Upcoming Shows
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a multi-media celebration of the life of Academy Award-winning actress Olympia Dukakis that includes You and Me, a one-act play written...
by Shari Barrett - March 16, 2026
Directed magnificently by Elijah Green, with energetic choreography by Katie Powers-Faulk and musical direction by Miki Yokomizo, the totally entertaining and artistically brilliant production pulled me in from the moment it started....
by Andrew Child - March 15, 2026
This is inside baseball with tensions, heartaches, and personal touches that no one wants to have to explain afterward to their token straight friend....
by Evan Henerson - March 14, 2026
Weston Gaylord’s mind-bender of play enhances the mystery of an already fascinating creature and of the limitless possibilities of what we don’t know....
by Andrew Child - March 13, 2026
Glass feels to be in direct conversation with grand opera, layering incantations from the chorus over triangulations of notes played nearly ad nauseam on violas to evoke something of the mystery that shrouds ancient Egypt in western culture....
by Evan Henerson - March 13, 2026
With all its visual delights on full display, the non-Equity production directed by Catie Davis (from the original direction by Alex Timbers) is a carnival of the macabre....
by Shari Barrett - March 09, 2026
Thanks to de Santos’ insightful direction, the on-going dialogues never seem to drag and the action flows at a pace which keeps the audience interested in just what happens between these well-written characters....
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....
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....
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....
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....
Past Shows
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance expands in its ninth year, doubling the number of offerings and spilling over into a second...
Bob's Holiday Office Party returns to the Odyssey Theatre for its 28th season, bringing back the beloved chaos of a small-town Iowa holiday gathering. Written...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the American premiere of a dark musical thriller inspired by a medieval French fairy tale. This horror-infused romance of deceit, murder,...
GO PLAY! is a new poignant comedy written and directed by award-winning writer Barra Grant (Off-Broadway’s Miss America’s Ugly Daughter and A Mother, a Daughter and a...
Written and directed by award-winning writer Barra Grant (Off-Broadway's Miss America's Ugly Daughter), GO PLAY! is a poignant new comedy about three strangers and their dogs meeting for the...
A raw, unflinching journey into moral injury, searing memories, and the fight to make peace with the choices of war
Jackie, fresh out of prison, enrolled in Alcoholics Anonymous, and newly employed, spots a mysterious hat in the room he shares with his high school...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents two evenings, one in English and one in Spanish, of MALICE: Stories of Injustice, a series of monologues inspired by true...
The Seagull, one of Chekhov’s most popular plays and a favorite among actors, returns with a vital new production directed by Chekhov expert and actor...
Ritch Shydner presents a compelling one-night-only performance, exploring the evolution of stand-up comedy in America. Through anecdotes about forgotten trailblazers, martyred icons, and well-known stars,...
The West Coast Premiere of Brett C. Leonard's Guinea Pig Solo. A stunning riff on Buchner's 1836 classic Woyzeck, this "electrifying journey into the depths of...
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Cirque du Soleil clown Daniel Passer and award-winning director Beth F. Milles bring a clown ode to loss and remembrance to the Odyssey stage, exploring...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the Southern California premiere of a humorous, uplifting, powerful new drama by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright James Ijames (Fat Ham). Four Black...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a song compendium that spans the breadth of Stephen Sondheim’s oeuvre, directed by soprano Angelina Réaux, who personally knew and worked...
In this wildly comic, music-filled drama, “Father of the People” Joseph Stalin and Soviet cultural minister Andrei Zhdanov summon composers Sergei Prokofiev and Dmitri Shostakovich...
The Lower East Side, 1956. Marvin (Malcom Barrett), a young art patron with a secret, meets Ted (James Urbaniak), a middle-aged painter with a secret....
Birding connects a father and daughter whose relationship is strained by different views of the world in Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Los Angeles premiere of Birds...
Harold Pinter fans can enjoy 72 minutes of quintessential Pinter in the Nobel Prize-winning playwright’s rarely-produced early work. Pinter’s tragicomedy of manners is a funny,...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents acclaimed British director Richard Eyres stunning new adaptation of Ghosts by Henrik Ibsen. Eyre illuminates Ibsens masterpiece, seen as a scandalous...
Sleep, awakeness, psychosis, enlightenment, coma. How thin is the veil that separates them? The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble explores some of the many states of human...
Bad behavior has never been so much fun. Foursome Productions presents the first L.A. revival of Yasmina Rezas scathingly funny, Tony Award-winning comedy of manners...
The world premiere of its alive, ITS ALIVE!, an outrageous musical satire that reflects on our national panic in the face of the pandemic, conceived...
Go ahead take the apple. A work of experimental theater that explores the biblical Book of Genesis while comparing it to the modern experience, The...
Orpheus, Eurydice, a trouble-making horse and Death herself converge in this very funny and irreverent reimagining of the Greek myth by surrealist poet, playwright and...
Pulitzer Prize; NY Drama Critics Circle; OBIE Award Recipient David Mamet directs his new play in Los Angeles, scheduled for 11 performances only. A guest...
Grammy-winning chanteuse Julia Migenes travels back to the Paris of Edith Piaf, Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway in this evening of nostalgic French chansons by...
A new play with much music, influenced by the golden era of Hollywood musicals, from Irish writer/performer Pat Kinevane and the team that previously brought...
Papa Dozes, Mama Blows Her Noses. Thats just one of the delightfully quirky musical numbers from this Obie award-winning musical romp adapted by composer Al...
A bank heist, a corpse and a crazy cast of characters. Joe Ortons darkly comic masterpiece continues to shock and delight over five decades later....
In the sultry streets of New Orleans, passions flare and cultures collide in Tennessee Williams Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece. Blanche DuBois, a fading relic of the...
Brian Friels mysterious, humorous and unforgettable work about the life and times of an itinerant Irish healer. Is Fantastic Francis Hardy a miracle worker or...
The West Coast premiere of the acclaimed off-Broadway hit by Nicky Silver (Broadways The Lyons). Celebrated actress Audrey Langham reaches her breaking point while rehearsing...
A darkly funny, shockingly absurd and endlessly surprising vision of a world in transition by MacArthur genius Taylor Mac. Somewhere in the suburbs, Isaac has...
Viola Davis and Julius Tennons JuVee Productions and American Oasis present the West Coast premiere of Laura Maria Censabellas moving, funny and thought-provoking drama, Paradise....
What if God turned out to be a Puerto Rican steam bath attendant, assisted by a butler named Gottlieb? Renowned stand up comedian and actor...
The Los Angeles premiere of an outrageous comedy with a killer heart by acclaimed British playwright and provocateur Philip Ridley. In this viciously funny satire...
Three aging clowns compete for a job in an absurdly comic look at man’s fear of uselessness in society. Inspired by a 1970 Federico Fellini...
The sophistication, wit, insight, heart and genius of Broadway's most innovative and influential artist is at the center of this tribute to composer-lyricist Stephen Sondheim....
In this newly imagined, dramatic version of Aristophanes’ Lysistrata by acclaimed playwright Eduardo Machado, an aristocratic Athenian matron is crushed by fateful events and gradually...
A savagely hilarious comedy about family, faith and legacy. A beloved grandfather has died and a treasured family heirloom with religious significance is up for...
A moving father-son story of Vietnman veteran Thomas Bird’s relationship with his World War II veteran dad and their mutual healing from the traumas of...
The Athena Cats, a collective of Southern California female playwrights and directors, presents a madcap romantic comedy that’s a perfect escape for the holidays. Liberal...
Set in Berlin and inspired by a true story, Tania Wisbar’s romantic drama explores the intersection of politics and art during the years between the...
This funny, sad, lyrical and highly original coming of age story from emerging playwright Kevin Armento features an unconventional narrator — the cell phone belonging...
A powerful and bold theatrical experience that was an overwhelming success off-Broadway, this revue of Belgian singer-songwriter Jacques Brel’s songs pays tribute to his unique...
Billy Hayes recounts the true story of his arrest in 1970 at the Istanbul Airport with two kilos of hashish taped to his body, his...
A taut and plot-twisting story of political, emotional, and sexual intrigue, penned by the creator of Netflix's House of Cards. During a hotly contested presidential primary campaign a wunderkind...
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