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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I’LL GIVE YOU MY HEART
Sunday, October 5th, 2025
Do you too wish that Hollywood were still making the kind of romantic comedies that turned Julia Roberts, Meg Ryan, and Sandra Bullock into international superstars back in the ‘90s? If so, you won’t want to miss Tamara Steren’s heartstrings-tugging World Premiere romcom I’ll Give You My Heart at Burbank’s Colony Theatre.
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TORCH SONG
Monday, September 29th, 2025
Michael Mullen delivers a career-best performance as Arnold Beckoff in Harvey Fierstein’s Torch Song, now making its long-awaited local debut at Santa Monica’s venerable Morgan-Wixson Theatre.
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ADOLESCENT SALVATION
Friday, September 19th, 2025
A Tequila-fueled game of Truth or Dare yields unpredictable and life-changing consequences for the teenage protagonists of Adolescent Salvation, Tim Venable’s latest bit of play-writing brilliance on Rogue Machine’s ultra-intimate Henry Murray Stage.
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