CLOWN SH*T
Monday, July 27th, 2026
Absurdist theater meets romantic comedy meets a meditation on life and death and what comes in-between in Clown Sh*t, Hope Lauren’s exhilarating, thought-provoking roller coaster ride of a World Premiere two-hander.
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F**KING STRANGERS
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2026
Erik Patterson, L.A.’s master of “I didn’t see that coming” plot twists, is back at Echo Theater with his sexiest and most provocative play in years, the twisty-turny, edge-of-your-seat, and very sexy F**king Strangers.
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MELT
Friday, June 12th, 2026A nerdy gay college theater kid and the school’s hunky hockey team captain take an instant (but definitely not permanent) dislike to each other when auditioning for a same-sex romantic two-hander in Shak Kanish’s promising new play Melt, playing this weekend only at the Lee Strasberg Institute’s Marilyn Monroe Theatre.
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PRIMARY TRUST
Friday, May 29th, 2026
The Pulitzer Prize Board doesn’t always get it right but they most definitely did in 2024 when they opted for hope, healing, and heart over heavy-handedness in honoring Eboni Booth’s Primary Trust, now getting a much anticipated Los Angeles Premiere at the Mark Taper Forum, with the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
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IRONBOUND
Saturday, May 2nd, 2026
Ironbound, Martyna Majok’s astringently funny, surprisingly affecting look at a Polish immigrant’s pursuit of “The American Dream,” is back in L.A. for an attention-worthy 3-week run at Hollywood’s Madnani Theater.
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THE CIRCLE
Monday, February 2nd, 2026Issues of familia, cultura, and política come to a head over the course of one tumultuous weekend in Stacey Martino Romero’s powerful if overlong World Premiere dramedy The Circle, now playing at the Greenway Court Theatre.
LIFELINE
Saturday, January 24th, 2026
A suicide hotline center provides the backdrop for Robert Axelrod’s Lifeline, a Road Theatre Company World Premiere dramedy as compelling as it is funny as it is ultimately quite moving thanks to a terrific script, a fabulous cast, a sensational production design, and Ken Sawyer in the director’s chair.
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CRY IT OUT
Monday, December 1st, 2025Powerhouse acting honed during Cry It Out’s three-week run at Little Fish Theatre made me glad I got to experience the final performance of Molly Smith Metzler’s funny, compelling, deeply moving dramedy about modern-day motherhood and marriage.
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