A sharp satirical drama written by Ray Richmond and directed by Lee Costello, described as a homage to the works of Clifford Odets. The play follows Rebecca and Daniel, a couple steeped in political resistance, as they struggle to rebuff an unbearable truth unfolding in real...
Written and directed by Christina Tinde Jesenski, this 65-minute American Gothic drama follows a preacher's daughter and her father's protégé as they give in to a secret, tender intimacy outside an abandoned church, until guilt takes hold of one but not the other. The production...
Written and directed by Barrett DeYoung, this 60-minute play is set in a 1940s therapist's office where a therapist tries to hold her composure through patient after patient while quietly unraveling herself. The production was recommended by LA Theatre Bites as the best thing...
A solo show written and performed by Dara Kosberg, nominated for the 2026 Fringe Award for Comedy. When Dara gets the call that her mother is dying while she is studying abroad in Australia, an already complicated mother-daughter relationship becomes even more so. The show takes...
Written and performed by Stefan Marks, an LA Ovation Award winner known for OPHELIA at the Odyssey Theatre and HELLO, this 60-minute solo show follows an older man who, after being kicked out of a develop-your-own-one-person-show workshop, searches for one truthful moment to...
Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…
Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…
WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…
In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…
Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
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The second annual Daredevil Arts Festival is a multidisciplinary arts festival showcasing unique and boundary-pushing performing artists from Venice Beach, spanning theater, dance, comedy, cabaret, music, multimedia, and more. The festival offers nearly 50 unique shows across...
Just to Be Close to You is an award-winning clown show by Cam Poter, presented as part of the Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice, CA.
SQRM is an experimental theater piece by Carole Kim, presented as part of the Daredevil Arts Festival in Venice, CA.
Desperate to give her sister the perfect wedding, Tabitha needs to find a plus one. The good news? She meets a great guy. The bad news? He’s a serial killer. When the wedding party starts dropping like flies, Tabitha realizes she made a terrible mistake in bringing Hunter. But...
A dark comedy that follows two friends attempting to process their survival of a school shooting. G3 Productions proudly announces a limited engagement of The Second Best School Shooting , written by Alice Stanley Jr. and directed by Lauren Johansen. The play opens on May 8...
Written and directed by Marja-Lewis Ryan. Inspired by the chilling true crimes of Dorothea Puente—who ran a social security scam out of her boarding house for seniors— The Best Boarding House in Delaware explores themes of trust, vulnerability, and survival. Ryan brings her...
The world premiere of The Best Boarding House in Delaware by writer and director Marja-Lewis Ryan is now playing at The Electric Lodge in Venice, CA. The play, featuring Emmy Award-winning actress Leigh Taylor-Young, is inspired by the true crimes of Dorothea Puente, exploring...
The Electric Lodge Presents: High Voltage Queenfest 2026 A pageant variety show Talent abounds in our fair city, but only one can be crowned monarch of the Queenfest Pageant. The contestants may be the most skilled comedians, musicians, and farm animal impressionists around– but...
The Electric Lodge Presents: High Voltage Queenfest 2025 R.I.P. To Our Rights; A funeral variety show Queenfest , an International Women's Day Variety Show, invites you to a funeral variety show in honor of Our Rights. In lieu of flowers, all proceeds will be donated to Planned...
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