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Highlighting the rise of fascism and anti-Semitism in Germany and its effect on the arts. In this provocative play-within-a-play, five Southern California art students re-enact the history of the famous Bauhaus School, using their respective disciplines of environmental design, music, fine art, graphic design and theater to recreate the dramatic history in real time

Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they'll never forget! Was it Mrs. Peacock in the study with the knife? Or was it Colonel Mustard in the library with the wrench? Based on the cult 1985 Paramount movie and inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will leave you dying of laughter and keep you guessing until the final twist.

In The Comedy of Errors, two pairs of twins each search for lost siblings: Antipholus for Antipholus, while his servant, Dromio, searches for his twin Dromio. Misadventures, mistaken identity and shenanigans ensue.

In 1938 Leni Riefenstahl went to Hollywood to find an American distribution for her award-winning film, Olympia. Only one studio head would meet with her: Walt Disney. An astonishing true story of betrayal, Nazi propoganda and cartoons.

Odyssey Theatre Ensemble presents Design for Living, a witty and charming romantic comedy by Noel Coward that was banned in 1930s London for its risque content and bawdy themes. Otto loves Gilda. But... so does Leo. Gilda loves Otto... but she also loves Leo. And what's going on between Otto and Leo? Filled with Coward's scintillating dialogue, Design for Living is an emotional, dramatic, hilarious and scandalous love triangle. Or as the threesome's longtime friend Ernest Friedman calls it, "a three-sided, erotic hotch-potch." It's a revolving door of passion, treachery and never-ending champagne. Can love prevail against the norms of society?

The Echo Theater Company presents Dido of Idaho, a very dark comedy about the lengths to which a woman might go for the love of a good man. Nora, a lovelorn baroque musicologist with a drinking problem, is head-over-heels for Michael, an English professor. Unfortunately, this particular good man has already been claimed by Crystal, a former Miss Idaho with a penchant for home manicures. When the extramarital hijinks go brutally awry, Nora flees to the Rocky Mountains to seek comfort from her estranged mother, Julie, and Julie's new partner, Esther. In her desperate bid to find compassion, Nora risks losing the only family she's ever had - maybe forever.

When Ren McCormack and his mother move from Chicago to the town that everyone can definitely find on the map, Bomont, USA, they can expect a bit of an adjustment from the bustling city to bucolic farm life. What they don't expect is having to adjust to local city laws including a ban on dancing instituted by the town preacher, Reverend Shaw Moore; a law designed to protect the town's youth to the dangers that Rock and Roll music are sure to lead to, those that took the life of young Bobby Shaw and three other young people who held the promise of Bomont's brightest future. Ren then takes it into his own hands to help the people of Bomont learn to let go and let loose by fighting for the right to throw a school dance.

Into the Woods intertwines the plots of several Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales, exploring the consequences of the characters' wishes and quests. The main characters are taken from Little Red Riding Hood, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel, Cinderella, and several others. The musical is tied together by a story involving a childless baker and his wife and their quest to begin a family, their interaction with a witch who has placed a curse on them, and their interactions with other storybook characters during their journey.

Based on the real-life Newsboys Strike of 1899, Newsies tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys’ expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action. This Tony Award-winning Disney musical is a thrilling tale of courage, friendship, and standing up for what’s right. With unforgettable songs and show-stopping dance numbers, Newsies will have you cheering for the underdogs and will inspire you to “Seize the Day.”

This high-flying musical has been delighting audiences of all ages for close to 70 years and is now being brought back to life in a new production directed by Emmy Award winner Lonny Price with additional book by celebrated playwright Larissa FastHorse. The adventure begins when PETER PAN and his mischievous fairy sidekick, Tinker Bell, visit the nursery of the Darling children late one night. With a sprinkle of pixie dust and a few happy thoughts, the children are taken on a magical journey they will never forget. This extraordinary musical full of excitement and adventure features iconic and timeless songs including "I'm Flying", "I Gotta Crow", "I Won't Grow Up" and "Neverland". PETER PAN embraces the child in us all so go on a journey from the second star to the right and straight on 'til morning - your entire family will be Hooked!

Tom Allen is a widower, raising his 15-year-old daughter as a single dad. Desperate for money, he grabs at a job in a boiler-room set-up, selling machine parts over the phone. He soon discovers that his job requires him to make ethical compromises, occasionally misrepresenting the products he sells. He finds himself in competition with his co-workers. His tension builds as he discerns that his boss may be under investigation by the authorities, endangering the job that Tom needs so much.

What happens when a James Bond-like spy gets sent to rehab because of his drinking, gambling, womanizing and anger issues? You get THE SPY WHO WENT INTO REHAB. It's a comedic look at how an outdated male relic who still embodies Toxic Masculinity learns to think differently, courtesy of a colorful group of Woke, self-aware recovering addicts. His journey to enlightenment gets derailed, however, when his archenemy shows up for a final confrontation.

Isaac, a Holocaust survivor who arrived in New York City as an orphan, has reinvented himself by building a thriving publishing empire. Known for championing passionate authors, his life's work faces upheaval after a personal tragedy. As his children push for a commercial hit to save the company, Isaac's unwavering dedication to a controversial project tests family bonds, and his legacy. Will he stand by his convictions, or fold to the lure of commercial success?

On the day of their mother's funeral, two sisters are forced to reconcile their differences as they prepare to sell their childhood home.

In a barber shop above Mrs. Lovett's struggling pie shop, Sweeney Todd plots revenge on the lecherous judge who wronged him and his family. In the seedy underbelly of 19th-century London, desperate times lead to diabolical schemes - and strange alliances. With razor-sharp wit and extraordinary songs like "Pretty Women" and "Not While I'm Around," this Tony Award-winning masterpiece was proclaimed "more fun than a graveyard on the night of the annual skeleton's ball" by The New York Daily News.

Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum presents a hilarious satire about greed, corruption and hypocrisy at its beautiful outdoor venue in Topanga. In Tartuffe: Born Again, translator and adaptor Freyda Thomas puts a contemporary spin on the original French play, recasting Moliere's Tartuffe as a deposed televangelist who takes advantage of his naïve and gullible host to rook him and his family of their money. Moliere's legendary comedic characters are wonderfully at home in this present day version, which is set in a religious television studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and written wholly in delightful modern verse.

A troupe of players have set stage and gathered a crowd to present their unique look at Shakespeare's 'scottish play', told by the women who were actually there. No magic. No destiny, no ghosts, no floating daggers. Only choices and a few well-placed lies. Using a contemporary storytelling style, Three Witches, reveals new twists and turns, and a few laughs, exploring the eternal questions, "How far will we go for love? How do we define it, seek it out, secure it and protect it; and finally, what we will sacrifice for it?"

J.M. Barrie's beloved fairytale of a boy who never wanted to grow up was written one hundred and twenty years ago. Like the stories of Shakespeare, the adventures in Neverland are ingrained in the vocabulary and hearts of our culture. Ellen Geer's pondering frames the original script through the eyes of Wendy and her children, encouraging the next generation to never lose the innocence of belief in other worlds and other ways.

Out of a winter plagued by jealousy and torment emerges the glorious rebirth of spring in high humour of the countryside. One of the Bard's final plays, The Winter's Tale is a romance that concludes in one of the most extraordinarily written scenes of magical redemption in which Time ensures that the past is only prologue to the reconciled future.