Last Thursday and Friday, I was blessed (truly) to travel to Los Angeles and see Theatre40’s production of my historical drama “Fifteen Men in a Smoke-Filled Room” (playing through December 15th). I had been in correspondence for over a year with Artistic Director David Hunt Stafford, so it was exciting to witness the show seeing the light of day. (“Fifteen Men” was only premiered last year at Elite Theatre Company of Oxnard, CA during their 2018-2019 season.)

Upon entering the theater, I saw this extremely well-done cast board, interspersed with pictures (many, many pictures) portraying the actual historical figures featured in the play:

Above all, I have to give a special shoutout to this wonderful period set by Jeff Grack, portraying the Florentine Room in the Chicago Hotel in Chicago, IL, 1920, chock full of detail and style:

As for the play itself, I was extremely, extremely impressed by the depth of the acting, the spot-on directing of Jules Aaron, and the deft lighting design of Brandon Baruch, which cleverly brought the audience in and out of the show’s “present” during flash-forward moments.

Stay tuned for another post of mine that goes into greater depth on the actors!

“Fifteen Men” plays through December 15th… go and check it out!