Benjamin Scuglia

Artist, actor, playwright, producer | stage @TheatreWest and @behindthebarpro | recovering curmudgeon of moderate renown | grumpy #queer bear | he/him 🏳️‍🌈

[Theatre West @TheatreWest]

Step right up! It's opening weekend for GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY. Please join us!

#LinkInBio for tickets and additional details!

[Key art image: David Wayne Fox. Main image: Garry Kluger for Theatre West]

[Weekly Art Calendar @LAWeeklyArts]

Arts Calendar July 6-12. Artists & playwrights on legacies of hope, trauma, classical experimentation & revival; pioneering personalities in film, theater, music & performance; big summer group shows; dancing for joy, seeding nature & cooking as metaphor. https://t.co/P9si5PLaEg

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

What a terrific spotlight for #Nazimova and our show. Thank you, @KCRW and @RadioChio.

We open FRIDAY for a limited three-week run, Angelenos. #LinkInBio

#LAThtr #TheatreWest #producer

[Theatre West @TheatreWest]

Angelenos, did you catch @RomyNordlinger, the playwright and star of GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, on @KCRW's "Greater LA" yesterday?

Thank you KCRW and host Steve Chiotakis (@RadioChio)!

We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets!

Listen here:
https://t.co/LPSQ3N5Ek3

[Theatre West @TheatreWest]

Angelenos, did you catch @RomyNordlinger, the playwright and star of GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, on @KCRW's "Greater LA" yesterday?

Thank you KCRW and host Steve Chiotakis (@RadioChio)!

We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets!

Listen here:
https://t.co/LPSQ3N5Ek3

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

Day 3 of tech for GARDEN OF ALLA: THE ALLA NAZIMOVA STORY, opening FRIDAY at @theatrewest.

Tech, teck, tekkity tech. We have a great-looking show coming together. I am tired.

#LinkInBio

#LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #soloshow #producerlife #Nazimova #gardenofallah #onward

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

Day Two of tech for "Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story" at @TheatreWest.

Today was all about focusing and tweaking projections; tomorrow, lights.

We open FRIDAY. #LinkInBio for tickets and details.

#LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #producer #Nazimova #gardenofallah

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

... I'm the co-producer with my own @behindthebarpro; we open Friday for a limited run in this West Coast premiere. #LinkInBio for details.

#LAThtr #LAtheatre #TheatreWest #soloshow #producer #producerlife #Nazimova #GardenofAlla #gardenofallah #thehustle #onward

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[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

First day of tech for "Garden of Alla: The Alla Navimova" story at @TheatreWest and I stabbed myself in the thumb within two minutes, which might be a new record; the first piece of spike tape goes down; footing two ladders at once; our marquee.

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[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

#LAThtr #LAtheatre #losangelestheatre #TheatreWest #theatre #Pride #Pride2023 #LGBT #LGBTQ #LQBTQIAplus #onward

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

Alarming to learn that last week's PROUD OUT LOUD presentation — a series I co-created in 2019 — prompted hate mail to our theater. Even if it was one letter, it's too much. What strange, unsettling times we're living through; this is why Pride Month is more vital than ever.

[Sister Roma @SisterRoma]

So proud to spread joy and march with my @SFSisters and our community grand marshal @honeymahogany yesterday at @SFPride! 🩷

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

We remember. June 12, 2016.

#PulseNightclub #PulseOrlando #OrlandoUnited #LGBT #LGBTQIAplus

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

Just four weeks until we open...

#LAThtr #TheatreWest #Nazimova #LGBT #Broadway #SilentFilm #GardenofAlla #GardenofAllah #producer #producerlife

[Behind the Bar Productions @BehindTheBarPro]

Remembering lesbian iconoclast #AllaNazimova during Pride Month.

"Garden of Alla: The Alla Nazimova Story," written and performed by Romy Nordlinger, opens July 7 at @TheatreWest for an exclusive, limited run.

Link in bio!

(Image: David Wayne Fox)

#Pride2023 #LGBTQIAplus

[GALECA: The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics @DorianAwards]

Thank you for noting, Playbill team!
Winners Announced for the 1st Dorian Theatre Awards; 'Kimberly Akimbo' Tops the List — per Meg Masseron
https://t.co/tVkcJCzwZB @megmasseron @Playbill

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

"Every man over 40 is a scoundrel."
— George Bernard Shaw

#quotes #birthday #onward

[Sister Roma @SisterRoma]

“My existence is not an attack on your faith. The problem is some people use their faith as an attack on my existence.” Sister Roma Honored In State Capitol For Pride Month, Despite GOP Lawmakers Throwing A Fit https://t.co/n98gGlkBii

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

This year, in particular.

#PRIDE #Pride2023 #LGBT #LGBTQIAplus #transrights #queer #onward

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

'Nuff said. #Tina

[Benjamin Scuglia @500Turtles]

Coming soon...

#LAThtr #losangelestheatre #TheatreWest #producer #producerlife #thehustle

[Theatre West @TheatreWest]

COMING SOON! For additional details, bookmark the link in our bio:

* PROUD OUT LOUD 2023 (June 23-24: FREE)
** GARDEN OF ALLA (July 7-23: Tix NOW on sale)
* WESTFEST 2023 (Aug. 4-13)
* WALKING IN SPACE (Sept. 8 - Oct. 8)

#LAThtr #losangelestheatre #TheatreWest