In a surreal act of creation, lovers Pon and Deedo struggle to build a magical and significant sculpture while grappling with thorny matters of love. Brilliantly imaginative auteur Ken Roht's multi-disciplinary piece uses a fusion of text, music, and dance to craft a whimsical work of haunting beauty.
Featuring Bill Celentano, Jack Kandel, Kristen-Lee Kelly, Laura Martin, Ken Roht, Geraldine Singer, Don Oscar Smith
Understudies Patty Cornell, Jamie Hebert, Angela Kang, Raul Clayton Staggs, Brian Sutherin
Scenic Design Jason Adams & Alicia Hoge
Lighting Design Brian J. Lilienthal
Costume Design Ann Closs-Farley
Composers John Ballinger & Ken Roht
Sound Design John Ballinger
Videographer James Wade Byrkit
Assistant Director Christine Zirbel
Dramaturg Michael Silverblatt
Production Stage Manager Maria DeLuca
Casting Raul Clayton Staggs
Publicist Aldrich & Associates
Production Photography Ed Krieger
“One takes away layers to ponder, and can often be struck hours or even days later with powerful images of great staying power, suddenly understandable long after their context has dimmed.” -Pasadena Star and San Gabriel Valley Tribune
“[Roht] is a master of dazzling theatricality, and the biggest strength of his new work, Echo’s Hammer, is its breathtaking visual imagery.” -Frontiers
“Combining all the elements of performance plus art, the fast-paced production is alternately bewildering and clear as a bell, but always fascinating to watch.” -Pasadena Weekly
“Fascinating…brilliantly conceived.” -Core Media Group
“Amazing.” -CurtainUp
“[An] epic-sized departure into an artistic dream state… Roht's award-winning and spectacularly imaginative staged fantasies-made even more startling by his brilliantly rambling poetry sometimes devolving into beguiling nonsense-have heralded a true visionary of the American stage…[and] a resplendently talented cast.” -Backstage West
“Ken Roht's daft, dark paean to the impasse between love, creation and survival in our post-millennial madness rides its fabulist course with dazzling staying power…the fearless cast is extraordinary.” -LA Times
“Visually stunning…Singer and Smith are superb.” -LA Weekly
“This production is full of whimsy, fantasy, poetic prose, and even has a bit of that old standard, the Broadway Musical-complete with music, dancing and plenty of experimentation!...For ninety minutes, one is treated to a world full of whimsy and wonder.” -Accessibly Live Offline
“Some call it imagination—others call it talent. Then there are those who say it is genius. You decide.” -Review Plays
Winner of one Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Award
Lighting Design
Winner of three LA Weekly Awards
Nominated for three Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards
Set Design
Sound Design
Costume Design







