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HOBGOBLIN PLAYHOUSE

6440 Santa Monica Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90038

Upcoming Shows

Baby Bipolar
Jun 7 – Jun 21, 2026

Baby Bipolar is a solo show created and performed by Maria Mainelli, directed by Fiona Campbell, making its West Coast premiere at Hollywood Fringe 2026....

Hold That Thought While I Scream
Hold That Thought While I Scream
Jun 6 – Jun 28, 2026

Set in a 1940s therapist’s office, a therapist meets with three increasingly fractured clients, each bringing their own confessions, delusions, and carefully constructed narratives. As...



Review: Updated FLOWER DRUM SONG Returns to Los Angeles by East West Players


by Shari Barrett - April 29, 2026

Astounding triple-threat talent is on display in big production numbers with attention-grabbing scenic elements by brilliant designers add to the artistic wonder of the entire production helmed by EWP Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, choreographed by Janelle Dote Portman, with music direction by...

Review: BACK TO OZ at Mark Taper Forum


by Harker Jones - April 28, 2026

BACK TO OZ is an exhilarating trip through history and down the Yellow Brick Road...

Review: Last Call Theatre Invites You to Discover The Liminary


by Shari Barrett - April 27, 2026

Be ready to play your part to find out who can you trust and who wants to destroy The Liminary. Depending on the questions asked and information gathered via audience participation, the process and ending will be different at each of the performances....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents World Premiere of EAT ME


by Michael Quintos - April 26, 2026

First developed and workshopped at South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2025, celebrated new “it” playwright Talene Monahon’s freshly birthed play EAT ME is currently being presented at OC’s Tony Award-winning regional theater as a fully-formed World Premiere prod...

Review: LOVE STRUCK by Macha Theatre/Films at Odyssey Theatre


by Shari Barrett - April 25, 2026

We never get a sense of what draws these two women to each other (other than sex), or what they have in common other than auditioning for acting work. Nor do we witness them falling in love, which makes it difficult to care whether or not their relationship succeeds....

Review: HELL MOUTH at The Road Theatre


by Harker Jones - April 23, 2026

The star of the show, in the end, is Jacobson’s script, leading us toward the titular HELL MOUTH through five well-drawn characters and their existential crises that mirror our own....

Review: MASTER HAROLD...AND THE BOYS at Geffen Playhouse


by Evan Henerson - April 21, 2026

The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life....

Review: AMERIKA OR, THE MAN WHO DISAPPEARED - an Open Fist and Circle X co-production


by Harker Jones - April 16, 2026

The MVP of the show is the dynamic Oqalile Tshetshe, who has a star-making role that he inhabits with complexity, depth, and grace....

Review: Revamped MEAN GIRLS Musical Debuts at La Mirada Theatre


by Michael Quintos - April 15, 2026

Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation o...

Review: TEEN BEAT LIVE: 80S MOVIE MIXTAPE at CineVita


by Melissa Heckscher - April 15, 2026

TEEN BEAT LIVE is an immersive musical ode to the 80s that's a must-see, whether or not you’ve ever used a rotary phone, worn a Walkman, or unfolded the boy-toy poster from a Teen Beat magazine....

Past Shows

Blood Brides
Apr 30 – May 3, 2026

Blood Brides, written and directed by Ellie Pyle, is a one-woman show starring Mary Chieffo (Star Trek: Discovery) as four of classical theatre's greatest mythic...

Slay Me
Slay Me
Jun 8 – Jun 28, 2025

Victoria has a massive crush on her neighbor. He fixes her kitchen sink and men being useful is sexy. Ascan be expected, he turns out...

Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
Talk to Me Like the Rain and Let Me Listen
Jun 10 – Jun 28, 2025

Loneliness howls beneath whispered words and broken dreams in Tennessee Williams' quiet symphony of yearning. Two lost souls cling to the last shreds of themselves...

The Injustice of Virginity
The Injustice of Virginity
Jun 7 – Jun 28, 2025

"The Injustice of Virginity" is a thought-provoking and hilarious exploration of self-discovery. Through Justice's experiences, the play examines themes of sexual expectations, gender identity, and...

Grocery Store Romance
Grocery Store Romance
Jun 9 – Jun 25, 2025

Ever gone out for a loaf of bread and come home with a bun in the oven?  Grocery Store Romance is a heartfelt comedy that follows...

To Be Liberated
To Be Liberated
Jun 6 – May 19, 2025

From the creators of the award-winning Maron Doll and CadenzaTo Be LiberatedIn commemoration of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation, Liberation is a poignant and deeply moving theatrical experience that weaves...

ne-Fairy-ous
ne-Fairy-ous
Jun 9 – Jun 27, 2024

This is a multimedia, musical, and solo show about a changeling named Mage Lynn. Mage Lynn the changeling. She was an imaginative child with an...

Party Princess
Party Princess
Jun 11 – Jun 22, 2024

Party Princess is a darkly funny one woman play about a disillusioned birthday party princess hurtling rapidly towards the end of her rope. One day she...

The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull
The Terrible Legend of Victoria Woodhull
Jun 3 – Jun 19, 2018

Many terrible legends have been told about the infamous Victoria C. Woodhull, Wall Street's first female stockbroker, the first woman to formally address Congress and...

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