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Rogue Machine Theatre

1416 Electric Avenue
Venice 90291

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

Review: F**KING STRANGERS at Echo Theatre Company

by Harker Jones · July 27, 2026

Focusing on four lonely people in Southern California, it dramatizes the ever-shifting facets of our relationships as we struggle to be vulnerable and honest with others and ourselves.…

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

Review: JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Chance Theater

by Michael Quintos · July 27, 2026

Beautifully and tenderly directed by Matthew McCray, this ferociously performed and often visually hypnotic intimate production of the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical is such a pleasant surprise, instantly becoming one of Chance Theater's most piercingly emotional new musicals it has ever produc…

Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep

Review: APPLAUSE at The Group Rep

by Andrew Child · July 25, 2026

Applause has too much heart and is simply too much fun to be bogged down by its shortcomings, so audiences should take advantage of catching this gem while they can.…

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

Review: OC's Segerstrom Center Welcomes HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD

by Michael Quintos · July 22, 2026

In the fantastical, visually-enchanting stage play HARRY POTTER AND THE CURSED CHILD—the theatrical continuation of J.K. Rowling's beloved magical saga—the idea of revisiting the past is embraced as its central theme, which in turn shifts the focus away from the mischievous school adventures tha…

Review: ANATOMY OF A BACK by Kick Boom Theater at Electric Lodge

Review: ANATOMY OF A BACK by Kick Boom Theater at Electric Lodge

by Shari Barrett · July 19, 2026

John Wuchte and his Kick Boom Theater ensemble of five actors and two onstage musicians (Wuchte on percussion and Sarah Green on guitar) continue their exploration of live percussion scoring the actors’ movement, gestures and stylized dialogue during Anatomy of a Back at the Electric Lodge in Veni…

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Musical Theatre West

Review: JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT at Musical Theatre West

by Michael Quintos · July 19, 2026

Musical Theatre West's brand new presentation of JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT marks the fifth time the 74-season-old institution is revisiting this ubiquitous musical, this time starring hunky Broadway alum and America's Got Talent standout Brian Justin Crum. For all intents and purp…

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Wisteria Theater

Review: MEAN GIRLS at Wisteria Theater

by Amanda Callas · July 18, 2026

Even in Los Angeles, in the midst of a spectacular live theater renaissance, there are few theaters in town doing musicals with as much deep excellence and sheer joy as Wisteria Theater.…

Past Shows

Ghostlight

Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

Ghostlight, with book by Chandler Patton and music and lyrics by Steven James Schmidt, is a new musical premiering as part of the 2026 SheLA...

Her Way (隨她而流)

Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

Her Way (隨她而流), written by Jenn Melyan, is part of the 2026 SheLA Summer Theater Festival, presented by SheNYC Arts at Rogue Machine Theatre in...

Litter

Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

Litter, written and directed by Bridget Flanery, is part of the 2026 SheLA Summer Theater Festival, presented by SheNYC Arts at Rogue Machine Theatre in...

Role Models

Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

Role Models, written and directed by Caroline Ullman, follows Jack and his older sister Willa, who haven't spoken in months since she moved to New...

The Partner or, The Sou-Sou Play

Jul 6 – Jul 12, 2026

The Partner or, The Sou-Sou Play, written by Ashley Denise Robinson, follows five first-generation women who gather every Tuesday night to exchange money, gossip, and...

Disposable Necessities

Disposable Necessities

Dec 15 – Feb 29, 2020

"CRITIC'S CHOICE" - LA Times In the future, aging and death have become annoyances of the past thanks to a process of downloading the digitized...

Finks

Finks

Nov 10 – Dec 30, 2018

A New York Times Critic’s Pick, “Finks” was nominated for a Drama Desk Award and Rogue Machine’s West Coast premiere production brings together writer Joe...

Oppenheimer

Oppenheimer

Oct 6 – Dec 30, 2018

Fascism is spreading across Europe. It’s 1939 and Franco marches on Barcelona. Two German chemists discover the processes of atomic fission. In Berkeley, California, theoretical...

American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1

American Saga - Gunshot Medley: Part 1

Sep 8 – Oct 14, 2018

A lyrical and mystical new play, with live music, about the struggle against systemic racism. Set in a haunted North Carolina graveyard this intricately crafted...

100 Aprils

100 Aprils

Jun 9 – Jul 16, 2018

Winner of the 2017 Ovation Award for “Best Season,” and two time recipient of the Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle “Polly Warfield Award for an...

Mexican Day

Mexican Day

May 26 – Jul 1, 2018

Unprecedented in Los Angeles theatre, award-winning playwright Tom Jacobson has created a trilogy of plays based on local history, and simultaneously produced by three theatre...

El Nino

El Nino

Feb 24 – Apr 2, 2018

WINNER BEST SEASON 2017 - OVATION AWARD Rogue Machine kicks off their 2018 season with Justin Tanner’s new play El Niño, directed by his long...

bled for the household truth

bled for the household truth

Nov 18 – Dec 18, 2017

Keith doesn't need a roommate, but wants one. He wants a female roommate. Pen needs a place to live - and a lot more. bled...

Daytona

Daytona

Sep 9 – Oct 30, 2017

The American premiere of Daytona, from noted British playwright and actor Oliver Cotton, will open at Rogue Machine on September 9th, after having a celebrated...

Les Blancs

Les Blancs

May 27 – Jul 3, 2017

Lorraine Hansberry considered this her most important play. It was her final work. Les Blancs depicts the waning days of colonialism crossing into the 20th...

The Pleasure Project

The Pleasure Project

Jun 8 – Jun 24, 2017

What do the humans have that could possibly be worth saving? Paula, the sexiest of the aliens, knows the answer! In this hilarious, irreverent and...

We Are Not These Hands

We Are Not These Hands

Jun 2 – Jun 24, 2017

Two cagey 15 year olds, Moth and Belly, live in the ruins of a dystopian society where filth is abundant and the addiction to consumerism...

The Interference

The Interference

Jun 6 – Jun 8, 2017

He said. She said. Truth. In a culture where student athletes become celebrities, everybody has an incentive to bury the truth…except the victim. Winner of...

Still Life

Still Life

Mar 4 – Apr 23, 2017

Academy Award winning writer (BIRDMAN) and Broadway playwright (ON YOUR FEET), Alexander Dinelaris, examines the causal link between ethics and success, life and death, art and...

Bull

Bull

Jun 9 – Jun 26, 2016

Running in rep during (and beyond) L.A.’s largest celebration of performing arts, the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Rogue Machine presents the West Coast Premiere of Mike...

Smoke

Smoke

Jun 15 – Jun 25, 2016

Starting as part of L.A.’s largest celebration of performing arts, the Hollywood Fringe Festival, Rogue Machine stages the West Coast Premiere of SMOKE by Kim...

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