It’s the 10th Annual Santa Monica Playhouse BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre, Oct 14 – Nov 16, the only FREE Fringe Festival in the nation, offering over 36 plays, workshops and family-oriented events. What’s happening on BFF TUESDAYS? Oct 14: In How to Live Like a Millionaire When You’re a Million Short, best-selling author/presenter Marilyn Anderson provides tons of money-saving tips on entertainment, travel, shopping, fashion, health, beauty, home décor and more. Includes sumptuous opening night Wine and Sweets reception with Marilyn. 60 min. All ages. (almost full) Oct 21: Cynthia Spierer’s moving ensemble piece, A Crack in Everything, is a tense and tender romantic drama about the cost of seeing someone clearly through a fractured wall. Directed by Eric Scott Golovan. 75 min. Rated 13+ (almost full) Oct 28: Sonja Marie’s FREE BRICKS is a brutally honest quest for self-acknowledgement and purpose as an emotionally exhausted individual joins the rest of the population of the Black women who are disappearing due to their Ancestors rescuing them off the planet. Includes post-show Q&A with the artist. Directed by Ernie Silva. 70 min. Rated 18+ Nov 4: Warren Sata’s Encounters: The Adventures of Heroes and Heroines, Beekeepers, Babysitters and Helper – a First Look Staged Reading. 75 min. Rated 12+ Nov 11: Albie Selznick’s Letter from David – a kid’s quest to work with David Bowie. Did he succeed? Come and find out. Includes post show Q&A with the artists. Directed by Laura Maccabee. 75 min. All ages. Binge on Theatre this Fall – a great alternative to your couch. Santa Monica Playhouse programs are supported in part by generous grants from the We Are Santa Monica Fund, the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Department of Arts and Culture, the City of Santa Monica and the Santa Monica Arts Commission, the Ahmanson Foundation and Playhouse PALS.
Ages: Each show is different - check the website https://SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com for details
Santa Monica Playhouse is at 1211 4th Street, Santa Monica, CA.
Jewish for Dinner – a romantic comedy about love, lies & latkes (1/18/26-3/1/26)
Stand-up Jesus! Blessed be the Punchlines! Sold Out in October – now it’s the Second Coming! (1/17/26-3/21/26)
Stand-up Jesus! Sold out in October, he’s back for the second coming! (1/17/26-3/21/26)
Award-winning show Black Bastard leaves audiences screaming for more! (12/13/25-12/14/25)
ALEICHEM SHOLOM! The Wit and Wisdom of Sholom Aleichem – a “Brilliant” musical comedy (12/7/25-12/14/25)
All About Santa - the Rudie-DeCarlo holiday musical for kids 2 to 102 (12/6/25-12/14/25)
Thanks for Sharing – celebrate Thanksgiving in true Theatre R.A.W. style (11/17/25-11/18/25)
BIG HAIR; a Rad & Wild Love Affair – the dynamic love story of Gilda Radner and Gene Wilder (11/16/25-11/16/25)
Big Hair: A Rad and Wild Love Affair (11/16/25-11/16/25)
Naturally Tan (11/16/25-11/16/25)
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Louisa Gillis
North Coast Repertory Theatre (1/14 - 2/8) | |
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Henrik Ibsen’s Hedda Gabler
The Old Globe (2/7 - 3/8) | |
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Ballybunion Backs Bill!
The Broadwater Main Stage (2/26 - 3/15) NEW PLAY LOS ANGELES PREMIERE
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Millennials Are Killing Musicals
The Colony Theatre (4/30 - 5/17) NEW MUSICAL | |
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Ann Hampton Callaway - Here's to Life
Feinstein's at the Nikko (1/31 - 1/31)
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BOY IN A BOX
The Whitefire Theater (2/27 - 2/27)
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Near Sex For Work
The Elysian Theater (3/4 - 3/4) | |
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Je''Caryous Johnson Presents: The Greatest Love Singer - Tribute
Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center (2/12 - 2/12) | |
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Oliver!
OBCTheater (2/6 - 2/15) | |
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“A Night on Broadway” –Where Theatre Meets Rock & Roll
The Colony Theatre (2/22 - 2/22) | |
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EIGHT SECONDS
Golden West College Mainstage Theater (3/6 - 3/15) | |
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