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STAGE LISTINGS FOR SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, August 20 – 26, 2026
OPENING THIS WEEK:
All Theaters, Region-Wide:
BEING PIAF Actress, singer and writer Eleanora Owen channels the “little sparrow,” sharing her life story and repertoire with the audience. Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West LA. Opens Fri., Auh. 21; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm; thru Aug. 30. www.odysseytheatre.com
THE DOMESTIQUES In the bedroom of a wealthy oil baron turned U.S. Senator, two genderqueer maids don the clothes of his wife and rehearse her murder. Inspired by Genet’s The Maids. New theater Hollywood, 6500 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Opens. Thurs., Aug. 20; Thurs.- Sun., 8:30 pm; thru Aug. 29. https://www.tixtree.com/e/the-domestiques-14ea1a4e6eb5
ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE Bart DeLorenzo’s new adaptation of Ibsen’s classic, relocating the action to America in 2026, where battles over public health, economic survival, misinformation and political polarization have become defining features of American life. Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West LA. Opens Sat., August 22; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm, Wed., Sept. 16, 8 pm; thru Sept. 27. www.odysseytheatre.com
EURYDICE Sara Ruhl’s play reimagines the classic myth of Orpheus through the eyes of his heroine. Cease and Desist Theatre Collective, Stuart Rogers Studios, 5112 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood. Opens Fri., Aug. 21; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Sept. 19. https://runsignup.com/TicketEvent/Eurydice
GREEN CORRIDORS Natalka Vorozhbyt’s play explores the human cost of war, examining the harrowing yet darkly humorous realities of four Ukrainian women who have fled their country following Russia’s 2022 full-scale invasion. City Garage Theatre, Santa Monica. Opens Sat., August 22, 8 pm; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm; thru Sept. 27. www.citygarage.org
THE SWAN In Elizabeth Egloff’s play, a wild swan who flies into a woman’s window transforms into a man and becomes her lover. The Garage Theater, 251 E. 7th St., Long Beach. Opens Friday, August 21; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, no shows Sept. 3-5; thru Sept 19. https://www.thegaragetheatre.org/
SWEENEY TODD THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET In Stephen Sondheim’s musical thriller, a falsely imprisoned London barber. returns home as “Sweeney Todd” seeking revenge against the corrupt Judge Turpin who ruined his family. The GEM Theatre, 12852 Main St., Garden Grove. Opens Thurs., Aug. 20; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Sept. 27. www.theGEMoc.com
YOU GOT OLDER In Clare Barron’s play, a woman who’s moved home to care for her sick father reflects on her life. Dig Deep Theatre, The MAIN, 24266 Main St., Newhall. Opens Fri., Aug. 21; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sat.-Sun., 2 pm, Thurs., Aug. 28, 8 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/you-got-older-presented-by-dig-deep-theatre-tickets-1983997790800
CONTINUING PERFORMANCES
Larger Theaters, Region-Wide:
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Disney’s 30th anniversary production of this classic musical about love. Pantages Theatre 6233 Hollywood Blvd; check website for schedule; thru Sept. 6. www.hollywoodpantages.com
RECOMMENDED THE COMEDY OF ERRORS
Trinidad James Sandoval and Brian Tran (Photo by Grettel Cortes Photography)
Shakespeare’s comedy about two small-towners who find themselves lost and fumbling through a bustling Mediterranean port city, only to run into the last people they’d expected to meet. Stage Raw’s review. Independent Shakespeare Co., The UPPER Dell at the Old Zoo in Griffith Park; Wed.-Sun., 7 pm; thru Sept. 6 . FREE but reservations encouraged at www.indieshakes.org
DRACULA THE MUSICAL Based on Bram Stoker’s immortal novel, the musical follows Count Dracula’s obsessive pursuit of Mina Murray, a woman he believes to be the reincarnation of his lost love. Stage Raw’s review. The Nocturne Theater, 324 N. Orange St., Glendale; check website for schedule; thru Aug.23. thenocturnetheatre.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
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING Elaborate schemes, false accusations, mistaken identities, and even a bumbling police force tangle in this Shakespearean comedy about two squabbling people who mutually deny their mutual attraction. The Old Globe, 1363 Old Globe Way, San Diego. Opens Sat., Aug. 8; check website for schedule; thru Aug. 30. www.TheOldGlobe.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 THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Isaiah Bailey and Jordan Lee Gilbert (Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman)
Based on the classic novel by Gaston Leroux, the musical tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, and who falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to nurturing her extraordinary talents. Stage Raw’s review. Segerstrom Center for the arts, 600 Town Center Drive, Tues.-Sat, 7:30 pm, Sat., 2 pm, Sun., 1 pm & 6:30 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://theatreinla.tixculture.com/los-angeles/shows/44627-the-phantom-of-the-opera-at-segerstrom
RECOMMENDED ROMEO AND JULIET
Quinnlyn Scheppner and Max Lawrence (Photo by Ian Flanders)
Shakespeare’s play about star-crossed lovers. Stage Raw’s review. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga; check website for schedule; thru Sept. 26. www.theatricum.com
TREASURE ISLAND A young man’s romantic dream of pirates on the high seas becomes a harrowing reality in this adaptation of Robert Lewis Stevenson’s swashbuckling adventure story reimagined by Ellen Geer. Stage Raw’s review. Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum, 1419 N. Topanga Canyon Blvd., Topanga; Check website for schedule; thru Sept. 26. www.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
Intimate Theaters, Hollywood:
ALL NEW PEOPLE in Zach Braff’s play, a heartbroken man makes a retreat to a desolate New Jersey beach house in winter to end his life, only to have his plans interrupted by a series of eccentric strangers. Broadwater Second Stage, 6320 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood; Sat.-Sun., 4 pm; thru Aug. 23. https://www.onstage411.com/newsite/boxoffice/cart.asp?show_id=8200&orgin=guest
RECOMMENDED HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING
Courtesy of Catharsis Theatre Collective
In Will Arbery’s play, four young conservative Catholics gather late into the night and examine how their paths have diverged since their college graduation some years before. Stage Raw’s review. Catharsis Theatre Collective, The Broadwater Black Box, 6322 Santa Monica Blvd., Hollywood. Fri.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://events.humanitix.com/heroesofthefourthturning
TUNNEL OF LOVE Charles Mee’s play is a kaleidoscope of love stories in which couples at different places within the tunnel try to make sense of each other. Stage Raw’s review. Blue Pen Theatre, The Majic Factory, 1004 Echo Park Ave., Echo Park; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Fri., Aug 15, 8 pm, dark Sat., Aug. 15; thru Aug. 23. www.bluepentheatre.com
Intimate Theaters; Downtown LA, South LA, East LA:
RECOMMENDED F-KING STRANGERS
Sean Luc Rogers and James Tupper (Photo by Cooper Bates)
Role-playing and fantasy spiral into a wildly unpredictable collision of sex, secrecy, family and redemption in Erik Patterson’s new play. Stage Raw’s review. Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave., Atwater; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 4 pm, Mon., 8 pm; thru Aug. 24. https://EchoTheaterCompany.com
RECOMMENDED SLAVA UKRAINI!
Christopher Reiling and James Morris (Photo by Deverill Weeks)
Keith Szarabajka’s play tells the story of three soldiers, two Ukrainian and one Russian, trapped in the bombed-out Azovstal Iron and Steel Works plant in Mariupol, Ukraine days before the siege ended. Stage Raw’s review. A Few Thoughts Theatre Co., Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casita Ave., Atwater; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm, Mon., 8 pm; thru Aug. 31. https://www.instagram.com/p/DbceHY6x9mC/
Intimate Theaters, Valleys in LA County:
RECOMMENDED APPLAUSE
Savannah Mortenson and Leslie Stevens (Photo by Doug Engalla)
In this musical, an earnest, respectful understudy endears herself to a Broadway actress and then engineers a way to appear on stage in place of the star and steal all the thunder. Based on the 1950 film, All About Eve. Stage Raw’s review. Main Stage of the Lonny Chapman Theatre, 10900 Burbank Blvd., North Hollywood. Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Aug. 30. www.theGROUPrep.com
RECOMMENDED GRAVE MISTAKES
Jon Paul Burkhart, Marjorie “MJ Scott, and Chris Durmick (Photo by Sean Dube)
Ben Abbott’s play is about a book editor and his co-worker confronting a bizarre landlord and a ghost hunter with plans to transform their cozy workspace into a paranormal tourist attraction. Stage Raw’s review. Skypilot Theatre Company, LACAE Theatre, 11031 Camarillo St., N. Hollywood; Thurs.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Aug. 30. http://www.onstage411.com/gravemistakes
RECOMMENDED LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE
Nicole J. Butler, Julie Dove, Gloria Ines Back Pamella Pearl and Julia Manis (Photo by Kelli Dawn Hancock)
Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron’s play based on the novel by Ilene Beckerman. Stage Raw’s review. Sawyer’s Playhouse, 11031 Camarillo St., North Hollywood; Sat., 7 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://seeourshow.ludus.com/index.php
RECOMMENDED MATT & BEN
Spring Ferrara and Genevieve Lerner (Photo by Max Downs)
Mindy Kaling and Brenda Withers’ play imagines what might have happened when Matt Damon and Ben Affleck came into possession of the script for Good Will Hunting. Stage Raw’s review. The Sherry Theatre, 11052 Magnolia Blvd., N. Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm; thru Sept. 5. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/matt-and-ben-tickets-1990745462267
THIS IS WHERE WE CAME IN Imagine being trapped in a world where you are forced to act out old folk tales told over and over again by three very inept storytellers who keep getting the stories wrong. Also imagine that everything that happens in the stories really happens to you. That’s the situation that these five story-players find themselves in. Stage Raw’s review. ELATE, Lincoln Stegman Theatre, 6020 Radford Ave., N Hollywood; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://events.ticketleap.com/tickets/elate-1094460696/this-is-where-we-came-in
Intimate Theaters, West Side and Beaches:
CINDERELLA An adaptation of the fairytale classic for kids involving magical special effects by James Cooper, a glass slipper, a magic wand, and the participation of the audience. Santa Monica Playhouse 1211 4th St., Santa Monica; Sat., 2 pm, Sun., 12:30 pm; thru Aug. 30. https://santamonicaplayhouse.com
RECOMMENDED CYRANO DE BERGERAC
Paul Flores and Julianne Holmquist (Photo by Mark Chen)
Edmund Rostand’s classic romance about a celebrated poet, fearless swordsman, and master of language too intimidated to speak to the woman he loves. Stage Raw’s review. Long Beach Shakespeare Company, Helen Borgers Theatre, 4250 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach. Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Aug. 29. https://www.lbshakespeare.org/events
RECOMMENDED GRANGEVILLE
Jeff LeBeau and Tim Cummings (Photo by John Perrin Flynn)
Two estranged half-brothers—one living in rural Grangeville, Idaho, the other in Amsterdam—reconnect through a series of virtual conversations as they grapple with decisions about their ailing mother’s care in Samuel D Hunter’s play. Stage Raw’s review. The Ruskin Group Theatre Arts Center, 2800 Airport Ave., Santa Monica; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru September 20. https://www.ruskingrouptheatre.com/
KIMBERLY AKIMBO David Lindsay Abaire’s play explores what it means to grow up, grow old and cherish every single moment we are given. Stage Raw’s review. Theater Palisades, Odyssey Theatre, 2055 S. Sepulveda Blvd., West LA; Fri.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 3 pm,; thru Aug. 30. https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=348813
RECOMMENDED LAKEFRONT
Michael Gabiano and Mouchette Van Helsdignen (Photo by Eric Keitel)
Two elderly singles rent a lakefront cabin together to test their intimacy, then deal with questions and regrets. Stage Raw’s review. Theater 40, The Reuben Cordova theatre, 241 Moreno Dr., Beverly Hills; Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Sun., 2 pm; thru Aug. 26. www.theatre40.org
MY LAWYER IS AN ANGEL A comedy that underscores the importance of family and how things can go awry when we place the bottom line at the top of the list. Santa Monica Playhouse, 1411 4th St., Santa Monica; Sat., 7 pm, Sun., 3 pm; thru Aug. 23. SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com/My-Lawyer-is-an-Angel.html
OUT WITH A BANG In this senior citizen comedy by Tony Pasqualini, a woman asks her ex-husband to help her take revenge on an abusive neighbor. Pacific Resident Theatre, 705 1/2 Venice Blvd., Venice. Thurs. and Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 3 pm, Sat., June 13, 2 pm; thru Sept. 6. https://app.arts-people.com/index.php?show=302016
TWO GENTLEBOTS OF VERONA A one hour family-friendly adaptation of Shakespeare’s Two Gentlemen Of Verona from The Actors’ Gang. Media Park, downtown Culver City, 9091 Culver Blvd, Culver City. Opens Sat., Aug. 1; Sat.-Sun., 11 am; thru Aug. 23. Free but reservations recommended. www.theactorsgang.com
Intimate Theaters, Neighboring Counties:
No productions submitted.
Special Events:
6 OUT OF 10 McKinnon Powell’s deeply personal one man show about a struggling gay actor from the South trying to be a perfect ten in Hollywood. Soaring Solo Studios for the Theatre 68 Arts Festival, 5118 Lankershim Blvd., N. Hollywood. Thurs., Aug. 20, 6:30 pm. https://theatre68artsfestival.stagey.net/projects/14906?tab=tickets
ADDICTION: THE MUSICAL Derek Anthony Gray’s one man show, accompanied by his band, is based on his personal life story and journey of resilience through addiction, homelessness, recovery and hope. Whitefire Theatre, 13500 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks. Thurs.-Sat., 7:30 pm, Aug. 20-22, 8 pm. www.addictionthemusical.com
BRISK FESTIVAL LA 2026 A vibrant selection of original short plays, international voices, and multicultural storytelling, featuring 49 short plays, including 30 productions in English and 19 productions in Spanish. Morgan-Wilson Theater Theatre, 2627 Santa Monica Blvd., Santa Monica. Opens Sat., Aug. 22; check website for schedule; thru Sept. 13. https://briskfestival.com/tickets/
MEAL OF THE PLAY: HAMLET DINNER PARTY A four-course meal inspired by Hamlet in an immersive theatrical performance. A private home in Glendale; address given with purchase of ticket. Sat., Aug. 22, 7 pm. https://www.thefalafelgarden.com/meal-of-the-play
PICK OF THE VINE SHORT PLAY FESTIVAL Short plays from a diverse lineup of celebrated and emerging playwrights. This year’s theme: The Pond @ Little Fish Theatre, 514 N Prospect Ave, Ste. L1, Redondo Beach. Opens Fri., Aug. 21; Fri.-Sat., 8 pm, Sun., 2:30 pm; thru Sept. 6. https://www.littlefishtheatre.org/pond/
STAND IN THE LIGHT A solo show festival consisting of 15 plays in four separate programs. CASA 0101, Gloria Molina Auditorium, 2102 East First Street, Boyle Heights. Opens Fri., Aug. 21; check website for schedule; thru Sept. 13. www.casa0101.org.
VISITING MR. GREEN A staged reading of a play by Jeff Baron: What starts as a comedy about two men who do not want to be in the same room together, becomes a gripping and moving drama as they get to know each other, come to care about each other, and open old wounds they’ve been hiding and nursing for years. West Coast Jewish Theatre,Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica. Sat., Aug. 22, 7 pm, Sun. Aug 23, 2 pm. https://wcjt.org
THEATER WEST SUMMER READING SERIES readings of an eclectic series of plays from various playwrights. Peter West, 3333 Cahuenga Blvd. W., LA. Tues., Aug. 11 to Sept. 15; check website for schedule. Free. www.theatrewest.org
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
