Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company
Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.
Dates: 7/17/2026 - 8/24/2026
📍 Theatre: Atwater Village Theatre
The Echo Theater Company
3269 Casitas Ave.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Phone: (747) 350-8066
Tickets: $15 - $42.75
The Echo Theater Company presents the world premiere of a deliciously off-kilter comedy. Ru hasn’t left his bedroom in six years. Mick can’t stop paying for affection. Julianne mourns the life she never pursued. Dylan sells companionship to anyone who can afford him. In this dark comedy of love, sex, isolation and reinvention, four seemingly complete strangers discover they’re connected in ways none of them could possibly imagine. July 15-Aug. 24; all Monday night performances are Pay-What-You-Want. The Echo Theater Company, Atwater Village Theatre, 3269 Casitas Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90039
July 17–Aug. 24 (including final preview) • Fridays at 8 p.m. • Saturdays at 8 p.m. • Sundays at 4 p.m. • Mondays at 8 p.m.
Ticket prices: $15 - $42.75 • Pay-What-You-Want starting at $15 cash at the door plus an additional $1.50 per ticket fee if purchasing online or at the door with a credit card. • Early Bird tickets to Friday, Saturday or Sunday performances through July 3 (available online only): $20 plus a $1.75 credit card fee. • Tickets to Friday, Saturday or Sunday performances purchased after July 3: $40 cash with an additional $2.75 fee per ticket if using a credit card.
Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.
Erik Patterson's dark comedy F**KING STRANGERS, directed by Chris Fields, opens at Atwater Village Theatre, following four characters whose online and real-life obsessions spiral into shocking, comedic revelations. Check out the photos, below.
I spoke with playwright Erik Patterson about his twisted, hilarious and unexpectedly moving story about loneliness, desire, family secrets and the strange ways people try to save one another.They are Ru, who hasn’t left his bedroom in six years; Mick, who can’t stop paying for affection; Julianne, who mourns the life she never pursued; and Dylan, who sells companionship to anyone who can afford him.
The Echo Theater Company will present the world premiere of F**king Strangers, a dark comedy by Erik Patterson, commissioned by the company and directed by artistic director Chris Fields
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