June Havoc Theatre
312 W 36th St
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Beachwood Drive
- When
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Oct 17, 2008 – Nov 16, 2008
Tuesdays–Thursdays (7pm)
Fridays (8pm)
Saturdays (2 & 8pm)
Sundays (2pm)
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- Price
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$40
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Set in a series of flashbacks and confessionals, Beachwood Drive tells the story of Nadya, a Ukrainian woman caught in a world of prostitution and green-card pursuits. Brought to California under false pretenses, and paying off an ever-inflating debt to her mafia protectors, Nadya struggles through single motherhood in a country where all she can do is dream of escape. Equally tender and vulgar scenes with a love-struck john, play-sessions between Nadya's daughter and a well-meaning neighbor, and a confrontation with an LAPD detective, expose the darkness of everyday exploitation. Based on a true police case, the audience is forced to consider desperation and life in modern-age slavery.
