Lynn Johnson News

The Ensemble Company will present the Central Florida premiere of EUREKA DAY, the Tony Award-winning comedy, bringing the acclaimed production to Orlando-area audiences.

Rheagan Wallace's award-winning solo play STAGE MAMMA will make its Las Vegas premiere at the Fallout Fringe Festival, following a Best One-Woman Show win at United Solo Spring 2026. Wallace embodies over 30 characters in the multimedia production.

Soaring Solo Studios will present THERE'S SOMETHING SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH CYRUS at Zephyr Theatre in Los Angeles, a Hollywood Fringe Festival selection written and performed by actor Cyrus Deboo, portraying 22 characters in a 70-minute solo show.

Diana Varco will present RISE, a solo show told through 20 characters exploring foster care, childhood rage, and addiction, at The Actor's Company in Los Angeles during the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

THE OFF-CENTRAL PLAYERS will present MY YEAR OF SAYING NO, a new production exploring themes of personal boundaries and self-assertion. Details on performance dates and venue will be announced.

The Ensemble Company will present HEDDA GABLER, bringing the classic drama to life on stage. This production promises to engage audiences with its intense narrative.

Rheagan Wallace has announced the New York premiere production of STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady, directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson, playing a one-night-only limited engagement.

RISE, written and performed by Diana Varco, will premiere at Whitefire Theatre Solofest 2026 in Sherman Oaks. The one-person show explores mental health, childhood trauma, and resilience through 20 characters.

Kim R. Smith's one-woman show Escape from Miami will be part of this year's Solofest, with a performance on February 12 at 8 p.m. at the Whitefire Theatre.

The Ensemble Company is set to stage the provocative play OUR DEAR DEAD DRUG LORD in February 2026, promising a blend of dark humor and intense drama.

The Ensemble Company, the repertory theatre company in residence at Imagine Performing Arts Center, will begin its eighth season with Lucy Prebble’s play, The Effect. 

The Ensemble Company, the repertory theatre company in residence at Imagine Performing Arts Center, will conclude its seventh season with Steve Martin’s gawky comedy, Meteor Shower. 

Written and performed by Tanya Thomas and directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson, Naturally Tan explores the complexities of racial identity and colorism facing the Asian diaspora and the consequences wrought by damaging beauty standards.

Rheagan Wallace will perform the captivating chronicle of her unique Hollywood coming-of-age, starting from a small town in Texas to navigating the high stakes of L.A. in STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady.

Santa Monica Playhouse will reopen its newly refurbished Main Stage this fall with the return of the Binge Free Festival (BFF), celebrating its 10th Anniversary Season from October 14 through November 16, 2025.

Rheagan Wallace invites you into her extraordinary life with raw honesty, poignant reflection, and unexpected humor in STAGE MAMMA: From Child Star to Leading Lady a Soaring Solo Production.

Cyrus Deboo is a happy American Indian-Persian gay man born to immigrant parents.   The happy part of all that hasn’t always been a constant though.  It has taken a lot for him to get to that bit.  In There’s Something Seriously Wrong with Cyrus he tells the sometimes turbulent, frequently hilarious and always authentic story of how he did it.

Soaring Solo Studios and Fringe Management will present BUEN CAMINO, written and performed by Susan Edsall, developed with and directed by Jennifer Lynn Johnson.

Briggs Opera House Inc and Shaker Bridge Theatre will present a one-night performance of Susan Edsall's original work Buen Camino: My Walk Through 540 Miles of Rain. Learn more!

Stumbling on Ceremony: From Ayahuasca Confessions to My Daughter's Wedding, written and performed by Larry Davidson will have 3 performances at the Zephyr Theatre as part of Hollywood Fringe 2025. Learn more!