Open Mic Night: Poetry, Music, Comedy, Monologues!

OPEN MIC! Come one come all and show us what you got. 

Step up to the mic and share your talent with the Rita House community! Whether you’ve got a poem, a song, a comedy set, or a monologue, we want to see what you’ve got. This is your chance to shine, so bring your best and let’s make it a night to remember. Everyone’s welcome—come ready to perform or just to cheer on the amazing talent!

THURSDAY SEPT 19 | Doors open at 7pm | List closes at 7:45pm | Show starts 8pm | $6

YOUR HOSTS

Sean Hill. From Inglewood, California, Hill is an award winning actor, poet, and humanitarian brings passion, positivity, peace, perspective and purpose to anything he does. His most exciting accomplishments range from completing a 40 city tour with Andy Grammer, to hosting UN Women LA events promoting gender equality, sharing a TEDx talk, and helping build two gender equal schools. He supports world peace through inner peace with compassion, laughter, justice, & empathy so get ready to light up the world together!

Chris Wood is a Los Angeles based writer, actor, and spoken word artist. Known for a wide array of artistic endeavors, he’s written books, acted on film and stage, recorded hip-hop tracks, and led poetry and lyric writing sessions in juvenile detention facilities across LA.  Whether he’s creating new universes of thought in his stories and poetry, or completely immersing himself in the moment of performing on stages and in film, his IN-YOUR-FACE style keeps audiences on the edge of their seats and has kept him performing and creating as if the fire will never die.

THE VENUE: RITA HOUSE

Rita House is an event, filming, and co-working space with an in-house podcasting and self-tape studio.

The History of Rita House is ripe with the lore, tradition, and curiosity that makes its home in the Hollywood area of Los Angeles a place of intrigue and wonder and a place we have always cherished. Originally built in 1926 as a Prop Design Studio for film and television, the Spanish Colonial style building has an air of both elegance and comfort deftly mimicking its current owner’s temperament and style. Following that storied use of the building and for the next twenty-five years, the building was a violin factory producing thousands of violins and violas for schools throughout the country.

In 1967, some fifty years ago, Costume Designer Rita Riggs purchased the building and made it her studio for her work with everyone from Alfred Hitchcock to Norman Lear and many, many more in between. Rita predated the current interest in Shared Community Office space by offering space to a select group of design professionals that understood her passion and talent for high design and an interest in making a true community out of the workplace. 

Recently, the building was painstakingly restored to its former glory by Architects and Rita House Founding partners Scott Strumwasser and Tash Rahbar, 30 year inhabitants of this very special building. They along with Deena, the entire Rita House membership, including Rita herself, welcome you to share, learn, grow and thrive in a community made up of all generations intent on rising in the pursuit of what promises be a very fulfilled and prosperous family.