Company of Angels, now known simply as CoA is an American
theatre company
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, based in
Los Angeles
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and founded in 1959.
The original company, incorporated by entertainment attorney Bertram Fields, included actors
Richard Chamberlain
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,
Leonard Nimoy
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,
Vic Morrow
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and
Vic Tayback
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. Company of Angels is the oldest not-for-profit repertory theater in Los Angeles. The company has received several Los Angeles theatrical awards, including the L.A. Drama Critics Circle Award, the
Drama-Logue Award
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, the
LA Weekly Theater Award
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Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal ...
, and the
Ovation Award
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. The company has been sustained solely by its membership.
Location
The first theatre of the Company of Angels was located on Vine Street and Waring Avenue in Hollywood (Los Angeles, California). On April 27, 1988, fire destroyed that building and in 1989, the company relocated to the Silver Lake area of Los Angeles, at 2106 Hyperion Avenue, today's Lyric Hyperion Theater Cafe. Seventeen years later, the Company left Silver Lake for the re-developing downtown Los Angeles area. After a brief stint at The Grand Avenue Club, Company of Angels is now based in the
Alexandria Hotel at 501 S. Spring Street in Downtown Los Angeles above the
Palm Court
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.
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Organizations established in 1959