"Director Oanh Nguyen's staging is top-notch, as are his performers... [Wayne] Lemon skillfully merges dozens of minute details to form a seriocomic mosaic."
-- Orange County Register
"Wildly inappropriate and keenly idiomatic... Detailed direction, an impressive design, and a wonderful cast!"
-- Los Angeles Times
"Oanh Nguyen's staging of the play's West Coast premiere emphasizes the interrelationships of the six characters, letting the laughs fall where they may."
-- Back Stage West
"Under [director Oanh Nguyen's] superb insight, the bawdy humor is so hysterical you'll split your sides laughing; while you're cringing inside in recognition of what's happening."
-- Stage Happenings
"With Jesus Hates Me, Chance co-founder Nguyen adds another notch on his belt of directorial triumphs, molding his cast’s three-dimensional performances and working with his design team to create a visually striking production."
-- Stage Scene LA
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SPECIAL ENGAGEMENT AT SOUTH COAST REPERTORY |
February 26 - March 7, 2010
Jesus Hates Me
by Wayne Lemon
Directed by Artistic Director Oanh Nguyen
Presented at South Coast Repertory's Nicholas Studio
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HERE'S YOUR PUTTER BACK
Ethan (Chance Dean) gets a rude awakening when he finds Boone (Dimas Diaz) lounging around in his underwear... wait are those Ethan's underwear?! Find out in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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JESUS DOESN'T LIKE ME VERY MUCH
Ethan (Chance Dean) ponders what his life will become now that his dreams have been destroyed in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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A GLIMMER OF HOPE
Ethan (Chance Dean) finds some solace at Lizzy's bar with the woman who just may be the love of his life - Lizzy (Jennifer Ruckman) in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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YOU GOT SHOT WHERE?!
Deputy Trane (Timothy Covington) finds himself in the hospital, and at the mercy of the inquiries of an idiotic Boone (Dimas Diaz), after a run-in with a fugitive in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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DON'T YOU EVERY FORGET ME!
Annie (Karen Webster) gives her son Ethan (Chance Dean) one piece of advice after she finds out that he will be leaving for Colorado to work at a gay ski resort - "Don't you ever forget me!" Annie's pretty hard to forget in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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WHAT AM I GONNA DO NOW?
Lizzy (Jennifer Ruckman) offers up some consolation, but mostly ridicule, to Boone (Dimas Diaz) after they find out that a mortician with a grudge is out to find Boone... and he has a gun about the size of Boone's head! Find out Boone's fate in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH THAT?!
Georgie (Ben Green) definitely knows how to graduate high school with a bang... too bad he missed. Hear what someone sounds like after a shotgun goes off next to their face in the West Coast Premiere of "Jesus Hates Me," playing through March 1 at the Chance Theater. |
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Press photo by Doug Catiller, True Image Studio |
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I LOVE ME SOME CEREAL
Boone (Dimas Diaz) enjoys the most important meal of the day (and the prize that comes with it) in the West Coast Premiere of Jesus Hates Me, currently in rehearsal and set to open on January 30th at the Chance Theater. |
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Rehearsal photo by Tanae Beyer |
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ARE THOSE MY UNDERWEAR?
Ethan (Chance Dean) confronts Boone (Dimas Diaz) who has slept over in his trailer and used his underwear in the West Coast Premiere of Jesus Hates Me, currently in rehearsal and set to open on January 30th at the Chance Theater. |
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Rehearsal photo by Tanae Beyer |
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TAKE WHAT YOU WANT
After years of tiptoeing around the topic, Ethan (Chance Dean) finally reconnects with Lizzy (Jennifer Ruckman), who just may be the love of his life, in the West Coast Premiere of Jesus Hates Me, currently in rehearsal and set to open on January 30th at the Chance Theater. |
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Rehearsal photo by Tanae Beyer |
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DON'T YOU KNOW YOU'RE ON DUTY?
Ethan (Chance Dean) gets pulled over by local cop Trane (Timothy Covington) so that they can talk about life and indulge in mind-altering substances in the West Coast Premiere of Jesus Hates Me, currently in rehearsal and set to open on January 30th at the Chance Theater. |
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Rehearsal photo by Tanae Beyer |
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YOUR MAMA'S A HONEY
Ethan's mom, Annie (Karen Webster) shows that she's still got it when she attempts to steal a mannequin head from Wal-Mart as a replacement for the "Woman Caught in Adultery" at the Blood of the Lamb Miniature Golf Course in the West Coast Premiere of Jesus Hates Me, currently in rehearsal and set to open on January 30th at the Chance Theater. |
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Rehearsal photo by Tanae Beyer |
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