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HIGHWAYS PERFORMANCE SPACE

1651 18th Street (18th St. Arts Center complex)
Santa Monica, CA 90404



Review: RED HARLEM at Company Of Angels


by Evan Henerson - March 06, 2026

In the premiere of RED HARLEM at Company of Angels, director Bernadette Speakes’s production offers some frequently dynamic staging which is brought down by a mixed bag of acting performances and the heavy-handed messaging of Henderson’s script....

Review: HONOUR by Ruskin Group Theatre


by Shari Barrett - March 01, 2026

Director Max Mayer keeps the action authentic and story realistically contrite after helping execute the play’s workshop, making this production an especially meaningful return to the material....

Review: RICHARD III at A Noise Within


by Evan Henerson - February 27, 2026

Embodied by the exciting Ann Noble and surrounded by a solid cast, Richard and his dastardly deeds are every inch at home within the world of Guillermo Cienfuegos’s sweet and seedy production of RICHARD III for A Noise Within....

Review: Patti LuPone's MATTERS OF THE HEART at LA Opera


by Andrew Child - March 02, 2026

LuPone has woven an unexpected, eclectic musical collage that leads to two clear conclusions; she knows what sounds good in her voice and she knows how to sell a song....

Review: NATURAL SELECTION AT THE ZEPHYR THEATRE at Zephyr Theatre


by Tracey Paleo - February 25, 2026

NATURAL SELECTION is an excessive existential exploration of the ways women encounter their own subjectification.  Playwright Stacy Adelman, gets the point across – in the first 20 minutes. ...

Review: British Farce THE COTTAGE At Torrance Theater Company


by Shari Barrett - February 24, 2026

Hilarity ensues as alcohol is consumed, leading to brilliant cat and mouse games during which laughs abound....

Review: HERE LIES LOVE at Mark Taper Forum


by Evan Henerson - February 22, 2026

With so many delights and leaning heavily into both the political moment that is recounts and what America is experiencing in the here and now, HERE LIES LOVE rocks as aggressively as it rallies....

Review: SPAMALOT Revives A New Quest at OC's Segerstrom Center


by Michael Quintos - February 20, 2026

Initially billed as a show that was 'lovingly ripped off' from the 1975 cult classic film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, the Tony Award–winning 2005 Broadway musical comedy MONTY PYTHON'S SPAMALOT™ gleefully gallops back onto the stage in a brand new production with its signature coconut-clack...

Review: APPLAUSE at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage


by Cary Ginell - February 18, 2026

Musical Theatre Guild, the Los Angeles-based company that produces staged readings of long-forgotten, rarely seen musicals, has done it again with a stellar and highly entertaining production of the 1970 musical Applause. ...

Review: THREE COCONUTS World Premiere Comedy at Miles Memorial Playhouse


by Shari Barrett - February 18, 2026

I really enjoyed the story, acting and staging, along with recognizing the Yiddish comments, behavior and attitudes from my own life being raised by a close-knit Jewish family....

Past Shows

From Emmett Till To SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art | 2026 Encore
From Emmett Till To SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art | 2026 Encore
Feb 20

A live performance benefit on FRIDAY, FEB. 20, 2026 @ 8 pm to support Highways Performance Space, due to drastic arts fund cuts to nonprofits.

From Emmett Till To SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art
"From Emmett Till To SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art"
Oct 11

Special live event of revered performance artists, musicians & visual artists to support Santa Monica's famed Highways Performance Space, while marking two Civil Rights milestones

From Emmett Till to SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art
Oct 11

From Emmett Till to SNCC & Beyond: Words + Music + Art features a collective of performance and visual artists commemorating the 70th anniversary of...

Market Demographics
Market Demographics
Jun 13 – Jun 14, 2025

How are our identities sold to us—and to each other?

Void Decryption ERROR
Void Decryption ERROR
Nov 1 – Nov 2, 2024

Cruz's experimental evening-length work brings you into a reality that flickers like a glitch—a cryptic blend of dance, visual art, live-streaming, and film where the

Highways 35th Birthday! Featuring Sean Dorsey Dance
Highways 35th Birthday! Featuring Sean Dorsey Dance
Jun 7 – Jun 8, 2024

Highways Performance Space proudly celebrates 35 years of groundbreaking performances with an exclusive event, Highways 35th Birthday!, featuring Sean Dorsey Dance and honoring The Los...

Highways presents: It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir
Highways presents: It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir
Sep 15 – Sep 16, 2023

Highways Performance Space presents the World premiere of Michael Kearns’ sixteenth solo show, It Must Be Him: A Genderful Musical Memoir, on Friday, September 15...

Highways Presents: 4th Annual Film Maudit 2.0
Highways Presents: 4th Annual Film Maudit 2.0
Jan 12 – Jan 22, 2023

The fourth edition of Film Maudit 2.0, a showcase and celebration of outré films, takes places January 12-22, 2023 in Los Angeles and online.This year, Film Maudit 2.0 features over...

American Standard
American Standard
Sep 19 – Sep 28, 2019

Highways Performance Space presents American Standard: A Story of Enough, written by and starring Lilly Bright. Directed by award-winning soloist performer, Valerie Hager, American Standard...

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