ALL SHOWS PRESENTED AT THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Upcoming Live Performances
Due to the ongoing pandemic, we have postponed our upcoming productions of Flyin' West, Junk, and The Winslow Boy. We hope to reschedule the performances for later this summer. Your patience is appreciated as we make decisions based upon the best available information.
Flyin' West
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: Inger Tudor
Starring: To Be Announced
April 17, 2020 - April 19, 2020
1898. Taking advantage of the Homestead Act, three sisters leave behind the past to start anew in a town established for African-American settlers. But when their independence is threatened, they’ll go to any lengths to keep what’s theirs.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, April 17, 2020 — 8PM
Saturday, April 18, 2020 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, April 19, 2020 — 4PM
Junk
By: Ayad Akhtar
Directed by: To Be Announced
Starring: To Be Announced
May 22, 2020 - May 24, 2020
Los Angeles Premiere
Pulitzer Prize-winner Ayad Akhtar (Disgraced) uses the leveraged buyout and junk bond scandals of the 1980’s to explore how turning debt into an asset planted the seeds for the financial meltdowns of the last 30 years.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, May 22, 2020 — 8PM
Saturday, May 23, 2020 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, May 24, 2020 — 4PM
The Winslow Boy
By: Sir Terence Rattigan
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: To Be Announced
June 26, 2020 - June 28, 2020
In Terence Rattigan’s classic, a pilfered postal-order leads to a legal case that draws the attention of the nation, as a family risks their public standing to clear their young son’s name.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, June 26, 2020 — 8PM
Saturday, June 27, 2020 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, June 28, 2020 — 4PM
Previously this Season
Pressure
October 4, 2019 - October 6, 2019
By: David Haig
Directed by: Martin Jarvis
Starring: Jonathan Cake, Josh Cole, Sarah Drew, Mike McShane, James Morrison, Darren Richardson, André Sogliuzzo, Matthew Wolf
A Scottish meteorologist locks horns with his American counterpart as both men try to convince General Dwight D. Eisenhower that they can accurately predict the atmospheric conditions needed to launch the greatest amphibious assault in the history of mankind - the D-Day invasion.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, October 4, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, October 5, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, October 6, 2019 — 4PM
The Hard Problem
November 15, 2019 - November 17, 2019
Los Angeles Premiere
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Rosalind Ayres
Starring: Eddie Cahill, Rosie Fellner, Adhir Kalyan, Desirée Mee Jung, Julian Morris, Hannah Murray, Moira Quirk, Alex Wyndham
Hilary believes fervently that consciousness is more than the sum of our biology. When she receives a position at a prestigious think tank, she develops a novel experiment to prove that humans are intrinsically altruistic, but the results are something she never anticipated.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, November 15, 2019 — 8PM
Saturday, November 16, 2019 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, November 17, 2019 — 4PM
Vietgone
January 24, 2020 - January 26, 2020
By: Qui Nguyen
Directed by: Tim Dang
Starring: Will Dao, Desirée Mee Jung, Greg Watanabe, Paul Yen, Jeena Yi
Original Music by: Shane Rettig
Saigon has fallen, and two Vietnamese refugees meet in an Arkansas relocation camp before setting out on a rip-roaring road trip across America. Qui Nguyen tells the hilarious and only slightly not-true version of how his parents met and built a life for themselves in a new land.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, January 24, 2020 — 8PM
Saturday, January 25, 2020 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, January 26, 2020 — 4PM
Frankenstein
February 28, 2020 - March 1, 2020
World Premiere
By: Mary Shelley
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Seamus Dever, Adhir Kalyan, Stacy Keach, Mike McShane, Cerris Morgan-Moyer, Darren Richardson
Original Music by: John Biddle
Written over 200 years ago, Mary Shelley’s gothic masterpiece retains all of its power to horrify and fascinate. This original LATW commission will be adapted by Kate McAll, who wowed audiences with last season's A Room With A View.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, February 28, 2020 — 8PM
Saturday, February 29, 2020 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, March 1, 2020 — 4PM
