BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Long Beach Playhouse - ECPv6.8.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Long Beach Playhouse X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://lbplayhouse.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Long Beach Playhouse REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Los_Angeles BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20250309T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20251102T090000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0700 TZNAME:PDT DTSTART:20260308T100000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0700 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:PST DTSTART:20261101T090000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251207T160000 DTSTAMP:20260421T035755 CREATED:20250924T220059Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251207T201605Z UID:10177-1765116000-1765123200@lbplayhouse.org SUMMARY:Miracle on Anaheim St. DESCRIPTION:HELD2GETHER and the Long Beach Playhouse are working together to support a great cause! The comedy variety show Miracle on Anaheim Street will make you laugh while raising money for Felipe Fernandez! \n\n\n\n\n\nGet Tickets Here URL:https://lbplayhouse.org/event/miracle-on-anaheim-st/ CATEGORIES:Studio Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lbplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/Poster_H2G-Miracle-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251221T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251221T160000 DTSTAMP:20260421T035755 CREATED:20250731T223733Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251221T060204Z UID:10087-1766325600-1766332800@lbplayhouse.org SUMMARY:A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) DESCRIPTION:A CHRISTMAS CAROL\nPlaying in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater\nDec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025\nAdapted from the novella by Charles Dickens\nDirected by Carole Louise Nicholson\nHoliday favorite\, A CHRISTMAS CAROL\, returns for its annual incarnation in this quick-paced\, highly theatrical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. The ghosts of Christmases Past\, Present\, and Future show Ebenezer Scrooge the poverty of his miserly ways and the blessings that come with generosity. Can they convince him to change before it’s too late? Come spend time with the characters you’ve come to love – Bob Cratchit\, Tiny Tim\, and\, of course\, the irascible miser himself.  This yearly tradition will be the Christmas ghost story needed to set you and your loved ones on the path to holiday cheer. \nPURCHASE YOUR TICKETS HERE:\nCHOOSE YOUR DATE:\n\nSunday\, Dec. 21\, 2025\, 2pm – Closing – SOLD OUT!\n\nAGE LIMIT \nAs a courtesy to our patrons\, it is the policy of the theatre not to admit children under the age of 5. This policy may be altered from time to time based on shows and show content. \nThis Show Contains:\n\nFog and Haze Effects\nFlashing Lights\nLoud Sounds and Noises\nA Ghostly Tale of Redemption and Holiday Cheer!\n\nAct One is Approx. 45 Min.\nThere will be a 15 Minute Intermission\nAct Two is Approx. 30 Min.\nA big THANK YOU to The Port of Long Beach for sponsoring our Opening Night Gala! \n \nPREVIEW CLIP:\n \nPERFORMANCE  PHOTOS:\n\n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 1: Ren Warzecha (GHOST 2)\, Andrew Yonce (GHOST 3)\, Christine Carver (GHOST 1)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 2: Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 3: Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT)\, Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Andy Justus (FRED HOLLOWELL)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 4: Dash Gomer (TINY TIM)\, Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 5: Ren Warzecha (GHOST 2)\, Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Andrew Yonce (GHOST 3)\, J.D. Rinde (JACOB MARLEY)\, Christine Carver (GHOST 1)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 6: J.D. Rinde (JACOB MARLEY)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 7: Trina Estanislao (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 8: Andy Justus (YOUNG EBENEZER)\, Alexandra Young (BELLE)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 9: Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Andy Justus (YOUNG EBENEZER)\, Alexandra Young (BELLE)\, Andrew Yonce (GHOST 3)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 10: Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Robb Tracy (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT)\, Andrew Yonce (GHOST 3)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 11: Front: Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT)\, Katherine White (MRS. CRATCHIT)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 12: Katherine White (MRS. CRATCHIT)\, Madelynn Dodson (BELINDA CRATCHIT)\, Dash Gomer (TINY TIM)\, Nathaniel Toral (PETER CRATCHIT)\, Rose Kinner (MARTHA CRATCHIT)\, Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 13: BACK ROW: Alexandra Young (ELIZABETH HOLLOWELL)\, Andy Justus (FRED HOLLOWELL)\, Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT)\, Katherine White (MRS. CRATCHIT)\, Rose Kinner (MARTHA CRATCHIT)\, FRONT ROW: Nathaniel Toral (PETER CRATCHIT)\, Dash Gomer (TINY TIM)\, Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Madelynn Dodson (BELINDA CRATCHIT)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n \n \n \n A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2025) (MAINSTAGE\, Dec. 6 – Dec. 21\, 2025)\nPHOTO 14: BACK ROW: Trina Estanislao (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST / TOPPER/ DILBER)\, J.D. Rinde (JACOB MARLEY\, MR. FEZZIWIG\, BROKER 2)\, Alexandra Young (BELLE / ELIZABETH HOLLOWELL / CAROLINE)\, Andy Justus (FRED HOLLOWELL / YOUNG EBENEZER / THOMAS)\, Jay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT / DICK WILKINS / BROKER 1)\, Katherine White (MRS. CRATCHIT / OLIVER)\, Rose Kinner (SOLICITOR / MARTHA CRATCHIT)\, Robb Tracy (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT / OLD JOE)\, FRONT ROW: Christine Carver (GHOST 1)\, Nathaniel Toral (PETER CRATCHIT / YOUNG CAROLER / IGNORANCE)\, Madelynn Dodson (FAN / BELINDA CRATCHIT / WANT)\, Dash Gomer (TINY TIM / SCHOOL-AGE SCROOGE / TURKEY BOY)\, Gregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\, Ren Warzecha (GHOST 2)\, Andrew Yonce (GHOST 3)\n(Michael Hardy Photography)\n \n \n\nCAST:\n\nGregory Cohen (EBENEZER SCROOGE)\nJay Miramontes (BOB CRATCHIT / DICK WILKINS / BROKER 1)\nJ.D. Rinde (JACOB MARLEY\, MR. FEZZIWIG\, BROKER 2)\nAndy Justus (FRED HOLLOWELL / YOUNG EBENEZER / THOMAS)\nKatherine White (MRS. CRATCHIT / OLIVER)\nAlexandra Young (BELLE / ELIZABETH HOLLOWELL / CAROLINE)\nRose Kinner (SOLICITOR / MARTHA CRATCHIT)\nNathaniel Toral (PETER CRATCHIT / YOUNG CAROLER / IGNORANCE)\nMadelynn Dodson (FAN / BELINDA CRATCHIT / WANT)\nDash Gomer (TINY TIM / SCHOOL-AGE SCROOGE / TURKEY BOY)\nTrina Estanislao (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST / TOPPER/ DILBER)\nRobb Tracy (GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PRESENT / OLD JOE)\nChristine Carver (GHOST 1)\nRen Warzecha (GHOST 2)\nAndrew Yonce (GHOST 3) URL:https://lbplayhouse.org/event/a-christmas-carol-2025/ CATEGORIES:Mainstage Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lbplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Carol-2025-Event-Banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20251229T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20260102T220000 DTSTAMP:20260421T035755 CREATED:20251020T215037Z LAST-MODIFIED:20251202T180527Z UID:10220-1767034800-1767391200@lbplayhouse.org SUMMARY:AUDITIONS: August Wilson's GEM OF THE OCEAN DESCRIPTION:AUDITIONS: August Wilson’s GEM OF THE OCEAN\nPlaying in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater\nBy August Wilson\nDirected by Rovin Jay\nAUDITION DATES:  Dec. 29 – 30\, 2025\, & Jan. 2\, 2026\n\nMonday\, Dec. 29\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nTuesday\,  Dec. 30\, 2025 – 7pm – 9pm: Open Call\nFriday\,  Jan. 2\, 2025 – 7pm – 10pm: Callbacks – By invitation only.\n\n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of open call auditions.  We are only seeing in-person auditioners during audition times – no video submissions.) \nPERFORMANCE DATES:  Feb. 21 – Mar. 21\, 2026\nMaster playwright\, August Wilson\, blends naturalism\, mysticism\, and magical realism to explore the experience of a Black community at the turn of the 20th century. It’s 1904\, and Citizen Barlow comes seeking asylum in the Pittsburgh Hill District home of matriarch and spiritual advisor Aunt Ester. She sets him off on a spiritual journey aboard the legendary slave ship Gem of the Ocean to visit the home of the ancestors\, the City of Bones. Confronted with the plight of those who came before him\, Citizen must come to terms with his own guilt in this unsettling but compelling story filled with humor and heart that is a touchstone for everything else that Wilson has written. \nAUDITION NOTICE:\nTITLE: GEM OF THE OCEAN \nAUTHOR: August Wilson \nDIRECTOR: Rovin Jay \nRUN:  February 21 – March 21\, 2026 \nFridays & Saturdays 8pm\, Sundays at 2pm. Special performances on Thursday and Sunday nights may be added for private parties and special events. \nThis is a volunteer community theater production.  Non-Equity.  There is no pay.  \nAUDITION DATES:\nOpen Call: \nDates: Monday\, December 29th and Tuesday\, December 30th\, 2025 \n(Auditioners only need to come to one night of Open Call Auditions.) \nTimes: 7pm – 9pm \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse   \nCallbacks: By Invitation Only. \nDate: Friday\, January 2nd\, 2026  \nTimes: 7pm – 10pm \nREHEARSALS:\nFirst Read-Through: Saturday\, January 3rd\, 2026\, Noon – 4pm \nRegular Rehearsal: Starting Jan. 5th: \nMondays – Thursdays\, 7pm -10pm  \nSaturdays\, 11am – 4pm \nPossible Sundays\, 6pm – 9pm TBD \n (Please see beginning rehearsal schedule BELOW for specific dates and times.) \nLocation: Long Beach Playhouse \nNOTE: Open to working with some limited minor conflicts\, but we will not be casing people with conflicts on tech dates and performances. \nAUDITION REQUIREMENTS:\nBring a headshot and resume.  \nPlease prepare a monologue from an August Wilson play.  \nSides for cold readings will be available at the auditions for those without a monologue prepared. \nSHORT SYNOPSIS:  \nSet in 1904 Pittsburgh\, Gem of the Ocean is the first chronological installment of August Wilson’s Century Cycle. The play centers on Aunt Ester\, a 285-year-old spiritual guide\, and her home at 1839 Wylie Avenue—a sanctuary for souls seeking redemption. As Citizen Barlow arrives in search of salvation\, the household is drawn into a journey that spans history\, memory\, and myth. \nCASTING THE FOLLOWING ROLES:\nAll roles are Black/African descent except for the role of Rutherford Selig. Long Beach Playhouse encourages actors of all backgrounds\, gender identities\, and abilities to audition. \nAUNT ESTER (F\, Black/African Descent\, 60s–80s): A spiritual matriarch; commanding and wise. \nCITIZEN BARLOW (M\, Black/African Descent\, 20s–30s): A young man seeking redemption; earnest and haunted. \nSOLLY TWO KINGS (M\, Black/African Descent\, 60s–70s): A former conductor on the Underground Railroad; fiery and proud. \nBLACK MARY (F\, Black/African Descent\, 30s–40s): Aunt Ester’s housekeeper and protégé; strong-willed and compassionate. \nCAESAR WILKS (M\, Black/African Descent\, 40s–50s): Black Mary’s brother\, a strict lawman; complex and authoritative. \nELI (M\, Black/African Descent\, 50s–60s): Caretaker of Aunt Ester’s home\, grounded and loyal. \nRUTHERFORD SELIG (M\, Caucasian/European Descent\, 40s–60s): A traveling peddler; observant and affable. \nBEGINNING REHEARSAL SCHEDULE:\n\n\nGem of the Ocean Beg. Reh. Schedule V.2Download URL:https://lbplayhouse.org/event/auditions-august-wilsons-gem-of-the-ocean/ CATEGORIES:Auditions ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://lbplayhouse.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Gem-of-the-Ocean-Audition-Banner-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR