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BLUEBEARD'S CASTLE to Have American Premiere at Odyssey Theatre
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Sep 16, 2025

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present the American premiere of Bluebeard’s Castle, a dark musical thriller inspired by a medieval French fairy tale. Learn more!

Interview: Playwright Tim Venable of ADOLESCENT SALVATION at Rogue Machine
by Shari Barrett - Sep 6, 2025

The world premiere of Tim Venable’s play Adolescent Salvation is taking place at Rogue Machine in the intimate upstairs Henry Murray Stage at the Matrix Theatre.

Cast Set For Week Two of The Blank Theatre’s 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jul 8, 2025

Casting has been announced for week two of The Blank Theatre’s 33rd Annual Young Playwrights Festival.  Learn more about the cast and the upcoming performances here!

Skylight Theatre Co. PLAY ON SHAKESPEARE Takes On THE WINTER'S TALE In April
by A.A. Cristi - Apr 5, 2025

Skylight Theatre Company premieres Tracy Young's modern verse translation of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale opening at Skylight Theatre on Thursday, April 24 at 8:00pm (with previews on April 18, 19, and 23) running through Saturday, June 14, 2025.

THE WINTER'S TALE Comes to Skylight Theatre Co This Month
by Stephi Wild - Apr 3, 2025

Skylight Theatre Company will premiere Tracy Young's modern verse translation of William Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale opening at Skylight Theatre. Learn more here!

Skylight Theatre Company to Premiere Play On Shakespeare Translation of THE WINTER’S TALE
by Josh Sharpe - Mar 17, 2025

Skylight Theatre Company has set dates for an accessible new modern English translation of Shakespeare's The Winter’s Tale, conceived and directed by Tracy Young. The production opens Thursday, April 24, 2025, and runs through June 14, 2025.

Skylight Theatre Company To Premiere New Translation of THE WINTER'S TALE
by A.A. Cristi - Mar 7, 2025

Skylight Theatre Company has set dates for this accessible new modern English translation of Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, conceived and directed by Tracy Young.

Review: EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING at Rogue Machine
by Amanda Callas - Feb 7, 2025

A smash hit at Rogue Machine already, many performances are already sold out.  Evanston Salt Costs Climbing is a strange, satirical, darkly funny meditation on loss, anxiety, and depression.  Among other things, it touches on our universal creeping feeling of dread, the vastness of the problems facing humanity such as climate change and environmental devastation, our struggle with our own bitter destructive natures, our fear of closeness and our desperate need for it.

EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING Comes to Rogue Machine
by Stephi Wild - Jan 22, 2025

Pulitzer Prize finalist Will Arbery confronts humanity’s darkest fears with humor, warmth, and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change.

Interview: Suzen Baraka Gets to Use Her Art and Activism in A GOOD GUY
by Gil Kaan - Sep 12, 2024

Next up for Rogue Machine, David Rambo’s A Good Guy opening September 14, 2024 at The Matrix (previews began September 11th) . John Perrin Flynn directs the cast of Evangeline Edwards, Suzen Baraka, Logan Leonardo Arditty and Wayne Carr.

Review: THE SANDWICH MINISTRY at Skylight Theatre
by Amanda Callas - Jun 14, 2024

The Sandwich Ministry is an intimate, small town story. It is about faith, smelly church centers, natural disasters, loss, sandwich fixings, and the struggle to find meaning and community.  Playwright Miranda Rose Hall celebrates the unassuming, rich beauty of female friendship and the things that keep us going when everything else falls apart. 

The Road Theatre Company to Present 15th Annual SUMMER PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
by Chloe Rabinowitz - Jun 13, 2024

THE ROAD THEATRE COMPANY will present the 15th Anniversary of the Annual Summer Playwrights Festival where they will present 23 plays over the span of 10 days. Learn how to purchase tickets.

HEROES OF THE FOURTH TURNING Makes Southern California Premiere in August
by Stephi Wild - Jul 7, 2023

Rogue Machine, renowned for its groundbreaking theatrical productions, announces dates for its most highly anticipated play of the season, 'Heroes of the Fourth Turning.' This gripping drama, written by Will Arbery and directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, has captivated audiences with its thought-provoking exploration of ideology and identity.

Cast Revealed For Week One of the Blank Theatre's 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival
by Stephi Wild - Jun 23, 2023

Casting has been announced for week one of The Blank Theatre's 31st Annual Young Playwrights Festival. The first three of 12 winning plays by young playwrights aged 15–19 will be presented, for the first time since 2019, live on stage July 6–9.

Dennis Renard Officially Joins For FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE At The Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan Theater
by A.A. Cristi - Jun 2, 2023

Having just starred in the Emmy nominated Book of Queer on Max and in Rogue Machine Theatre's Come Get Maggie, DENNIS RENARD joins For the Love of a Glove's cast as Michael Jackson's glove Thrill-Lha on June 2, 3, 30 and July 1!

Parnell Damone Marcano Joins For FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE At The Carl Sagan And Ann Druyan Theater
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2023

Beloved Los Angeles theater legend Parnell Damone Marcano is joining the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE, now playing at the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Theater in Los Angeles.

FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE Offers WGA Members Pay What You Can Tickets
by Stephi Wild - May 12, 2023

FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE has announced that in support of the WGA strike any WGA member is eligible for Pay What You Want Can Tickets!

Jackson Janowicz Joins For FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE At The Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Theater
by Stephi Wild - May 5, 2023

Bazalaam Beats Productions has announced that Jackson Janowicz is joining the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE, now playing at the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Theater in Los Angeles.

FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE Announces Extension And Cast Additions
by Blair Ingenthron - Apr 28, 2023

Bazalaam Beats Productions has announced a second extension of the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE, now playing at the Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan Theater in Los Angeles. Having been previously shuttered by the coronavirus pandemic in March of 2020, the musical reopened in February of 2023 for a limited engagement of twelve performances.

FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: An Unauthorized Musical Fable About The Life Of Michael Jackson Returns To Los Angeles
by A.A. Cristi - Feb 16, 2023

Bazalaam Beats Productions has announced the reopening of the cult-hit musical FOR THE LOVE OF A GLOVE: AN UNAUTHORIZED MUSICAL FABLE ABOUT THE LIFE OF MICHAEL JACKSON AS TOLD BY HIS GLOVE.