Victory Theatre

Colony Theatre Company opens 'Cocktail Hour' BURBANK -- "The Cocktail Hour" by A.R. Gurney, produced by the Colony Theatre Company, opens Tuesday at Burbank Center Stage. Robert O'Reilly directs the cast of Ruth Crawford, David Carey Foster, Chip Heller and Sandra Kinder. It's a comedy about a playwright who visits his well-to-do family in upstate New York, and introduces them to his latest play during their ritual of the cocktail hour. Confronted by the bluntness of the play, his rather stuffy parents are further appalled when they learn the playwright has used them as models for his characters.

Joyce Rudolph Church group performs drama 'Catacombs' BURBANK -- "Catacombs," a play produced by the Main Street Players at Calvary Bible Church, opens Friday. This dramatic story is about a group of eight people on the run from the government. They live in a time when all who oppose the government's structure of beliefs disappear. They take refuge in an abandoned church hidden away in the mountains. The drama features Bill MacDonald, Ed Romano, J.J. Martell, Debbie Jolley, Rose Sturla, Bob Raub, Kelsey Raub, Joan Varley, Katie Earl, Ben Bolock, Mary Conwell and Nicole Phillips.

BURBANK -- The Victory Theatre's world premiere of Lee Murphy's comedy "Monkey Grass," directed by Maria Gobetti, opens March 30. In 1995, Murphy received the Theatre L.A. Ovation Award for best writing of a world premiere play for "Catch A Falling Star" produced by The Victory. It is the first play of a trilogy about a Texas family. "Monkey Grass" is the second in the series. Letha Messbaum, is the Hollywood producer of the mega-hit action adventure films "Die" and "Die Harder."