Love, loss, betrayal… and America: Los Angeles County’s Winter Partnership Program is back with a second season of provocative new work in 2009-10.  Once again, three outstanding L.A. theater companies have been selected to present an ambitious season of premieres at [Inside] the Ford, the 87-seat state-of-the-art theater located in Hollywood’s Ford Theatres complex.

Ensemble Studio Theatre-LA opens the season in November with the world premiere of Tree by Julie Hebert, a story of three generations divided by race, culture and time connecting when a white Southern woman discovers old love letters leading her to an African-American half-brother.

In January, TheSpyAnts presents the Los Angeles premiere of Charles L. Mee’s bobrauschenbergamerica, a fantastical voyage through the heart of small town America as seen through the eyes of visionary artist Robert Rauschenberg.

Finally, Circle X Theatre Co. returns in March with the world premiere of Lascivious Something by Sheila Callaghan.  On a secluded Greek island, an American ex-pat pursues his passions: wine making and his breathtaking young bride.  On the eve of his first tasting, an old lover reappears, and with her, a wild and violent past.

Through the Winter Partnership Program, L.A. County-based theater companies without permanent facilities submit projects for consideration.  Three companies are chosen through a competitive process to present at [Inside] the Ford, where they receive significant promotional and technical support while being allowed to keep the lion’s share of the box office.  The season is supported by the Los Angeles County Arts Commission and the Ford Theatre Foundation, with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts.

For information go to the Ford Theatres website at www.FordTheatres.org or call 323.461.3673.