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Taken

Jan 5-Feb 11 Fri, Sat, Sun. 8pm. 5312 Laurel Canyon, North Hollywood.

About Me

No Luck Joe Productions "Taken" is a dark, gritty look at the ambiguity that plagues all relationships. Centered around three intertwining affairs, the vision is that of people who refuse to know themselves and so cannot really know each other.Here are some reviews from "Taken"s recent staging.Los Angeles Times – "Tracy Meeker and David Serpa's promising study of emotional manipulation has some juicy roles and flashes of vitriol that Neil LaBute might envy"…[the story] "turns on sexual hypocrisy and office treachery, leading to noteworthy confrontations, and ends in sudden tragedy"…"as a future feature film, ‘Taken’ has merit".Backstage West – "A character study of very mixed-up people”… “it works very well indeed"…"Serpa has assembled a terrific cast and mounted a solid production"…"Richards' Mark is a portrait etched in acid, and Serpa and Britt are equally fine"…"much good work from a solid supporting cast." MyGen Profile Generator MyGen Profile Generator

My Interests

Playwriting, directing, acting, film, theater, music...

I'd like to meet:

We would like to meet anyone who can help us get the greenlight on this production (in its film format). That includes; Producers, Investors as well as Name Talent.

Music:

Andrew Paul Woodworth, Laura Jansen, Rob Giles, Andrew Heringer

Movies:

Requiem for a Dream, Pi, Eternal Sunshine, Boondock Saints, Crash, Narc, American Beauty, No Such Thing, American History X, Love Actually, Happenstance, Amelie, He loves me He loves me not, Forrest Gump, Braveheart, Pianist, Life Aquatic, Lost in Translation, Adaptation, The Good Girl, Memento, The Closet, Return to Paradise, In America, Angelas Ashes, About Schmidt, Beautiful Girls, My Life Without Me, Sling Blade, Jerry Maguire, Weather Man, Magnolia, Glengarry Glen Ross, The Groomsmen

Books:

Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, Of Mice and Men, Catcher in the Rye, The Violent Bear It Away, Lie of the Mind, Glenngarry Glenn Ross, A Life in the Theater, Grapes of Wrath, True West, Oleanna...

Heroes:

Ayn Rand, Darren Aronofsky, Charlie Kaufman, Paul Haggis, David Mamet, Sam Shephard, Al Pacino, Kevin Spacey, Willem Dafoe, Sarah Polley, Audrey Tautou, Cate Blanchett, Shakespeare, Byron, John Steinbeck, JD Salinger, Ed Burns...

My Blog

How many times in your life have you been taken?

"Taken" Summary How many times in your life have you been taken? How many times has someone that you loved and trusted, used that love and trust against you, manipulatively and consciously in a way ...
Posted by Taken on Thu, 14 Dec 2006 01:30:00 PST

Calendar Live Reviews

You can write your own reviews and see what others have to say about the show here: http://www.calendarlive.com/stage/463615,0,7478074.event January 26, 2007 Sherry Netherland Los Angeles , CAYou can...
Posted by Taken on Mon, 15 Jan 2007 06:15:00 PST

Los Angeles Times Review

  LA TIMES Office treachery, tragedy in 'Taken'There's original talent snaking through "Taken" at the Eclectic Company Theatre. Tracy Meeker and David Serpa's promising study of emotional manipu...
Posted by Taken on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 10:41:00 PST

Backstage West Review

BACKSTAGE WEST Taken January 10, 2007By Neal Weaver This play, by actor Tracy Meeker and director David Serpa, was written as a screenplay, but it works reasonably well on stage. And as a character st...
Posted by Taken on Thu, 11 Jan 2007 10:07:00 PST

Benefit Concert Dec. 7th

Hey Everyone, No Luck Joe will be throwing a benefit concert to help fund "Taken". Please come and help this production recieve the proper funding it needs for advertising. Thursday, December 7th 8pm...
Posted by Taken on Fri, 17 Nov 2006 02:17:00 PST

Taken at The Eclectic

"Taken" is set to have it's World Premier at The Eclectic January 5th, it will run Friday Saturday Sunday untill February 11th. Producer: Erin Treanor Writers: Tracy Meeker and David Serpa Director: ...
Posted by Taken on Mon, 06 Nov 2006 10:26:00 PST