About the Theatre
Whittier Community Theatre has been in operation since 1922, making it one of the oldest non-profit amateur theatres west of the Mississippi. In 1960, the City of Whittier opened the Center Theatre, which is now the home stage of WCT. Whittier Community Theatre presents a four-show season in the attractive, refurbished 396-seat Center Theatre and strives to provide its audiences with quality theatrical productions for nominal prices.
by Shari Barrett - April 29, 2026
Astounding triple-threat talent is on display in big production numbers with attention-grabbing scenic elements by brilliant designers add to the artistic wonder of the entire production helmed by EWP Artistic Director Lily Tung Crystal, choreographed by Janelle Dote Portman, with music direction by...
by Harker Jones - April 28, 2026
BACK TO OZ is an exhilarating trip through history and down the Yellow Brick Road...
by Shari Barrett - April 27, 2026
Be ready to play your part to find out who can you trust and who wants to destroy The Liminary. Depending on the questions asked and information gathered via audience participation, the process and ending will be different at each of the performances....
by Michael Quintos - April 26, 2026
First developed and workshopped at South Coast Repertory’s annual Pacific Playwrights Festival in 2025, celebrated new “it” playwright Talene Monahon’s freshly birthed play EAT ME is currently being presented at OC’s Tony Award-winning regional theater as a fully-formed World Premiere prod...
by Shari Barrett - April 25, 2026
We never get a sense of what draws these two women to each other (other than sex), or what they have in common other than auditioning for acting work. Nor do we witness them falling in love, which makes it difficult to care whether or not their relationship succeeds....
by Harker Jones - April 23, 2026
The star of the show, in the end, is Jacobson’s script, leading us toward the titular HELL MOUTH through five well-drawn characters and their existential crises that mirror our own....
by Evan Henerson - April 21, 2026
The Southland has had its share of memorable Fugard stagings, and the newly-opened revival of “MASTER HAROLD” at the Geffen Playhouse boasts an impressive roster of artists and creatives – onstage and off – who bring this tale vibrantly to life....
by Harker Jones - April 16, 2026
The MVP of the show is the dynamic Oqalile Tshetshe, who has a star-making role that he inhabits with complexity, depth, and grace....
by Michael Quintos - April 15, 2026
Now having its Southern California regional production, MEAN GIRLS - THE MUSICAL continues performances at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts through May 3, 2026. Produced by McCoy Rigby Entertainment, this fun, high-energy, youthfully-targeted new iteration of the 2018 stage adaptation o...
by Melissa Heckscher - April 15, 2026
TEEN BEAT LIVE is an immersive musical ode to the 80s that's a must-see, whether or not you’ve ever used a rotary phone, worn a Walkman, or unfolded the boy-toy poster from a Teen Beat magazine....
Past Shows
Noel Coward’s gentle drama about The Wings, a retirement home for aging actresses that have fallen on hard times. Faded ‘”stars” pass the days with...
If everyone is lying, how will the inspector ever find the truth? A moody, atmospheric piece about one (or more?!) mysterious deaths in a spooky...
On a dark and stormy night, a veteran detective arrives at a spooky manor on the moors to investigate a suspicious death. But the women...
Join us for a riotous good time and cheer along as Roald Dahl’s plucky heroine uses her brains and her imagination to save her school,...
Elwood P. Dowd insists on including his best friend Harvey at all of his socialite sister’s gatherings. Trouble is, Harvey is an imaginary six-and-a-half-foot-tall rabbit....
A wealthy socialite’s honeymoon sail up the Nile River takes a nasty turn toward murder in this Agatha Christie classic. Invited guests and unwelcome stragglers...
We’ve all heard about the mid-life crisis: The red sports car, the younger women, the stray dog...wait, what? And so begins the story of Greg...
“9 to 5: The Musical” is about three female office workers, at various stages of their professional careers, who live out their fantasies of getting even with...
Whittier Community Theatre presents a lively adaptation of 9 to 5: The Musical, featuring three office workers who seek to turn the tables on their...
A FLEA IN HER EAR written by George Feydeau translated by Bennett Shaw will be presented by Whittier Community Theatre June 2, 3, 9, 10,...
Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling to open at Whittier Community Theatre Welcome to Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana come on down and join us at Truvy’s Beauty...
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