The Odyssey

In the last six weeks, Bernthal has promoted his action thriller “The Accountant 2” in three different cities, flown to and from Greece to film Christopher Nolan’s star-studded “The Odyssey,” worked in New York on Marvel’s standalone “Punisher” special that he’s writing and top-lining for Disney+ and returned to the Chicago set of “The Bear,” which last year earned him his first Emmy.

Beneath the fluorescent lighting of his hotel room in Pylos, Greece, Jesse Garcia combs through his greasy strands of hair after a daylong shoot for “The Odyssey” — Christopher Nolan’s upcoming movie adaptation of the Greek epic.

“His theater defied convention — producing work that many of L.A.’s larger stages might shy away from, ignoring financial models in favor of risk, passion and artistic necessity,” said Bart DeLorenzo, director of more than a dozen plays at the Odyssey, who noted the theater’s early history of premiering important work.

In 1973, Sossi moved the Odyssey to a 99-seat theater in West L.A.

In 1989 the building was sold and Sossi relocated the Odyssey to its current location on Sepulveda Boulevard.