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Sunday, October 18, 2026

WHAT MIGHT THIS BE RORSCHACH AT THE SKYLIGHT WORLD PREMIERE

What is a perfect play?  Do you have one?  I go back to Saroyan's The Time of Your Life.. The film with James Cagney and productions over the years.  To me..  it is all the stuff that keeps the audience informed and engaged.

Kelly Younger's World Premiere of   Rorshach was cast by Victoria Hoffman.  I had a moment to re-connect with her before the curtain and wanted to share her credit at the top of this critique because she and the director, Cameron Watson,  found their terrific cast and molded them into their characters in such a way that  the cast did their jobs with aplomb.     
Really.. 
When a theatre piece as complicated as this play is on many levels comes together with the combined skills of the text, the theme (lots of love) and substance, that's an accomplishment.   If any Art moves us.. draws us in ..or repels us?  Then the art is successful.  This play.. evidently a favorite for Mr. Watson for almost twenty years!! Has all the elements that .. when met.. create the bond between the audience and the story.  
The Story? 
Is it vital that you see this story?  Yes!   
 
Why see this show??   Well you may ask.  At tender moments in this production.. the silence may echo a sniffle.  Will I cop to a sniffle?  More than one time.. and the laughs are clever and to the credit of the big three: the Cast, the Director and the Playwright.. the Laughs are out loud . .
An Ink Blot??   What might this be?
Unlike the TAT (Thematic Apperception Test) that aids psychologists to probe the minds of clients.. Recognizable images in amorphous situtions,  Rorschach's Ink Blots provide a deeper dive, that, with trained skill can ferret out the subtle stuff that brought the client to counseling in the first place.
Based on heavy research, Kelly  Younger  builds a scenario on the appparent failure of Hermann Rorshach to be recognized for his often maligned theory.    Born in 1884..  Rorshach  (Mitch Ross)  came to science from art. A Swiss, Rorschach was convinced his 'way' could be ground breaking. He meets Emil (Paul Culos)  and.. The Magical Reality of the relationship of  each and all of the characters becomes central to the work of modern day PhD candidate Justin  (Elija McNally).  We meet Justin in a lecture hall. That's where we also meet Aimee (Carolina Rodriguez).  And, then. the magical coincidences.  They are manipulative and funny and warm and fill the check list of life and conflict and  the Hope of resolution and redemption. The story  unfolds in the most expert way that drama.. to me.. is supposed to unfold.
We meet the 'actor'  Olive (like the tree) Linzi Fenix and Dana (Tessa Hersh)  who bring another aspect of how Love finds a Way to the adventure.
Jared Sayeg's amazing tech and Tesshi Nakagawa's set are awe inspiring in spite of  some sight line issuess .. blame the  rake of the Skylight seating..   
'Twas ever thus.. and if, in time.. The Skylight adjusts their seating so that the seeing the whole play is more available to everyone.. that could be a wonderful improvement..  
Regardless, the tech transports us in wonderful ways.  Magic.
Six characters..  seven or eight if you count the sound and visuals..and the director's  invisible hand...  as the story unfolds a pace; we come to love and/or appreciate every single one.  
The  most dear and tender moments are genuine. The magical reality works. The device of Coming Together is superb. 
Cameraon Watson's first curtain speech..  as Artistic Director of the Skylight ..and.. I'm not big on curtain speeches.. was filled with the joy of what can be accomplished when like minds opt to make Important Art. 
I am not prone to gush about much of anything, But, Watson's magnetic and genuine Love of Theatre in his first curtain speech was so from the heart that if this was church, I'd convert.
Meanwhile.. 
What is Theatre supposed to do?  Inform? 
Excite? Involve?  Take us in and send us out full of feeling?  All of these.  And, it is so much fun to  be on board for this World Premiere that may be a revolutionary ride for  The Small Stage in the City of Los Angeles.  Bravo.  

CAST
  •  Tessa Claire Hersh as Dana
  •  Paul Culos as Emil
  •  Linzi Fenix as Olive
  •  Elijah McNally as Justin 
  • Carolina Rodriguez as Aimee
  • Mitch Ross as Herrmann
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CREW
Cameron Watson, Artistic Director; 
Nona Chiang, Executive Director; Christian Skinner and Cedes Sifuentes, Associate Producers). 
Director: Cameron Watson
Produced by Mason McCulley;
Scenic design by Tesshi Nakagawa
Lighting design by Jared Sayeg;
 Sound design by Jeff Gardner
Costume design by Kate Bergh;
Projection design by NicholasSantiago; 
Scenic painting by Angelene Storey;  Production stagemanager Letitia Chang.  

RORSCHACH
A World Premiere
By  Kelly Younger
Directed by Cameron Watson
Skylight Theatre 
(1816 1/2 N. Vermont Ave., Los Feliz, 
Los Angeles, CA 90027
  • Friday and Saturday at 8:00 PM
  • Sunday at 2:00 PM 
  • Through November 22, 2026
  • Parking is difficult. Uber or other transportation advised



Saturday, October 3, 2026

THE PETERSON SHOW at The Echo

 

The Peterson Show at The Echo in Atwater is a mixed bag of strong acting and a somewhat confusing script that turns on what has happened in the world of black sit com television over the years.  
In the talk back there was  a brief reference to the show 'Martin" and in the body of the play a scene where a spiked soft drink factored in.
Kudos to the set.
Truly professional with two large video monitors that factor in.   
Some of the dialogue was a little tough to understand, but the physical and emotional  dedication of the actors to the story, worked for me.
The unavoidable reference to Bill Cosby and the dominating voice of Mr. Peterson (never on stage)  brings the story home.. but..  but.. but...
We start in present day and after the act break wind up in the olden days.. and then..  we are .. to me .. all over the place.
Boosting the work of Chris Fields and the Echo Theatre Company is a goal. 
Dedicated cast and a terrific set with strong direction makes up a bit for the writing which left me a bit confused.
At The Atwater Village  Complex.//
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Michael Sheehan
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Monday, September 14, 2026

OPEN FIST PRESENTS MARISOL

At rise.. we are back in the 1990s.  Josè' Rivera's Obie Award winning play, Marisol, is steeped in absurd magical something.. Prescient and loaded with symbols that Rivera imagined?  Or, did he see the future?  The play won acclaim in 1993. 

Almost thirty years later, Marisol reappears  with questions that are now world wide.  Will the human race survive?  This is no longer a rhetorical question, is it? 

Taylor Scott and Jade Santana
Photo by John Dlugolecki
 

No clever  situations here. The laughs are ironic and warped with no simple conclusions.  What happens when your Guardian Angel (Taylor Scott) takes a powder!??  God's in failing health and there's some kind of Heavenly war?

"Logic's been executed by a firing squad!!"

And, as her world tumbles out of control, Marisol  (Jade Santana) desperately bargains with God..  "Dios Mio!"

  Director Amanda Weier waxes poetic about the script, comparing it to "a painting by Chagall..   Or? A  Banksy!" There may be an opportunity for Hieronymus Bosch lurking in the wings?

 Marisol presents an uneven challenge to both the cast and the audience.  The premise that a twenty six year old woman, Marisol Perez, has been murdered when here she is in what presents to be a literally moonless landscape where the poles of the Earth have flipped and life .. civilization is circling the drain?  It's not a lot of fun.

Was Rivera seeing the future? Is our world preparing for the end of life as we know it?  Thankfully, the playwright  finally shares a crack for some light to shine in. .But meanwhile, this production may be somewhat under represented in tone and presentation.   

Brad Bentz's stark design on the Open Fist's broad stage is dark; appropriaely foreboding.  The absurdity of the goings on  permeating the story line is more realistic than the bizarre foundation of the theme.  Should madness  beget madness?

Opening Night Audience was responsive and the optimism at the climax of the play is welcome.  

Please see this production and weigh in.  It is an honest effort over all..

Cast

Jade Santana   Marisol  

Taylor Scott  Guardian Angel. 

  • Grace Soens as June
  • Carmella Jenkins as Sandy
  • Barbara Lee Bragg as Woman with Furs
  • Jack Sharpe as Lenny
  • Hutchins Foster as Man with Scar Tissue
  • Matthew Goodrich as Man with Golf Club
  • Mara Michelle as Young Woman 
  • April-Star Collins also serves as the production's swing/understudy 
  • The creative team includes scenic designer Brad Bentz, lighting designer Matt Richter, 

    sound designer Christopher Moscatiello, 

    costume designer Mylette Nora, 

    props designers Bruce Dickinson and Anna Kraus Choreographer Yusuf Nasir. Saskia Young serves as associate producer, and John Dimitri is the production stage manager.

    Press Relations: Lucy Pollak

     

    Marisol by Josè Rivera

    Directed by Amanda Weier

    Open Fist at The Atwater Village Theatre Complex

    3269 Casitas

    Los Angeles, CA90039

    Performances run September 12 through October 24, with performances Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. 

    (no performance Saturday, October 3). 

    An additional performance will be held Monday, Oct. 5 at 8 p.m. . Tickets range from $26 to $40

    Tickets and Information:
    www.openfist.org
    (323) 882-6912 


    Sunday, August 30, 2026

    PERICLES ROCKS BOSTON COURT IN PASADENA

     

              Photo crecit Brian Hashimoto / Ensemble

    Pericles!! 
    You can’t tell the players without a program.. 

    Please!  Go see this ‘translation’ of Shakespeare’s Pericles.. Read the program and follow the trail of a guy on the run with a little Tempest Tossed and a pinch of Magic and then.. Pay attention!
    Here’s what happens:
    The Boston Court  is under a thunder cloud. We hear the maelstrom as we wait for the curtain.  Then, the back door of the stage opens with a mixed bag of drenched refugees vying for the assembled cots to wait out the storm. Cell phones are not working. Things happen..  Then. to light the gym because the power's gone out, one intensee electric lantern  that for the first ten minutes of the show shone directly into eyes of  the audience was blinding.  Just a glitch  but hopefully the tech aspect of the show will find a way to fix it 

    A disparate crew has come in and .. and..
    Thank goodness for our narrator:  Gower! Joel Swetow is the mordant that solidifies this ambitious romp on stage at Pasadena’s Boston Court Theatre.
    One thing for sure, Boston Court has taken pains to push the envelope of creativity for small theatre in Southern California.  Pericles is a stretch that crackles louder than the person behind me with a bag of chips!  Factor in an excellent ensemble cast and Margaret Shigeko Starbuck’s  deft direction to bring to life the twists and turns of happenstance  and coincidence thrusting Prince Pericles story upon us.
    “Translator”, Ellen McLaughlin’s ‘reworking’ of Shakespeare’s Pericles may bring a quibble from purists.  I think of Marcel Duchamp who sparked trouble in the art world by .. among other things.. drawing a mustache on post card featuring the Mona Lisa…
    We  hear Shakespeare with new ears and the beauty of this production is that we see it with new eyes.    It’s a trip.
          
    As one of the Bard’s lesser known dramas (to me, anyway) what McLaughlin has done.. we are gven to understand.. is to make the ’sound’ of the language more agreeable to the modern ear and give the actors fewer tongue twisters. Indeed the ‘feeling’ of the original text ..ie. the movement of the plot is still here.  The challenges of the passage of time and numerous location changes are all pretty much  explained with Gower’s narration. 

    I would suggest a more casual approach with the couplets. It’s an artistic  choice.   
     

    An odd shift occurs with the introduction of  Pander (Adam J. Smith), Bolt (Rio Rasch) and the Bawd (Julanne Chidi Hill) who seem to converse in more ‘modern’    English. The Bard gifted the groundlings with the clowns and this crew is delightfuly broad.
    But, I get ahead of myself..
    Pericles (Radolph Thompson) has gotten himself in hot water foolishly trying to solve an insoluble riddle to win the hand of  the daughter of the not so nice King Antiochus.  Failing,  Pericles opts to set sail.. and here in lies the tale.
    Michele Joo’s set assisted by You Chen Zhang presents  a high school gymnasium  laid out for refugees from the storm. At rise, it is over crowded by a diverse bunch of locals now evacuated because of the storm.  What makes this show a good one is the tight ensemble. Read a synopsis to stay on track. The lobby video shows Pericles journeys in animation and the program pretty much spells out the steps and ..spoiler alert.. the happy ending.  
    What McLaughlin and director Margaret Shigeko Starbuck  have done in this West Coast Premiere, according to notes, is to find ways to pull the plot together.  It needs it.. and yes.. Gower is the guy.  Thank you!
     Research posits that Shakespere may have co-written the play with  George Wilkins.  Pericles was not included in the First Folio. “Tempest Tossed..” may be the only memorable line?
    Simply put, Poor old Pericles has some real troubles: ship wrecks;  disappointments and sadness and crap thrust upon him.   Diverse casting works for this show that meets the challenge of  a laundry list of characters covered by ten fine actors.  It’s funny. It’s over the top. It’s got some terrific movement and  action! Jousts!
    Sundry locations and beautufilly staged roiling seas eventually bring us back to Gower and his poetic summation.It is not the Queen's Shakspeare!  But, it IS  a romp worthy of a hip and happening audience. 

    I would ask the show to consider a tambourine and please fix that lantern in our eyes! Then.  everyone?   

    Buckle your seat belts for full houses.
    Support new ideas and come to Boston Court early for free on-sight parking.

       
    Percles by William Shakespeare translated by Ellen MacLaughlin
    Boston Court Theatre
    70 Mentor Avenue
    Pasadena, California 91105

  • Opening Night: August 29, 2026.
  • Closing Date: September 27, 2026.
  • Special Event: LA Theatre Night is scheduled for Monday, September 14, 202
    Tickets and information:
  • https://bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/pericles/


    CAST:
    Randolph Thompson as Pericles
    Joel Swetow as Gower
    Troy Leigh-Anne Johnson as Marina
    Nicole Javier as Thaisa
    Julanne Chidi Hill as Helicanus/Bawd
    Desirée Mee Jung as Dionyza/Cerimon
    Adam J. Smith as Cleon/Pander
    Alexander Matos as Lysimachus & Others
    Jamie Gallo as Thaliard/Leonine & Others
    Rio Rasch as Bolt & Others 

    THE CREATIVE TEAM

    Margaret Shigeko Starbuck – Director

    Ellen McLaughlin – Playwright

    Michelle Joo – Set Designer

    Nala Zinngrabe – Costume Designer

    Pablo Santiago – Lighting Designer

    John Ballinger – Sound Designer, Composer, & Music Director

    Rye Mandel – Props Designer

    Estela Garcia – Movement Director

    Nicole Arbusto – Casting Director

    Yaesol Jeong – Stage Manager

    Grace Wilkerson – Assistant Director

    You Chen Zhang – Associate Set Designer

    Jennifer Gonzalez – Associate Lighting Designer

    Jaclyn Gehringer – Assistant Stage Manager/Workshop SM

    Jenny Cohn  Press Relations





    Wednesday, July 22, 2026

    ANN NOBLE IS AT IT AGAIN!! DEAD MAN AT THE ECHO

      

    Christian Haines, Robin McDonald, Ann Noble
    Photo by Carolina Rodriguez
     Ann Noble’s “DEAD MAN”  catches another breath after  a very successful run at the 2026 Hollywood Fringe. 

    Opening night at the Echo in the Atwater Theatre Complex was lively with an enthusiastic and  responsive audience.  
    Okay.. it's a weird show, to say the least but it works. The guy sitting next to me was shaning his head.. and smilijg as the cast, Christian Haines, Jeffrey Johnson, Robin McDonald and Ann Noble took their bows. 

    This time Ann did not have to sprint off the stage to  go to work in the now closed Antaeus production of Antigone.
    Do we need challenging  art.  all forms.. to guide us to new ideas and new horizons?  Of course..  It's when dedicated artists opt to take a chance and to move forward that we break through, that  we  come up with  new ideas  and ceate some challenges and have some fun..     There are clown noses to puzzle over.

    In my previous review of Noble’s Absurd meets Noir project I mentioned that Ionesco and Beckett don’t have much to worry about ..  at least not for now. but this work is solid, self referential and a little silly .. all in a good way.   I'm not a fan of authors directing their own work, but Noble's choices :  timing and choreography are dedicated to her  story.. Whatever it was!!  It mostly made sense and was fun.
    Two more performances at the Echo.  

    Take a break from the ordinary and see this show.  F**KING STRANGERS  is current in the same space.. Also, highly recommended.

    The Echo Theater Company and Theatre Ghosts present Dead Man
    • Written and Directed by Ann Noble
    • Starring Christian Haines, Jeffrey Johnson, Robin McDonald, Ann Noble
    • Produced by The Echo Theater Company and Theatre Ghosts

    WHEN:
    Tuesdays Only  at 8 p.m.: July 21, July 28, Aug. 4

    WHERE:
    Echo Theater Company
    Atwater Village Theatre
    3269 Casitas Ave
    Los Angeles, CA 90039

    PARKING:
    FREE in the Atwater Crossing (AXT) lot one block south of the theater

    TICKETS:
    $20
    (a $1.75 fee will be added if purchasing with a credit card.)

    HOW:
    EchoTheaterCompany.com
    (747) 350-8066

    Sunday, July 19, 2026

    ECHO THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS F**ING STRANGERS


     

    Tasha Ames and James Tupper
    Photo by Cooper Bates
     

     Wow! 

     Eric Patterson’s world premiere productuon of “F**king Strangers” lays down the F bomb with such ease that  I wonder what the current generation yells when they stub a toe?     We can say the word to ourselves, but we still use asterisks in text.        
    Chris Fields’ Echo Theatre’s  new show examines a microcosm  of our society that emerges more into full bloom every day..
    We meet Julianne, Mick, Ru and Dylan .  In a way they remind us of Arthur Schnitzler’s “La Ronde”.
      “La Ronde” is not exactly  a template for F**king Strangers, but there are a few similarities ..  
     On
    Amanda Knehans’ abstract bare bones  set we meet Ru. He is stuck on the 605.  We meet Julianne, an aspiring actress who does deep massage. Dylan is an on line fantasy fulfilment sex worker   and Mick presents with a little middle aged crazy.
    Fields’ choice to bring this idea to the stage is brave. F**king brave.   Because the subject matter has to do with sexual activity and on line pay for sex shenanigans, it’s a world of porn that must exist but is so far out, I imagine that it’ll be a new experience for most folks.  
    And.. You must go!  
    As the story unfolds, we are taken to multiple amorphous locations where sex flows freely.   No holds barred.  Arm chair psychoanalysts will relish this world premiere and have fodder  for discussion of what transpires as transpersonal and transactional  relationships unfold in both the cyber world and the world of flesh and blood.. The story may fall to Jung’s ideas about archetypes or Freud’s take on early childhood trauma.
    It all emerges in a sort of chambered nautilus spiral of sometimes very graphic experiences.  It’s funny and uncomfortable and sexy and touching.  
     Patterson’s development of these characters transpires graphically as it dawns on us who these people really are. The exposition, especially from Julianne (extraordinary Tasha Ames), whom we meet absently rubbing a massage client while extolling her true calling: the stage: Show Business!  Acting! Her chatty monologue tells her hopes to work at an actress (Menopausal Woman Number Three?) is natural and a little sad.
    The on  line aspect of sex for hire is illuminated by the opening chat room back and forths between Dylan (hunky 
     Sean Luc Rogers) and Ru ( Michael Sturgis less hunky ) who has been holed up in his room for years.  Mick (James Tupper) is sexually conflicted and has difficulty fine tuning his role as a father.
    The flow of the story works, thanks to Fields’s keen direction.
    To discuss the plot would be unfair, but the situations and the extraordinary  exposition as the story unfolds results in genuine laughter and appreciation in the opening night audience.
    We abandon our disbelief as the simple settings become locations that serve.   

     I liked the Whole Foods episode!.
     

    Regardless of your sexual orientation, the story of humans being human is laid out in successful strokes.  Excellent casting shows in credible performances from each actor.
    Be the first to see what may become a play that finds a broader audience.   F**king Strangers examines the essence of ‘the heart wants what the heart wants.’
    Highly recommended.

    CAST:

    Tasha Ames           Julianne

     Sean Luc Rogers  Dylan

     Michael Sturgis    Ru

    James Tupper       Mick

     CREW

    Scenic designer Amanda Knehans, Lighting designer Matt Richter,

    Sund designer M. Glenn Shuster, 

    Costume designer Dianne K Graebner Fight choreographer Tristan Waldron. Jasmine Leung serves as production stage manager.

    Publicity:  Lucy Pollak


    F**King Strangers, 

    A WORLD PREMIERE

    by Erik Patterson. 

    • Directed by Chris Fields
    • Starring Tasha Ames, Sean Luc Rogers, Michael Sturgis, James Tupper
    • Presented by The Echo Theater Company, Chris Fields artistic director

    WHEN:
    July 15-Aug. 24
    • Previews: Wednesday, July 15, Thursday, July 16 and Friday, July 17 at 8 p.m.
    • Performances: July 18 through Aug. 24: Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays at 8 p.m. / Sundays at 4 p.m.

    WHERE:
    Echo Theater Company
    Atwater Village Theatre
    3269 Casitas Ave
    Los Angeles, CA 90039

    Monday, July 13, 2026

    The Great Clown Bank Show premieres at Open Fist Theatre Company

      The Great Clown Bank Show
    premieres at Open Fist Theatre Company• 

    Hank Jacobs and Ensemble
    Photo by John Dlugolecki

     

    The Great Clown  Bank Show! 

    The vocabulary of a theatre critic who heads to the venue with the idea that he’ll get a nice seat and will politely sit to see what’s what goes out the window. up the spout and into the clear blue sky  with the current offering at Open Fist Theatre in Atwater.. 

    Wear a cup. Find a seat out of the splash zone.. or not.  Am I Speechles!  Over whelmed? Yes.
    Clown Bank, I’ve been reminded.. may be attempting to reflect the long standing San Francisco Mime Troupe.  The SFMT’s goal has always been to tweek the noses of the Establishment  and boost the idea of ‘this land is your land..’
    In broad strokes playwright 
    Hank Jacobs (who also directs and plays the ringmaster)  and his company with song and dance and repartee and guest artists bring to light what many of us may have suspected all along.  Capitalism is a very beneficial thing… for the rich!! And! The Family Greedy, whose lives we share in  this bizarre  and windy hodge podge of politics and skewering...  succeeds. mostly..It is a supreme effort..
    Harkening back to the days of traveling carnivals and circuses with side shows. we are invited to play games and have some popcorn!  After a musical greeting by the Ringmaqster, we  meet the Greedy Family  ready to fleece you at every turn.   
     

    Attempting to describe this show is one of the most challenging  assignments I have ever had. The woman sitting next to me was psychic and that added to the jaw dropping business of Hank Jacobs’s show.  Jacobs  plays the ringmaster with basso profundo that would impress Don La Fontaine.  
    It’s difficult to tell the players without a program.. and with doubling and guest artists?  Nigh impossible.   

    Why am  I vamping?  It’s because this is a truly ‘must see’ event.. the preshow.. the drop dead gorgeous ten foot woman, the games and prizes (I won a ring!)..  and the incredible energy generated by a cast of thousands (I’m guessing about thirteen?) whether the polemic of the ills of capitalism and greed  don’t land .. well it’s not for the lack of trying! The cast being totally dedicated and immersed in the splashy shenanigans makes it all worh while. Please forgive me for seeming to hedge my remarks.  For a Sunday with an early curtain, the audience  was on board. The raunchy parts..were selectively raunchy and the message all boils down to something about just getting going!
    Outstanding performances with Jacobs deep into his own production left me .. essentially flabbergasted.. The overuse of the term ‘awsome’ is not wasted here.  Awesome costumes and spectacular  dance routines set a fast pace that sends the audience into the night having been radicalized in a way that LennyBruce would applaud.   Over kill?  You tell me!

    Please..  Go and see this thing. There’s popcorn .. enthusiastic vendors and don’t forget your Clown Bucks to play the games.
    Highly recommend.. Come prepared to play.  Unabashed nonsense.. with a through line of a radical take on how capitalism  will rob you blind!
    I’m  still reeling from the experience, the psychic seat mate and an over the top  knock down, get back up again couple of hours you won’t forget!

    The GREAT CLOWN BANK SHOW 

    Written and Directed by Hank Jacobs
    • Music Direction by Robby Good
    • Choreography by Raquis Petree
    • Circus Music composed by Stephen Jacobs
    • Original Songs composed by Michael Messer
    • Lyrics by Hank Jacobs and Michael Messer
    • Immersive Experience Design by DJ Handcrank
    • Starring Tambrie Allsup, Davis Barber, Kevin M. Brennan, Amiée Conn, Elle Engelman,   Matthew Goodrich, Hank Jacobs, Carmella Jenkins, Torrin Kelly, Bethany Koulias, Avery Shannon Lynch, Clara York
    • Featuring aerialist Avery Lynch and a different guest circus performer every week

    July 3 – Aug. 1, 2026
    •
    Fridays at 9 p.m.
    • Saturdays at 8 p.m. 
    • Sundays at 7 p.m.

    Atwater Village Theatre
    3269 Casitas Ave
    Los Angeles, CA 90039
    • FREE parking in the ATX (Atwater Crossing) lot one block south of the theater.


    Content warning: risqué language and situations; parental guidance is advised for children under 13.

    TICKETS:
    $26-$40

    HOW:
    www.openfist.org
    (323) 882-6912