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Tag Archives: 2026 Studio Season

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REEFER MADNESS: The Musical

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REEFER MADNESS: The Musical
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater
Oct. 10 – Nov. 15, 2026
Music and Book by Dan Studney, Lyrics and Book by Kevin Murphy
Directed by Rovin Jay
Choreographed by Sonya Randall
Musical Direction by Stephen Olear

An unlikely musical comedy inspired by an earnest 1936 public service film of the same name, this raucous spoof takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence. You won’t be able to resist the goofy charm of REEFER MADNESS, an addictive, hilarious, and highly stylized musical romp with a sly satirical political commentary that will leave you wanting more.

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October 10 @ 8:00 pm – November 15 @ 2:00 pm

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HANGMEN

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HANGMEN
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater
Aug. 29 – Sept. 26, 2026
By Martin McDonagh
Directed by Carl DaSilva

In his small pub in Oldham, Harry is something of a local celebrity. But what’s the second-best hangman in England to do on the day they’ve abolished hanging? Amongst the cub reporters and sycophantic pub regulars dying to hear Harry’s reaction to the news, a peculiar stranger lurks, with a very different motive for his visit. Martin McDonagh does it again in HANGMEN, a corrosively funny black comedy filled with dramatic tension in a juicy tale of capital punishment that will leave you “hanging” on the edge of your seat with suspense and devilish delight.

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August 28 @ 8:00 pm – September 26 @ 8:00 pm

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2

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A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater
July 18 – Aug. 15, 2026
By Lucas Hnath
Directed by Phyllis Gitlin

Fifteen years ago, Nora Helmer slammed the door on her stifling domestic life, leaving behind her husband and children for a life unknown.  Now she is knocking at that same door, having returned with an urgent request for her former husband. Before Nora can get what she needs, she must reckon with the people she left, all of whom have some choice words for the former Mrs. Helmer. A DOLL’S HOUSE, PART 2 is a funny, probing, and bold new comedy/drama that is at once a continuation of Ibsen’s play and a heartfelt meditation on how far we’ve come in the century and a quarter since.

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July 18 @ 8:00 pm – August 15 @ 8:00 pm

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO

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KIMBERLY AKIMBO
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater
June 6 – July 3, 2026
By David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by Michael Hovance

In this zany, warmhearted comedy play that inspired the recent Tony Award winning musical, Kimberly is a lonely 16-year-old girl suffering from a disease that causes her to age at more than four times the normal rate. Feeling trapped inside the frail physical body of an elderly woman, Kim meets Jeff, another young misfit at school, and an uncertain relationship develops between them. Soon her life goes “akimbo,” contending with a hypochondriac mother, a rarely sober father, a scam-artist aunt, her own mortality, and most terrifying of all, the possibility of first love. KIMBERLY AKIMBO is a shrewd and strangely affecting comedy that’s a bit of youthful happiness unlike any other.

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June 6 @ 8:00 pm – July 3 @ 8:00 pm

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POTUS

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POTUS, or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

Produced by the Costa Mesa Playhouse in Collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse
Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Studio Theater
April 24 – May 23, 2026
By Selina Fillinger
Directed by Kathy Paladino

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the president unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble. A broad, zany, old-school comedy that earned three 2022 Tony nominations. Produced by the Costa Mesa Playhouse in Collaboration with the Long Beach Playhouse

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April 24 @ 8:00 pm – May 23 @ 8:00 pm

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