Freud on Cocaine at Whitefire Theatre

Freud on Cocaine

Whitefire Theatre
13500 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks

Trust me, I’m a doctor.” Jonathan Slavin (Santa Clarita Diet, Dr. Ken, Better Off Ted) stars in Freud on Cocaine, an outrageous new comedy based on the documented letters, notes, dreams, and recollections of neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud that attest to his decade-long use of cocaine, both in his practice and personal life.

Thru - May 3, 2024

Fridays: 8:00pm

Show Type: Comedy

Box Office: 818-990-2324

www.whitefiretheatre.com

Freud on Cocaine Reviews

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Broadway World - Highly Recommended

"...Freud on Cocaine is the return of a hit new play at the Whitefire Theatre in Sherman Oaks. It has an addictive, outrageous, demented genius. This is its second hit run at the Whitefire Theatre with many sold out shows. The play by writer-director Howard Skora is many things: a crazy dude-bro stoner type comedy, a historical biopic, a Timothy Leary mind expansion drug trip, a hard-hitting addiction drama, and a razor-sharp social satire about Big Pharma. But Freud on Cocaine is also, quite simply, glorious fun."

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- Amanda Callas

LA Splash - Highly Recommended

"...Kudos to the four principals, who do a bang-up job of portraying Freud, Martha, Emmeline, and his best friend Ernst. Skora attempts to stick to the facts while twisting and turning them into very funny lines. In reality, Freud used up to a gram of cocaine daily for at least a decade – a decade which saw him become the king of cocaine – but also a decade which largely preceded his seminal work on dreams, psychoanalysis, and the id, ego, and superego."

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- Elaine Mura

On Stage Los Angeles - Highly Recommended

"...Howard Skora's World Premiere Comedy "Freud on Cocaine" .. if for no other reasons than to enjoy Michael Mullen's spectacular costumes is a snow trip not to be missed. (Little hip reference there, eh?)"

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- Michael Sheehan

Night Tinted Glasses - Highly Recommended

"...I wish my words could easily portray just how dizzyingly fun this play is, especially given what is after all some extremely serious subject matter. Yet after all do we not laugh in order not to cry? Or, sometimes, to let ourselves go enough to allow a real weeping bout when we need it? Anachronisms abound, often delightfully so. While we laugh often and loudly we also feel the pain of these people who keep trying to win, to make it right, to learn, to escape and yet accept responsibility. It makes for a deliriously dysfunctional mess, both comedy and tragedy in equal parts."

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- Zahir Blue

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

"...A drug-fueled theatrical romp unlike any other has taken the stage at Whitefire Theatre: Freud on Cocaine by Howard Skora, the fourth of Skora’s works to be produced at the venue."

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- Socks Whitmore

Glamgical - Highly Recommended

"...But the main strength of this play is the superb dialogue. It’s an endless stream of comedy from beginning to end. Instead of treating the subject matter as a sea of tears and sorrows, Skora uses his characters as conduits to deliver some of the funniest lines in the contemporary theatre scene. As sinister as it might sound, drugs and comedy relate pretty well with the audience. Personal experiences? Maybe. Make sure you don’t miss this gem. You won’t regret."

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The Hollywood Times - Recommended

"...Howard Skora's play is a comedy and, as such, dances over the surface of things without delving too deeply into the complexity of Freud's own mind or his densely theoretical musings. There are many faces to Freud and, depending one's own exposure to his writings and one's own experience with any like of psychological counseling or therapy, the way we look at Freud will vary hugely. Skora has good fun with the excesses of Freud's early career, and perhaps, that is the best way to handle this interesting topic of Freud and cocaine."

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- Robert St. Martin

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Freud on Cocaine Reviews

Broadway World - Highly Recommended

LA Splash - Highly Recommended

On Stage Los Angeles - Highly Recommended

Night Tinted Glasses - Highly Recommended

Stage Raw - Highly Recommended

Glamgical - Highly Recommended

The Hollywood Times - Recommended

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