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About the
Troubadour Theater Company
Troubadour Theater Company is a free-wheeling, no holds barred, Commedia Del Arte flavored, slapstick driven Los Angeles based ensemble of actors, musicians, and comedians that has been performing for audiences throughout Southern California and beyond since 1995. Their fast-paced, laugh-filled, loose adaptations (some of the lines are still there) of classic plays and films, as well as their original productions and hilarious sketch material, make this company a unique and exciting experience for theater-goers of any age.
The Troubies, as they are affectionately called, have played to audiences throughout California, performing in parks, schools, parades, Legion Halls, food festivals, and fringe festivals. The company is a Not for Profit organization and has performed charitably for many causes including animal conservation, adult rehabilitation, AIDS awareness, California Literacy Night for LAUSD, children with autism and other youth programs. Troubadour members have professional experience as writers, directors, and performers for film, television, theater, orchestra, and circus.
In its adaptations of the Bard's classics, Troubadour has combined the beauty of Shakespeare's language with feats of acrobatic physicality, comic routines, and musical numbers. What makes for even more fun is the clownish, interactive style in which the performances are presented. Improvisation plays a large part as audience members are called upon to help erect the set, sing along, and even enlisted to play parts! Never the same show twice! In recent years the Troubies have put their spin on all genres of classic tales, notably It's a Stevie Wonderful Life, Santa Claus is Comin' to Motown and Alice in One Hit Wonderland.
Troubadour Theater Company was one of five arts oganizations selected by the Santa Monica City Council to program youth entertainment at the newly renovated Miles Memorial Playhouse in Santa Monica. The Troubies' travels have grown each year to include theaters in Hollwood (The Ford Amphitheatre, The Roxy on Sunset, The Matrix Theatre), Santa Monica (The Miles Memorial Playhouse), La Mirada (La Mirada Theater for the Performing Arts), Garden Grove (Grove Theatre Center), Fullerton (The Muckenthaler), Ojai (Ojai Shakespeare Festival), Kern County (big park with lots of grass), San Francisco (San Francisco Fringe Festival), Burbank (The Falcon Theatre), Hailey, Idaho (sponsored by Company of Fools at the Liberty Theatre) and Adelaide, Australia (Adelaide Fringe Festival).
Troubadour Theater Company: Awards & Honors
Ovation Award Winner for Best Season 2009
- Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass
- As U2 Like It
- It's a Stevie Wonderful Life
Ovation Award Winner for Best Director of a Musical 2009
- Matt Walker for As U2 Like It
Ovation Award Winner for Best Costumes 2009
- Sharon McGunigle for Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass
Ovation Award Nomination 2009 for Best Musical in Large Venue
- Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass and As U2 Like It
Ovation Award Nomination 2009 for Best Musical Director
- Eric Heinly for Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass and As U2 Like It
Ovation Award Nomination 2009 for Best Choreography
- Nadine Ellis, Ameenah Kaplan & Christine Lakin for Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass and As U2 Like It
Ovation Award Nomination 2009 for Best Acting Ensemble
- Alice in One Hit Wonderland 2
- Through the Looking Glass
- As U2 Like It
LA Weekly, Best Theatre of 2009
- Oedipus the King, Mama! (# 4 out of 10)
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award 2008
- Beth Kennedy, Featured Performance, As U2 Like It
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award 2007
- Matt Walker, Adaptation, Alice In One-Hit Wonderland
Backstage Garland Award for Performance, 2007
- Beth Kennedy, Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing
Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle 2006 Margaret Harford Award for Sustained Excellence in Theatre
OC Weekly’s 2005 Helena Modjeska Career Achievement Award for Contribution to Orange County Theater
Goldstar Events Roar of the Crowd Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing
Top Ten Theater Moments of 2006 – Daily News
- Much Adoobie Brothers About Nothing
Orange County Weekly Best Musical 2004
- The Comedy of Aerosmith
Orange County Weekly Best Supporting Performance, Female 2004
- Beth Kennedy, The Comedy of Aerosmith
Entertainment Today’s Audience Award
Top Ten Theater Moments of 2002 – Daily News
Best of the San Francisco Fringe
Ovation Award Nomination for It’s A Stevie Wonderful Life
Ovation Award Nomination for Fleetwood Macbeth
Ovation Award Nomination for A Christmas Carole King
