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.…
Write Act Repertory
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.…
Review: LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS at Encore Theatre Company
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
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
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.…
Review: MA RAINEY'S BLACK BOTTOM at A Noise Within
Director Gregg T. Daniel conducts a muscular cast delivering a production that is as fulfilling as it is shattering.…
Review: IN THE TOMB OF TEN THOUSAND CALENDARS at Moving Arts Theatre
Actor WEST LIANG, delivers deeply nuanced, emotionally quiet, and completely resonant character portrayals that enhance each time capsule, in this play about historical and generational change.…
Review: KIMBERLY AKIMBO at Theater Palisades At The Odyssey
TP’s production of Abaire’s KIMBERLY AKIMBO, the 2000 play, not the musical, is a potent concoction of pitch-black humor, family dysfunction and unexpected does of sweetness that one would not expect out of a tale this offbeat.…
Past Shows
A Hot Mess
A Hot Mess is a world premiere one-act musical written by Helema Maggiore and directed by Tiffani Ann Mills, presented as part of HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026). Four band members are getting ready to perform at a big night club in front of a large crowd, but the...
Another Time
Another Time is a world premiere one-act musical written and directed by Darrin Yalacki, presented as part of HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026). As two people mourn parallel losses, their belief in fate is tested when moments of connection hint that love might transcend...
Embrace the Cringe
Embrace the Cringe is a world premiere one-act musical written and directed by Dmitry Parkhomchuk, presented as part of HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026). An anxious young man tries to prove he belongs at the best night club in town, and his overenthusiastic mom might be...
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026)
HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026) is a festival of six world premiere one-act musicals produced by Write Act Repertory's Producing Artistic Director John Lant and Producer Darrin Yalacki. The works are written and directed by Susan C. Hunter, David Lvov, Helema Maggiore...
Real ID
Real ID is a world premiere one-act musical written and directed by Chris McGriff, presented as part of HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026). Three days before her dream destination wedding, a bride-to-be lies about having a REAL ID and rushes to the DMV, only to be stopped...
The Disappearance of Norman Crabbe
The Disappearance of Norman Crabbe is a world premiere one-act musical written by Susan C. Hunter and Tom Shelton and directed by Susan C. Hunter, presented as part of HOT SUMMER NIGHTS - THE MUSICALS (2026). A determined wife arrives on a remote island to rescue her shipwrecked...
TALES FROM THE BEYOND
TALES FROM THE BEYOND is a captivating anthology featuring five original one-act plays that delve into the uncanny and the otherworldly. Written by Nathaniel Beaver, Susan C. Hunter, David Lvov, Anne Mesa, Mark Alan Rice, and Darrin Yalacki, the series is directed by multiple...
Write of Spring
Write Act Repertory presents a world premiere collection of six original one-act plays titled Write of Spring. The works, penned by various writers including Carla Cackowski and Susan C. Hunter, explore themes of art and inspiration. Directed by a team that features Kyle...
Swing!
Swing! tells the story of Adrianna, a factory worker in the 40s who is holding down her husband Butchs factory job while hes at war. Once he returns home, both Adrianna and Butch feel like they dont fit into their old lives. When she meets Janine, Adrianna rediscovers old...
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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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Catch Me If You Can Colony Theatre (9/17-10/18) |
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Dinner with Friends Santa Monica Playhouse (9/26-9/27) |
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Gershwin and the Golden Age The Soraya (10/11-10/11) |
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It's A Lot Lyric Hyperion Theater & Cafe (9/17-9/19) |
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Melt : The Play The Marilyn Theatre at the Lee Strasberg Institute (9/24-10/02) |
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New Works Festival Shoebox Theatre (9/11-9/26) |
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Our Man in Santiago by Mark Wilding Odyssey Theatre Ensemble (9/10-9/20) |
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Worthy The Un-Erasable Solo Festival - Willie Agee Playhouse (9/12-9/25) |
