East West Players is at 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA.
EWP was founded by nine Asian American artists (Mako, Rae Creevey, Beulah Quo, Soon-Tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Li, June Kim, Guy Lee, and Yet Lock) seeking to create roles beyond the stereotypical parts they were offered in mainstream Hollywood. In 1998, EWP Artistic Director Tim Dang led the company’s move from a 99-seat Equity Waiver “black box” theatre into a new 240-seat venue at an Actors Equity Association contract level. EWP’s main stage is the David Henry Hwang Theater, housed within the Union Center for the Arts in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. The theater serves more than 25,000 people each year, and has become a creative center in this historically significant setting. When Dang retired in 2016, his successor Snehal Desai was appointed to guide East West Players into a new wave of artistic leadership. Desai has committed to steering the work of East West Players with an intersectional focus that further unveils the diversity of Asian Pacific identities as portrayed on stage.
Videos
Jekyll & Hyde
Nocturne Theatre (4/5 - 4/21) | ||
Silent Sky
Azusa Pacific University Theater Arts Dept (4/11 - 4/20) | ||
Spring Awakening
The Broadwater Mainstage (4/26 - 5/11) | ||
Kairos
David Henry Hwang Theater (4/4 - 4/28) COMEDY NEW PLAY
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Footloose The Musical
Mira Costa High School (4/26 - 5/4) | ||
Patti LuPone: A Life in Notes at LA Opera
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (4/20 - 4/20) | ||
What The Constitution Means To Me
International City Theatre (5/2 - 5/19) | ||
PRELUDE TO A KISS, THE MUSICAL
South Coast Repertory (4/5 - 5/4) | ||
VOX Cabaret
Catalina Jazz Club (5/5 - 5/5) | ||
Nic & Desi: Broadway to Hollywood
Oscar's Palm Springs (5/11 - 5/11) | ||
Paul Pfeiffer: Prologue to the Story of the Birth of Freedom
The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA (11/12 - 6/16) | ||
CINDERELLA – an “Enchanting” Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical for kids 2 to 102
Santa Monica Playhouse (2/3 - 4/28) | ||
Company
Pantages Theatre (7/30 - 8/18) | ||
Provenance
The MAIN Theatre (9/13 - 9/29) | ||
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