Katie Canavan

Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, presents a staged reading of our 2018 Resident Playwright Joanna Garner's new musical, 100 HEARTBREAKS. 

Attendees will enter a nightclub in 1963 Germany just under the shadow of the Berlin Wall where everyone is a spy and no one can be trusted. During the evening, CRIMSON CABARET guests will engage with secret agents and be slipped notes with assigned missions to complete throughout the evening. All guests are required to dress in 1960s appropriate cocktail party attire and assume a character of their choosing, then bring that character into the space and be ready to do what is asked of you and find the right person who can lead you in the direction where your skills are required during this multi-sensory, immersive theatrical experience. But you see, since everyone is dressed appropriately, how can you possibly know who to trust and who is really playing for the wrong team on this side of the wall?

Menander Productions and Jamie Pierce have gathered a talented cast and crew to populate their world premiere of playwright Gina Torrecilla's ATTACK OF THE SECOND BANANAS, now at the Zephyr Theatre. Ryan Bergmann sharply directs his six-person ensemble in a slick, quick pace of much laughs and hilarity. Taylor Stephenson's underscoring of mock suspense music aptly heightens this involving, who-done-it mystery.

Menander Productions and Jamie Pierce have announced a limited engagement of the world premiere comedy Attack of the Second Bananas by Gina Torrecilla at the Zephyr Theatre in West Hollywood. Directed by Ryan Bergmann, opening is set for Friday, March 1, at 8pm and the limited run will play through March 31.

Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's Pay What You Want theatre company, has announced the final production of its ninth season, Vendetta Chrome by Sylvan Oswald, directed by Sara Lyons. There will be one preview performance on Friday, November 23, at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, November 24, at 8pm. Vendetta Chrome will play through December 15 at the Lex Theatre in Hollywood.

The Orange County Playwrights Alliance opens its 2017 programming with staged readings of four new one-act plays from dramatists who have been produced locally and across the U.S.

Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's Pay What You Want Company, has announced the extension and re-opening of Urinetown: The Musical. With music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, book by Kotis, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, and directed by Kari Hayter, the extended run will begin on Friday, January 6 at 8pm and continue through February 25 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center.

Chance Theater presents its 13th annual production of the irreverent, raunchy and pitch-black dark holiday satire... The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Written by Jeff Goode, directed by Resident Artist Alex Bueno, and associate directed by Resident Artist James McHale. The Eight: Reindeer Monologues performs now through December 23 on the Fyda-Mar Stage at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center. BroadwayWorld has a first look at the cast in action below!

Chance Theater is pleased to present its 13th annual production of the irreverent, raunchy and pitch-black dark holiday satire… The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Written by Jeff Goode, directed by Resident Artist Alex Bueno, and associate directed by Resident Artist James McHale.  The Eight: Reindeer Monologues will perform December 8 through December 23 on the Fyda-Mar Stage at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center.

Chance Theater is pleased to present its 13th annual production of the irreverent, raunchy and pitch-black dark holiday satire… The Eight: Reindeer Monologues. Written by Jeff Goode, directed by Resident Artist Alex Bueno, and associate directed by Resident Artist James McHale.  The Eight: Reindeer Monologues will perform December 8 through December 23 on the Fyda-Mar Stage at Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center.

Coeurage Theatre Company, LA's Pay What You Want Company, has announced the final production of its seventh season, three-time Tony Award-winner Urinetown: The Musical. With music by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Greg Kotis, book by Kotis, musical direction by Gregory Nabours, and directed by Kari Hayter, there will be one preview performance on November 4 at 8pm and opening is set for Saturday, November 5 at 8pm. Urinetown: The Musical will play through December 3 at the Historic Lankershim Arts Center. 

Four Clowns' founder and former artistic director Jeremy Aluma has deftly infused his Four Clowns magic directing his contemporary version of the classic HAMLET just finishing its run at the Lyceum Theater. Eschewing Shakespeare's couplets and metrics, this normal-speak HAMLET could be in any time period where fedora-ed men wear three-piece suits and ties while women can wear baggy pastel-colored pants and a beret.

American Coast Theater Company, the resident professional theater of Vanguard University, will perform its 2016 Summer Series, beginning June 3. The two plays, Hamlet and Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead will be performed in repertory, in the Lyceum Theater on Vanguard's Costa Mesa campus. 

The Ruckus Theater announces Season 3 in Chicago, following a successful year of sold-out performances on the storefront theater scene in Chicago.

The Ruckus Theater announces Season 3 in Chicago, following a successful year of sold-out performances on the storefront theater scene in Chicago.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its upcoming workshop staged-reading of Su Sessiz (Calm Water) by Ruckus company member Timo Aker, directed by Katie Canavan. The workshop features a cast of four and continues The Ruckus commitment to the development of new work and emerging playwrights by providing dramaturgical assistance and an audience's perspective on a new play.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its upcoming workshop staged-reading of Su Sessiz (Calm Water) by Ruckus company member Timo Aker, directed by Katie Canavan. The workshop features a cast of four and continues The Ruckus commitment to the development of new work and emerging playwrights by providing dramaturgical assistance and an audience's perspective on a new play.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its inaugural Chicago production and 2009/2010 world-premiere season opener Heist Play by Mitch Vermeersch, directed by Ruckus Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker. A black comedy that deconstructs the film noir formula and turns archetypes inside out, Heist Play follows three sad and desperate misfits-portrayed by Chicago actors Joshua Davis, Melissa Pryor and Byron Melton-in their attempt to plan the perfect heist, pull the perfect con or find some way to force a plot twist-no matter what it costs.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its inaugural Chicago production and 2009/2010 world-premiere season opener Heist Play by Mitch Vermeersch, directed by Ruckus Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker. A black comedy that deconstructs the film noir formula and turns archetypes inside out, Heist Play follows three sad and desperate misfits-portrayed by Chicago actors Joshua Davis, Melissa Pryor and Byron Melton-in their attempt to plan the perfect heist, pull the perfect con or find some way to force a plot twist-no matter what it costs.

The Ruckus Theater is making some noise with its inaugural Chicago production and 2009/2010 world-premiere season opener Heist Play by Mitch Vermeersch, directed by Ruckus Artistic Director Allison Shoemaker. A black comedy that deconstructs the film noir formula and turns archetypes inside out, Heist Play follows three sad and desperate misfits-portrayed by Chicago actors Joshua Davis, Melissa Pryor and Byron Melton-in their attempt to plan the perfect heist, pull the perfect con or find some way to force a plot twist-no matter what it costs.