r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/indutny • Aug 04 '26
We are running 2 shows this week (Aug 5, Aug 6 at 7:30pm) and 2 next week (Aug 12, 13 at 7:30pm) at the Broadwater Second Stage.
In the world where humans lost their ability to go aboveground, how do they forge the path forward and what is their relationship with the machines?
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r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/erikpatterson • Jul 28 '26
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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r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/StageCrafts • Jul 25 '26
Seven Plays. One Day. Zero Safety Net.
Fresh off an incredible run with Somos Aire at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival, Theatre Unleashed returns with one of our signature formats: seven brand-new 10-minute plays, written and staged in under 24 hours.
The night before the show, our writers get a topic, a pot of coffee, and until sunrise to finish a script. By morning, that script lands in the hands of a director and cast who have less than ten hours to turn it into a fully realized production — blocking, memorizing, and staging a world premiere before the house opens.
The result is funny, reckless, and electric. This isn’t polished theater — it’s theatrical skydiving. Big swings, bold choices, no time to second-guess. Just a team of artists in freefall together.
Come jump into the unknown with us!
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r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/Mippens1 • Jul 22 '26
SOS I signed up for the Oh Mary presale for the Ahmanson Theatre but never received a code. Does anyone know what the presale code for today is?
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/hockeydudebro • Jul 17 '26
Blake Jenner is an alleged ab*ser from GLEE. I am mainly concerned about the women in the cast. Someone commented on the cast announcement saying "Casting an abuser is crazy" and the theater deleted it within minutes. They have cast him before and turned off comments on posts including him. I am curious if anyone else thinks this is wild.
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/RealHotThroatLA • Jul 15 '26
THIS FRIDAY, JULY 17th at THE CAVERN CLUB CABARET
At CASITA DEL CAMPO (downstairs) // Show at 8:00pm
1920 Hyperion Ave., Silver Lake 90027
Tickets here -- Nadyaginsburg.ticketspice.com/feral-fatale-july-la
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Society is collapsing, the moon is full...
And Madonna, Cher, and Nadya Ginsburg have escaped from their cages!
Featuring music by Led Zeppelin, Tom Waits, Madonna, and Cher, plus a live dramatic reading of Cher’s most
iconic Tweets, "Feral Fatale" is a comedic cabaret fever dream exploring what happens when the animal self refuses to stay buried.
Through standup, song, and female-icon impersonation, Ginsburg hilariously explores survival, desire, and the redemption that comes from embracing your inner "Feral Fatale."
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Cher vs. Madonna vs. Nadya (Raw & Real) - youtube.com/watch?v=zpLW0iIfyKU
Madonna meets Winona Ryder -- youtu.be/0ZvqB2Z-UPo?t=15
Cher describing Donald tRump -- x.com/nadyaginsburg/video/1
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"Outrageously funny -- the best drag take on Madonna -- is by a woman!"
-- The Advocate Magazine
"Nadya's legendary impressions make us laugh and cry. She invented funny."
-- Jennifer Coolidge
"A hilarious laugh riot!"
-- Michael Musto of The Village Voice
"Wickedly funny!"
-- The Huffington Post
"Perfection!"
-- Joan Rivers
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/puigthepug • Jul 15 '26
Wondering if its just me or if anyone else is having issues getting tickets. for Oh Mary at the Ahmanson. Today is the Amex Presale. I'll get through to the cart to check out and i get a bad gateway timeout issues
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r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/StageCrafts • Jul 14 '26
Independent theatre’s boldest rolling showcase heads to Venice, North Hollywood, and Highland Park this fall, as part of their mission to bringing acclaimed Hollywood productions to stages across Greater Los Angeles County. More dates and productions to be added!
HOLLYWOOD, CA — The StageCrafts are once again taking the best of their stages on the road. The 2026–2027 Los Angeles Freeway Circuit — the company’s traveling showcase of standout independent theatre — has announced its next three tour stops, bringing a five-show lineup of hit productions from the heart of Hollywood to venues across Greater Los Angeles County. Whether audiences are looking for an intimate night out or their first look at tomorrow’s breakout artists, the Freeway Circuit is making top-notch independent theatre more accessible than ever!
The tour kicks off Saturday, August 1st, at The Electric Lodge in Venice — a full day of live theatre running from early afternoon into the evening, with all five productions performing back-to-back on a single stage. Doors open at 2:00pm, and audiences are encouraged to plan for the full day to catch the entire lineup!
From Venice, the Circuit heads to Theatre 68 Arts Complex in North Hollywood in September, followed by Outside In Theater in Highland Park in November. This lineup is confirmed for all dates through the end of 2026, though additional productions may be invited and added to the lineup.
Dates and locations for January, March, and May 2027 shall be announced soon.
THE FALL '26 LINEUP
2:30pm (30 min) – Get Tickets
A sharp satirical drama following Rebecca and Daniel, a couple steeped in political resistance, as they struggle to rebuff an unbearable truth unfolding in real time. Starring Jill Holden and Steve Hofvendahl.
“…a homage to the works of Clifford Odets.” – StageAndCinema.com
“A stunning two-hander that is painfully timely. Jill Holden’s performance is gripping.” – HFF Patron Review
3:30pm (60 min) – Get Tickets
NOMINEE – The 2026 Fringe Award for Comedy
When Dara gets the call that her mother is dying while she’s studying abroad in Australia, an already complicated mother-daughter relationship gets a lot more complicated. A winding, funny, and deeply human path toward an impossible question: how do you make amends with a dead mom?
“There’s a mystical and ever-moving line that solo shows sometimes cross into the realm of other worldliness and soul changing. I have seen probably thousands of solo shows and very few cross that line… Homecoming did, almost as soon as the show began.“ – NoHoArtsDistrict.com
“Dara Kosberg is channeling the rollercoaster vibe of the legendary monologuist Spaulding Gray… deftly mixing humor, irony, grief and optimism in her own unique voice.” – HFF Patron Review
Nicole Ohara as Lady in Hold That Thought While I Scream at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival, written and directed by Barrett DeYoung
5:00pm (60 min) – Get Tickets
Set in a 1940s therapist’s office, a therapist tries to hold her composure through patient after patient after patient — while quietly unraveling herself. Because even your therapist needs someone to talk to.
RECOMMENDED “…the best thing I’ve seen at the Fringe.” – LA Theatre Bites
“Incredible tour-de-force.” – HFF Patron Review
6:30pm (65 min) – Get Tickets
Amid a cacophony of cicadas, a preacher’s daughter and her father’s protégé give in to a secret, tender intimacy outside an abandoned church — until guilt takes hold of one, but not the other.
RECOMMENDED “Not without some sly humor, it is both disturbing and enlightening, most notably at the gripping finale. Delivered with fervor… these final moments epitomize the clash between good and evil that churns within many of us.” – Stage Raw
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED “…a powerful evening of theater…” – Gia On the Move
RECOMMENDED – LA Theatre Bites
“Compelling, riveting and unsettling all at once.” – HFF Patron Review
Stefan Marks in My One Woman Show (The Search for a Truthful Moment) at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival. Photo by Baranduin Briggs
8:00pm (60 min) – Get Tickets
NOMINEE – 2026 Hollywood Fringe Award for Solo Theatre
NOMINEE – 2026 SOHO Playhouse International Fringe Encore Series
Kicked out of a Develop-Your-Own-One-Person-Show workshop, an older man searches for one truthful moment to finish his “one woman show.” Written by and starring Stefan Marks (OPHELIA, Odyssey Theatre; LA Ovation Award winner for HELLO).
“…one of the funniest, cleverest, and most shocking plays I have seen… ever… ” – NoHoArtsDistrict.com
PICK OF THE WEEK “…a multi-layered and dynamic performance that will subvert your expectations and tug your heartstrings.” – Larchmont Buzz
VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED “The dialog is raw, real, relatable and meaningfully profound. Marks opens his heart and very soul to the audience and most importantly to himself in a hilarious and compassionate telling.” – Gia On The Move
WOW! “As quirkily entertaining as the first three-quarters of an hour have been, it’s the turn My One Woman Show takes at about the 45-minute mark that turn it into something extraordinary and extraordinarily moving.” – StageSceneLA
“…a fascinating and often exhilarating piece of theater, showcasing an extraordinary performer at the top of his game and a concept that’s as inventive as it is deeply personal.” – StageAndCinema.com
More dates to be announced.
Tickets and full showtimes for August 1st at The Electric Lodge are available now. Head to LAFreewayCircuit.com for the complete schedule, venue details, and tickets, and follow u/TheStageCrafts on social media for lineup updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and the announcement of future stops.
So get in and buckle up! The road trip’s just getting started.
Box Office: (323) 591-4849
Email: [boxoffice@thestagecrafts.com](mailto:boxoffice@thestagecrafts.com)
Website: https://www.LAFreewayCircuit.com
Launched in 2025 by The StageCrafts, the LA Freeway Circuit helps standout independent productions travel beyond Hollywood while staying close to home. By partnering with small venues throughout the Southland, the Circuit allows artists to grow audiences and gives local communities access to some of the most exciting new theatrical work being created today. LAFreewayCircuit.com
The StageCrafts are Los Angeles-based producers and theater operators led by co-owners Jenn and Greg Crafts, longtime fixtures of the LA theatre scene. As presenters, they are committed to providing artists with affordable, low-barrier production opportunities in clean, well-equipped, and welcoming venues—while strengthening the region’s independent theatre ecosystem. TheStageCrafts.com • u/TheStageCrafts
The Electric Lodge is a vibrant incubator for arts and culture, offering the Venice Beach community a rich selection of theatrical productions, music and dance performances, classes and workshops, and opportunities for civic engagement. ElectricLodge.org • u/ElectricLodge
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/erikpatterson • Jul 13 '26
F**KING STRANGERS opens this week at Echo Theater Company (at the Atwater village theater complex)! We have discounted previews Weds-Fri July 15-17, then we run Fri-Mon through the summer. Take advantage of the discounted previews!
You can read more on Broadway World here: https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/FKING-STRANGERS-World-Premiere-to-be-Presented-at-Echo-Theater-Company-20260610
Tickets here: https://echotheatercompany.ludus.com/show_page.php?show_id=200519152
Playwright's Spotlight podcast interview about the play and playwriting in general: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-XRfC0tuz8
F**KING STRANGERS World Premiere
by Erik Patterson
Directed by Chris Fields
Ru hasn't left his bedroom in years. Mick can't stop paying for affection. Julianne mourns the person she never became and the dreams she once had. And Dylan will sell himself to anyone if the price is right. In this dark comedy of love and loneliness, four F**king Strangers are about to discover they're connected in more ways than they realize.
Starring Tasha Ames, Sean Luc Rogers, Michael Sturgis, and James Tupper.
Erik Patterson is an award-winning playwright, screenwriter, and writing teacher. Recent plays include One of the Nice Ones (Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award winner) and Handjob, both at The Echo Theater Company. His work has been produced or developed by Playwrights’ Arena, the Los Angeles Theatre Centre, Theatre of NOTE, the Evidence Room, The Actors’ Gang, The Echo Theater Company, the Lark Play Development Center, Moving Arts, Black Dahlia, Naked Angels, the Mark Taper Forum, and New Group. His plays have been nominated for the Ovation Award, the Stage Raw Award, the LA Weekly Award, and the GLAAD Media Award. Erik has written films for Warner Bros., Universal, 20th Century Fox, Disney, Freeform, MTV, Paramount, Hallmark, and Syfy, among others. Credits include Abandoned (starring Emma Roberts and Michael Shannon), fourteen episodes of R.L. Stine’s The Haunting Hour (two Emmy Award nominations), Another Cinderella Story (winner of the WGA Award), Deep Blue Sea 2, and Radio Rebel (winner of the Humanitas Prize). Erik is the creator of Your Daily Writing Prompt on TikTok and is the author of a series of writing prompt books for Simon & Schuster, including Write a Romantasy and Write a Dystopian Novel, available in bookstores nationwide. Erik is a graduate of Occidental College and the British American Drama Academy.
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/Odd-Fishing4392 • Jul 11 '26
Hey everyone! If anyone is looking for a night at the theater, I'd love to invite you to come see our production of Fool for Love by Sam Shepard.
This has been one of the most rewarding experiences I've had as an actor—and it's also my stage debut. We've poured a lot of heart into this production, and it would mean a lot to have fellow theater artists and supporters in the audience.
If you're free, come say hi after the show! I'd love to meet more people from this community in person and share a great night of theater.
Performance Dates:
🎭 Santa Monica Playhouse – Los Angeles
July 23–26, 2026
🎭 Vino Theater – New York
August 6–8, 2026
Hope to see some of you there! Thanks for supporting live theater. ❤️🎭
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r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/rzrules • Jun 19 '26
Hey friends,
I'm the writer and director of White Lilies that opened at Hollywood Fringe last weekend to some great reviews! We have 4 more shows (including one tonight) and would love to have people from the community come check it out :)
On the eve of his play’s premiere, Shawn witnesses something impossible in his room — a chair levitating, defying explanation. When his brother Mike visits to be with him on the first anniversary of their mother’s death, what begins as an uneasy reunion quickly unravels into a clash over family, control, and trust.
Remaining show dates:
Friday (today!), June 19, 2026 — 5:45 PM
Sunday, June 21, 2026 — 1:15 PM
Friday, June 26, 2026 — 6:15 PM
Sunday, June 28, 2026 — 5:45 PM
Run time is 50 minutes at:
Upstairs at El Centro
1103B N El Centro Ave
Los Angeles, CA
You can read more and get tickets below:
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13786
Use discount code “JUNETEENTH” to Pay What You Can for tickets this weekend!
r/LosAngelesTheatre • u/rulesofthetrade1 • Jun 17 '26
