Talking With Angels at Ruby Theatre for Two Weeks Only

Riveting Story told by Gripping Storyteller

By Jesse Schmitt

Opening up January 31st for a brief run is the Los Angeles premiere of “…Talking With Angels;” a story closely based on the diaries of Gitta Mallasz. Ms. Mallasz and three of her Jewish friends had a series of uniquely remarkable “visitations” by what they have described as “angels” for a period of approximately 17 months towards the end of World War II.

Deftly interwoven with their account of the tortuous and horrific experiences of life under Nazi occupation, these conversations are still resonant and relevant more than 60 years after they had taken place.

“…Talking With Angels,” is set to stay up until the 10th of February and is a theatrical experience not to be missed. The San Francisco Bay Guardian has likened this piece to the legendary piece of modern American theatre, Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America,” by calling the show both “passionately mystical yet remarkably lucid…the angels’ message applies less to history than to right now!”

Gitta Mallasz was actually an Austrian born in 1907 who had achieved some fame as an Olympic swimmer following her move to Budapest around the age of 15. In 1960 she moved to Paris and finally, after almost 30 years of silence in her former communist home, her story was able to be told. Gitta Mallasz’ diaries have been published into numerous languages and have touched hundreds of thousands of lives.

These diaries were even still banned in Hungary until 1991; now the solo performer Shelly Mitchell is bringing these valuable texts to light in the show “…Talking With Angels.”

Ms. Mitchell had first adapted the works in the year 2000 to be a part of the San Francisco Fringe Theatre Festival. Her work won “Best of the Fringe” and had an extended version of the show premiere at the San Francisco Magic Theatre in 2001.

Since opening as a one woman show in 2001, “Talking With Angels” has been shown more than 200 times at theatres all along the east and west coasts including spaces in San Francisco, Chicago, and Atlanta.

“Talking With Angels” is open from 1/31-2/10 at The Ruby Theatre at the Complex (6476 Santa Monica Blvd. in Hollywood) Performances are Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays at 8 PM, Sundays at 2 PM. Tickets are $25 Thursday – Saturday, $20 Sunday, with $15 rush tickets available 30 minutes before curtain. Running time is 120 minutes with intermission and wheelchair access available. There is valet and street parking available.

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