The Next Arena

The Next Arena is a nonprofit theater company based in Los Angeles.


TNA Onesies welcomes you to The Future?

The Next Arena (TNA) cordially invites you to blast into the future at TNA Onesies: The Future?, an evening of original one acts performed at The Lounge Theater, beginning April 24th.

The Next Arena brings you their fourth annual comedy one act festival, TNA Onesies: this time it’s a satirical look into our possible future, and the bumbling buffoons who have made it so. The Future? is a companion piece to 2008’s TNA Onesies, titled Histrionics, which took us on a wild romp through our lesser known history. All works performed in TNA Onesies: The Future? are world premiere presentations, or rather, they will be… Click here more information.

Amy Stiller joins stellar IDoC cast

The Next Arena is pleased to announce Amy Stiller has joined the cast for the West Coast premiere of Vaclav Havel's "The Increased Difficulty of Concentration". Stiller, who will play Dr. Betty Balthazar, appeared on the long-running televistion series "The King of Queens" as Gloria, as well as the films Day Trippers, The Cable Guy, and Zoolander. She is the daughter of Jerry Stiller and Anne Meara, and sister of actor Ben Stiller.

The cast includes TNA members Scott Rognlien (as the lead, Dr. Hummel), Kristina Hayes (Mrs. Hummel) and Eric Normington (Mikulski) as well as Steve Hamill, Bobby Reed, Sarah Wolter and Whitney Vigil. The creative team will include Sloe Slawinski (sound), Matt Richter (lighting), Frederica Nascimento (set), and Shon Le Blanc (costumes).

In a new translation by Stephen S. Simek, the comedy is about a sex-crazed sociologist, home nursing a cold, who is visited by a team of government researchers who attempt to analyze his personality using an artificial intelligence machine, the Pazuk.



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