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2011-2012 Theatre Season -
Los Angeles


| A Noise Within | Actors Co-Op | Actors' Gang | Ahmanson Theatre | Boston Court |
| California Repertory | Celebration Theatre | Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities |
| The Colony Theatre | East West Players | The Falcon Theatre | Fountain Theatre |
| The Geffen Playhouse | Glendale Centre Theatre | International City Theatre | The Kirk Douglas Theatre |
| The Laguna Playhouse | La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts |
| Long Beach Shakespeare Company | L.A. City College Theatre Academy | L.A. Theatre Works |
| The Mark Taper Forum | Musical Theatre Guild | Musical Theatre West |
| The Orange County Performing Arts Center | Native Voices at the Autry | New American Theatre |
| The Pantages Theatre | Pasadena Playhouse | REDCAT | Reprise! Broadway's Best | Road Theatre |
| Rubicon Theatre Company | Sierra Madre Playhouse | South Coast Repertory | Theater League |
| Theatre West | Theatricum Botanicum | WEST COAST ENSEMBLE |



A NOISE WITHIN
at their new location in Pasadena

Twelfth Night, or What You Will
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
October 22 - December 16, 2011

Desire Under The Elms
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Damaso Rodriguez
November 12 - December 18, 2011

Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott
January 6 - January 15, 2012

Antony and Cleopatra
by William Shakespeare
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott and Geoff Elliott
February 25 - May 13, 2012

The Illusion
by Pierre Corneille
Adapted by Tony Kushner
Director to be Announced
March 10 - May 19, 2012

The Bungler
by Moliere
Translated by Richard Wilbur
Directed by Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
March 31 - May 27, 2012



ACTORS CO-OP
1760 N. Gower St., Hollywood, CA 90028

The 1940's Radio Hour
by Walton Jones
Directed by Nan McNamara
September 23 - November 13, 2011

To Kill A Mockingbird
Adapted by Christopher Sergel
from the novel by Harper Lee
Directed by Gary Lee Reed
October 14 - November 20, 2011

Yours, Isabel
by Christy Hall
Directed by Marianne Savell
February 3 - March 11, 2012

Long Day's Journey Into Night
by Eugene O'Neill
Directed by Marianne Savell
March 16 - April 29, 2012

The Learned Ladies
by Moliere
Translated by Richard Wilbur
Directed by Heather Chesley
May 11 - June 17, 2012



ACTORS GANG
Ivy Substation 9070 Venice Blvd., Culver City, CA

mate: the untouchable Bobby Fischer
by Lolly Ward
Directed by Eric Tucker
Workshop performances through Aug 6, 2011



AHMANSON THEATRE
135 North Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Les Miserables
Through July 31, 2011

Bring It On: The Musical
October 30 - December 10, 2011

Funny Girl
January 15 - February 26, 2012

Green Day’s American Idiot
March 13 - April 22, 2012

Fela!
April 25 - June 3, 2012

War House
June 13 - July 22, 2012



BOSTON COURT
70 North Mentor Avenue, Pasadena, CA

Heavier than...
by Steve Yockey
Directed by Abigail Deser
Through August 21, 2011

The Dinosaur Within
by John Walch
Directed by Michael Michetti
September 29 - November 6, 2011



CALIFORNIA REPERTORY
at The Edison Theatre, 213 East Broadway, Long Beach, CA 90802

The Love Song of J. Robert Oppenheimer
by Carson Kreitzer
Directed by Joanne Gordon
September 23 - October 15, 2011

Louis Slotin Sonata
by Paul Mullin
Directed by Eberhart Kohler
November 18, 2011 - December 10, 2011

Quills
by Doug Wright
Directed by Larissa Paige Kokernot
February 17 - March 10, 2012

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
by Tom Stoppard
Directed by Tom Cooke
April 20 - May 12, 2012



CELEBRATION THEATRE
7985 Santa Monica Blvd. #109-1, Los Angeles, CA 90046

BASH’d: A Gay Rap Opera
Written by Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow
Music by Aaron Macri
Directed by Ameenah Kaplan
Continuing Run



CIVIC LIGHT OPERA OF SOUTH BAY CITIES

Redondo Beach Performing Arts Center
1935 Manhattan Beach Boulevard
Redondo Beach, CA 90278

Company
September 14 - October 2, 2011

Thoroughly Modern Millie
November 30 - December 18, 2011

Hermosa Beach Playhouse
Pacific Coast Highway and Pier Avenue
Hermosa Beach, CA

Private Lives
October 25 - November 6, 2011

Amadeus
January 17-29, 2012

Hamlet
May 15-27, 2012



THE COLONY THEATRE
Media City Center Mall, Corner of 3rd Street and Cypress Avenue, Burbank, CA

On Golden Pond
by Ernest Thompson
Directed by Cameron Watson
July 27 - August 28, 2011

Shooting Star
by Steven Dietz
September 14 - October 16, 2011

Travels with my Aunt
by Graham Greene
Adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal
November 9 - December 18, 2011

Old Wicked Songs
by Jon Marans
February 1 - March 4, 2012

Dames at Sea
Book and lyrics by George Haimsohn and Robin Miller
Music by Jim Wise
April 11 - May 13, 2012



EAST WEST PLAYERS
120 North Judge John Aiso Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

A Widow of No Importance
by Shane Sakhrani
Directed by Shaheen Vaaz
September 8 - October 11, 2011

The Language Archive
by Julia Cho
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
November 3 - December 4, 2011

The Three Year Swim Club
by Lee Tonouchi
Directed by Keo Woolford
February 9 - March 11, 2012

A Little Night Music
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by Tim Dang
May 10 - June 24, 2012



THE FALCON THEATRE
4252 Riverside Drive, Burbank

The Troubadour Theater Company's
Fleetwood Macbeth
Directed by Matt Walker
Through August 14, 2011

Laurel and Hardy
by Tom McGrath
Directed by Dimitri Toscas
August 31 - October 2, 2011

Southern Comforts
by Kathleen Clark
Directed by Jules Aaron
October 12 - November 13, 2011

The Troubadour Theater Company's
A Christmas Westside Story
Directed by Matt Walker
November 30, 2011 - January 15, 2012

Dissonance
by Damian Lanigan
Directed by Crispin Whittell
February 1 - March 4, 2012



FOUNTAIN THEATRE
5060 Fountain Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029

Bakersfield Mist
Written and Directed by Stephen Sachs
Through September 3, 2011

Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
by August Wilson
Dates TBA



THE GEFFEN PLAYHOUSE
10886 Le Conte Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90024

Gil Cates Main Stage

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
by Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by Edward Torres
August 30 - October 9, 2011

Next Fall
by Geoffrey Nauffts
Directed by Sheryl Kaller
October 25 - December 4, 2011

Red Hot Patriot: The Kick-Ass Wit
of Molly Ivins
by Margaret Engel & Allison Engel
Directed by David Esbjornson
January 3 - February 12, 2012

Good People
by David Lindsay-Abaire
April 3 - May 13, 2012

The Exorcist
by John Pielmeier
Adapted from the book by William Peter Blatty
Directed by John Doyle
July 3 - August 12, 2012

Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater

Radiance: The Passion of Marie Curie
by Alan Alda
Directed by Daniel Sullivan
November 1 - December 11, 2011

The Jacksonian
by Beth Henley
Directed by Robert Falls
January 31 - March 11, 2012



GLENDALE CENTRE THEATRE
324 North Orange Street, Glendale, CA 91203

1776
Through August 13, 2011

Beau Jest
August 18 – September 24, 2011

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
September 29 – November 19, 2011

A Christmas Carol
November 25 – December 24, 2011

See How They Run
December 30, 2011 - February 6, 2012

Kiss Me, Kate
February 11 - April 3, 2012

Squabbles
April 8 - May 15, 2012

The Will Rogers Follies
May 20 - July 10, 2012

The Hasty Heart
July 15 - August 21, 2012

Camelot
August 26 - October 16, 2012

A Murder Is Announced
October 21 - November 20, 2012

A Christmas Carol
November 27 - December 23, 2012



INTERNATIONAL CITY THEATRE
300 E. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802

Private Lives
by Noel Coward
August 23 - September 18, 2011

The Robber Bridegroom
Book and Lyrics by Alfred Uhry
Music by Robert Waldman
Based on the novella by Eudora Welty
October 11 - November 6, 2011



THE KIRK DOUGLAS THEATRE
9820 Washington Blvd at Duquesne, Culver City

This
by Melissa James Gibson
July 30 - August 28, 2011

The Behavior of Broadus
by Burglars of Hamm
Original Songs by Matt Almos & Brendan Milburn with Burglars of Hamm
A staged reading
September 17, 2011

I’ve Never Been So Happy
Book and Lyrics by Kirk Lynn
Music and Lyrics by Peter Stopschinski
Curated and Directed by Thomas Graves and Lana Lesley
Created and Performed by Rude Mechs
October 6–23, 2011

The Night Watcher
Written and performed by Charlayne Woodard
November 17 – December 18, 2011

The Ebony Repertory Theatre production of
A Raisin in the Sun
by Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by Phylicia Rashad
January 19 – February 19, 2012

American Night: The Ballad of Juan José
by Richard Montoya
Developed by Culture Clash and Jo Bonney
Directed by Jo Bonney
March 9 – April 1, 2012

The Convert
by Danai Gurira
Directed by Emily Mann
April 17 – May 13, 2012



THE LAGUNA PLAYHOUSE
606 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna Beach, CA

I Left My Heart
Through August 21, 2011

Shirley Valentine
September 27 - October 23, 2011

This Wonderful Life
November 25 - December 24, 2011

Lonesome Traveler
January 10 - February 5, 2012

Sister’s Easter Catechism
March 13 - April 8, 2012

Tickled Pink
April 24 - May 20, 2012



LA MIRADA THEATRE FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS
14900 La Mirada Boulevard, La Mirada, California 90638

Noises Off
by Michael Frayn
September 23 - October 16, 2011

Life Could Be A Dream
Written and Created by Roger Bean
October 28 - November 20, 2011

The 39 Steps
Adapted by Patrick Barlow
from the novel by John Buchan
from the movie of Alfred Hitchcock
January 20 - February 12, 2012

Miss Saigon
Music by Claude-Michel Schonberg
Lyrics by Richard Maltby, Jr. and Alain Boublil
Adapted from the original French lyrics by Alain Boublil
April 13 - May 6, 2012

Peter Pan
Musical Production of the play by Sir James Barrie Lyrics by Carolyn Leigh
Music by Moose Charlap
Additional Lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green
Additional Music by Jule Styne
Starring Cathy Rigby
June 1-24, 2012



LONG BEACH SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
4250 1/2 Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90807

The Merry Wives of Windsor
(Free at Bixby Park)
Through July 30, 2011

The Little Dog Laughed
September 23 - October 15, 2011

Sherlock Holmes & The Hound of the Baskervilles
September 16 - October 22, 2011

The War of the Worlds
October 28 - 31, 2011

A Christmas Carol
November 30 - December 18, 2011



L.A. CITY COLLEGE THEATRE ACADEMY
Caminito Theatre, 855 North Vermont Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90029

TBA



L.A. THEATRE WORKS
Performed live and recorded for later radio broadcast at James Bridges Theater in Melnitz Hall at UCLA, 235 Charles E. Young Dr., Los Angeles, CA 90095

A Doll House
by Henrik Ibsen
Starring Calista Flockhart and JoBeth Williams
September 22-25, 2011

Completeness
by Itmar Moses
Starring Mandy Siegfried October 20-23, 2011

Copenhagen
by Michael Frayn
November 17-20, 2011

Buried Child
by Sam Shepard
Starring Amy Madigan
December 8-11, 2011

Next Fall
by Geoffrey Nauffts
Starring Anne Heche and Jean Smart
January 19-22, 2012

Look Back in Anger
by John Osbourne
Starring Matthew Rhys
March 15-18, 2012

Frost/Nixon
by Peter Morgan
Starring Stacy Keach and James Marsters
April 19-22, 2012

Opus
by Michael Hollinger
Starring Adam Arkin and Jesse Tyler Ferguson
May 17-20, 2012

The Browning Version
by Terrence Rattigan
Starring Martin Jarvis and Joanne Whalley
June 21-24, 2012

Rhinoceros
by Eugene Ionesco
Starring Jim Parsons
July 19-22, 2012



THE MARK TAPER FORUM
135 North Grand Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90012

Poor Behavior
by Theresa Rebeck
September 7 - October 16, 2011

Vigil
November 2 - December 18, 2011



MUSICAL THEATRE GUILD

Alex Theatre
216 N. Brand Blvd
Glendale, CA 91203

and

Scherr Forum
Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza
2100 E. Thousand Oaks Blvd.
Thousand Oaks, CA 91362

High Fidelity
Music by Tom Kitt
Lyrics by Amanda Green
Book by David Lindsay Abaire
Based on the novel by Nick Hornby
September 19, 2011
Alex

Fanny
Book by S. N. Behrman & Joshua Logan
Lyrics and Music by Harold Rome
Based on Marcel Pagnol’s trilogy
November 14, 2011
Alex

Little Women - the Musical
Music by Jason Howland
Lyrics by Mindi Dickstein
Book by Allan Knee
Based on Louisa May Alcott’s novel
February 13, 2012 (Alex)
February 19, 2012 (Scherr)

A New Brain
Music & Lyrics by William Finn
Book by William Finn & James Lapine
April 16, 2012
Alex

Shenandoah
Music by Gary Geld
Lyrics by Peter Udell
Book by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell & Philip Rose
Based on an original screenplay by James Lee Barrett
June 12, 2012 (Alex)
June 17, 2012 (Scherr)



MUSICAL THEATRE WEST
Carpenter Center for the Performing Arts, 6200 E. Atherton St., Long Beach, CA 90815

Hairspray
October 28 - November 13, 2011

Winder Wonderettes
December 9-18, 2011

Man of La Mancha
February 10-26, 2012

Forbidden Broadway: Volume 2
April 13-29, 2012

TBA
June 29 - July 15, 2012



NATIVE VOICES AT THE AUTRY
Wells Fargo Theater, 4700 Western Heritage Way, Los Angeles, CA 90027

TBA



NEW AMERICAN THEATRE
2501 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90057

Bedfellows
by Chuck Rose
Fall 2011



THE ORANGE COUNTY PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
600 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92626

Mary Poppins
July 14 - August 7, 2011

West Side Story
September 6-18, 2011

Shrek the Musical
October 4-16, 2011

Riverdance
October 28-30, 2011

Blue Man Group
November 8-20, 2011

White Christmas
December 13, 2011 - January 1, 2012

Cats
January 17-22, 2012

Come Fly Away
January 31 - February 5, 2012

Traces
February 28 - March 4, 2012

Million Dollar Quartet
April 24 - May 6, 2012

American Idiot
May 29 - June 3, 2012

Les Miserables
June 12-24, 2012

La Cage Aux Folles
July 24 - August 5, 2012



THE PANTAGES THEATRE
6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90028

Shrek the Musical
Through July 31, 2011

Come Fly Away
October 25 - November 6, 2011

Riverdance
November 15-20, 2011

Wicked
November 30 - January 29, 2012

Monty Python’s Spamalot
February 28 - March 4, 2012

Rock of Ages
March 20-25, 2012

Mamma Mia!
March 27 - April 8, 2012

Billy Elliot the Musical
April 12 - June 2, 2012

The Addams Family
June 5-17, 2012

Million Dollar Quartet
June 19 - July 1, 2012

La Cage Aux Folles
July 10 - 22, 2012

Memphis
July 31 - August 12, 2012



PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
39 S. El Molina Ave., Pasadena, CA 91101

Ennio
August 23-28, 2011

South Street
by Craig Carlisle and Richard Addrisi
September 20 - October 16, 2011

Pastoral
by Frank Tangredi
Directed by Sheldon Epps
November 1-27, 2011

Art
by Yasmina Reza
Directed by David Lee
January 24 - February 19, 2012

The Heiress
by Ruth and Augustus Goetz
April 24 - May 20, 2012

Sleepless in Seattle - the Musical
Book by Jeff Arch
Score by Michelle Citrin, Michael Garin & Josh Nelson
Directed by Joel Zwick
June 12 - July 15, 2012



REDCAT
The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theatre, In Walt Disney Concert Hall, 631 W. 2nd St., Los Angeles, CA

Sandra Bernhard: I Love Being Me, Don’t You?
August 11-14, 2011



REPRISE! BROADWAY'S BEST
Freud Playhouse at UCLA

Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff
Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Broadway production directed by Harold Prince
September 13-25, 2011

The Baker's Wife
Book by Joseph Stein
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Based on the film "La Femme de Boulanger" by Marcel Pagnol and Jean Giono
February 14-26, 2012

The Apple Tree
Book, Music and Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick and Jerry Bock
Additional book material by Jerome Coopersmith
Based on stories by Mark Twain, Frank R. Stockton, and Jules Feiffer
Original Production Directed by Mike Nichols
April 17-29, 2012



ROAD THEATRE COMPANY
5108 Lankershim Boulevard, North Hollywood, CA 91601

TBA



RUBICON THEATRE COMPANY
1006 East Main Street, Ventura

Steel Magnolias
August 24 - September 18, 2011



SIERRA MADRE PLAYHOUSE
87 W. Sierra Madre Blvd., Sierra Madre, CA 91024

Solid Gold Cadillac
by Howard Teichmann & George S. Kaufman
Through July 30, 2011

Yeomen of the Guard
Music and Libretto by Gilbert and Sullivan
August 19 - September 24, 2011

To Kill a Mockingbird
by Christopher Sergei
Based on the novel by Harper Lee
October 7 - November 12, 2011

A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
Adapted by Christina Harris
November 25 - December 23, 2011



SOUTH COAST REPERTORY
655 Town Center Drive, Costa Mesa, CA 92628

Segerstrom Stage

Pride And Prejudice
by Jane Austen
Adapted for the stage by Joseph Hanreddy and J.R. Sullivan
Directed by Kyle Donnelly
September 9 - October 9, 2011

The Trip To Bountiful
by Horton Foote
Directed by Martin Benson
October 21 - November 20, 2011

Elemeno Pea
by Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by Marc Masterson
January 27 - February 26, 2012

The Prince Of Atlantis
by Steven Drukman
Directed by Warner Shook
March 30 - April 29, 2012

Jitney
by August Wilson
May 11 - June 10, 2012

Julianne Argyros Stage

How The World Began
by Catherine Trieschmann
Directed by Daniella Topol
September 25 - October 16, 2011

Topdog/Underdog
by Suzan-Lori Parks
Directed by Seret Scott
January 8-29, 2012

Sight Unseen
by Donald Margulies
Directed by David Emmes
March 11 - April 1, 2012

Cloudlands
Book by Octavio Solis
Music by Adam Gwon
Lyrics by Octavio Solis and Adam Gwon
April 15 - May 6, 2012



THEATER LEAGUE

CUPS
August 11 - September 4, 2011

Rat Pack Show
October 25-30, 2011

Blue Man Group
November 29 - December 4, 2011

My Fair Lady
January 17-22, 2012

Young Frankenstein
February 21-26, 2012

Gazillion Bubble Show
February 29, 2012

An Evening With Patti LuPone & Mandy Patinkin
March 20 - 25, 2012



THEATRE WEST
3333 Cahuenga Blvd. West, Hollywood, CA 90068

Seascape
September 9 - October 16, 2011



THEATRICUM BOTANICUM
1419 N. Topanga Cyn. Blvd., Topanga, CA

(Shows perform in repertory through October 2, 2011)

Richard III
The Merry Wives of Windsor
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Tartuffe
Rose Cottages



WEST COAST ENSEMBLE
Theatre of Arts Arena Stage, 1625 N. Las Palmas Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028

Gypsy
Through July 31, 2011


Visit the Theatre League Alliance of Southern California for listings.




-- Sharon Perlmutter

This page updated 8/1/11



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