When The Water Dies
Santa Monica Playhouse
1211 4th Street Santa Monica
1211 4th Street Santa Monica
Covering difficult topics from the advent of AI to politics, "When The Water Dies" explores a new world through two families: one that chooses to progress into the future, and one that stays back, frozen in 1950. A Thanksgiving dinner becomes a volatile clash of technology, tradition, and buried resentment. As generations collide over race, gender, faith, and power, both families are forced to confront whether staying the same is any safer than moving forward.
Apr 4 - Apr 16, 2026