Theatre
Arden Teresa Lewis' current theatrical home is Theatre West in Hollywood, where she has performed, produced, and served as Artistic Moderator and Writers Moderator for their acting and writing workshops for 30 years. She last directed "We Are Not Your Cup of Tea" for TW's Asian Pacific Islanders Heritage month 2024 and the world premiere production of Walking in Space, by Garry Michael Kluger at Theatre West, Sept 8-Oct 8, 2023. NEXT UP: Developing her own play, CASSATT! at THEATRE WEST Look for her direction in the first three weekends of WESTFEST 2024 August 30 - September 22.
WALKING IN SPACE EARNS 8 SCENIE AWARD FROM STAGE SCENE LA
(Including Direction for Arden Teresa Lewis)
https://stagescenela.com/scenies-2023-2024/
REVIEWS FOR WALKING IN SPACE!
STAGE RAW - Lewis directs with seeming love for each character. She uses the expansively and impressively designed set by Ernest McDaniel to advantage, choreographing the staging so that it flows effortlessly as the characters interact. She also establishes an immediacy that heightens the impact of the events. - 9/23 Iris Mann https://stageraw.com/walking-in-space/
Stage Scene LA - Returning to helm Kluger’s latest is Arden Teresa Lewis, once again directing with sensitivity and finesse, eliciting Grade-A performances from a hand-picked cast. -Stephen Stanley - https://stagescenela.com/2023/09/walking-in-space/ 9/23
NoHo Arts District - … so wonderfully paced and crafted. “Walking in Space” is another excellent work and well worth seeing. How incredible it is that for a few dollars and a couple of hours of your time, you can be a witness to something as wonderful as this. Aren’t we the lucky ones? -Samantha Simmonds-Ronceros https://nohoartsdistrict.com/walking-in-space-review/ 9/23
Arden has earned several awards for theatre, The Night Forlorn, or Waiting on Godsford by Steve Nevil, winner of the Valley Theatre "Best Play" Award, for which she was also nominated as "Best Director". Night Forlorn was 100% Sweet with critics on Better Lemon's 2018 LA Award list. STAGE SCENE LA Awarded her a Scenie for direction for A Thorn in the Family Paw. She won the Lillian Nesburn/Julie Harris award for playwriting for her play, Grandma Good . She has been published twice by Heineman Press in Scenes For Women By Women and More Monologues By Women. Her play Baby Dreams was produced on a grant from Los Angeles’ Cultural Affairs Department at Theatre West in 1994 and her play Little Rhonda has had productions in New York City, at Theatre Geo in Los Angeles, and had the honor of being included in the Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater’s archival collection of new plays of 1995.
