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09.04 – 10.06.2024
Broadway star and storyteller Sara Porkalob embodies dozens of characters in Dragon Lady, a trigenerational tour-de-force performance that fuses killer karaoke with laugh-out-loud comedy to tell her family’s incredible origin story.
Gil Cates Theater
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11.06 – 12.21.2024
As Vladimir and Estragon wait and wait for the arrival of the elusive Godot, a cast of mysterious misfits interrupt their endless vigil in Samuel Beckett’s tragi-comic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for decades.
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01.29 – 03.02.2025
Doors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce about a theater company desperately trying to get their act together.
04.16 – 05.18.2025
Cousins Sade and Mina grapple with their conflicting memories of the past and their shared hopes for the future. Poetic and theatrical, Furlough’s Paradise explores family dreams of a utopia yet to be realized.
06.18 – 07.20.2025
Josh’s life is a mess. He’s come home to Denver from NYU to get his life together, but can’t manage to stay sober. Served up with outrageous humor and truth, The Reservoir reminds us that sometimes the path forward isn’t the one we expect.
08.14 – 09.08.2024
Two brothers wrestle with loyalty, freedom, and duty, in Tarell Alvin McCraney’s acclaimed play The Brothers Size—a raw and heartfelt exploration of the bonds of brotherhood.
Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
August 14 – September 8, 2024*Special Limited Engagement. Not included in subscription packages; see below for more information.
September 4 – October 6, 2024
November 6 – December 21, 2024
January 29 – March 2, 2025
April 16 – May 18, 2025
June 18 – July 20, 2025
Introducing the inaugural season curated by Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director Tarell Alvin McCraney, featuring Los Angeles, West Coast, and world premieres, national and international collaborations, and more.
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PART I OF THE DRAGON CYCLELOS ANGELES PREMIEREGIL CATES THEATER
Written & Performed by Sara PorkalobDirected by Andrew RussellWith Pete Irving, Jimmy Austin & Mickey Stylin
On the eve of her 60th birthday, Maria Porkalob Sr. fires up her new karaoke machine to regale her granddaughter Sara with her astonishing life story. As a lounge singer who escaped a gangster-controlled nightclub in Manila to become a free-range mother of five in the United States, Maria is a matriarch not to be trifled with. Broadway star and storyteller Sara Porkalob embodies dozens of characters in a trigenerational tour-de-force performance that fuses killer karaoke with laugh-out-loud comedy to tell her family’s incredible origin story.
GIL CATES THEATER
Written by Samuel BeckettDirected by Judy Hegarty LovettProduced in Association with Gare St Lazare IrelandFeaturing Lincoln Bonilla, Conor Lovett, Aasif Mandvi, Jack McSherry, Adam Stein & Rainn WilsonAs Vladimir and Estragon wait and wait for the arrival of the elusive Godot, a cast of mysterious misfits interrupt their endless vigil in Samuel Beckett’s tragi-comic masterpiece that has captivated audiences for decades. Timeless and multi-layered, Waiting for Godot changed the course of contemporary drama and remains as resonant and riveting as ever. Gare St Lazare Ireland, “the unparalleled Beckett champions” according to the New York Times, bring their wit and skill to what promises to be a Godot for the ages.
Geffen Playhouse’s Theater as a Lens for Justice initiative provides access to this production and supplementary programs for populations impacted by incarceration and is supported, in part, by Jayne Baron Sherman.This production is also supported by:
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Written by Michael FraynDirected by Anna D. ShapiroA Co-Production with Steppenwolf Theatre CompanyFeaturing Vaneh Assadourian, Amanda Fink, Audrey Francis, Francis Guinan, Rick Holmes, Ora Jones, David Lind, James Vincent Meredith & Max StewartDoors slam, sardines fly, and trousers drop in Michael Frayn’s side-splitting British farce about a theater company desperately trying to get their act together. Both onstage and backstage, chaos reigns for a troupe of floundering actors whose forgotten lines, misplaced props, and steamy romantic entanglements make it nearly impossible for the show to go on. An uproarious love letter to the theater, Noises Off is a peek behind the curtain—where everything that can go wrong, does!
WORLD PREMIEREGIL CATES THEATER
Written by a.k. payneDirected by Tinashe Kajese-BoldenCousins Sade and Mina used to be inseparable. Now leading very different lives, they return to their childhood town for the funeral of their mother and aunt. While Sade is on a three-day furlough from prison and Mina experiences a brief reprieve from her career and life on the West Coast, the two try to make sense of grief, home, love, and kinship. As the clock ticks down, the cousins grapple with their conflicting memories of the past and their shared hopes for the future. Poetic and theatrical, Furlough’s Paradise explores family dreams of a utopia yet to be realized.
This production is made possible, in part, by support from Cast Iron Entertainment. Geffen Playhouse’s Theater as a Lens for Justice initiative provides access to this production and supplementary programs for populations impacted by incarceration and is supported, in part, by Jayne Baron Sherman. Audience Engagement initiatives for Furlough's Paradise are supported by The Sheri and Les Biller Family Foundation.
Written by Jake BraschDirected by Shelley ButlerIn Partnership with Denver Center for the Performing Arts & Alliance TheatreJosh’s life is a mess. He’s come home to Denver from NYU to get his life together, but can’t manage to stay sober. Desperate for camaraderie, he decides to bring his four loveable grandparents on his road to recovery. He drags them to Jazzercise class. He pressures them into playing memory games. He forces them to eat spinach by the handful. And eventually, when he can no longer help his grandparents, they begin to help him. Served up with outrageous humor and truth, The Reservoir reminds us that sometimes the path forward isn’t the one we expect.
The Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater, founded as our intimate space for epic imagining, will live out its true mission to be a bold launching pad for new theatrical events. To engage and program tomorrow’s brightest and cutting-edge theater makers, we need time and space to roll up our sleeves, get our hands dirty, and create new theater from the fertile abundance of artistic relationships we’re nurturing locally, nationally, and internationally.
A place to experiment is vitally important and the Audrey is about to buzz with numerous projects. Some will make their way to our main stage, others will live outside our walls, and others literally ON our walls, but all will be fresh, fearless, and exciting. In partnership with our neighbors and colleagues at UCLA, we will be inviting trailblazing artists and risk-taking audiences into our new play space with behind-the-scenes development and public programming all season long.
AUDREY SKIRBALL KENIS THEATER
Written by Tarell Alvin McCraneyDirected by Bijan SheibaniA Co-Production with The ShedFeaturing Alani iLongwe, Malcolm Mays & Sheaun McKinneyDrawing from the rich tradition of the Yoruba people of West Africa, The Brothers Size is a modern-day fable about two brothers in the Deep South. Ogun, the elder brother, embodies hard work and reliability, while Oshoosi, formerly incarcerated, is seemingly carefree and unpredictable. Their relationship is tested when the charismatic Elegba arrives, tempting Oshoosi back to his old habits. As the brothers wrestle with loyalty, freedom, and duty, their humanity is revealed through a raw and heartfelt exploration of the bonds of brotherhood. Kicking off his inaugural season as Geffen Playhouse Artistic Director, Tarell Alvin McCraney’s acclaimed play The Brothers Size celebrates its 20th anniversary in the intimate Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater.
Geffen Playhouse’s Theater as a Lens for Justice initiative provides access to this production and supplementary programs for populations impacted by incarceration and is supported, in part, by Jayne Baron Sherman.
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