By Alan Ayckbourn Directed by Allen Sewell Greg and Ginny find themselves most compatible.  But when Greg finds a pair of men’s slippers under Ginny’s bed that aren’t his, she tells him they are her father’s. Ginny is reticent to introduce him to her parents, so Greg decides to surprise her and his future in-laws … Continue reading RELATIVELY SPEAKING →

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted from Charles Dickens’ Novella  Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Dec. 10 - Dec. 18, 2022 Adapted & Directed by Lauren Velasco The perennial favorite returns for its eleventh incarnation at the Long Beach Playhouse. In this quick-paced, highly theatrical re-telling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, the ghosts of … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL →

TOWARDS ZERO By Agatha Christie with Gerald Verner Jan. 14. - Feb. 11, 2023 Directed by Holland Renton When a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of Lady Tressilian, her nephew, tennis star Neville Strange finds himself caught between his old wife Audrey and his new flame Kay.  In this nail-biting thriller … Continue reading Agatha Christie’s TOWARDS ZERO →

SHE KILLS MONSTERS By Qui Nguyen Feb. 25 - Mar. 25, 2023 Directed by Shinshin Yuder Tsai After Agnes Evans loses her family in a car crash, she leaves her childhood home in Ohio, haunted by the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. But when Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook and decides to start playing … Continue reading SHE KILLS MONSTERS →

THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK By Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman April 8 - May 6, 2023 Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin In this undeniably moving new adaptation, Anne Frank emerges from history, a living, lyrical, intensely gifted young girl, who confronts her rapidly changing life and the increasing horror … Continue reading THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK →

BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY By Pearl Cleage Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater May 20 - June 17, 2023 Directed by Sonya Randall In the summer of 1930 in Harlem, NY, the creative euphoria of the Harlem Renaissance has given way to the harsher realities of the Great Depression. Guy and Angel, … Continue reading BLUES FOR AN ALABAMA SKY →

  IN THE HEIGHTS Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda Book by Quiara Alegrí­a Hudes July 1 - Aug. 5, 2023 Directed by Miguel Cardenas Musical Direction by Gabrielle Maldonado and Stephen Olear Choreography by Anthony Tuason This joyful Tony award-winning musical tells the story of a vibrant community in New York’s Washington Heights neighborhood … Continue reading IN THE HEIGHTS →

FRANKENSTEIN 1930 By Fred Carmichael Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Sept. 23 - Oct. 21, 2023 Directed by David Scaglione Just in time for the Halloween season, FRANKENSTEIN 1930 harkens back to the Universal monster movies of the 1930s in a stage homage that features all the elements we love and remember … Continue reading FRANKENSTEIN 1930 →

Jane Austen’s EMMA Adapted by Michael Bloom Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Nov. 4 - Dec. 2, 2023 Directed by: Lauren Velasco In this highly theatrical adaptation of one of Jane Austen's greatest novels, Emma Woodhouse, the notorious “matchmaker of Highbury,” pledges to never marry.  As she plans to have her newest … Continue reading Jane Austen’s EMMA →

A CHRISTMAS CAROL Adapted from the novella by Charles Dickens Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Dec. 9 - 23, 2023 Directed by Philip Brickey The perennial favorite returns for its twelfth incarnation at the Long Beach Playhouse. In this quick-paced, highly theatrical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale, the ghosts of Christmases … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2023) →

Agatha Christie’s THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES Adapted by T. James Belich from the novel by Agatha Christie Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Jan. 13 - Feb. 10, 2024 Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin In this adaptation of Agatha Christie’s debut novel, it’s 1917, and with the Great War raging on the … Continue reading Agatha Christie’s THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES →

BEN HUR By Patrick Barlow Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Feb. 24 - Mar. 23, 2024 Directed by Gregory Cohen From the playwright who brought us the hilarious The 39 Steps, comes BEN HUR, the epic tale based on one of the best-selling books of the nineteenth century, now told with only … Continue reading BEN HUR →