Adolescent Salvation at The Matrix

Adolescent Salvation

The Matrix
7657 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles

Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker and push each other to the edge of danger - with consequences that could prove lethal.

Presented by Rogue Machine

Thru - Oct 12, 2025

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 323-852-1445

www.matrixtheatre.com

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Adolescent Salvation Reviews

Average Rating based on 6 reviews

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Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...The brilliance of Adolescent Salvation lies in its refusal to explain itself. It is messy, funny, appalling, contrived, and full of truth. It understands that adolescence is not a period of growth but a storm that never fully passes. You leave the theater slightly dazed, as if you have seen something half divine and half disastrous, something that should not work but somehow does."

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- Michael M. Landman-Karny

LA Splash - Highly Recommended

"...Skillfully helmed by Cienfuegos, ADOLESCENT SALVATION begins as an innocent interplay between three kids and slowly gains steam as those teens start to mix and mingle. Soon the tale begins to evolve in unexpected ways as the trio treads into daring and hazardous territory, territory which will lead to perilous consequences."

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- Elaine Mura

LA Theatrix - Highly Recommended

"..."Adolescent Salvation," written by Tim Venable and directed by Guillermo Cienfuegos, throws us into the world of three teenagers at a sleepover. What begins as a lighthearted night of drinking, texting and playing truth-or-dare takes a sharp turn when Natasha (Carolina Rodriguez) shares something deeply personal, sparking a chain of events that changes everything."

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- Dondre Tuck

Stage Raw - Recommended

"...In a finely tuned staging, director Guillermo Cienfuegos elicits optimum performances from his cast, particularly his young performers, who ferret out the common core of humanity in their roles. Their stereotype-shattering characters, sad adolescents in search of a salvation that may forever elude them, go against all expectations. Bright, resourceful, touchingly loyal in the face of catastrophe, they command our attention and win our hearts."

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- F. Kathleen Foley

Ticket Holders LA - Recommended

"...The in-your-face intimacy of their 35-seat Henry Murray Stage has had magical results with the productions I've seen performed there, especially Sophie Swithinbank's riveting two-person Bacon earlier this year, which actually had the smell-worthy aroma of our favorite culinary obsession wafting through the space as rashers were slowly cooked right behind the audience's heads."

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- Travis Michael Holder

Broadway World - Somewhat Recommended

"...Adolescent Salvation is the world premiere of a new drama at Rogue Machine on Melrose through October 12th. Adolescent Salvation is the kind of play that is challenging to review because I absolutely hate it, while loving what Rogue Machine does with it. Rogue Machine is leading the peak renaissance period of LA theatre, an era of rare and exciting greatness on our local stages. Seeing Rogue Machine with an awful play on their hands only illustrates the brilliance of this theatre. "

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- Amanda Callas

Adolescent Salvation at The Matrix