The Arsonists   Congratulations to the entire Odyssey Theater Ensemble for a very successful run with the play and for the outstanding reviews! FYI -- stills and reviews are available on the The Arsonists page here. The reviews were great. This was an LA Times  “Critic’s Choice” pick, and the LA Weekly said “Go!” Additionally, don’t miss the full- length feature of this play that is now online here, featuring dozens of screencaps and a full recap of the story.     Did You Know? Norbert's directorial credits include:   Coyote Cycle at the Magic Theatre, and Heads at the Mark Taper Forum New Works Festival.   My deepest and most sincere thanks to Mr. Weisser for providing so many of the images and a great deal of the information used within the theater section of this website. Even though Norbert has an extensive theatrical background, two plays in particular are featured here: Taking Sides and Times Like These, for which Norbert won awards for his outstanding performance as Oskar Weiss. It should be noted that his co-star in Times Like These, Laurie O'Brien, also won an Ovation Award for her performance as Meta Wolff. Mr. Weisser graciously shared a taped version of Times Like These recently. What an honor and a privilege to have an opportunity to watch the play and to be able to share it with you in an extended presentation on a dedicated page here: Times Like These. Won 2003-2003 Ovation Award as Best Actor and LA Weekly Award in 2003 as Best Actor for Times Like These. Partial List of Credits Include: Heads, Padua Playwright Festival Trickster, The Coyote Cycle, LA Theater Works Eminent Domain, Matrix Theater Mac Heath, Three Penny Opera, Odyssey Theater Vershinin, Three Sisters, Dallas Theater Center Decius, Julius Caesar, Matrix Theater Frederic, The Ramp, South Coast Repertory See Under Love, Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco, 2001 Oskar Weiss, Times Like These, Traveling Jewish Theater, San Francisco, 2004 Oskar Weiss, Times Like These, Padua Playwrights, Los Angeles, 2002 Helmuth Rode, Taking Sides, Brooks Atkinson Theater, New York, 1996 Norbert recently had this to say about his early days in theater: "The Three Penny Opera played in conjunction with van Ital's The Serpent for a year to critical success around 1970. It put the Odyssey Theater on the map and made me realize that acting might be something worth pursuing because I enjoyed doing it and it seemed that I was pretty good at it. (I think we all would agree he is a whole lot more than "pretty good" at it...!) He went on to say that "there was also a theatre group called The ProVisional Theater. While I was there we created three superb theatre pieces: -- Xa: A Vietnam Primer -- The America Piece -- Dominus Marlowe (won 1972 LA Drama Critics Circle Award in the Production category). We toured the states and Europe in '75 and then I left and started knocking on Hollywood's door... but what we created was as good as it gets." Check out this link on Google Books. This will take you to page 50 of a book entitled  Beyond the Boundaries: American Alternative Theater, by Theodore Shank. On Page 50 he talks about this play, a history of the people of Vietnam. Xa: A Vietnam Primer, 1972 Times Like These - Complete Script from John O'Keefe website (will open in a new Word document) External Links: NPR Interview: Times Like These Taking Sides -- A Curtain Up Review Taking Sides All About Jewish Theater - Review Norbert Weisser on Stage Norbert Weisser Article, 2004 © www.norbert-weisser.com, 2010                           This is the Official Fansite for Mr. Norbert Weisser                             Site Design By:  JT eDesigns