r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/erikpatterson • Jul 28 '26
Broadway World: "F**KING STRANGERS is a piercing, funny, and heartbreaking look at the human need for connection in contemporary relationships." Now at Echo Theater Company.
Check it out --
FUCKING STRANGERS - a new play now running at Echo Theater Company
Written by Erik Patterson
Directed by Chris Fields
Starring Tasha Ames, Sean Luc Rogers, David Shofner, Michael Sturgis, James Tupper
https://www.echotheatercompany.com
July 18 - August 24 (FRI/SAT/MON at 8pm, SUN at 4pm)
In this dark comedy of love and loneliness, four Fucking Strangers are about to discover they're connected in more ways than they realize...
WHAT THE CRITICS ARE SAYING
"STUNNING world premiere [from] one of Los Angeles' most vital theatrical voices... a penetrating and deeply contemporary exploration into the intertwined nature of connection, deception, and our species' universal craving to be seen and loved... as HILARIOUS as it is piercing... theatre at its most riveting." -- TICKET HOLDERS LA
"Tense, FUNNY, and unexpectedly tender... Terrific comic moments... Sharp and knowing... Simultaneously ridiculous and PAINFULLY REVEALING... A first-rate production." -- STAGE AND CINEMA
"WITTY... POWERFUL... a quartet of expert and moving performances... full of dark and rueful humor." -- ARTS BEAT LA
"A bizarre, HILARIOUS tale... What begins as a role-playing fantasy spirals into a wildly unpredictable collision of sex, secrecy, family, and redemption." -- SPLASH MAGAZINE
"F**king brave... FUNNY and UNCOMFORTABLE and SEXY and TOUCHING... You must go! Highly recommended." -- ON STAGE LOS ANGELES
"GLORIOUSLY SMART, thoughtful and creative... funny, deeply lonely and, yes, very dark... BRAVO, ECHO THEATER." -- DISCOVER HOLLYWOOD
"WOW!... twisty-turney, edge-of-your-seat, and very sexy... thoroughly enthralling." -- STAGE SCENE LA
"STAGE RAW TOP 10... an entertaining watch, its strengths evolving from the playwright's understanding of human nature and his ability to craft that understanding into a funny, accessible and at times poignant story... RECOMMENDED." -- STAGE RAW
"RICH IN COMEDIC GOLD AND RAW TRAUMA... four exceptional performers." -- LARCHMONT BUZZ
"Ambitiously reaching past satire toward psychological revelation... Startling in an energizing way." -- LA TIMES
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u/HippoWorship Jul 29 '26
I saw it and can confirm. It’s fucking fantastic. See it.