A chilling portrait of love, betrayal and twisted passion.

Max Madison, renowned Malibu restaurateur, finds himself entangled in a haunting love triangle with his devoted wife and the diabolical mistress. After years of unsuccessful attempts and countless fertility treatments, his wife’s ever-growing compulsion for motherhood throws Max into the arms of another woman, a modern day femme fatale who seeks revenge on the baby and their twenty-one year old son. A black widow, relentlessly weaving her web, she traps whomever she wants, whenever she wants them, with sensuality, manipulation, a needle pressed to a vein, or a gun flush against a forehead.

CLIMAX masters the art of seduction, delving into a troubled marriage and the infidelity that can shatter a family. This mistress is the devil. And the devil’s in the house.

Starring a stellar cast of stage and screen personalities:

• Rae Dawn Chong (Quest for Fire, The Color Purple, Commando, The Chosen)


• George Eddington III (Fleece, The Gift)


• Jamie Gallo (Mickey Blue Eyes, Jerry Mayer’s Almost Perfect)


• Antonia Jones (Kojak, True Jackson)


• Mike C. Manning (Hawaii 5-0, Hallmark Channel’s Operation Cupcake)


• Dennis Michael* (Two Minute Warning, Raid on Entebbe)


• Wendy Michaels* (The Glades, America’s Most Wanted.)

Playwright Lisa Phillips Visca has been hailed as “a remarkable new talent” by Christopher Knopf, past President, Writers Guild Of America, West. Visca’s plays include Raise Me Up (“Timeless as romance itself” LA WEEKLY) and Turning Thirty (“Top Ten!” Stage Raw). Feature films include: adapted screenplay Turning Thirty, suspense thriller Climax and a bio-pic Be Bop a Lula, The Gene Vincent Story and TV Reality show Love Match with tennis legend. Ivan Lendl. The film version of her play Raise Me Up is in development with MJR Films, directed by Vince Marcello.

Original score is by Brian Becvar, keyboardist/composer/songwriter and producer who has toured, recorded and performed with Celine Dion, Laura Branigan, Air Supply, Englebert Humperdinck, John Mellencamp, Roberta Flack, Kenny Loggins, Richard Marx, Davy Jones (The Monkeys), Phoebe Snow, Dave Mason, Ben E. King, Bobby Caldwell, Wild Cherry, Kitaro, Cheryl Lynn, Alejandro Lerner, Pedro Aznar and David De Maria and currently with Michael Bolton. Brian has produced and scored music for five independent films and two major sports channel station ID logos. His songs have been recorded by John Mellencamp, Roberta Flack, Bobby Caldwell, Cheryl Lynn, Alejandro Lerner and Pedro Aznar.

Costume Designer Ashley Hayes (The Clown Prince - LA WEEKLY Award; Dolls: Not Your Usual Love Story - Ovation Award nomination; Ionesco's The Bald Soprano)

Lighting Designer James Cooper (Stephen King and Robert B Parker's RAGE; Jerry Mayer's Almost Perfect; Todd Susman's Locked and Loaded)

Set Design Chris Beyries (Backstreet; Moonlight and Magnolias, Bay Area Critics Circle Award Best Scenic Designer 2010)

Production Stage Manager George J Vennes III (John Pielmeyer's Impassioned Embraces; Lily Tomlin and Jane Wagner present Carlie and Doni; A Carlin Home Companion

* Member Actors’ Equity Association