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Santa Monica, CA 90405-1628


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UNSAVORY FELLOW Opens April 4 At Santa Monica Playhouse


by A.A. Cristi - March 01, 2024

Catch the new show UNSAVORY FELLOW at Santa Monica Playhouse from April 4 to April 27, 2024. Written, directed, and performed by Nick James, this one-man show explores the trials and triumphs of a Midwestern transplant in Hollywood. Adult themes, not for children....

Interview: Ruskin Group Theatre's Michael Myers' AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN Putting On More Than ONLY A SHOW!


by Gil Kaan - January 13, 2024

Next up for the Ruskin Group Theatre, two shows in tandem – John Colella’s An Extraordinary Ordinary Man and Paul Linke’s It’s Only a Show!, both opening January 13, 2024. Got the chance to ask Ruskin’s producing artistic director Michael Myers a few questions on Ruskin’s current shows and early beg...

Interview: Paul Linke Illuminates Why IT'S not ONLY A SHOW!


by Gil Kaan - January 08, 2024

A long-time collaborator with Charles Nelson Reilly, Paul Linke has co-written It’s Only a Show!, performing as the popular comedian in his one-man tribute to Charles Nelson Reilly. This solo show directed by Edward Edwards opens January 13, 2024 at the Ruskin Group Theatre, 5pm curtain, in tandem w...

Ruskin Group Theatre In Santa Monica Presents A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE, August 18


by A.A. Cristi - July 25, 2023

Ruskin Group Theatre presents Arthur Miller's  “A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE” starring Ray Abruzzo, opening Friday, August 18, 2023. ...

Interview: John Colella's Never BLUE Reuniting With Past Cohorts


by Gil Kaan - April 05, 2023

Next up for Rogue Machine, the world premiere of June Carryl’s Blue opening April 7, 2023 at The Matrix Theatre. Michael Matthews directs the cast of John Colella and Julanne Chidi Hill. John managed to find some time after returning from working out of the country to answer a few of my queries....

Rogue Machine Presents the Southern CA Premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's A GREAT WILDERNESS


by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2022

Rogue Machine presents the Southern CA premiere of Samuel D. Hunter's “A GREAT WILDERNESS”, opening September 24, 2022....

REMEMBERING THE FUTURE Will Now Open July 23 At Odyssey Theatre


by Stephi Wild - July 06, 2022

Sweet Talk Productions has announced new preview and opening dates for the world premiere of Remembering the Future, an existential comedy by Peter Lefcourt....

World Premiere Of REMEMBERING THE FUTURE By Peter Lefcourt Comes To The Odyssey Theatre Next Month


by Stephi Wild - June 28, 2022

Sweet Talk Productions has announced the world premiere of Remembering the Future, an existential comedy by Peter Lefcourt. Produced by Racquel Lehrman, Theatre Planners, and directed by Terri Hanauer, the cast will feature (in alphabetical order) two-time Emmy Award-winner Michael Corbett, Fatima E...

Renn Woods Leads GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER at Ruskin Theater


by Stephi Wild - June 17, 2022

Stage, television, and film veteran Renn Woods will play Mary Prentice in the Ruskin Theater’s new live production of the Stanley Kramer’s groundbreaking classic 1967 film “Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner”, in honor of her friend and legend Sidney Portier, who played John Prentice. ...

BWW Interview: GUESS WHO Director Lita Gaithers Owens' Bringing To DINNER


by Gil Kaan - June 14, 2022

Already opened at the Ruskin Group Theatre, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner through July 17, 2022. Lita Gaithers Owens directs the cast of Paul Denk, Lee Garlington, Brad Greenquist, Dan Martin , Mary Pumper, Vickilyn Reynolds, Mouchette van Helsdingen, Vincent Washington and Renn Woods. Lita managed...

Past Shows

An Extraordinary Ordinary Man


“Be anything but a baker” became the echoing advice that defined John II’s upbringing. Raised in a tight-knit Italian American family he was well aware, ...

It’s Only a Show!
It’s Only a Show!
1/20 - 2/17/2024


Who do you carry with you on life's journey? For some, there are those inspirational individuals whose influence alters the very trajectory of our existence. ...

Picasso at the Lapin Agile
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
2/24 - 6/17/2023


Written by Steve Martin and directed by Amelia Mulkey, the play imagines, in a light-hearted and humorous way, the similarities of the creative process involved with ...

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner


A progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fianc home to meet them in this ...

The Pack
The Pack
9/24


Each month, in The Pack, Drama Desk Award winner and Emmy nominated writer Eugene Pack brings together an outstanding group of actors who perform staged ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
6/21 - 8/4/2019


Rob Morrow stars in one of the greatest plays of the 20th Century. A Pulitzer Prize and Tony winner, the story stays strikingly relevant. Burdened ...

PARADISE - A Divine Bluegrass Musical Comedy


A Live Band on Stage with Book/Music from National Lampoon Writers at Ruskin Group Theatre When a southern coal-mining town goes from boom to bust, ...

The Alamo
The Alamo
2/24 - 3/24/2018


In the blue collar Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn sits a rundown neighborhood institution called The Alamo; the last great American bar. The owners, Munce ...

The Rainbow Bridge
The Rainbow Bridge
7/21 - 9/17/2017


At the intersection of satire and reality, Jerry struggles to keep moving forward in his life while haunted by the ghosts of his family’s past. ...

The Gun
The Gun
3/18 - 4/30/2017


You are who you pretend to be, until the day you wake up when the sun is shining just right, and you look in the mirror and ...

It's Time
It's Time
10/21 - 12/4/2016


Originating from the true story Time Flies When You’re Alive, HBO Showcase (Ace Award nominee), IT’S TIME is a World Premiere production bringing humor and ...

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
7/22 - 9/17/2016


Winning the BEST PLAY Award from the New York Drama Critics' Circle, “A RAISIN IN THE SUN" made history when it opened in 1959. The ...

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