
ART WOW
Supports local artists
Promotes community conversation
Brings people together
ART WOW produces
Bare Bones Theatre
Community programming
Performing arts workshops
Writing workshops
ART WOW is
Engaging
Provocative
Fun

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ART WOW is locally-sourced, community-based performing arts without walls.




2022
Santa Hates Me, a holiday musical mash-up by Jason Feddy & Lojo Simon
L'Dor v'Dor: Ruach by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Andrea Deerheart
All You Need is LSD by Leo Butler, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Wendy and Ronnie Bevans
The Christians by Lucas Hnath, Bare Bones playreading with post-play with Pastor Rod Echols
All the Adams in the World by Sheila Silver, Bare Bones performance and artist talkback
The Storehouse by Joanna Castle Miller, Bare Bones playreading with post-play with Cindy Waldman
L'Dor v'Dor: Aliyah by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones Reading with post-play with Pastor Rod Echols and Rabbi Marcia Tilchin
Evening with Shakespeare's Fool, co-production with Laguna Beach Cultural Arts Center
2021
14 by Jose Casas online conversation in conjunction with MiraCosta College production
2020
Hard Love by Motti Lerner, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Rabbi Marcia Tilchin
Dust by Nicole Oglesby, Bare Bones reading with post-play with John Becknell
Perfect by Jonathan Luskin, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Hans Keirstead
2019
Orange Crush by Daniel Goldstein, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Scott Spitzer, PhD
Freaks of the Cosmic Circus by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones reading directed by Michael Matthews
Kindred by Konner Wilson, Bare Bones reading with post-play with Michele McCormick
Normaler Than Everyone by Brian Joseph & Dani Bedau, Bare Bones performance
Duet for One by Tom Kempinski, Bare Bones playreading with post-play with John Becknell
Ekphrastic writing workshop with poet Jodie Hollander
In collaboration with the Jewish Collaborative of Orange County: Readings of Mass Appeal by Murray Sidlin, and J'oy Vey by Anita Simons and Lojo Simon
2018
Hazardous Materials by Beth Kander, Bare Bones playreading
The Transition of Doodle Pequeno by Gabriel Jason Dean, Bare Bones playreading
Sex & Other Disturbances by Marisa Smith, Bare Bones playreading with Michele McCormick
Relic by Lojo Simon, one-night performance at Whitefire Theatre Solofest, Los Angeles
Girl in the Red Corner by Stephen Spotswood, Bare Bones playreading with Debi Purcell
In Pursuit of Silvia by Lojo Simon, Music by Jason Feddy, Bare Bones playreading
Creative Storytelling Workshop at Malcolm Elementary School. CLICK HERE to read what students had to say about about the workshop!
2017
Max & Wren by Jerry Lacy, Bare Bones playreading
Relic by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones playreading
Iron Kisses by James Still, Bare Bones playreading
An Untitled Play by Justin Timberlake by Matt Schatz, Bare Bones playreading
Happy by Robert Caisley, Bare Bones playreading
Nothing as Fierce by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones playreading
Holiday children’s stories read aloud at Park Plaza, Laguna Beach
2016
The Muskox Play by Jonathan Fitts, Bare Bones playreading
One Foot by Lojo Simon, Bare Bones playreading
Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs, Bare Bones playreading
All the Good in the World by Cory Hinkle, Bare Bones playreading
The Good Father by Christian O’Reilly, Bare Bones playreading
Final Arrangements by Ken Jillson, Bare Bones playreading
2015
J’oy Vey by Lojo Simon & Anita Simons, Bare Bones playreading
Orange Julius by Basil Kreimendahl, Bare Bones playreading
"I've been going to see Bare Bones plays at Sandra Jones Campbell's studio, produced by Lojo Simon, for quite awhile and each play has been thought-provoking, enjoyable and well acted by a cast that often includes locals Ava Burton and Deb Conroy. Last night's play didn't disappoint. Great fun theater for $20 is a bargain. If you haven't checked it out, I recommend it." -- Michael Waldman
Actors: Ava Burton, Allison Hicks, Amanda Philipson, Ben Farrow, Sheldon Donenberg, David Šášik, Pat Kollenda, Sara Guerrero, Deb Conroy, Diana Burbano, Tom Shelton, Mason Bruderer, Erika Schindele, Brent Schindele, Evie Cant, Hal Landon Jr., Ian Armstrong, Mark Miller, Sheila Hennessey, Sarah Levin, Rachel Rosenfeld, Steven Shields, Amanda Poynter, Claire Blackwelder, Eileen Galindo, Deedee Rescher, Charlie Pacello, Joseph Kibler, Lily Gibson, Veltria Roman, Mike Bash, John Collela, Erik Odom, Chuck Yates, Frances Fisher, Joe Spano
Bare Bones: Theatre You Can Chew On, for the Discerning Theatre-Goer