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Recent Los Angeles Discounts:
- Spotlight: THE LAST FIVE YEARS at Hollywood Bowl
- Spotlight: LIZA MINNELLI - LIVE IN CONVERSATION at Million Dollar Theater
Hail Mary, None of the Grace
Feb 20
U.S. Premiere of dark comedy following hit Edinburgh Fringe run!Mary Kennedy, yes one of those Kennedys, third cousins twice removed; all of the tragedy, none...
Here Be Dragons
Feb 4 – Mar 11, 2026
In this powerful new play, a high school classroom becomes a courtroom battleground between two estranged brothers (JIM BEAVER and CHARLIE MOUNT) on opposing sides of the Evolution/Intelligent...
Here Be Dragons
Feb 4 – Mar 11, 2026
In this powerful new play, a high school classroom becomes a courtroom battleground between two estranged brothers (JIM BEAVER and CHARLIE MOUNT) on opposing sides of the Evolution/Intelligent...
Rise
Mar 14
RiseDate: Saturday, March 14thTime: 8pm PT | 60min with Q&A to followTickets & info: click hereWhat happens when Truth, Rage, and Purpose converge upon a...
SOLOFEST 2026
Feb 5 – Mar 14, 2026
A celebration of the solo journey now in its 15th year, SOLOFEST has been recognized as the largest solo festival on the West Coast. This year’s festival...
Review: APPLAUSE at Eli & Edythe Broad Stage
by Cary Ginell - February 18, 2026
Musical Theatre Guild, the Los Angeles-based company that produces staged readings of long-forgotten, rarely seen musicals, has done it again with a stellar and highly entertaining production of the 1970 musical Applause. ...
Review: THREE COCONUTS World Premiere Comedy at Miles Memorial Playhouse
by Shari Barrett - February 18, 2026
I really enjoyed the story, acting and staging, along with recognizing the Yiddish comments, behavior and attitudes from my own life being raised by a close-knit Jewish family....
Review: MAN OF LA MANCHA Journeys Back to Musical Theatre West
by Michael Quintos - February 17, 2026
Directed by James Vásquez with musical direction by Ryan O'Connell and choreography by Shani Talmor, this remarkably solid new production of the 1965 Tony Award winner boasts haunting visuals and superb performances from its assembled ensemble, led by a trio of excellent leads that offer three dist...
Review: AMADEUS at Pasadena Playhouse
by Andrew Child - February 17, 2026
Director Darko Tresnjak has crafted a visually-appealing world that unfortunately reduces the action of the play to broad strokes enacted in a toy theatre....
Review: SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA at Geffen Playhouse
by Evan Henerson - February 17, 2026
SYLVIA SYLVIA SYLVIA is trying to be perhaps too many things at once and not really succeeding at any of them....
Review: POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE at Fountain Theatre
by Evan Henerson - February 13, 2026
These are words that both sing and challenge. If, like this reviewer, you were not previously acquainted with June Jordan, POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE is a crackling introduction....
Review: South Coast Repertory Presents GOD OF CARNAGE
by Michael Quintos - February 10, 2026
Wildly surprising and deliciously savage, Yasmina Reza's machete-edged 2006 dark comedy GOD OF CARNAGE—here directed by Marco Barricelli and continues performances at OC's South Coast Repertory through March 21, 2026—has to be one of the most ferocious dissections of modern-day performative civi...
Review: WHO'S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOLF? at South Coast Rep
by Tracey Paleo - February 09, 2026
South Coast Repertory’s production of Edward Albee’s dark psychological comedy 100% embodies all the epic frustration and athletic dysfunction which begins and ends with Martha. ...
Review: Will Swenson Leads New SoCal Revival of SWEENEY TODD at La Mirada Theatre
by Michael Quintos - February 05, 2026
In what is clearly proving to be the must-see stage production of the new year so far here in Southern California, McCoy Rigby Entertainment's stunning new production of the 1979 Tony Award-winning classic SWEENEY TODD: THE DEMON BARBER OF FLEET STREET—now playing a limited engagement at the La Mi...
Review: THE TYPIST at Hudson Guild Theater
by Shari Barrett - February 04, 2026
Bitterman’s script encompasses so many universal truths about the battle of the sexes in working out relationships that everyone will identify with the ups and downs that challenge even the closest couple to survive and stay together. The dialogue is fast-paced and delivered with the necessary emo...
Past Shows
Hail Mary, None of the Grace
Feb 20
U.S. Premiere of dark comedy following hit Edinburgh Fringe run!Mary Kennedy, yes one of those Kennedys, third cousins twice removed; all of the tragedy, none...
SANTASIA - A Holiday Comedy!
Dec 12 – Dec 27, 2025
SANTASIA – A Holiday Comedy! Come Celebrate SANTASIA’S 26th Year! at the Whitefire Theatre 12/12-12/27SANTASIA - A Holiday Comedy! written and produced by Brandon Loeser...
A Life Behind Bars
Oct 10 – Nov 13, 2025
Let’s get this out of the way right now: A Life Behind Bars is NOT about incarceration. It’s about a bartender.A Life Behind Bars is...
A Life Behind Bars
Oct 10 – Nov 13, 2025
Let’s get this out of the way right now: A Life Behind Bars is NOT about incarceration. It’s about a bartender.A Life Behind Bars is...
A Life Behind Bars
Oct 10 – Nov 13, 2025
Let’s get this out of the way right now: A Life Behind Bars is NOT about incarceration. It’s about a bartender.A Life Behind Bars is...
RIGHT
Sep 5 – Oct 12, 2025
The Whitefire Theatre is proud to present the world premiere drama RIGHT, written and produced by Darryl Vinyard and directed by Bryan Rasmussen. From 2024 to...
A Life Behind Bars
May 25
"A Life Behind Bars" is actor/bartender/storyteller, Dan Ruth's award-winning solo performance about working, drinking and surviving the dives and seedy haunts of pre-Giuliani Brooklyn and...
FINDING MY LIGHT
Apr 6
FINDING MY LIGHT Written and performed by Barbara Brownell, developed and directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson. Barbara Brownell sings, dances and portrays 18 characters in...
A Life Behind Bars
Feb 27
The Whitefire Theatre, Sherman Oaks, CAFor Immediate Release Press Contact: LAstageNY Dan Ruth, returns to Whitefire Solofest with his critically acclaimed “A Life Behind Bars” to Benefit the...
Punk Grandpa
Feb 10
"Punk Grandpa" is like a modern-day Auntie Mame, with genders reversed. It's all about being yourself, embracing life and humor and the value of the...
Lemur Mom
Jan 27
Lemur Mom – a special needs comedy for a neuro-diverse universe – comes to Sherman Oaks on Saturday, January 27 at the Whitefire Theatre.
Freud On Cocaine
Sep 8 – Nov 4, 2023
Trust me, I’m a doctor.” Jonathan Slavin (Santa Clarita Diet, Dr. Ken, Better Off Ted) stars in Freud on Cocaine, an outrageous new comedy based...
Chapatti
Apr 7 – Apr 28, 2023
After playing to sold-out audiences at the Sherry Theatre in Noho, the Scarpaci/Kelly presentation of Chapatti, a play by Christian O'reilly will do an extended...
Twelve O'Clock Tales with Ava Gardner
Jan 15 – Mar 5, 2023
Hollywood, California… 1974. On the set of the blockbuster disaster film, Earthquake, Oscar nominated screen siren Ava Gardner is focusing on her first big budget...
Resilient AF: Rising To The Occasion
Feb 11
AWARD-WINNING ARTIST’S SOLO PLAY “RESILIENT AF!”AT WHITEFIRE THEATRE - SATURDAY, FEB 11 - 8 PMTIMELY WITH THIS MONTH’S 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF ROE v WADEA groundbreaking...
The Secret World of Archy and Mehitabel
Sep 10 – Oct 15, 2022
What could possibly come of the strange collaboration between a tiny, six-legged creature whose ancestors walked with the dinosaurs, and an overworked, overwrought newspaper man...
For Love or Money
Mar 6
The onset of the pandemic forces a successful 76-year-old businessman to examine his choices in life, what he thinks he has achieved, and what he...
TALES OF MODERN MOTHERHOOD: PART 2 GENDER & IDENTITY
Feb 25 – May 2, 2020
Los Angeles Performing Artist Pam Levins Tales of Modern Motherhood: Part 2 Gender and Identity This sh*t just TRANSformed is addressing one of the most...
I am Sophie.
Mar 21
"A fascinating journey into what constitutes an individual, and how one is defined not only by society but in ones innermost self. Corinne Shor explores...
Love After Death
Feb 17
In Association with Whitefire Theatre, haPPY/sAd artist collective presents Love After Death by Brittany Stahl. What happens when love meets anxiety? And OCD? And depression?...
THE LONG GOODBYE
Jan 31
The Long Goodbye, a one woman play written, produced and performed by actor Mattilynn Rochester Kravitz, is a universal hero's journey of love, forgiveness, and...
It's Only Lipstick
Jan 23
It's Only Lipstick is the story of how this Brooklyn Baby survived the dysfunction of growing up in an Italian-American family to weathering the instability...
With a Little Help...It's John Belushi
Sep 25 – Oct 2, 2019
LA Previews before heading for an Off-Broadway run in December 2019, NYC. This award winning multi-media play, written by and starring Jack Zullo, narrates John...
FIRE IN THE DARK HOUSE
Sep 13 – Nov 15, 2018
World premiere drama FIRE IN A DARK HOUSE, created by Mona Z. Smith and Traci Mariano, about two young lovers, their families and community are...
Infidel
Sep 1 – Oct 7, 2018
A suspense thriller that explores religious superstition and terrorism in the name of Islam versus unscrupulous Western imperialism and war mongering. When an American anthropologist...
DAMAGED FURNITURE
Mar 31 – May 26, 2018
Skora Productions in association with the Whitefire Theatre presents a world premiere comedy DAMAGED FURNITURE written by Howard Skora, directed by Jim Fall. After a...
Santasia - A Holiday Comedy
Dec 1 – Dec 25, 2017
SANTASIA is a hilarious holiday musical sketch comedy show that embraces all the iconic moments of the Christmas season. The critically acclaimed seasonal sensation has...
SANTASIA A Holiday Comedy
Dec 1 – Dec 25, 2017
“SANTASIA - A Holiday Comedy” created by Shaun and Brandon Loeser, directed by Shaun Loeser, is celebrating its 18th year. This Off-Broadway Hit and Critics’s...
WORKING 2017
Oct 19 – Nov 9, 2017
The Actors’ Gym in association with the Whitefire Theatre present the world premiere of Working 2017, conceived by Bobby Moresco (“Crash”), developed and directed by...
Martha
Jul 19
A glimpse into the life of Martha Graham, the legendary pioneer of modern dance and the fierce, witty, trailblazing feminist, who refused to let age...
WHERE THE NUMBERS END: A Hell's Kitchen Love Tragdegy
Apr 8 – Jun 10, 2017
The Whitefire Theatre presents the world premiere of “WHERE THE NUMBERS END: A Hell’s Kitchen Love Tragedy” written and directed by Amanda Moresco. On a...
MURDER, ANYONE?
Apr 5 – Jun 7, 2017
MURDER, ANYONE? Emmy-winning writer Gordon Bressack directs his world premiere comedy about two writers who argue relentlessly as they work on their god awful play...
SOLOFEST 2017
Jan 7 – Feb 25, 2017
The Whitefire Theatre celebrating its 35th Anniversary, kicks-off the New Year with Solofest 2017. January 7 – February 25. Select Mondays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays and...
Calling Lala
Feb 2
Calling Lala at The Whitefire Theatre's Solofest 2017! Calling Lala will awaken your inner spirit as well as your inner Puerto Ricanness! Lala Costas hysterically...
Whitefire Theatre 35th Anniversary Gala/Fundraiser
Dec 31
Step into the 1920's with the Whitefire Theatre 35th Anniversary Gala/Fundraiser. Comedy, magic and Billie Holliday entertain. Appetizers, sweets and libations. Admission: $75. Champagne VIP...
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