Irvine Theater Company Takes a Brain-Based Approach to Playwriting and Performance With ‘Is Ignorance Bliss?’
The Brain-Based Collective at Irvine Theater Company uses neuroscience to create plays and embody characters.
November 6, 2026
‘Is Ignorance Bliss? What We Pretend Not to Notice’ At Irvine Theater Company
Six plays examine the shared understandings that help societies function and what happens when they can no longer be ignored.
November 4, 2026
‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’ at Alchemy Theatre Company
A classic story told through a different lens.
November 4, 2026
‘The Salonnières’ at Cabrillo Playhouse
Behind powdered wigs and polite society, a group of women finds freedom through storytelling and rebellion.
November 3, 2026
‘Rent’ at the Phantom Projects Theatre
Celebrating 30 years of the iconic musical that challenged conventions, broke barriers and inspired a generation.
November 3, 2026
‘The Picture of Dorian Gray’ at Westminster Community Playhouse
A haunting tale where beauty deceives, pleasure consumes and the truth can no longer stay hidden.
November 3, 2026
‘Baby With the Bathwater’ at No Square Theatre
A darkly funny look at the consequences of parenthood.
November 3, 2026
‘What Every Girl Should Know’ at The Wayward Artist
Four girls discover a world they were never supposed to imagine.
October 27, 2026
‘The 39 Steps’ at Laguna Playhouse
Director Hunter Foster brings Hitchcock's classic spy thriller to the stage.
October 27, 2026
Back From the Dead, Wicked Lit Returns to Haunt Orange County
After a six-year hiatus, the immersive theater company returns for the Halloween season with two productions at Anaheim’s Chance Theater.
October 21, 2026
Iranian Play ‘Blind Runner’ Faces Its Own Border Battle
As the production makes its West Coast premiere at South Coast Repertory, writer and director Amir Reza Koohestani discusses political resistance, artistic freedom and the U.S. visa restrictions keeping him away.
October 16, 2026
‘Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street’ at Ophelia’s Jump Productions
A close shave: Bringing the darkness up close.
October 1, 2026
