Anita W. Harris

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Join date: Nov 16, 2019

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Anita W. Harris is a theatre reviewer for LA Theatrix, covering productions throughout the Los Angeles area and beyond. She also publishes Long Beach production reviews for the Long Beach Post and Long Beach Watchdog. She was reviewer and journalist for the Signal Tribune from 2016 to 2022, covering local theatre, education and government in Long Beach and Signal Hill (https://sigtrib.com/author/anitaharris/). Her work has also appeared in the Hollywood Progressive and Mountain Views News.

Anita believes theatre is a creative space where words and stories become reality through being spoken, enacted, felt, and lived. She earned a Certificate in Arts Management from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business in 2022 to broaden her understanding of the business side of theatre. Anita is honored to have placed third in the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2023 and 2024 journalism awards for theatre criticism, and to be a member of the LA Drama Critics Circle since 2024.

For inquiries and review opportunities, please email LATheatrix@gmail.com

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Apr 15, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Review: ‘The Adding Machine’ at The Actors’ Gang

From left: Pierre Adeli (Mr. Zero) and Mariana Jacuzzi (Ms. Devore) in "The Adding Machine" at The Actors' Gang (Photo by Bob Turton Photography) How do you enslave yourself? What soulless thing do you regularly do because you believe you have to, even though it detracts from your sense of life’s beauty and joy? Despite its calculating title, those are the questions behind “The Adding Machine,” boldly staged by The Actors’ Gang through this weekend. Creatively directed by Cihan Sahin, this...

Apr 3, 2026 ∙ 5 min

Review: ‘Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter’ at Odyssey Theatre

Featuring two one-act plays by Harold Pinter: "Party Time" and "The Lover" Paul Marius (Terry), seated, and Michelle Ghatan (Dusty) in "Party Time," part of "Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter" at Odyssey Theatre (Photo by Jacques Lorch) The Odyssey Theatre is hosting a unique visiting production that presents two one-act Harold Pinter plays in one show dubbed “Sex, Lies and Harold Pinter.” “Party Time” (1991), a timely political satire, followed by the humorously twisted “The Lover” (1963), share...

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Apr 3, 2026 ∙ 6 min

Review: ‘Gilgamesh: The Opera’ brings ancient epic to life at Cerritos Center

“Four thousand years ago, someone pressed a reed into clay to preserve this story. Tonight, we sing it forward.” — Diana Farrell, librettist and artistic director Ahmad Joudeh (young Gilgamesh), center, with ensemble in "Gilgamesh: The Opera" at Cerritos Center (Photo by Christina Gandolfo) The 4,000-year-old epic tale of Gilgamesh was brought to life last weekend in the form of a lush opera five years in the making. With culturally inflected orchestral music, a rich libretto in English and...

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