Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s annual six-week celebration of contemporary dance expands in its ninth year, doubling the number of offerings and spilling over into a second space at the Odyssey’s three-theater complex in West L.A.
Odyssey’s Thresholds of Invention series will present Melanie Mayron and Sandra Tsing Loh in ‘Grief Bacon and Other Holiday Treats’. Learn more and see how to attend here!
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!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series will present a reading of Devils in America by Michael Sargent. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present two evenings, one in Spanish and one in English, of Malice: Stories of Injustice, a series of monologues inspired by true stories of families and communities affected by ICE.
As Baby Boomers reach their late seventies, tales of dementia cases fill the news, posing the question of how joy, love, and happiness can still exist when our memory starts to fade.
Cape May Stage will launch its fall season with Dutch Masters by Greg Keller, running September 10–October 19. Directed by Gregg T. Daniel, the drama explores themes of race, class, and identity.
Story Worthy Media will present the New York premiere of The Pitch, a darkly comedic new play by Tom Alper, directed by Mike Keller. Previews begin Thursday, October 9, ahead of an official opening on Thursday, October 16, at Actors Temple Theatre.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present the Los Angeles premiere of Just Another Day, a joyous and moving love story about the complex nature of aging. Learn how to purchase tickets!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series of will first look at pieces in process by prominent L.A. visionaries presents a reading of Alice Neel and Cecilia Beaux: Double Portrait. Learn more!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s “Music at the Odyssey” series, curated, directed and emceed by bass player John Snow, will present American Folk Revival. Learn more here!
“Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia,” a wildly imaginative, perpetually surprising reconstruction of William Shakespeare’s “King Lear,” opened last weekend at the Odyssey Theatre. Check out photos here!
In the World Premiere of Lear Redux: A Quantum Fantasia, Jack Stehlin, who previously starred in both Titus Redux at the Kirk Douglas and Tempest Redux at the Odyssey, inhabits the role of an aging actor whose last days strangely parallel those of Shakespeare’s tragic king. I decided to speak with Jack about his history portraying Shakespeare’s tragic kings, his personal connection to Lear, and how this tragic king differs or is similar to the others.
The “Summer Edition” of Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Dance at the Odyssey series will return with a three-weekend lineup of adventurous and vital work by some of L.A.’s best and boldest choreographers. Learn more!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series of first looks at pieces in process by prominent L.A. visionaries will present Tip Scarry and Friends in Blind Chaperone: Awakens!. Learn more.
New Zealand-born actor Lachlan McPheat is currently performing in Los Angeles with his portrayal of Jeff Gallagher in SubUrbia, Eric Bogosian’s raw and thrilling play now running at The Odyssey Theatre Ensemble in Santa Monica.
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble, New American Theatre and Not Man Apart–Physical Theatre Ensemble will reunite to present the latest iteration in adapter, director and choreographer John Farmanesh-Bocca’s acclaimed Redux series. Learn more!
French director Maurice Attias, in residence at the Odyssey Theatre, brings a slice of French culture to L.A. with the West Coast premiere of Clôture de l’amour (Love’s End) by celebrated French playwright Pascal Rambert.
Have you ever told a lie? How bad was it? And how far would you go to keep it a secret? Odyssey Theatre Ensemble will present Irish actor, writer and comedian Tom Moran in Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar. Learn more!
Odyssey Theatre Ensemble’s Thresholds of Invention series of first looks at works-in-process by prominent L.A. visionaries will present There Are Fairies at the Bottom of Our Garden, a new work by writer/performer John Fleck. Learn more.
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