Puttin’ on The Fritz: Two Cool New Comedies

Every year for the last fifteen years The Fritz Theatre has produced an annual new play festival: The Fritz Blitz of New Plays. One of the acclaimed writers from this festival is Scott Stein, whose Scott Stein’s First Play: A New Play by Scott Stein was an unprecedented hit in San Diego. Scott Stein’s First Play is far from being Mr. Stein’s first play, but is a biting, hilarious commentary about navel-gazing playwrights and the effect that memory and imagination have on our lives. Peaches en Regalia, written by Steven A. Lyons, a Bay Area playwright and a favorite of new play festivals nationwide, takes a facetious stab at how our current culture of "Self-Help" actually makes people all the more crazy. Peaches en Regalia won the Best of the Blitz ’05 award, and now L.A. audiences can reap the benefits.