Put You on Blast!
Written and directed by JR Reed, this new play was originally developed for The Actors' Gang's Late Night Friday series.
The Actors' Gang
Upcoming Shows
The Adding Machine
Written by Elmer Rice and directed by Cihan Sahin, this American classic returns after becoming the breakaway hit of last season with a large, sold-out audience.
Further Fractured Fables
Directed by Adam J. Jefferis and written and directed by Rynn Vogel, this new play is a continuation of Fractured Fables, a hit from the 2025-2026 season.
Articles
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS Delights at La Mirada Theatre
The brand new McCoy Rigby Entertainment production of the cheeky, macabre classic musical LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS—now on stage through October 11, 2026 at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—is quite possibly the most eye-popping, delightfully entertaining iteration of the stage show yo…
Review: MELT : THE PLAY returns triumphantly to The Marilyn Theatre
Following a successful world premiere earlier this year, the theatre-hockey romance play Melt stages its encore at the Marilyn Monroe Theatre. Melt agonizes over missed opportunities and the question “What if?”…
Review: BEGIN AGAIN at the Old Globe Theatre
Director Loren Latarro’s production is smooth and lovely, ablaze in song and possessed of some choice bites of visual dazzle that give the production its dreaminess.…
Review: FRANKENSTEIN: RESURRECTION at Nocturne Theatre
The show is a swing for the fences like every show at the underrated and underseen Nocturne is.…
Review: Krysta Rodriguez Makes OC Cabaret Debut at Segerstrom Center
To kick-off the 2026-2027 run of their often Broadway-centric Cabaret Series, Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa tapped not only a proven Broadway star, but an OC native, too for a triumphant homecoming concert: Krysta Rodriguez. Marking her Center cabaret debut, Rodriguez performed to rap…
Review: A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at Rogue Machine At The Matrix Theatre
This delicate and insightful two-hander presents both the playwright and the company at their most skilled.…
Review: THE VISIT at Pasadena Playhouse
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
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
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: ANTIGONE: IN THE LANGUAGE OF KINGS at Getty Villa & Latino Theater Company
Beneath the florid poetry, the stunningly-detailed costumes, and the imagistic staging, Sophocles would instantly recognize the overarching humanity that has carried his play through the centuries.…
Past Shows
The Women of Lockerbie
Written by Deborah Brevoort and directed by Christina Harris, this modern classic is loosely inspired by a true story of a mother from New Jersey searching the hills of Lockerbie, Scotland for her son's remains after the crash of Pan Am 103. She meets the women of Lockerbie who...
The Exonerated
Written by Jessica Blank and Erik Jensen and directed by Susan Dalian, this closes the season in a new production. It first had its staged production at The Actors' Gang in 2002, where it was nominated for five Ovation Awards and won Best World Premiere play, and received three...
Children of the Winter Kingdom
Children of the Winter Kingdom presents a whimsical holiday adventure featuring orphan twins Holly and Spruce as they navigate an enchanted kingdom in chaos while evading the evil circus queen and her strongman. Penned by Adam Dugas and Mary Eileen O’Donnell and directed by...
Night Miracles
Night Miracles is a 10-minute play festival presented by The Actors' Gang, running from January 9 to February 8, 2025. This collection of ten original plays, crafted by ensemble members, covers a wide array of themes and storytelling methods, promising a dynamic evening of...
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CLUB27 Jaxx Theatre (10/01-10/30) |
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Crone Creed El Portal Theatre (9/30-10/17) |
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Good Night, Oscar North Coast Repertory (9/16-10/11) |
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A Killer Night in Studio City Vitello's (9/06-10/31) |
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CHAÏR The Elysian Theater (10/17-10/17) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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Bailey Swilley’s A Baby For Me? No Thank You, Please! THE LYRIC HYPERION (10/18-10/18) |
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Liberation Gil Cates Theater (1/27-2/28) |
