Director: Ishai Setton

Cast: Laura Prepon, Dreama Walker, Bryan Greenberg, Matt Bush, Tate Ellington

Screenings: California Theatre Thu, 2/28 9:30 PM California Theatre; Sat, 3/2 9:30 PM California Theatre; Mon, 3/4 4:30 PM Camera 12.

Jennifer (Laura Prepon, That ‘70s Show) is having a lousy day. She’s just dumped her cheating boyfriend of two and a half years, her friend is forcing a huge birthday party on her, and she’s turning 30. Her younger sister Penny (Dreama Walker, “Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23”) is there for her, but in that less-than-helpful way some younger sisters specialize in. As the party gets going and things start to take a turn for the wild, we get a kitchen-eye-view of the goings-on.

“The Kitchen” almost has the feel of a one-act play — it’s short, witty, and confined to one room, but it avoids the pitfalls of stilted dialog and dull cinematography that sometimes dog the stage-to-screen transition. This is a witty, snarky, and at times touching comedy about what it’s like to be turning 30 and not sure about what you’re doing with your life.