THEATER CREDITS

2024

12 ANGRY JURORS

T THE MOST EXCITING PROJECT I’VE EVER BEEN INVOLVED IN!
Tom Lazarus directs the iconic drama of the deliberation of a jury following a murder trial. The conflicts that arise remain as relevant today as when this was written in the 1950s. Produced for the Group Rep Theatre by Stevie Stern. January 26 through March 3, 2024 at the Group Repertory Theatre, 10900 Burbank Bl., North Hollywood.For reservations and tickets, visit thegrouprep.com.

“Beware of the fireworks that ensue. If you’re wondering about the verdict, you’ll have to come and see this well written, carefully directed, beautifully performed, and thought-provoking play. It remains fascinating and relevant to today’s world, and it’s one of the Group Rep’s best productions.” SPLASH.COM

“The Group Rep (GRT) hits it out of the park yet again with their thrilling, nerve-wracking and highly entertaining production of the American classic. You will be on the edge of your seat! Every actor delivers compelling, believable characters, all gorgeously full of flaws and on their own unique journeys.

The set is brilliant as usual, the stage set as if through a camera lens, like a frame from the original 35 mm print. In sepia, the heat of the day radiating off the stage, every second focused on the only conclusion possible for a reasonable mind to make. BRAVO GRT!!!! LOVED IT!!!” = NOHO ARTSs

‘Twelve Angry Jurors‘ is one of the best ensemble productions I have seen in a while. You would think with a cast this size some characters could get lost in the shuffle, however, director Tom Lazarus has made you feel as though you are the 13th juror on this remarkable case.

2021

CREATIVE DIFFERENCES – Writer/Director

A short play part of the Route 66 Festival.

Quoting a North Hollywood Theater Critic: “Topping my Top Three list is the show-opening Creative Differences, written and directed by Tom Lazarus, an open-secret-based look back at why Route 66 star George Maharis suddenly found himself replaced mid-series by Glenn Corbett on a road trip across the USA back in 1963.

Terrifically performed by Michael Gambiano, James Lemire, and a particularly charismatic Troy Whitaker, Creative Differences’s look at Hollywood politics, homophobia, and star ego proves so tantalizing, it merits expanding into a full-length winner.”

2020

SANTA CLAUS WANTED – Writer

MERRY CHRISTMAS RELATIVELY SPEAKING Director

Written by Stevie Stern

MERRY CHRISTMAS, NORMAN STANTON – Writer

GROUP REPERTORY THEATER – CHRISTMAS SHOW

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MOONLESS NIGHTS – DIRECTOR

Written by B. Bonofede

GROUP REPERTORY THEATER – ONE ACT FESTIVAL

2019

LADY MAGIC

WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY TOM LAZARUS

with
STEVIE STERN, ASHLEY FRANCES HOFFMAN, STEPHEN DIERKES, DENAH ANGEL AND LEILANI SQUIRE

A proud participant in EST/LA’S WINTERFEST

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THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD

Two performances at Richard Neutra’s iconic Lovell Health House

Produced by STEVIE STERN Written and directed by TOM LAZARUS

THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD

WRITER/DIRECTOR – TOM LAZARUS

PRODUCER – STEVIE STERN

3 FULL PERFORMANCES at the Annenberg Theater, Palm Springs

FEBRUARY 16, 17, 18 2019

Ian Patrick Williams as Schindler

Ray Xifo as Neutra

Heather Robinson as Nurse Rothstein

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7 AMAZING ACTORS AND A TOUCHING, FUNNY SCRIPT MAKE MY JOB AS DIRECTOR OF ‘THE TWO GLENNIS FISH-ADAMS AN ABSOLUTE JOY. TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE –

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THE TWO GLENNIS FISH-ADAMS

Written by Stevie Stern Directed by Tom Lazarus

A Fundraiser for UCLA/Revlon Breast Cancer Research

starring MARY APICK, DENISE CROSBY, GREGORY EICHELZER, DAVID JOHANN KIM, DEBORAH PEARL, ANNA NICHOLAS, LIZZIE PEET

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2018

BENDING REEDS

Directed by Tom Lazarus

with Mary Apick, Ashley Frances Hoffman, Ethan Rains and Toni S. Sawyer

The Living Room Series at the Blank Theater

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THE UNRAVELING

Written and Directed by Tom Lazarus

with Michael Mantell and Lizzie Peet

8 performances with four other plays

May 19th to June 10, 2018

Ensemble Studio Theater, Los Angeles

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BLACK FLOWER IN THE WHITE HOUSE

SELECTED AS SEMI-FINALIST

THE ACTOR’S STUDIO OF NEWBURYPORT SHORT PLAYFEST

MAY, 2018

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HEAD CASES

Written and Directed by Tom Lazarus

with Steve Burleigh, Kate Fuglei, Jeffrey Han,

David Johann Kim, Maura Knowles, Stevie Stern

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James Macdonald and Karen Rizzo in

THE UNRAVELING

Written by Tom Lazarus Directed by Stevie Stern

ENSEMBLE STUDIO THEATER ****************************************************************

THE BABY SHOWER

Written by Stevie Stern

Directed by Tom Lazarus

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SOLD OUT! SOLD OUT!

CHUCK MARSO & STEVIE STERN

PUTTIN’ ON THE RITZ – Producer/Director

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Music Director–GARY NESTERUK Costumes– CHUCK MARSO

Produced and directed by TOM LAZARUS

THE EDYE–AT THE BROAD stage- 8:00 Pm

1310 11th Street Santa Monica, CA 90401

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DAVID HOCKNEY’S COUCH – Director

Stevie Stern’s funny and touching short play DAVID HOCKNEY’S COUCH, which is part of the One Acts Festival at EST/LA starring Michael Mantell as Sibley and Sharon Rosner as Camilla.

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ARS GRATIA ARTIS

Written and Directed by Tom Lazarus

SELECTED by the Alliance of Los Angeles Playwrights for a reading at the Sierra Madre Playhouse as part of their New Works Lab.

SELECTED for EST/LA’S WINTERFEST APRIL, 2016 2, 8:00 pm

On the MGM lot in 1929, Greta Garbo, mogul LB Mayer, silent film leading man Ramon Novarro, studio glamour photographer George Hurrell and studio fixer Howard Strickling fight to survive as Hollywood transitions from Silents to Talkies and the imposition of censorship as the country slips into the Depression.

Presently in Workshop at the Playwright’s Unit of EST/LA.

2015

THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD – 12 sold out performances.

Born near each other in Vienna, legendary Los Angeles architects Richard Neutra and Rudolph Schindler came to America in the early 1920’s, were employed by Frank Lloyd Wright, and lived and worked together in the Hollywood Hills.

After a tumultuous relationship, they were estranged for 23 years.

In 1953, Schindler takes ill and goes into the hospital.

A week later, by sheer coincidence, a nurse wheels in his new roommate: Richard Neutra.

This is where the new play THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD begins.

Directed by Tom Lazarus Produced by Stevie Stern Lazarus

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DO UNTO OTHERS – Writer/Director – 2013
Selected for WINTERFEST at Ensemble Studio Theater

**************************************************************** THE AUTOPSY OF HONEY BEES – Director – 2014
Selected for WINTERFEST at Ensemble Studio Theater

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STEVIE STERN AS KICK ASS MARY – Writer/Director – 2014

The Morgan/Wixon Theater, Santa Monica, California

STEVIE STERN AS JEWEL PARKER – Writer/Director – 2013

With songs by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Broadway song, Jazz and more.

The Hudson Theatre, Los Angeles, California

Written and Directed by Tom Lazarus

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The set is brilliant as usual, the stage set as if through a camera lens, like a frame from the original 35 mm print. In sepia, the heat of the day radiating off the stage, every second focused on the only conclusion possible for a reasonable mind to make. BRAVO GRT!!!! LOVED IT!!!” = NOHO ARTSs

THE PRINCES OF KINGS ROAD

THE TWO GLENNIS FISH-ADAMS

BENDING REEDS

THE UNRAVELING

BLACK FLOWER IN THE WHITE HOUSE