SOUL SACRIFICE
Monday, June 1st, 2026A 9-year-old Mexican American begins her journey towards adulthood in Boyle Heights circa 1970 in Consuelo G. Flores’s powerful autobiographical family drama Soul Sacrifice, a solid CASA 0101 World Premiere production that would be even better with a child actress in its leading role.
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GRANGEVILLE
Saturday, May 30th, 2026
Can two brothers estranged for over half their lives possibly find a path back towards reconciliation after decades of accumulated pain, anger and resentments? It is this question that is at the heart of Grangeville, Idaho-born-and-bred playwright Samuel D. Hunter’s most recent mini-Midwest-masterpiece, now getting an absolutely superb West Coast Premiere at the Ruskin Group Theatre.
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ASCENT
Saturday, May 23rd, 2026
Henry Ong pays long overdue tribute to Qian Xuese, aka the “Father of Chinese Rocketry,” in Ascent, the much-missed playwright’s look back at not just one of the ugliest pages in American history but one with unmistakable parallels to today’s United States, brought to stunning life at the Skylight Theatre by director-dramaturg Diana Wyenn.
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SANCTUARY CITY
Monday, May 11th, 2026
Sanctuary City, Martyna Majok’s gripping, thought-provoking examination the plight of undocumented Americanized teens now makes a stunning Orange County debut at Anaheim’s Chance Theater.
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WARSAW
Wednesday, May 6th, 2026Not everything works in Paul Webb’s Warsaw, but by the time it reaches its cathartic climax, there’s no denying the power the International City Theatre World Premiere achieves in juxtaposing WWII Poland and New York City in the weeks following 9-11.
BLUE KISS
Monday, April 27th, 2026
All bets are off from the moment 17-year-old Susan arrives at 31-year-old Todd’s one-bedroom apartment for her first SAT tutoring session because if you think you know where things are going in Blue Kiss, Stephen Fife’s riveting two-hander now getting its World Premiere at the Ruskin Group Theatre, you’ve got another thing coming.
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FOR WANT OF A HORSE
Tuesday, April 21st, 2026
“Horsing around” takes on new meaning in Olivia Dufault’s For Want Of A Horse, Echo Theater Company’s provocative World Premiere look at a man with two loves, his wife Bonnie and a filly named Q-Tip.
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HELL MOUTH
Sunday, April 19th, 2026There’s some fine work being done on the Road Theatre stage, but unless you’re an art connoisseur, you’re likely to find the company’s latest World Premiere, Tom Jacobson’s Hell Mouth, too intellectual and esoteric to rank among the prolific playwright’s best.
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