Astronauts Wanted
Apr
3
to Apr 27

Astronauts Wanted

Inspired by the Mars One Project, which aimed to send the first human beings to Mars, Astronauts Wanted is a poetic multimedia piece. Follow Three volunteers (Sol, Sorcha, and Tallulah) are on their way to Mars. Playing with their fate, they push the boundaries of their own humanity and look deep within as they embark on a no-return mission.

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 LOBSTER
Apr
25
to May 17

LOBSTER

Nora loves Patti Smith. Nora is Patti Smith. Nora is stoned out of her mind in the Chelsea Hotel, no, the Chelsea Hotel is her mind, actually, the Chelsea Hotel is an out-of-use portable classroom in the Pacific Northwest, but that portable is a breeding ground for lobsters young women.

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SERIALS
May
1
to May 17

SERIALS

SERIALS is a late-night episodic short-play competition. Five original works are performed, and the audience votes on their favorites. The top 3 return next week with a brand-new episode.

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Now and Then (and Now): An Intergenerational Playlist
May
3
3:00 PM15:00

Now and Then (and Now): An Intergenerational Playlist

Docbloc’s Intergenerational Theatre Lab presents a lively, interactive cabaret where voices, stories, and songs across generations collide! Join us as we explore the bonds and divides between generations, diving into social justice and political issues that shape our world, all through this unique, collectively devised performance.

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May
7
to May 11

STAN: or The Dinosaur Play

May 7th, 2025, 7pm

May 10th, 2025, 3pm

May 11th, 2025, 7pm

Alexandra Rogers - Playwright/Co-Director

Alex Olesky - Co-Director

Ghost Light Theatre Company - Producer

Kat Sloan Garcia - Producer

Logan Malczynski - PSM

Ethan Foley - Lighting Designer

Belle Alatorre - Sound Designer

Alex Attala - Associate Sound Designer

Anna Keeley - Props Designer

CAST

Jaden Lily Branson - Nick

Zack Cambronne - Leo

Sophia Carlin - Susan

Jess Jaffe - Charlie

Katie Kendrick - Stan

Aeris Lihau - Auctioneer

Liann Yu - Maxine

STAN is a fantastical romp based on a real life dinosaur, a real life auction, and a rumored feud. It tells the story of Maxine, a personal bidder working for a big auction house, who is called upon by two high profile celebrities to bid on the same lot— a T Rex fossil named STAN. Through prehistoric asides, childish taunting, and dangerous games, STAN warns us about the dangers of selling off our histories to the highest bidder.

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May
15
to May 22

Marta Nesspek Presents...

A 23.5° Tilt Production

Marta Nesspek Presents…

Dates:

Thursday, May 15th, 2025 - 7pm

Saturday, May 17th, 2025 - 7pm

Thursday, May 22nd, 2025 - 7pm

Creative Team:

Written by Kate Pressman

Directed by Logan Reed

Dramaturgy & Creative Producing from Elizagrace Madrone

Sound Design & Engineering from Sam Kaseta

Costume Design by Annie Hoeg

Compositions by Josh Brown, Alex Minier, and Grace Oberhofer

Marta Nesspek Presents her Classic Collection with intimate Screenings of Live Cinema: A Monster! A Murder! A Romance! And More! Succinct Cinematic Selections - hand-rendered in Glorious Monochrome.

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You Exist Too Loud
May
16
to May 24

You Exist Too Loud

A series of monologues that combine to tell of the unique experiences and struggles of different female identifying and gender non-conforming people. The characters vary in age and experience, but we wach as all of them go through the world experiencing things that are very real, raw, and (hopefully) relatable to the audience.

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LOVE YOU MORE
May
29
to Jun 19

LOVE YOU MORE

Do you have siblings? Are you the favourite? No? Are you sure? A play about 3 sisters, but actually only 2 sisters, being sisterly, or whatever that means. It’s only 75 minutes, you can figure it out for yourself.

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May
30
to Jun 1

Diffraction Dance Festival

Dates:

May 30th, 2025 - 7pm (Livestream Available)

May 31st, 2025 - 3pm (Livestream Available)

June 1st, 2025 - 3pm

Creative Team:

David Cartahena Lee - Producer
Alexis Kiok - Administrative Assistant

Choreographers:

Ah-Molla Dance Collective

Alexis Vinzons

Chengyao Zhou

Davinara Dance Collective

Destiny Nguyen

DCL Dance Company

Digital Movement Dance

Emma Conrad & Lisa Kwak

Jayme Wong

Kyoko Fujimoto

Lobel project

Madhuvanthi Sundararajan

Mar Lures-Keller

Onjay

Resonance

Shreyaa Suresh

Shuqi Cong

Soho Su

Stephanie Shin

Trina Sarkar

Umami Playground Dance Inc.

Valkyrie Yao

Yinqi Wang and Maggie Liang

Yuliya Chitose

Celebrate AAPI+ Month with Diffraction Dance Festival featuring, from the team behind Resonance, 20+ choreographers sharing street, contemporary, and cultural dance. Every show features a new lineup May 30-June 1.

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Like Violets
Apr
12
to Apr 13

Like Violets

Like Violets is an evening of new dance works, presented by Lawton Dance Collective. The show centers around female experiences and perspectives, considering questions of autonomy, femininity, relationships, and resilience.

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Apr
6
to Apr 13

Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas

Jwala Productions Presents
Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas

April 06, 2025 @ 7pm
April 9th, 2025 @ 7pm
April 13th, 2025 @ 7pm

Wallis Meghan Rolle, Director
CAST TBD

’Seeking Fair and Lovely : Rishtas and Rasas’ is a one-act play that takes place in a matchmaking office in Portland. Told through a style inspired by classical Sanskrit drama, the play showcases each scene based on a particular emotion, that helps drive the story forward.

’Seeking Fair and Lovely’ asks first generation Indian-Americans; “How do we participate in the oppression of those in our own communities?”, “How do we pass on what we have been conditioned to believe to our children?”, and “What will it cost to break free of these cruel, centuries-long ideologies?”.

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The Tempest
Apr
4
to Apr 5

The Tempest

The Tempest

Friday, April 4th, 2025 @3pm

Saturday, April 5th, 2025 @3pm

CAST

Christina Du Chene - Prospero

Natalie Quinn - Ariel

Enzo De Cunto - Stephano

Annabelle Kerns - Gonzalo

Chloe Strolia - Ferdinand

Tavia Williams - Miranda

Chistian Blandin - Antonio

Aryan Chhabra - Trinculo

Esmeralda Ruiz - Caliban

Bobby Brannon - Alonso

Himika Kaku - Sebastian

CREATIVES

Lily Than - Stage Manager

Josh Van Veggel - Lighting Coordinator/Programmer

Claire Pearson - Company Manager

Ezra LeBank - Director

Dan Istrate - Associate Director

Kyle Matsuda - Assistant Director

Clairey Evangelho - Associate Choreographer

Sonia Giansiracusa - Assistant Stage Manager

Saul Diaz - Scenic/Props Coordinator

Di Herrera - Costume Coordinator

Sarah Heinesh - Make-up Coordinator

Sam Moran Asst. - Make-up Coordinator

Jessica Dellrae Rivera - Sound Coordinator

CalREP’s ‘The Tempest’ sets Shakespeare's last play in an urban LA warehouse, creating a highly physical 70 minutes of live entertainment inspired by work with the UK’s Frantic Assembly.

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The Frat Boy Play
Mar
30
9:30 PM21:30

The Frat Boy Play

When the brothers of Sigma Epsilon Pi are publicly accused in the school newspaper of roofying a freshman girl at their latest party, the resulting outcry from the student body and the university’s administration threatens to jeopardize their chapter’s continued presence on campus. As tensions rise outside and inside the house, long buried secrets are revealed, present relationships are called into question, and the members of the frat must reckon with the costs of maintaining a brotherhood.

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Bartleby the Barista
Mar
29
9:30 PM21:30

Bartleby the Barista

"Bartleby the Barista" is a one-person play by award-winning playwright Duncan Pflaster, adapting Melville's classic "Bartleby the Scrivener". Bartleby, now a barista at a chain coffeeshop, stirs existential chaos with his signature line, "I would prefer not to."

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birthday birthday birthday
Mar
27
to Apr 19

birthday birthday birthday

Marissa and Clark are best friends who share a birthday. Marissa and Clark are best friends who share a birthday party. And Marissa and Clark plan on doing anything in their power to share that birthday party for the rest of their lives - and then some. A multi-decade romp through race, class, and time, birthday birthday birthday is about who we choose, how we change, and what it takes to remember it all.

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We Are Not The Change
Mar
25
9:30 PM21:30

We Are Not The Change

WE ARE NOT THE CHANGE follows a group of empowered and aggravating modern high schoolers, attempting to make systemic change at their school through their involvement in the much-neglected Advocacy Club. What begins as an earnest attempt to aid the mental health crises at their school devolves into a blood-thirsty race for the Class President title, resulting in scandal, controversy, and inevitable teenage dramatics.

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