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Roger Guenveur Smith to Present IN HONOR OF JEAN-MICHEL BASQUIAT at Outside In Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 7, 2025

Outside In Theatre will present the Los Angeles run of Roger Guenveur Smith's solo performance In Honor of Jean-Michel Basquiat. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

IAMA Theatre Company Unveils Lineup of 8th Annual New Works Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 11, 2025

IAMA Theatre Company will host its 8th Annual New Works Festival this October. Featuring staged readings of six new plays, IAMA’s New Works Festival gives audiences an early look at future hits.

The Kilroys Reveal 14 New Members
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 10, 2025

The Kilroys, a collective of artists, producers, educators and organizers who are done talking about gender parity and are taking action, revealed the fourteen members of their new cohort. Learn more.

KRISTINA WONG, #FOODBANKINFLUENCER is Coming to ArtsEmerson
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 20, 2025

ArtsEmerson will present Kristina Wong, #FoodBankInfluencer at the Emerson Paramount Center. Learn more about the upcoming performance and see how to purchase tickets.

TORERA to Make L.A. Premiere At Outside In Theatre's New Artspace This September
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 30, 2025

Torera, by Monet Hurst-Mendoza, explores one woman's fight to break into a tradition built to exclude her and the price of challenging it. The play will make its Los Angeles premiere at Outside In Theatre. Learn how to purchase tickets!

Center Theatre Group Will Host WALK WITH ME CTG Audio Experience
by Stephi Wild - Jun 18, 2025

Center Theatre Group will host Walk With Me CTG: An Interactive Audio Experience beginning this month outside of the Mark Taper Forum and Ahmanson Theatre on the Jerry Moss Plaza at The Music Center.

Photos: Roger Q. Mason's JUANA MARIA Gets Reading At The Roots And Wings Project
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 11, 2025

On Sunday, May 25th The Roots and Wings Project (Producer, Jesse Bliss) presented a special reading of Roger Q. Mason's Juana Maria, the third part in Mason's Califas Trilogy, a trio of genre-obliterating plays about the beauty and the underbelly of ambition in America's West.  See photos from the reading.

Roger Q. Mason's HIDE AND HIDE To Premiere With Skylight Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 17, 2025

Following the success of 2022's Lavender Men, Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will return to Skylight Theatre Company with Hide and Hide. Learn how to purchase tickets.

CALIFORNIA STORY First Play In Roger Q. Mason's Califas Trilogy to Premiere At Caminito Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 14, 2025

California Story, the first play in Roger Q. Mason's Califas Trilogy, will premiere at Caminito Theater at Los Angeles City College on May 12, 2025. Directed by Michael Alvarez, the production features an outstanding cast, including Aphrodite Armstrong, Camila Arteche, Davi Santos, Gracie Cartier, Morgan Day, Sawyer Shine, and Peter Mendoza.

Roger Q. Mason's CALIFORNIA STORY, Produced By Outside In Theatre to Premiere At LACC's Caminito Theater
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 14, 2025

California Story, the first play in Roger Q. Mason's Califas Trilogy, will premiere at Caminito Theater at Los Angeles City College in May. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets.

PRIMARY TRUST and More Set for Portland Center Stage 2025-26 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Mar 26, 2025

Portland Center Stage’s 2025-2026 season will celebrate The Stories That Bind Us — a range of plays that connect us to ourselves and each other. See the seven show lineup and learn more!

Roger Q. Mason's CALIFAS TRILOGY is Coming to Los Angeles
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Feb 4, 2025

Roger Q. Mason will have their Califas Trilogy produced by Outside In Theatre and Skylight Theatre Company in association with Roots & Wings Project in Los Angeles this spring and summer. Learn more!

Roger Q. Mason Awarded LA New Play Project From UCLA
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Nov 1, 2024

Roger Q. Mason received the Los Angeles New Play Project award from UCLA for their play HIDE AND HIDE, part of a trilogy exploring California's history and gentrification. The world premiere is set for May 2025.

INTERVIEW: Playwright Jami Brandli and Director Jennifer Decker Give BroadwayWorld a Sneak-Peek to the World Premiere of O: A RHAPSODY IN DIVORCE
by Miranda Keating - Jan 18, 2024

“O: A Rhapsody in Divorce” is a new take on “The Odyssey” where we follow O as she is blindsided by her husband who wants a divorce; she then embarks on an odyssey of her own to find self-love. BroadwayWorld got the chance to speak with playwright Jami Brandli and director Jennifer Decker, who gave us a sneak peek of what we can look forward to!

REDCAT Closes Out 2023 With Sara Lyon THIS EMANCIPATION THING, December 9
by A.A. Cristi - Nov 21, 2023

On Dec. 9, 2023, Roy and Edna Disney CalArts Theater (REDCAT), CalArts' center for contemporary arts in downtown Los Angeles, presents This Emancipation Thing, the newest theater work from director Sara Lyons.

Photos: See Roger Q. Mason's HIDE AND HIDE At The LAX Festival
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Oct 23, 2023

Immerse yourself in the mesmerizing world of Roger Q. Mason's Hide And Hide at the LAX Festival. See photos!

The Kilroys Release Reimagined Version of Their Annual List
by Stephi Wild - Oct 10, 2023

Continuing to mobilize and leverage their own power to support and amplify one another, the LA and NYC-based playwright, director, producer collective, The Kilroys are doing what they do best: shaking shit up… starting with their renowned annual List. Learn more about the new list here!

Interview: August Gray Gall's Not HIDE or HIDing From Anyone or Anything
by Gil Kaan - Oct 10, 2023

Roger Q. Mason will present a live reading of Hide and Hide as part of the 2023 LAX Festival October 20, 2023, at the L.A. Dance Project. Jessica Hanna directs the two-hander with August Gray Gall and Amielynn Abellera. 

Roger Q. Mason's HIDE AND HIDE to Play 2023 LAX Festival at L.A. Dance Project
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 21, 2023

Acclaimed Black Filipinx playwright and Kilroys List honoree Roger Q. Mason will present a reading of their play Hide and Hide with the Los Angeles Performance Practice as part of their 2023 Live Arts Exchange Festival on Friday, October 20 at 8pm.

Interview: The Prolific Playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring Begins Her Southern California Domination with HUNGRY GHOST at the Skylight
by Gil Kaan - Aug 26, 2023

The first of playwright Lisa Sanaye Dring’s simultaneous world premieres in southern California Hungry Ghost opens August 26, 2023, at the Skylight Theatre, with the second SUMO starting September 26, 2023, at La Jolla Playhouse. The much-in-demand Lisa graciously made some time between pre-production meetings for Hungry Ghost and prepping her numerous upcoming projects to answer a few of my queries.