Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents director Bart DeLorenzo’s contemporary adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s Enemy of the People . When a doctor discovers his town’s hot springs are contaminated, his attempt to expose the truth pits him against powerful interests—and transforms him...
Like the playwright, several of these company members are themselves proud Topangans. Performing as they are in the center of town, in quite literally the House that Geer Built, you’ve got to figure that they have a nightly audience who will get all the hippy in-jokes.…
Puppet Up!'s motley crew of Jim Henson puppets are as raw and funny as you can get...if you're willing.…
Here are my interviews with director Melissa Chalsma, composer David Melville, and actor Carene Rose Mekertichyan on COMEDY OF ERRORS presented by Independent Shakespeare Company outdoors in Griffith Park this summer.…
All in all, Lakefront offers a very enjoyable two-hour romantic journey guaranteed to keep you laughing and rooting for these lost and lonely souls looking for their soulmate.…
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.…
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…
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.…
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…
The concert offered an intimate tribute to Joni Mitchell's unique genius, offering a revelatory look at the cultural milieu and musical streams that fed into her art, and then poured out of her Laurel Canyon home and into her unique ways of mixing other genres and artists into her music – or inspi…
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…
The Complete History of American Musical Theater series returns to the Odyssey Theatre with an exploration of landmark shows, songs, artists, and innovations from the 1950s that helped define the Golden Age of the American musical. Through engaging narration and live...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Lower Depth Theatre join forces to present the West Coast premiere of a life-affirming new play by Olivier Award-winning playwright Lolita Chakrabarti ( Life of Pi, Hamnet ). Two middle-aged Black men form a deep bond against a background of R&B...
Hymn is the West Coast premiere of Lolita Chakrabarti's play, directed by Gregg T. Daniel, presented in a co-production between Odyssey Theatre Ensemble and Lower Depth Theatre. Jason Delane and Chuma Gault star as Benny and Gil, two middle-aged Black men who form a deep bond...
Part of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble's Thresholds of Invention series, this afternoon of readings introduces Los Angeles audiences to playwright and Warhol collaborator Robert Heide, who died on December 17, 2025 and was recognized as a pioneer of the Off-Off Broadway era...
The Riot Stage is an original production by teen-founded Shakespeare theater and film company led by 15-year-old Company Director Samantha Leeds, developed in collaboration with Creative Director Zoey Zimmerman. The production integrates high-end filmed sequences into a fully...
This show is an original story, in the vein of School of Rock blending Shakespeare, live performance, and film. It follows an unlikely teacher leading a group of alternative high school students into a Shakespeare festival, combining staged scenes with cinematic sequences.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents British actor Peter Tate in a visceral, uncompromising portrait of the artist. Pablo Picasso was an undisputed genius and visionary artist, yet his obsession with his work often destroyed those he professed to love. Brilliantly incarnated by...
Peter and the Starcatcher is a neuro-inclusive production presented by EPIC Players Los Angeles, the city's first neuroinclusive theater company, marking their debut full-scale mainstage production. The show reimagines the origins of Peter Pan, following a lonely orphan, a...
Two Latinas one American one Cuban in a hurricane of Lust, Love and Other Devastations.
An evening of two rarely staged Pinter one-acts—one chilling, one darkly comic, both unmistakably unsettling. In Party Time, affluent guests at a chic London gathering trade gossip and brag about wealthy pursuits while, just beyond the half-open door, an unjust regime enforces...
Monkeys on My Back & Everywhere Else! is a raw, hilarious, and deeply moving solo show with writer & performer Debbie Kasper —two-time Emmy–nominated writer and multiple award-winning comedian—which lays bare. A life driven by an appetite for love, laughter, alcohol, approval...
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 Olympia’s brother, Apollo Dukakis , in which he also performs alongside Kandis Chappell . The evening is...
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 space at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.A. Performances in 2026 will take place concurrently in...
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 by Joe Keyes and Rob Elk, the play centers around insurance agent Bob Finhead as he navigates the antics of his quirky...
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, blood and forbidden chambers is not for the faint of heart! The long years of war are over, and the towns...
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 Gun) about three strangers and their dogs meeting for the first time at a dog park. The flamboyant show poodle...
A raw, unflinching journey into moral injury, searing memories, and the fight to make peace with the choices of war
Dan Lauria and Patty McCormack star in a different kind of love story
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 girlfriend, Veronica . . . that ain’t his hat! All h*ll breaks loose when Jackie accuses Veronica of having an affair that she...
The final days of an aging actor strangely parallel those of Shakespeare’s tragic king in this evocative, perpetually surprising reconstruction of William Shakespeare’s King Lear that features a potent mix of physical theater and verbal gymnastics. April 6–May 26 ; Odyssey...
A workshop production of A Story That Changes Lives, the literary sensation 'Way of the Peaceful Warrior' by Dan Millman, adapted for the stage and directed by Todd Felderstein opens May 2nd at the Odyssey Theatre in Los Angeles. The show runs May 2nd through 25th, 2025. "Way of...
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 stories of families and communities affected by ICE. Two performances only : Tuesday , March 10 at 8 p.m. ( performed in...
The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the 8th annual Dance at the Odyssey festival, running from January 11 to February 16, 2025. This six-week event features contemporary dance performances from innovative choreographers and dance companies. Highlights include Losing the truth...
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 Bruce Katzman , author of Secrets of Chekhov , and stars Sasha Alexander ( Rizzoli and Isles, NCIS, Shameless ) as Arkadina...
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, Shydner illustrates how this art form serves as both entertainment and a...
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 the human consciousness" (Talkin' Broadway) follows Jose Solo, a young Iraq War veteran navigating the complexities 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 the unexpected humor and discoveries to be found in the loss of memory, and deeply honoring the experience of people whose...
Comedy Night at the Odyssey features some of the best comics in the country on the third Friday of each month. The August 16 show is hosted by Cecily Knobler and headlined by Todd Glass, known for his Netflix specials and appearances on major late-night shows. The lineup also...
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 men, torn from the world without warning, find themselves stuck in a cosmic waiting room in...
Kill Move Paradise, directed by Gregg T Daniel, explores the experiences of four Black men—Isa (Ulato Sam), Daz (Ahkei Togun), Grif (Jonathan P. Sims), and Tiny (Cedric Joe)—who find themselves in a cosmic waiting room after being taken from the world unexpectedly. As they...
Actress, singer and writer Eleanora Owen channels the “little sparrow,” sharing both her life story and repertoire with the audience. Tim Byron Owen directs this original solo play with music that highlights Piaf’s joie de vivre, resilience, and triumph over a life of abject...
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 with Sondheim. Three world class singers, including Réaux, baritone Michael Sokol and bari-tenor Bernardo...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents Noël Coward’s witty, charming and provocative romantic comedy, banned in 1930s London for its risqué content and bawdy themes. Otto loves Gilda. But… so does Leo. Gilda loves Otto… but she also loves Leo. And what’s going on between Otto and...
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 to the Kremlin for a vodka-fueled “music lesson.” Can artistic expression be forced to conform to...
Luther, a man from Cork named in honor of his Granny’s hero, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., only leaves his apartment for essential journeys — and to perform as an Elvis impersonator. Luther struggles to live life to the fullest in this deeply moving exploration of prejudice...
Following its critically acclaimed, crowd-pleasing run last fall, Odyssey Theatre Ensemble brings back Kevin Flynn’s heartwarming and hilarious story of an Irish American kid’s phobias, family life and the meaning of success. Flynn’s grandfather, a tough, Irish steelworker, may...
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. Enter a world of espionage, abstract expressionism and egg creams in John Ross Bowie’s Cold War comedy thriller BRUSHSTROKE...
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 of North America . In this funny, poignant and nuanced two-hander set against the background of nature and climate...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the West Coast premiere of a hilarious and heartwarming story about an Irish American kid's phobias, family life and the meaning of success. Kevin Flynn’s grandfather, a tough, Irish steelworker, may have been unafraid to perch precariously on a...
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, ominous and unsettling journey into the human psyche. As married couple Flora and Edward breakfast in...
“Worlds created, maintained and destroyed while you wait.” The world premiere of Elephant Shavings , written and directed by Odyssey Theatre Ensemble artistic director Ron Sossi and set within the walls of West L.A.’s Odyssey Theatre complex, is “a lazy person’s guide to...
Christopher Sepulveda & 3Gems Productions Present A Visiting Production at the Odyssey Theatre, THE WORLD PREMIERE OF Accommodation Written by Greg Burdick Directed by Brandon Baer & Garrett Baer Limited Engagement begins performances Thursday, June 15 at The Odyssey Theatre in...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents the U.S. premiere of a funny, provocative romp with music written by Israeli playwright Hanoch Levin and featuring songs by Alex Kagan . An absurdist tale about a love triangle gone wrong, Yaacobi & Leidental is a comic escapade through the...
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents a revival of Peter Nichols groundbreaking, semi-autobiographical dark comedy, named one of the 100 Most Significant Plays of the Twentieth Century by Britains National Theatre. In this highly theatrical, very funny, but ultimately devastating...
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 work when it was first performed in 1882, with fresh poetry and dark humor. As widow Helene...
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 awareness with an evening of short mind excursions by Harold Pinter with Robert Coover and Hermann Hesse...
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 without the manners. When two 11-year-old boys have a playground fight, Henrys parents invite Benjamins mother...
Paul Sand Projects is proud to announce that it will present a workshop production of THE PILOT WHO CRASHED THE PARTY: A Dangerous Satire in Two Acts, a new play written and directed by Tony and two-time Drama Desk Award winner Paul Sand. The workshop, produced by Kiera Jacob...
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 and performed by legendary performance artist John Fleck (Blacktop Highway, Mad Women, NEA Four) and directed by Flecks longtime...
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 Serpent winner of the 1969 Obie award and arguably the most successful ensemble work ever created was developed by Jean-Claude van...
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 filmmaker Jean Cocteau. A celebrated poet with writers block, Orpheus sequesters himself in the countryside...
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 production at the Odyssey Theatre, the cast includes Fionnula Flanagan, Clark Gregg, Dominic Hoffman, William H. Macy, David...
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 Charles Aznavour, Lo Ferre, Jacques Brel, Michel Legrand and others. Accompanied on piano by Victoria Kirsch and...
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 Forgotten, Underneath and the Olivier Award-winning Silent to the Odyssey. Inside Clerys of Dublin, on the very day this...
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 Carmines from A Circular Play by Gertrude Stein. Presented as part of Odyssey Theatre Ensembles 50th Anniversary Circa 69...
Maria Irene Fornes; dir: Denise Blasor.
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. Two young friends, Hal and Dennis, rob a bank next to a funeral parlor and what safer place to hide the money than in the coffin of...
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 Old South, searches for refuge at her sisters home, only to collide with reality in the form of Stanley...
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 a showman in search of a dollar?.At once a Rashomon type mystery, a delving into talent versus sham and, ultimately, a...
Bill falls for Sara, who besides believing he is someone else, happens to be married to Ted. Ted might be a good match for Alice, who happens to be married to Bill. When everything in life is changing, the things we do can complicate matters and make life a little crazy.
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 Medea in Chicago walking off the stage, out of the production and into her married daughters summer...
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 returned from Afghanistan with a dishonorable discharge, only to discover a household in revolt. The insurgent: his mom...
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 is the science behind first love? Two outsiders, a gifted Yemeni-American teenager at a poorly...
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 Paul Rodriguez stars in a revival of Steambath, the 1970 off Broadway hit comedy by Bruce Jay Friedman that also became a PBS television...
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 flecked with horror, Ollie and Jill want to tell you about their dream home. But some of the things they did to get...
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 film, theater and circus arts are intertwined in this tender, funny, cynical play by Romanian-French playwright Matei Visniec. Sept. 22 –...
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. A musical treat, Side by Side features a dazzling array of songs from landmark shows that...
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 transformed into the most celebrated anti-war activist of the ancient world. Two-time...
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 grabs — but who’s the most deserving? Bossy, overbearing, self-declared “super-Jew” Daphna? Her wealthy cousin Liam...
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 battle and the Holocaust. In the play, Bird travels to Mauthausen concentration camp to honor the memory of his father, an Army...
September, 1939. On the day England enters World War II, legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud invites the young, rising Oxford don C.S. Lewis to his home in London. There, only weeks before Freud took his own life, they engage in a brain-teasing battle of wits on the...
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 Sara and right-winger Jefferson are polar opposites about everything — except their love and devotion for...
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 Treaty of Versailles and the rise of Fascism. Wisbar’s fictionalized account of her parents’ marriage and their forced divorce by...
This funny, sad, lyrical and highly original coming of age story from emerging playwright Kevin Armento features an unconventional narrator — the cell phone belonging to a troubled teen. As Red’s phone gets sucked into a breakneck journey from pockets to purses, it offers a...
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 genius. Naughty, funny, dark and romantic, Brel’s songs brim with flair, attitude and European...
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 time in Turkish prisons and his brazen, harrowing escape from Imrali Island prison in the dead of night. It’s an epic journey of self-discovery: a...
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 press secretary, blinded by hubris, makes a wrong turn. After choosing to walk...
Directed by Joel Zwick
Directed by Joel Zwick
- Eugene Ionesco; dir: Bill Castellino.
- Sharr White; dir: Bart DeLorenzo.
- Robert Massey; dir: Wilson Milana.
‘Forgotten’ is a captivating solo piece of theatre written and performed by Pat Kinevane. The play portrays four characters, between the ages of 80-100 years old, who reside in care facilities and retirement homes. 1943 was a curious year for this quartet – their lives have...
This stunning new play by Spanish playwright Mayorga is inspired by the true story of the elaborate deception that took place at the Theresienstadt concentration camp, where the Nazis constructed a fake village to fool international inspectors and quell extermination rumors. The...
Deborah Laufer's End Days is a rapturously funny play with a deep seriousness at its core, a play that asks how, in a world where horror can erupt from a clear blue sky and hundreds of human lives be snuffed out between breakfast and lunch, can people find meaning and the...
Are you afraid of opera? Don't waste your money on a therapist--just go see Julia Migenes' Diva on the Verge. A stunning, irreverent, and often hilarious behind-the-scenes look at the crazy life of an opera singer, Diva on the Verge mixes comic monologues and sketches with...
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Much Ado About Nothing McCadden Place Theatre (8/07-8/16) |
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6 Out of 10 Theatre 68 (8/20-8/20) |
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After the Blast The Broadwater Second Stage (8/05-8/13) |
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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Emily Skinner: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/14-8/15) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age Younes and Soraya Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts (The Soraya) (10/11-10/11) |
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John Lloyd Young Feinstein's at the Nikko (8/21-8/22) |
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Love, Loss and What I Wore Sawyer's Playhouse (8/08-8/30) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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OTR: A New Play OTR: A New Play (11/23-11/27) |
