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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4/26 - 5/11/2024


In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big Daddy, as they sentimentally dub him. The mood is somber, despite the festivities, ...

ABOVE THE FOLD
ABOVE THE FOLD
4/18 - 4/28/2024


Pasadena Playhouse: Bernard Weinraub; dir: Steve Robman....

Born With Teeth
Born With Teeth
4/5 - 4/28/2024


An aging ruler, an oppressive police state, a restless polarized people seething with paranoia: it's a dangerous time for poets. Two of them - the ...

The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body


The VORTEX and Fusebox Festival present the world premiere of The Black Feminist Guide to the Human Body, a new choreopoem by Lisa B. Thompson

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
4/26 - 5/11/2024


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof By Tennessee Williams Directed by Eric Beck In a plantation house, a family celebrates the sixty-fifth birthday of Big ...

Aurora
Aurora
5/10 - 5/19/2024


Aurora is a starseed who yearns for a celestial voyage back to her home planet.

DOUBT, A PARABLE
DOUBT, A PARABLE
4/26 - 5/19/2024


Set against the backdrop of 1960s America amid political and social change, a progressive young priest's past conduct comes into question by the school principal.

Doubt: A Parable
Doubt: A Parable
4/26 - 5/19/2024


Set against the backdrop of a 1960s America in the midst of political and social change, a progressive young priest's conduct comes under question by ...

The Comedy of Errors
The Comedy of Errors
5/3 - 5/19/2024


One of William Shakespeare’s most beloved comedies. The farcical misadventures of two sets of identical twins and a hilarious romp with a family fractured and ...

Tiny Beautiful Things
Tiny Beautiful Things
5/10 - 5/25/2024


TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS By Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed Directed by Brian Cheslik** Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage ...

Tiny Beautiful Things


TINY BEAUTIFUL THINGS By Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed Directed by Brian Cheslik** Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed and adapted for the stage ...

Chronicles of a Black Deaf Blind Girl


Chronicles of a Black Deaf Blind Girl Written and performed by Ashlea Hayes Directed by Brian Cheslik Ghari is a 30-something year old woman whose ...

Chronicles of a Black Deaf Blind Girl


Chronicles of a Black Deaf Blind Girl Written and performed by Ashlea Hayes Directed by Brian Cheslik Ghari is a 30-something year old woman whose ...

Moon Over Buffalo
Moon Over Buffalo
6/7 - 6/16/2024


Directed by:  AJ Fuex In the madcap comedy tradition of Lend Me a Tenor, the hilarious Moon Over Buffalo centers on George and Charlotte Hay, ...

Maebell’s Suitcase
Maebell’s Suitcase
6/14 - 6/29/2024


Glass Half Full Theatre produces a warm, funny adaptation of Tricia Tusa’s tale of the love between 108-year-old Maebell and her dear bird friend, Binkle....

Emma
Emma
5/31 - 6/30/2024


Emma Woodhouse prides herself on being a matchmaker with an impeccable track record, much to the chagrin of her dear friend Mr. Knightley. However, her ...

Funny, Like an Abortion
Funny, Like an Abortion
7/6 - 7/20/2024


National New Play Network rolling world premiere play by Rachel Bublitz. Since abortions are illegal in the United States, Monroe throws herself a surprise abortion ...

Sunny Days
Sunny Days
8/22 - 9/14/2024


National New Play Network rolling world premiere by playwright Reina Hardy. Directed by Rudy Ramirez with puppet design by Caroline Reck, this play incorporates live ...

Our Town
Our Town
10/1 - 10/6/2024


Described by Edward Albee as “the greatest American play ever written,”  Our Town  presents the small town of Grover’s Corners in three acts: “Daily Life,” ...

oh to be pure again
oh to be pure again
10/17 - 10/27/2024


During one hot Texas summer at a Charismatic Christian camp, an idealistic counselor works to shepherd the senior girls’ cabin along their journey to make ...

Escobar's Hippo
Escobar's Hippo
10/29 - 11/3/2024


A Colombian town along the Magdalena River plunges into chaos after a flatulent, destructive, easily offended, and adventurous hippo comes to town and wreaks havoc. ...

Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet
2/4 - 2/9/2025


Romeo and Juliet Summary. An age-old vendetta between two powerful families erupts into bloodshed. A group of masked Montagues risk further conflict by gatecrashing a ...

The River Bride
The River Bride
2/27 - 3/7/2025


Sisters entangled in the catch of love! Once upon a time, in a secluded Brazilian village, days before a young woman's wedding, a wedding her ...

Everybody
Everybody
4/1 - 4/6/2025


“Everybody,” is Jacobs-Jenkins' adaptation of the 15th century morality play, “Everyman,” and follows an archetypal person as they wrestle with Death who has recently called upon ...



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by Victoria Schwarz - April 25, 2024

As many students of history know, 1929 was the beginning of a chaotic, and often tragic, decade for the United States. Seven months after a small stock market crash and recovery on March 25, the bottom fell out....

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