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STAGE LISTINGS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, October 1 – 6, 2026

 

OPENING THIS WEEK:

All Theaters, Region-Wide:

 

BOSTON MARRIAGE A play by David Mamet about the relationship between two gay women in the late Victorian era, one of whom has a wealthy male lover, while the other has her eye on a younger woman. European House LA, 12355 Rye St., Studio City. Opens Fri., Oct. 2;  Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm, Thurs., Oct. 22, 8 pm; thru Oct. 24. https://www.ticketsource.com/boston-marriage

CRONE CREED A mythic drama spanning centuries, following a young woman whose life is shattered by religious  upheaval and betrayal in medieval Europe. Theatre4all, El Portal Theatre, 5269 Lankershim Blvd, N. Hollywood. Opens Fri., Oct. 2; Fri.-Sun., 7:30 pm, Sat.-Sun., 1:30 pm; thru Oct. 17. https://ci.ovationtix.com/371/production/1285555

THE DANCE AND THE RAILROAD David Henry Hwang’s play about two immigrant laborers building the transcontinental railroad during the Chinese Railroad Workers’ Strike of 1867. A co-production of Artists at Play and the Latino Theatre Company. Los Angeles Theatre Center, 514 South Spring St., downtown LA. Sat., Oct. 3; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Nov. 1. https://www.latinotheaterco.org

THE FEEL GOOD STORY AMERICAN NEEDS RIGHT NOW A year after escaping from terrorists, six men reunite, and secrets come to light in Mark Wilding’s play. Theatre West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, LA. Opens Fri., Oct. 2; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Nov. 8. https://theatrewest.org

THE MADNESS! An original immersive theatrical experience: Step inside the Vesper Institute, where the nurses have a cult like devotion to the rules. Downtown Repertory Theater Company, . Mountain View Mausoleum, 2300 Marengo Ave., Altadena. Opens Fri., Oct. 2; check website for schedule; thru Nov. 7. https://buytickets.at/downtownrep/2376992 https://buytickets.at/downtownrep/2376992

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR Set In rural Ireland, John Ptrick Shanley’s pay tells the story of two quiet people, whose simmering feelings for each other are constrained by their families. Sierra Madre Playhouse, 87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre. Opens Fri., Oct. 2;  Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat., 2 pm; Sun., 4 pm, Thurs., Oct. 22, 8 pm; thru Oct. 25. www.sierramadreplayhouse.org

 

CONTINUING PERFORMANCES

Larger Theaters, Region-Wide:

 

RECOMMENDED ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS

The Ensemble (Photo by Craig Schwartz)

Latino Theater Company’s presentation of this Greek tragedy sets the story in pre-conquest Tenochtitlan, Mexico, weaving in pre-Hispanic music and poetry and bringing Aztec mythology into Sophocles’s timeless story. Stage Raw’s review. The Getty Villa, 17985 Pacific Coast Highway, Pacific Palisades; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm; thru Oct 3. https://tinyurl.com/n8zyay8m

BEGIN AGAIN A musical about a heartbroken songwriter and a burnt-out record producer who team up to record a live album across New York City. Stage Raw’s review. The Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 18. https://tickets@theoldglobe.org

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN A high-flying, splashy Broadway musical that tells the true story of Frank W. Abagnale, Jr., who runs away from home in search of the glamorous life. The Colony Theater, 555 N. Third St., Burbank; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat., 2 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Oct. 18. https://colonytheatre.org

DOG MAN : THE MUSICAL In this musical, best buds George and Harold have been creating comics for years, but now that they’re in 5th grade, they figure it’s time to level up and write a musical based on their favorite character, Dog Man, the crime-biting sensation who is part dog, part man, and ALL HERO!! How hard could it be? Kirk Douglas Theatre, 9820 Washington Blvd., Culver City; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 18. https://tinyurl.com/3ckt6y8r

EVERYBODY Branden Jacobs-Jenkins bold reimagining of the medieval morality play. California Repertory Company at Cal State Long Beach, CSULB Theater, 1250 Bellflower Boulevard, Long Beach; Wed.-Sat., 7:30 pm; thru Oct. 2. https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/csulb-theatre-arts/6797

FRANKENSTEIN: RESURRECTION Justin Meyer’s Gothic horror musical sequel to Mary Shelley’s classic in which,  after years apart, Victor Frankenstein and his Creature once again square off, The Nocturne Theatre, 324 N. Orange St., Glendale; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 1 pm, Sat., Sept. 19, 2 pm, Thurs. , Sept. 24, 7:30 pm, Wed., Sept. 30, 7:30 pm; thru Nov. 1. https://thenocturnetheatre.com/box-office/

RECOMMENDED INTO THE WOODS

Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s musical spin on classical fairy tales. Stage Raw’s review. South Coast Repertory, 655 Towne Center Drive, Costa Mesa; schedule varies, see website: https://scr.org; thru Oct. 18. 

RECOMMENDED LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS

Thomas Hobson, Grace Stockdale and Jay Brian Winnick (Photo by Jason Niedle)

This musical with books and lyrics by Harold Ashman follows a downtrodden and shy florist’s assistant whose life blossoms overnight thanks to an otherworldly and hungry new plant — which craves blood. Stage Raw’s review. La Mirada Theatre For the Performing Arts, 14900 La Mirada Blvd., La Mirada; Thurs., 7:30 pm, Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat., 2 pm, Sun., 1:30 and 6:30 pm; thru Oct. 11. www.LaMiradaTheatre.com

A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM Theatrical Botanicum’s annual production of Shakespeare’s play about lovers and fairies. The Will Geer Theatrical Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 10. www.theatricum.com

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD Adapted for the stage by John Faust, this three-act version honors the 1968 cult film while elevating the stakes for a modern retelling. Long Beach Playhouse, 5021 East Anaheim St., Long Beach; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 17. www.lbplayhouse.org

RECOMMENDED THE PEOPLE OF POMPEII

Willow Geer, Amber Luallen, Aaron Hendry (obscured), and Lauren Saffa (Photo by Ian Flanders)

Weeks after the Palisades Fire narrowly spares their Topanga home, Carlos and Vera invite friends over for a celebratory dinner, but as the night descends into chaos,, the myth of communal harmony begins to crack wide open. A new play by Bernard Cubria. Stage Raw’s review. Will Geer Theatrical Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon, Topanga; Check website for schedule; through October 4. theatricum.com

RECOMMENDED WAITING IN THE WINGS

Jan Wikstrom and Susan Angelo  (Photo by Ian Flanders)

Noel Coward’s portrait of nine opinionated women, each of whom once basked in public admiration — but who must now learn to face old age together. Stage Raw’s review. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 3. https://theatricum.org

RECOMMENDED THE VISIT

Ricardo Chavira, Lauren Worsham and Jake Levy (Photo by Jeff Lorch)

Friedrich Durrenmatt’s play about a multi-millionaire who returns to her impoverished hometown to buy justice and revenge. Stage Raw’s review. Pasadena Playhouse, El Molino Ave., Pasadena. Tues.-Thurs., 7:30 pm, Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat.-Sun., 2 pm, Sun., 7 pm; thru Oct. 4. www.pasadenaplayhouse.org

 

WILD CHILD Set against the breathtaking backdrop of a wilderness therapy program in northern Utah, this pop-driven musical tells the story of an unlikely friendship that develops between two troubled teens. Laguna Playhouse, 606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach; Tues.-Wed. 7:30 pm; Thurs. 2 & 7:30 pm; Fri. 7:30 pm; Sat. 2 & 7:30 pm; Sun. 1 pm; through Oct. 4. www.lagunaplayhouse.com

 

Intimate Theaters, Hollywood:

 

RECOMMENDED A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD

Carlo Mancasola and Nicholas Anthony Reid (Photo by Jeff Lorch)

Samuel D. Hunter’s play about two strangers who meet as client and lender and find themselves returning to the same conversation: Keith, a mortgage broker raising his daughter alone, and Ryan, a yogurt plant worker determined to reclaim a piece of his family’s lost land. Stage Raw’s review. Rogue Machine at the Matrix Theatre, upstage on the Henry Murray Stage, 7657 Melrose Ave, Hollywood; Fri. and Mon., 8 pm, Sat.-Sun., 5 pm; thru Oct. 11. (No performances on Monday Sept 7 and 14). https://roguemachine.ludus.com

IMAGO Wendy Gough Soroka’s new play about art, ambition, and the cost of transformation. Stage Raw’s review. Theatre Unleashed, in association with Fierce Mama Productions. The Hobgoblin Playhouse, 1516 North Gardner St., Hollywood; Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm; thru Oct. 10. https://events.thestagecrafts.com/projects/15261?tab=details

LOST MY WAY Saskia Norman’s coming of age story about what happens when therapy accidentally unlocks a portal to the past. Stage Raw’s review. Upstairs@El Centro, 1138B N. El Centro Ave., Hollywood; Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm; thru Oct. 8. https://theatreplanners.stagey.net/projects/15124?tab=tickets

RECOMMENDED MELT

Jaden Harris Shaw and Shak Kanish (Photo by Lauren McCarty

What begins as a college theatre rehearsal becomes something no one planned for when the drama in the play begins to feel uncomfortably real. Stage Raw’s review. Marilyn Monroe Theatre, 7936 Santa Monica Blvd., West Hollywood; Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Fri., Oct 2, 8 pm; thru Oct. 2. https://linktr.ee/melttheplay

A NUMBER In Caryl Churchill’s play, a man discovers that a long buried cloning experiment has produced multiple offspring, Stage Raw’s review. Madnani Theatre, 6760 Lexington Ave, Hollywood. Opens  Fri., Sept. 20; Fri.-Sat. 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 11. http://events@thestagecrafts.com/15047

SHELLS In Amy Judd Lieberman’s play, An unexpected encounter with a violent neighbor turns a woman’s world upside down. The production includes puppetry from rogue artists ensemble. A co-production of rogue artist ensemble and Greenway Court Theater. Greenway Court Theatre, 544 N. Fairfax Ave., West Hollywood; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 11. : http://greenwaycourttheatre.org/tickets/

VERILY 80’S ROMEO & JULIET Set in the 1980s this production features a gender swapped cast while preserving Shakespeare’s original language. Stage Raw’s review. Speak Low Productions, The McCadden Place Theater, 1157 McCadden Place, Hollywood. ; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm; thru Oct. 4. www.speaklowproductions.com

 

Intimate Theaters; Downtown LA, South LA, East LA:

 

RECOMMENDED BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE

Christopher Moncayo-Torres and Nancy Moncayo (photo by Mallury Patrick Photography)

A clock counts down as Christopher Moncayo-Torres, a habitually late Ecuadorian-American live-storyteller, rushes to make up for lost time with his born and bred Ecuadorian parents, in this comedic solo-ish show. Stage Raw’s review. Outside in Theatre-Art Space, 5317 York Rd., Highland Park; Sat., Mon.-Tues., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Oct. 6. https://tinyurl.com/5n6nvrzw

A HALLOWEEN CAROL In this immersive show, participants will cross paths with spirits of an altogether different sort, revisit half-forgotten Halloweens, and find themselves suspended somewhere between memory and dream. Shows are 45 minutes long. Stage Raw’s review. The Count’s Den, 1039 S. Olive St., downtown LA; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 29.  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/a-halloween-carol-tickets-1999712528002?keep_tld=true

RECOMMENDED MARISOL

Jose Rivera’s play about a woman who must navigate a terrifying world on her own after her guardian angel abandons her to join the celestial battle against a senile God. Stage Raw’s review. Open Fist Theatre Company, Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave., Atwater; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm, Mon., Oct. 5, 8 pm; thru Oct. 24. www.openfist.org.

RECOMMENDED THE PETERSON SHOW

Kristen Ariza, Devere Rogers, Kelly McCreary, John Clarence Stewart, and Tamberla Perry
(Photo by Cooper Bates)

Janine Nabers’s play follows five former child stars who reunite as the legacy of their beloved television father collapses into scandal. Stage Raw’s review. Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave, Atwater; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm, Mon., 8 pm, Thurs., Oct 1, 8 pm; thru Oct. 26. https://echotheatercompany.ludus.com/show_page.php?show_id=200519155

WINTER’S BENCH Mike Kenny’s play about an elderly woman who has spent a lifetime believing a tree spoke to her when she was a child, and who waits, even now, to hear its voice again. Stage Raw’s review. 24th Street Theatre, 1117 West 24th Street, LA; Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm, Monday Sept 7 and 14, 8 pm; thru Oct. 25. www.24thstreet.org

 

Intimate Theaters, Valleys in LA County:

 

EXIT, PURSUED BY A BEAR Lauren Gunderson’s dark comedy, which the playwright describes as growing from both the irresistible absurdity of that line and her concern about domestic violence. Stage Raw’s review. RD Studio Theatre, 5508 Cahuenga Blvd. N. Hollywood; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 11. https://tinyurl.com/2vmba3t8

RECOMMENDED FALL INTO OZ

Hannah Campbell and Sue Gisser (Photography by Airn Media)

Inspired by L. Frank Baum’s novel, the show is an original outdoor theatre experience designed for an intimate audience, where family, friends, and Oz fans of all generations can enjoy this unique, new autumn adventure. The journey begins every half hour starting at 10 am and runs approximately 75 minutes with intermission. Stage Raw’s review. Heart to Art Productions, A Secret Rose Garden, 23444 Oxnard St., Woodland Hills; Sat. and Sun, check website for schedule; through October 26. HearttoArtProductions.org,

FALLEN SAINTS: THE ART OF HEARTBREAK As a young man  tries to leave his artistic inclinations behind, corpses are discovered with his DNA nearby, including places where he has never been. Sawyers Playhouse, 11031 Camarillo St., North Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm and 9:30 pm; thru Oct. 2. https://fonproductions.com

RECOMMENDED KAIJU

Leandro Cano and Cherish Monique Duke (Photo by Ken Sawyer)

in Dan Caffrey’s takedown of the sometimes pretentious nature of art and culture: when two gigantic, mythical monsters destroy a city, it precipitates a debate. Stage Raw’s review. The Road Theater Company, The Noho Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd., North Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Nov. 1. https://ci.ovationtix.com/35065/production/1280560

A KILLER NIGHT IN STUDIO CITY Kevin Allen Jackson and Kristine Dickson’s immersive murder mystery, plus dinner, set in 1958.  Stage Raw’s review. Vitello’s, 4349 Tujunga Avenue, Studio City; check website for schedule; thru Oct. 31. https://www.akillernightlive.com/studiocity/tickets

RECOMMENDED PERICLES

Julanne Chidi Hill, Desiree Mee Jung, Adam J. Smith, Joel Swetow, Rio Rasch, Nicole Javier, Alexander Matos (photo by Brian Hashimoto)

Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation of Shakespeare’s play. Stage Raw’s review. Boston Court, 70 N. Mentor Ave., Pasadena. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Sept. 27. https://ci.ovationtix.com/112/production/1252158

SEPTEMBER 10 Two events mesh in Art Shulman’s play: A woman confesses an affair to her husband on the eve of the national tragedy that occurred in 2001. Stage Raw’s review. Two Roads Theatre, 4348 Tujunga Ave., Studio City; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Oct. 4. https://onstage411.com/sept10

SPIDER’S WEB An Agatha Christie mystery about the wife of a diplomat who discovers a dead body in her living room and does everything she can to hide it before her husband comes home with an important politician. Stage Raw’s review. The Group Rep, the Lonny Chapman Theatre, 10900 Magnolia Blvd., Burbank; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Nov. 1. www.theGROUPrep.com

TEXAS SODOMY: THE INCREDIBLE TRUE STORY OF LAWRENCE V. TEXAS The play follows two ordinary working-class men and Lane Lewis (Matt McConkey)—a Houston activist and bartender who becomes their closest ally and protector—as they join an unlikely coalition of lawyers and activists in a pivotal chapter of the American civil rights movement. The Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 24. https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/skoraproductions/6923

 

Intimate Theaters, West Side and Beaches

 

THE CASE-BOOK OF C. AUGUSTE DUPIN This play brings together Edgar Allen Poe’s three spellbinding Dupin Mysteries: The Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Mystery of Marie Roget and The Purloined Letter. Stage Raw’s review. Theatre 40, The Reuben Cordova Theatre, 241 Moreno Drive, Beverly Hills; Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 18. http://www.theatre40.org/

INTO THE WOODS This Stephen Sondheim musical  follows characters like Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Jack, a Baker and his Wife as they venture into the woods to fulfill their deepest wishes. Morgan-Wixson, 2627 Pico blvd, Santa Monica; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Oct. 18. https://www.morgan-wixson.org/mainstage/into-the-woods

RECOMMENDED MRS. WARREN’S PROFESSION

Nell Murphy and Brad Greenquist (Photo by Phil Class)

George Bernard Shaw’s play about the economic realities hidden behind Victorian respectability—and, more than a century later, its questions about money, sexuality, and women’s freedom have lost none of their bite. Stage Raw’s review. Pacific Resident Theater, Venice Blvd., Venice; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat.-Sun., 3 pm; thru Oct. 25. https://pacificresidenttheatre.org

TAPE Old resentments emerge when two former best friends reunite in a seedy motel room in Lansing, Michigan in Stephen Belber’s play. 3619 Hayden Ave., Culver City; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm; thru Oct. 18. https://www.onstage411.com/newsite/boxoffice/cart.asp?show_id=8774&orgin=guest

 

Intimate Theaters, Neighboring Counties:

 

THE BED TRICK Shakespeare’s infamous “bed trick” from All’s Well That Ends Well gets a bold and frisky remix in Keiko Green’s comic college romp. Stage Raw’s review. Chance Theatre, Cripe Stage at the Bette Aitken theater arts Center, 5522 E. La Palma Avenue in Anaheim Hills; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Oct. 4. www.ChanceTheater.com

 

 

Special Events:

 

THE BEST OF THE BEST SOLO FEST    A presentation of the best solo pieces drawn from 16 years of solo performance. The Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd., Studio City. Check website for schedule; through November 25. https://whitefire.stagey.net/schedule

THE MOUNTAIN DIGBY This show is billed as a “hilariously gruesome musical” about two brothers, raised atop their family’s mountain and the townspeople they hate, who’ve spent generations building a monstrous mythology around them. The Broadwater Mainstage, 1076 Lillian Way Hollywood. Fri.-Sun., Oct 2-4, 7 pm. www.themountaindigby.com

LITTLE WOMEN BALLET AUTUMN IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE The company’s classic immersive experience where audiences become encapsulated in the Louisa May Alcott experience. Heritage Square Museum, 3800 Homer St. LA., Fri.-Sun., Oct 2-4, 6:30  pm., Sat.-Sun., 3 pm. www.littlewomenballet.org  through November 25. 

ESCENA FESTIVAL OF HISPANIC CLASSICAL THEATER The fifth edition of this biennial festival brings new works by international artists and LA playwrights ,including free productions by theater companies from Mexico, Spain, and the United States. UCLA’s MacGowan Hall in Westwood from Sept 17 to Oct 5. For more information: https://diversifyingtheclassics.humanities.ucla.edu/comedia-in-performance/la-escena-2026/

 

Podcasts and Other Audio Events

 

OPEN DOOR PLAYHOUSE A platform for presenting short plays in podcast form. Free. http://opendoorplayhouse.orgavailable

 

 

– Compiled by Deborah Klugman