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 local theatre news, interviews and reviews for the Long Beach Post. 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 Los Angeles Press Club.

Anita believes theatre is a creative space where words and stories become reality through being spoken, enacted, felt, and lived. She holds a masters in English Literature and earned a Certificate in Arts Management from UC Irvine’s Paul Merage School of Business in 2023 to broaden her understanding of the business side of theatre. Anita is honored to have been a Finalist in the Los Angeles Press Club’s journalism awards for theatre criticism in 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. She has been a member of the LA Drama Critics Circle since 2024.

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

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May 14, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Review: Remarkable ‘Exit the King’ at A Noise Within

Henri Lubatti (King Berenger) in "Exit the King" at A Noise Within (Photo by Craig Schwartz) A play called “Exit the King” seems perfect now when democratic values and personal freedoms are under threat by a president who seems to have monarchical ambitions. Eugène Ionesco’s 1962 play, currently on stage at A Noise Within, does skewer tyrannical behavior, but also makes clear that the tyrant is each of us. Translated from the French by Donald Watson and directed by Michael Michetti, “Exit the...

May 12, 2026 ∙ 3 min

Review: ‘Hymn’ at Odyssey Theatre

From left: Chuma Gault and Jason Delane in "Hymn" at Odyssey Theatre (Photo by Cooper Bates) One of the great powers of theatre is that it can evoke entire worlds and lives on a simple wooden stage, and with only a couple of immersed actors. Such is the case with “Hymn” at the Odyssey Theatre, co-produced with Lower Depth Theatre and written by Lolita Chakrabarti — who also adapted the novel “Life of Pi” for the stage — portraying two English brothers forever changed after first discovering...

May 7, 2026 ∙ 4 min

Theater News: 'Tea with Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice' delights at historic Long Beach house

This review was originally published in the Long Beach Post, a nonprofit news organization, on May 7, 2026. From left: Aaron Pelt, Andrew Laughery, Michael Taber, Cassie Korrie, Charles Massaro and Nate McFadden in "Tea with Shakespeare: The Merchant of Venice" at the Historic Bembridge House. Photo courtesy of Michael Taber. Perhaps the only thing that could make a Shakespeare play better is staging it in a historic Long Beach house with full tea service and, yes, maybe shortening some parts....