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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 CALIFORNIA STORY To Premiere With Outside In Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 16, 2025

Roger Q. Mason will receive the World Premiere of their play California Story with Outside in Theatre at LACC's Caminito Theatre. Learn

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.

Cast Set for LUZMI at Inner-City Arts
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Aug 19, 2024

HERO Theatre has revealed the cast for the world premiere of LUZMI by Diana Burbano, featuring Colombian actress Bibiana Navas. Learn how to purchase tickets.

THE NO FRONTS ACTORS WORKSHOP, Fall 2023 Actors Showcase Presents ROMEO AND JULIET: ROLLING THROUGH EAST L.A.
by A.A. Cristi - Dec 1, 2023

Actor, Writer, and Spoken Word Poet Alex Alpharaoh's No Fronts Actors Workshop will culminate their 2 year acting program with a full-length performance of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, re-envisioned and adapted by Alex Alpharaoh and directed by Blanca 'Moon Chola' Espinoza.

Review: THE TEMPEST at Antaeus Theatre
by Evan Henerson - Jul 12, 2023

From the opening storm to the closing musical number, the Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center is awash in buzzes, cries, whooshes, rattles and clangs. What did our critic think of THE TEMPEST at Antaeus Theatre?

THE TEMPEST Extended Through Late July at Antaeus Theatre Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jul 5, 2023

Antaeus Theatre Company has extended the run of Shakespeare’s The Tempest through July 30.

New Production of THE TEMPEST to be Presented at Antaeus Theatre Company This Summer
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Apr 25, 2023

Antaeus Theatre Company presents a new production of The Tempest, breathing new life into William Shakespeare’s most musical play.

Caryl Churchill's LOVE AND INFORMATION to be Presented at Antaeus Theatre Company in March
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jan 23, 2023

Antaeus Theatre Company will present Love and Information by boundary-pushing playwright Caryl Churchill (Cloud Nine, Top Girls). Emily Chase (Eight Nights) directs for a March 3 opening at Glendale's Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center.

PERRY MASON Season Two to Debut in March on HBO
by Michael Major - Dec 7, 2022

Months after the Dodson case has come to an end, the scion of a powerful oil family is brutally murdered. When the DA goes to the city's Hoovervilles to pinpoint the most obvious of suspects, Perry, Della, and Paul find themselves at the center of a case. Watch the new video trailer for the season now!

Season Three Of Antaeus Theatre Company's THE ZIP CODE PLAYS: LOS ANGELES Launches in December
by Stephi Wild - Oct 29, 2021

Seasons One and Two of The Zip Code Plays: Los Angeles podcast series are available now!

Moving Arts Presents 8th Annual MADlab's First Look Reading Series This Weekend
by Gigi Gervais - Oct 9, 2021

Moving Arts announced it will present readings of five new plays this weekend, October 9-10, 2021, as part of its Eighth Annual First Look Reading Series.

Center Theatre Group's Live From The KDT Series Continues With MOJADA and ELECTRICIDAD
by Stephi Wild - Nov 21, 2020

The multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's “Mojada” premieres Friday, November 20 and “Electricidad” premieres Sunday, November 22, both at 5 p.m. Pacific. Along with “Oedipus El Rey,” these modern adaptations of Greek tragedies complete “The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro” which is presented on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.

Center Theatre Group Premieres OEDIPUS EL REY Online
by Stephi Wild - Nov 13, 2020

The multicamera, virtually produced reading of Luis Alfaro's “Oedipus El Rey,” premieres November 13, 2020 at 5 p.m. Pacific. The modern adaptation of a Greek classic is part of the “The Greek Trilogy of Luis Alfaro” which is presented on Center Theatre Group's Digital Stage in partnership with The Getty.

BWW Review: The Rep Raises the Bar in the Barrio with MOJADA: A MEDEA IN LOS ANGELES
by Rob Levy - Jan 14, 2020

Expeditiously paced and featuring a talented ensemble, The Rep's Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles is an unflinching look at the underbelly of immigration that continues this season's focus on offering intriguing dramas filled with complex characters.

Circle X Holds 15th Annual Reading Series
by Stephi Wild - Jun 8, 2019

Circle X Theatre Co. is also proud to announce their 15th annual public reading series.

Justina Machado, Isabella Gomez, Ivonne Coll, and Wanda De Jesus Complete The Company Of Hero Theatre's THE FLOATING ISLAND PLAYS
by Stephi Wild - Mar 25, 2019

Hero Theatre announced today that One Day at a Time stars Justina Machado and Isabella Gomez, Jane the Virgin's Ivonne Coll and Imagen Award-winning veteran stage and film actress Wanda De Jesus round out the company of Hero Theatre's The Floating Island Plays.

NATHAN'S KINGDOM to Premiere at Heartland Film Festival
by Kaitlin Milligan - Oct 2, 2018

NATHAN'S KINGDOM will premiere at the Heartland Film Festival. The fantasy drama follows Nathan, a young autistic man struggling with his teenage opiate-addicted sister, and how they risk it all to find a kingdom that once existed only in their imaginations. Written and directed by Olicer Muñoz, the coming-of-age tale stars Madison Ford, Jacob Lince, Sarah Assumma, John Henry, and Peter Mendoza. Lince is one of the first autistic actors with a lead role in a narrative feature – a huge accomplishment for the autistic community and their supporters.

Review: SWEAT Explores Brutal Realities of Working the Line With Blinders On
by Shari Barrett - Sep 9, 2018

It has often been said that the work-a-day world is made up of blood, sweat and tears. Perhaps that is most true for blue collar workers who find themselves laboring with their hands, especially in factories where those on the line are required to stand for hours on end doing repetitive work with little hope of any real recognition or promotion into management. Such is the case of the characters in Center Theatre Group's production of SWEAT, the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning play by Lynn Nottage, now at the Mark Taper Forum through October 7, 2018.