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Years ago, steamers carrying immigrants to America landed on Ellis Island in New York. These people arrived with hopes of making their homes in the new world. A world of promise lay before them, where their voices would be heard and their dreams would be realized.

Upon their arrival, island officials marked their clothes with chalk symbols to categorize them for easy identification. Immigrants with a suspected mental defect were marked with an X. Doctors who observed a definite mental defect circled the X and the immigrants were immediately scheduled for deportation. Families were divided. Dreams were deferred. Hopes were left unrealized.

The circled "X" has been our moniker since 1996. It represents those who are misunderstood, ostracized or marked as "unfit for this world" before they have been granted a voice. The Circle X founders had a vision of producing high-quality theatre for theatre's sake in Los Angeles. We know anyone foolish enough to form and embrace such an ensemble in L.A. has a definite mental defect. Circle X is Los Angeles' home for theatre artists craving innovation, intelligence and professionalism.

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  • Battle Hymn


    By Jim Leonard
    Directed by John Langs
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  • The award-winning creative teams behind [Inside] the Ford hits The Shaggs, The Brothers Karamazov and Eurydice stage the world premiere of the latest from Jim Leonard (The Diviners). Circle X is proud to participate in the Winter Partnership Program at [Inside] the Ford (see www.fordamphitheater.org for season information). On the eve of The Civil War, sixteen-year-old Martha finds herself pregnant and ostracized. As Martha travels through and fights in the Civil War, she settles on one incontrovertible fact: She will not raise her baby in a blood-soaked, violent country. Martha stays pregnant for over a century, until she arrives in San Francisco in 1967. For a moment Martha thinks she's landed in heaven, but before she knows it half the world is at war once again. How can she bring her child into a world like this?

  • Show Dates


    Previews: January 15th & 16th, Opening: January 17th 2009
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  • Times


    Thursday, Friday & Saturday at 8pm; Sunday at 2pm & 7pm

  • Location


    [Inside] the Ford, the 87-seat indoor theatre in the John Anson Ford Theatres complex
    2580 Cahuenga Blvd. East, Hollywood, CA 90068
    Just off the 101 (Hollywood) freeway across from the Hollywood Bowl

  • Pricing


    Tickets available at www.fordamphitheater.org