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PACIFIC RESIDENT THEATRE

705 Venice Blvd
Venice 90291



Review: PUCK BUNNIES: A HEATED RIVALRY DRAG MUSICAL PARODY at Dynasty Typewriter


by Andrew Child - May 17, 2026

Puck Bunnies, a musical from the minds of Kyra Brown and Christian Leonard lovingly lampoons the ludicrousness of this love story through heightened impersonations, witty pop culture needle drops, and a boatload of silliness....

Review: South Coast Repertory Presents West Coast Debut of FREMONT AVE.


by Michael Quintos - May 14, 2026

Beautifully acted, engagingly riveting, and populated with impactful characters, Reggie D. White's thoughtfully sprawling and emotionally layered new play—directed by Lili-Anne Brown—delivers an ambitious, deeply affecting examination of generational legacy, Black identity, masculinity, and the ...

Review: MILLENNIALS ARE KILLING MUSICALS at Colony Theater


by Evan Henerson - May 13, 2026

As directed by Kristin Hanggi and led by actors Emma Hunton, Diana Huey and Aynsley Bubbico, KILLING MUSICALS looks to blend pathos, satire and female empowerment not always particularly smoothly....

Review: THE CAROLE KING AND JAMES TAYLOR STORY at BroadStage


by Shari Barrett - May 08, 2026

While harmonizing to perfection, Katis rules the piano with the sensitivity necessary to realistically perform King’s songs of self-awareness and the longing to find your place in the world, while Clews’ finger-picking expertise on guitar adds a real sense of introspective musical magic to Taylo...

Review: THE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME DANCE: THE SONGS OF JULE STYNE at the El Portal


by Harker Jones - May 07, 2026

This marks the second triumph for co-creator-director-choreographer Scott Thompson, following his sensational “One For My Baby” at the same venue last year....

Review: THE EAVES at Nocturne Theatre


by Harker Jones - May 05, 2026

Director Meyer keeps things moving at a fair clip without ever seeming rushed, and he serves up real scares....

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...

Past Shows

Fostered
Fostered
Jun 7 – Jul 20, 2025

Fostered is an adult comedy about a rather chaotic family in Scarsdale, New York. Set in 2016, just prior to the election, and moving into...

Fostered
Fostered
Jun 7 – Jul 20, 2025

Fostered is an adult comedy about a rather chaotic family in Scarsdale, New York. Set in 2016, just prior to the election, and moving into...

Demolition
Demolition
Sep 26 – Nov 24, 2024

This heartwarming and funny new play explores how a young boy navigates life’s complexities, and the decisions that can form us as adults.

The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
Sep 20 – Oct 6, 2024

What happens when a James Bond-like spy gets sent to rehab for his excessive drinking, gambling, womanizing and anger issues? His journey to enlightenment gets...

The Spy Who Went Into Rehab
Jul 26 – Aug 25, 2024

The Spy Who Went Into Rehab offers a comedic exploration of a James Bond-like hero grappling with his destructive habits as he undergoes rehabilitation. Playwright...

A Permanent Image
A Permanent Image
Feb 3 – Feb 25, 2024

OBIE Award winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s A PERMANENT IMAGE thought provoking play is extending through February 25, 2024. Those traditionally joyous and colorful holidays are approaching...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike
Apr 29 – Jul 2, 2023

Winner of the Tony Award for Best Play and the N.Y. Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, this hilarious and touching production is Christopher Durang’s...

Albee/Pinter
Albee/Pinter
Nov 18 – Dec 17, 2022

Harnessing the flair of two iconic playwrights, Pacific Resident Theatre delights in offering a pair of meaty dark comedies. Albee’s Fam and Yam and Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter are presented...

Stalled
Stalled
Apr 2 – May 15, 2022

A new contemporary live play with music and spoken word, celebrating the multi-layered nature of womens lives. Supported by a live band quartet, the story...

All My Sons
All My Sons
Jan 10 – Mar 8, 2020

"Explosive as ever. Well-paced staging" - LA Times EXTENDED THROUGH MARCH 8th! Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best New Play,...

Andy Warhol’s Tomato
Andy Warhol’s Tomato
Sep 26 – Oct 27, 2019

Its 1946 in Pittsburgh. An 18-year-old Andy Warhol finds himself in the basement of the working class bar. Over the course of a summer, Andy...

I am Sophie
I am Sophie
Nov 17 – Jan 27, 2019

Are you living your true self? Filled with philosophie de la vie, humor, and heartache I Am Sophie is a journey of identity. The audience...

Baby Doll
Baby Doll
Sep 16 – Sep 30, 2018

Pacific Resident Theatre presents a Workshop of TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’ BABY DOLL Screenplay by Tennessee Williams Adapted for the Stage by Pierre Laville and Emiliy Mann...

Alright Then
Alright Then
Jan 27 – Mar 25, 2018

Starring Orson Bean and Alley Mills Tony Award nominee, and winner of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award (Best Solo Performance 2015), Orson Bean,...

Sunday Concert Series
Sunday Concert Series
Nov 12 – Dec 10, 2017

Pacific Resident Theatre’s Sunday Concert Series (in their new space, formerly Wanda’s Antique Store, next to the 703 Mainstage Theater), will be an eclectic endeavor: ...

It's Time
It's Time
Mar 11 – Apr 16, 2017

Created by award winning writer/performer Paul Linke, who is returning to PRT, having performed his superb “Time Trilogy” there in 1998. His remarkable new show...

A Touch Of The Poet (extended dates)
A Touch Of The Poet (extended dates)
Dec 9 – Jan 29, 2017

"A production for serious theatergoers...thrilling, unexpected” - Broadway World Burning with the dramatic fire of irreconcilable passions and conflicting dreams, this rarely produced masterpiece is...

A Touch of the Poet
A Touch of the Poet
Nov 5 – Dec 18, 2016

Burning with the dramatic fire of irreconcilable passions and conflicting dreams, this rarely produced masterpiece is set in a tawdry tavern near Boston on the...

The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
Jun 18 – Aug 14, 2016

Poetry of the heart ignites powerful desires that can no longer be ignored by Alma. The preacher’s daughter boldly seizes on a chance to follow...

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Davies Symphony Hall (7/09-7/10)
Peter Hook And The Light in Los Angeles Peter Hook And The Light
Hollywood Palladium (9/19-9/19)
A Role Playing Game in Los Angeles A Role Playing Game
The Hobgoblin Playhouse on Gardner (Main Stage) (6/08-6/28)