
by Jamie Baker
LADCC Award – Best Production
LADCC Award – Best Direction
Drama-Logue Award – Best Performance
LA Weekly – Best Ensemble
THANKSGIVING
by Jim McClure
Drama-Logue Award – 2 Awards including Best Performance
A PERMANENT IMAGE
by Samuel D. Hunter
Stage Raw – Recommended
ANDY WARHOL’S TOMATO
by Vince Melocchi
L.A. Times – Critic’s Choice
Ovation – Recommended
Stage Raw – Recommended
ALRIGHT THEN
with Orson Bean and Alley Mills
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
THE ECCENTRICITIES OF A NIGHTINGALE
by Tennessee Williams
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly – Recommended
Stage Raw – Recommended
Broadway World – Recommended
ReviewPlays.com – Recommended
StageSceneLA – Recommended
THE CHERRY ORCHARD
by Tennessee Williams
Stage Raw – Recommended
LADCC Nomination – Featured Performance
LA Weekly’s Best Plays of 2014
NORA
adapted from Ibsen’s “A Doll’s House” by Ingmar Bergman tran. by Frederick J & Lisa-Lone Marker
Backstage Critic’s Pick
Backstage Best Performance 2012
LA Weekly Go!
JULIA
by Vince Melocchi
Transferred from PRT to Off-Broadway
3 LA Weekly Award Nominations
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
Backstage – Critic’s Pick
Ovation – Recommended
3 Stars in “The Week” Magazine
LIONS
by Vince Melocchi
Ovation Nomination – Best Playwright of an Original Play
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
TIME OF YOUR LIFE
by William Saroyan
LADCC Nomination – Best Revival
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
ALICE-SIT-BY-THE-FIRE
by James M. Barrie
LA Times – Recommended
ANATOL
by Arthur Schnitzler
LADCC Award – Best Director
LADCC Award – Best Lead Performance
LA Weekly Award – Best Costume
LA Weekly Award – Best Supporting Female
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly – Recommended
THE BLUE DAHLIA
adapted by Dan Conner from Raymond Chandler
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly – Recommended
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
LA Weekly Award Nomination – Best Revival
LA Weekly Award Nomination – Best Production Design
Daily News – Recommended
ROCKET TO THE MOON
by Clifford Odets
LA Weekly Award – Best Featured Actor
LADCC – Best Revival
LADCC Nomination – Best Direction
LA Times – Recommended
LA Weekly – Pick of the Week
PRELUDE TO A KISS
by Craig Lucas
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
Maddy Award, Performance
BIG LOVE
by Charles L. Mee
LA Times – 10 Best of the Year
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly – Pick of the Week
LA Weekly Nomination Best Production
LA Weekly Nomination Best Direction
LA Weekly Nomination Best Ensemble
LADCC AWARD
Special Polly Warfield Award Outstanding Season – 2001
LADY CHATTERLEY’S LOVER
by D.H. Lawrence
LADCC Award – Best Performance
LADCC Award Nomination – Best Production
LADCC Award Nomination – Best Direction
LADCC AWARD
Special Polly Warfield Award Outstanding Season – 1999
THE SWAN
by Ferene Molnar
LADCC Award – Best Scenic Design
Garland Award – Performance
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
3 LADCC Award Nominations
DIVORCONS
by Emile de Najdac & Victorien Sardou
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
SPECIAL GARLAND AWARD
Best Track Record of 1997
IVANOV
by Anton Chekhov
LA Times – Best Bets
A CHRISTMASD MEMORY: ONE CHRISTMAS
by Truman Capote
LA Times Best of the Weekend
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
THE QUICK-CHANGE ROOM
by Nagel Jackson
*Transferred from PRT to off-Broadway
LADCC Award – 3 Best Performances
LADCC Award – 6 Nominations
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Backstage West – Critic’s choice
Garland Award – Best Performance
Drama-Logue Awards – 3 Awards including Best Production
MARGARET HARTFORD AWARD FOR CONTINUOUS ACHIEVEMENT IN THEATER FROM LADCC
THERE’S ONE IN EVERY MARRIAGE
by Georges Feydeau
Drama Logue Award – Best Performance
SITTING MAN
by Carol Kaplan
LA Reader – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue Award – 4 Awards including Best Direction & Best Performance
THE BEGGAR’S OPERA
by John Gay
LADCC Award – 5 Awards including Best Direction, Bes Production, & Best Musical Direction
LA Weekly – Nominated Production of the Year
Drama-Logue Award – 3 Awards including Best Production
UNDER THE GASLIGHT
by Augustin Daly
LADCC Award – Best Production
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Reader – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue Award – 3 Awards
Drama-Logue Award – Critic’s Choice
ROMANOFFS
by R.C. Morris & T.R. Oglesby
Drama-Logue Award – Best Performance
SLAUGHTERHOUSE ON TANNER’S CLOSE
by Daniel O’Conner
LADCC Award – Best Production
LA Weekly – 3 Awards including Best Production
Drama-Logue Award – 7 Awards including Best Production & Best Direction
SMART LOVE
by Brian Letscher
L.A. Times – Critic’s Choice
RHINOCEROUS
by Eugene Ionesco
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Ovation – Recommended
Stage Raw Top 10
LADCC Nomination – Best Revival
Stage Raw Awards – 9 Nominations
HENRY V
by William Shakespeare
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Ovation Award – Best Director
LADCC Award – Best Director
Ovation Awards – 3 Nominations
Stage Raw Awards – 3 Nominations
Ovation – Recommended
LA Weekly GO!
KCRW Best of 2014
A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE
by Arthur Miller
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LADCC Nomination – Best Revival
4 LA Weekly Award Nominations
BARRIE: BACK TO BACK
by J.M. Barrie
LA Times – Critic’s Pick
LA Weekly – Critic’s Choice
Backstage – Critic’s Choice
BECKY’S NEW CAR
by Steven Dietz translated by Frederick J. & Lisa-Lone Marker
LA Times – Critic’s Pick
LA Weekly – Critic’s Choice
Backstage – Critic’s Choice
FATA MORGANA
by Ernest Vajda
LADCC Nomination – Best Revival
LADCC Nomination – Best Costume
LADCC Nomination – Best Featured Actor
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
MY ANTONIA
adapted by Scott Schwartz from the novel by Willa Cather
LA Weekly Award Nomination – Best Director
LA Weekly Award Nomination – Best Production
THE 60’S
by Trish Soodik
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
Santa Monica Rave Pick of the Week
KEEPING FAITH
by Alex Peabody
LA Times – Recommended
Backstage West – Recommended
THE TURN OF THE SCREW
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher from the novel of Henry James
LADCC Nomination
HAPPY END
by Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill
LA Weekly Award – Musical Direction
LA Weekly Award – Costume Design
LA Weekly Award – Set Design
Backstage West Award – Best Ensemble
Backstage West Award – Best Make-up
LADCC Award – Best Revival
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly Pick of the Week
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
Ovation Award Nomination – Production
Ovation Award Nomination – Ensemble
Ovation Award Nomination – Costume Design
BETRAYAL
by Harold Pinter
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
Backstage West – Garland Award Best Performance
ON APPROVAL
by Frederick Lonsdale
LA Weekly – Recommended
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
THE SCARECROW
by Percy Mackaye
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
Garland Award – Best Production
Garland Award – Best Direction
CHILDREN
by A.R. Gurney
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Times Top 10 Productions of 1999
TONIGHT AT 8:30
by Noell Coward
LADCC Award – Best Production
LADCC Award – Best Musical Direction
LADCC Award Nomination – Best Director
LADCC Award Nomination – Best Performance
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LULU
by Frank Wedekind adapted by Peter Barnes
LADCC Award – Best Performance
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Weekly – Recommended
CANDIDA
by George Bernard Shaw
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
SCOTLAND ROAD
by Jeffrey Hatcher
Drama-League Award – 3 Awards including Best Production & Best Direction
Garland Award – Best Performance
Backstage West – Critic’s Pick
MR. WARREN’S PROFESSION
by George Bernard Shaw
LADCC Award – Nomination
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue Award – Best Production and Best Performance
GOLDEN BOY
by Clifford Odets
LADCC Award – 3 Nominations
Drama-Logue Award – Best Production and Best Direction
SOUTHERN GIRLS
bySherri Bailey and Dura Temple
NAACP – 2 Awards
THE VISIT
by Fredrich Duerrenmatt
LADCC Award – 7 Awards including Best Production & Best Direction
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Reader – Critic’s Choice
Drama-Logue – Critic’s Pick
Backstage West – Critic’s Choice
ONDINE
by Jean Giraudoux
LADCC Award – 3 Awards including Best Direction & Best Original Score
LADCC Award – 5 Nominations
Drama-Logue Award – Best Production
Robbie Award – Best Production
Robbie Award – Best Performance
STORIES OF THE SEASON
by Robert Alan Beuth & George Harrison
LA Times – Critic’s Choice
LA Times – Best of the Weekend
RAYMOND CHANDLER’S “THE BLUE DAHLIA”
by Daniel O’Connor
LA Weekly – Production of the Year
LA Weekly – Best Direction
LADCC Award – Best Direction
THE LONG CHRISTMAS DINNER
by Thorton Wilder
LA Times – Best of the Weekend
JUNE SECOND
adapted by D. Paul Teuel & Anthony Grumbach from William Faulkner’s “The Sound and the Fury”
Drama-Logue Award – 4 Awards including Best Production
HAPPY END
by Bertolt Brecht
Drama-Logue Award – Best Production
Drama-Logue Award – Best Direction