LATW’s 2021-22 season brings you 2 in-studio recordings, 5 in-person shows and an unforgettable year of great performances.
ALL LIVE SHOWS PRESENTED AT THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Now Available
Franklinland
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Gregory Harrison, Larry Powell
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Audio Recording + Extras
Now Available for Download
This comic romp through the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between William Franklin and his brilliant, domineering and wildly egomaniacal father Ben. As Ben Franklin plants the seeds of a new republic, King George III appoints William Royal Governor of New Jersey – a change in affairs that creates a family rift of revolutionary proportions.
Franklinland is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
Paradise
By: Laura Maria Censabella
Directed by: Anna Lyse Erikson
Starring: Medalion Rahimi, Jeff Marlow
Listen at Home!
Audio Recording + Extras
Now Available for Download
A Yemeni-American high school student in the Bronx undertakes an ambitious research project with the help of her reluctant science teacher. Their experiment proves a stunning success but a controversy from the teacher’s past could undermine his brightest student’s future.
Paradise is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series of science-themed plays. Lead funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, bridging science and the arts in the modern world.
Upcoming Shows
UPDATE: Due to the ongoing pandemic, our scheduled February 4-6 live performance of Pipeline has been canceled. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Pipeline
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Larry Powell
Starring: Uyoata Udi, Sharon Lawrence, X Mayo
Listen at Home!
Audio Recording + Extras
Available for Download Spring 2022
Morisseau’s compelling exploration of the modern education system — and those it does and doesn’t privilege. Nya, a dedicated teacher at an inner-city school, is desperate to give her only son opportunities that her own public high school students will never have. When a controversial incident at his private school threatens to get Omari expelled, Nya must confront his rage and her own fight to give her son a future without turning her back on their community.
Once Upon a Time in Nazi Occupied Tunisia
By: Josh Azouz
Directed by: To Be Announced
Starring: To Be Announced
Live on Stage!
U.S. Premiere
4 Performances: March 11-13, 2022
A vivid, brutally comic and heartbreaking new play by Josh Azouz. Four months into the Nazi occupation of Tunisia, two couples — one Muslim and one Jewish — are trying to survive war and marriage, and save themselves from a Nazi named Grandma.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, March 11, 2022 — 8PM
Saturday, March 12, 2022 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, March 13, 2022 — 4PM
The Sun Also Rises
By: Ernest Hemingway
Directed by: To Be Announced
Adapted by: Kate McAll
Starring: To Be Announced
Live on Stage!
World Premiere
An L.A. Theatre Works Original Commission
4 Performances: April 22-24, 2022
In this original commission literary adaptation of Hemingway’s breakthrough novel, a group of friends decamp from 1920’s Paris for the Festival of San Fermin in Pamplona, Spain. Jake is in love with the aristocratic Bret Ashley but Bret’s wandering eye lands on a young matador. In the week of drinking, bullfighting and jealousy that follows, friendships will be upended and hopes for loved dashed.
Hemingway’s breakthrough novel is adapted by the BBC’s Kate McAll, previously commissioned by LATW to adapt A Room With A View, Daniel Deronda, Frankenstein and The Murder on the Links.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, April 22, 2022 — 8PM
Saturday, April 23, 2022 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, April 24, 2022 — 4PM
Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: To Be Announced
Starring: To Be Announced
Live on Stage!
4 Performances: May 20-22, 2022
Shipwrecked on the shores of Illyria, Viola assumes the role of a male page to Duke Orsino. The Duke sends Viola, now disguised as ‘Cesario’ to press his suit with the beautiful Olivia – who promptly falls in love with Cesario. Confusion reigns until the truth is untangled and true love triumphs.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, May 20, 2022 — 8PM
Saturday, May 21, 2022 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, May 22, 2022 — 4PM
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: To Be Announced
Starring: To Be Announced
Live on Stage!
4 Performances: June 24-26, 2022
While attempting to discover the roots of Hamlet’s unhappiness, two courtiers go on a journey to plumb the depths of the universe’s mysteries. Stoppard’s wildly inventive, Tony® Award-winning first play takes us through a tilted version of Shakespeare’s most famous tragedy while casting new light on questions of fate, mortality and the meaning of existence.
THE JAMES BRIDGES THEATER/UCLA
Friday, June 24, 2022 — 8PM
Saturday, June 25, 2022 — 3PM & 8PM
Sunday, June 26, 2022 — 4PM
