Charles Duncombe and Frédérique Michel

2004 Recipient

City Garage, under the leadership of Artistic Director Frederique Michel and Managing Director Charles Duncombe, has been producing highly professional, avant-garde political theatre in Los Angeles since 1987. In 1994, the theatre made its permanent home in a former city garage. Their motto is "to do wonderful theatre that makes people think." Their main focus is contemporary international writing. City Garage also creates new works and adaptations that explore social and political issues. City Garage believes that we are entering a time when national and cultural borders are rapidly disappearing. If we are to understand the emerging global community, we must create new forms of theatre that address these new times, both intellectually and artistically.