2016 Season

In this 2013 Lucille Lortel Outstanding Musical Award winner, a plain young woman not accustomed to men’s attention is approached by a young Marine the night before he ships out…

In this hilarious and poignant Southern California premiere, you are invited on a time-bending odyssey of birth, death, divorce and dinner…

In an empty theater, on a bare stage, casting for a new Broadway musical is almost complete. For 17 dancers, this audition is the chance of a lifetime…

“Writers in their natural state are about as civilized as feral dogs”… so says Leonard, an indiscriminately relentless teacher who believes he wrote the book on what makes an author great…

If geese had graves, Mother Goose would be rolling in hers. The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales retells–and wreaks havoc on–the allegories we all thought we knew by heart. Though the characters may be familiar, each of…

Fancy Nancy and her friends Bree, Rhonda, Wanda, and Lionel are going to be performing in their very first show, “Deep Sea Dances.” Nancy is positive, that’s fancy for 100 percent sure, that she and Bree will be picked to be mermaids. When another girl wins…

Meet Simon. He’s a stressed out 12-year-old who just wishes that he could find a place to stop and think. Meet the Boy at the Edge of Everything. He is lonely and bored…

Amy’s a cutting-edge cancer researcher on the edge of a breakthrough…and the edge of a nervous breakdown. When her big project gets “scooped,” and a handsome new colleague starts asking questions, Amy discovers that she’s the one under the microscope….

The fabled, never before seen performance of Hyman and Parfuncle’s rumored reunion show. An evening with two former friends who have seen the highest of highs and the bedrock of bottom…

When poet (and MoMa curator) Frank O’Hara walked into Alice Neel’s apartment to sit for her, everything began to change…

So new, we don’t even know what it is yet! One of the most exciting aspects of developing new work is giving playwrights the freedom to explore and try new things…

The worst thing you can do in high school is admit you love something. A play about adolescent violence and your mother’s new boyfriend.

Our 2015 Resident Playwright, Lauren Yee, showcases her latest work-in-progress.

From the novel that holds a special place in the heart of American literature, comes a new musical which proves this timeless story is still relevant, funny, and heartbreaking today…

We just couldn’t shut them up…. so for the 13th straight year, accusations, rumors and all-out attacks are (still) flying fast and furious around the toyshop. Hear the truth straight from the reindeer who know Santa best. When a doe says “No” she means “No.”