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Santa Monica Playhouse

1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 90401

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Dinner with Friends

FeaturedDinner with Friends

Sep 26 – Sep 27, 2026

Dinner with Friends, the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama by Donald Margulies, is a moving, thought-provoking story about love, friendship, marriage, and the unexpected moments that change our lives. When one couple’s seemingly perfect relationship begins to unravel, their closest...

Los Angeles Premiere
The Lost Princesses of OZ – a Rudie-DeCarlo musical comedy for all ages

The Lost Princesses of OZ – a Rudie-DeCarlo musical comedy for all ages

Sep 19 – Sep 27, 2026

It’s the World Premiere Rudie-DeCarlo Family Theatre Musical in which not one, not two, but three Dorothys encounter the Wizard, the Queen of Hearts, Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood and – well, we don’t want to give away all the surprises. “You won’t find more professional...

Boston Marriage

Boston Marriage

Oct 2 – Oct 24, 2026

Set in the late Victorian era, Anna and Claire are involved in a "Boston marriage"—a 19th-century term for a real social phenomenon where two educated women choose lifelong female companionship, living together independently of financial support from a man… often as lovers...

Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre

Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre

Oct 13 – Nov 20, 2026

OCTOBER 13, 2026 The BFF Binge Fringe Festival of FREE Theatre, the six-week festival of FREE shows at Santa Monica Playhouse, returns for an Eleventh Anniversary Season this October, celebrating the newly refurbished Main Stage venue. Santa Monica Playhouse has been a cultural...

Letter from David

Letter from David

Oct 18 – Dec 20, 2026

A young magician’s quest to work with his idol David Bowie leads to a wild ride of self-discovery… and a big surprise in this true story that’s part memoir and part love letter to the 70s and 80s glam rock era. Starring actor and professional magician Albie Selznick , and...

Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse

Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse

by Harker Jones · September 16, 2026

Tony winner Darko Tresnjak directs a nuanced and unsettling update of the 1956 Swiss play, adapted here by Maurice Valency.…

Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse

Review: World Premiere Musical WILD CHILD Debuts at Laguna Playhouse

by Michael Quintos · September 15, 2026

Featuring book and lyrics by Dan Marshall and music by composer Julianne Wick Davis, WILD CHILD is an ambitious, sincerely earnest, and, at times, cleverly innovative new musical about a group of teenagers who are forced to join an outdoor wilderness therapy program where they must grapple with iden…

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages

Review: WATER FOR ELEPHANTS at Hollywood Pantages

by Evan Henerson · September 14, 2026

WATER FOR ELEPHANTS bears the imprint of its original director, the uber-talented Jessica Stone, and a team of collaborators who span a whole mess of creative genres. Along with their marvelous ensemble, they take us away.…

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company

Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company

by Edmund Whelan · September 13, 2026

Rooted in Faustian legend, a horticultural horror musical takes over Tulare for the next three weeks. Alan Menken and Howard Ashman’s Little Shop of Horrors highlights the dangers of greed and talking plants as destitute protagonist Seymour Krelbourn discovers his mysterious fly-trap plant may sud…

Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court

Review: PERICLES at Theater At Boston Court

by Evan Henerson · September 11, 2026

In staging the west coast premiere of Ellen McLaughlin’s modern verse translation, director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck and her cast are working their Helicanuses and Thaisas off to keep this lesser-staged romance punchy and relevant…

Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre

Review: THE ARSONISTS at Skylight Theatre

by Harker Jones · September 8, 2026

Swiss writer Max Frisch’s post–World War II absurdist satire THE ARSONISTS hit Los Feliz like a blow torch, scorching everything in its path.…

Past Shows

230 total · showing 171–180

DEAR YOKO

DEAR YOKO

Nov 9

Asian-American Stand Up Comedienne Anzu Lawson, who plays Ashley Kim on NBCs CHICAGO MED in her first one woman show called DEAR YOKO, in which she bares her heart, breast and soul revealing a personal history of non-acceptance as an Asian woman and how her struggle with...

Wake Up Little Susy

Wake Up Little Susy

Sep 7 – Nov 3, 2019

Solo artist Susy Porter brings her darkest secrets into the light, Taking on such taboo topics as sexual trauma, fundamentalist Christianity, depression, and dysfunctional family dynamics, Susy, a bright and bubbly blonde on the outside, travels through five dramatic decades of...

Pain in My Aspergers

Pain in My Aspergers

Apr 22 – Oct 20, 2019

Jeremy Ebenstein's solo musical story of overcoming obstacles, en route to success Actor/musician, Jeremy Ebenstein, through story and song, takes audiences through his humorous, inspiring, yet often heartbreaking story of living a life with Asperger's Syndrome. With eight...

Forkplay (r)

Forkplay (r)

Oct 20 – Oct 19, 2019

Shelley Fisher brings her hit comedy cooking show ForkPlay to the Binge! Designed as healthy, simple, sensual couples cooking, ForkPlay® creator Shelley Fisher serves up live cooking demonstrations, music & more @ this one time only event. Savor Shrimp Spanky ®, Shish-ka-Boobs®...

(IM)PERFEKT

(IM)PERFEKT

Oct 12

What if that which you identify with suddenly disappeared? Who would you be then? (IM)PERFEKT is a solo show about identity, beauty and labels. Sometimes you need to (literally) lose a part of yourself in order to discover who you truly are. What if you have been Perfect all...

Mistakes Were Made coulda-woulda-shouda

Mistakes Were Made coulda-woulda-shouda

Apr 7 – Sep 28, 2019

Santa Monica Playhouse presents the world premiere of veteran Jerry Mayer's 10th play "Mistakes Were Made - coulda-woulda-shoulda" reuniting acclaimed Playwright Mayer with award-winning veteran (and frequent Mayer) director Chris DeCarlo. Its schadenfreude at its finest as you...

Corina From Lap Dance to Sundance

Corina From Lap Dance to Sundance

Sep 14

Corina, From Lap Dance to Sundance recounts the journey of how Corina Calderon went from working as a stripper in Austin, Texas, to being cast as the lead in a feature film that was nominated for the Grand Jury prize at the Sundance Film Festival. From hiding the truth from her...

The World is My Home: The Life of Paul Robeson

The World is My Home: The Life of Paul Robeson

Jun 29 – Jun 30, 2019

Actor/Playwright Stogie Kenyatta returns to Santa Monica Playhouse with his acclaimed one-man show about the life of Actor/Activist Paul Robeson. For the past 15 years - from its first performance at the National Civil Rights Museum in Memphis Kenyatta has been performing his...

Cinderella _ Topsy Turvy

Cinderella _ Topsy Turvy

May 31 – Jun 22, 2019

A Tender Gender Bender Romantic Musical Fairy Story for PRIDE 2019.. Santa Monica Playhouse Actors' Repertory Theatre in-conjunction with All The Queen's Men presents the PRIDE 2019 production of CINDERELLA TOPSY TURVY - A Tender Gender Bender Romantic Musical Fairy Story. A...

Cinderella _ Topsy Turvy for PRIDE 2019

Cinderella _ Topsy Turvy for PRIDE 2019

Jun 8 – Jun 22, 2019

A Tender Gender Bender Romantic Musical Fairy Story for Pride 2019 It’s the internationally acclaimed Rudie-DeCarlo musical comedy, and it’s getting a make-over as Actors’ Repertory Theatre in-conjunction with All The Queen's Men presents the PRIDE 2019 production of CINDERELLA...

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