Past events Skylight LIVE: CLOSE AND FAR AWAY Two old friends reconnect via zoom during quarantine... but technology and distance are the least of their problems. Writer: Cory Hinkle** Director: Elina de Santos Performed by: Melissa Paladino, Jennifer Pollono **Resident Playwright May 21, 3:00pm AND THE VOID SAYS HA HA ...
July 2020 Events July 30, 3:00pm - Special Event, WEST ADAMS "Penelope Lowder has her finger firmly on the pulse of American culture. " - Los Angeles Times Earlier this year we performed WEST ADAMS, the 2020 LA Times Critics Choice play about the absurdity of racism. Some thought it ...
The Juneteenth Theatre Justice Project On Friday, Juneteenth, (June 19th), theatre communities around the country will provide their response to the current moment – the civil uprising that has come as a reaction to the murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery and countless others before them – with ...
THE STORY: Roz is a nun and newbie playwright in medieval Gandersheim, Germany. When she and her fellow nuns present her brazen, feminist comedy for the Holy Roman Emperor, his rejection of her work catapults Roz on a journey of millennial proportions to Hollywood and beyond.
Featured plays: V-Card by Stacey Weingarten Our First Honest Conversation by Christine Hamilton Schmidt Charlie by Beth Polsky Three Syllables of Shame by Rom Watson
A story about the absurdity of racism. STORY: With a hostile takeover of a neighborhood block party and altruistic dreams of gentrification, Penelope Lowder’s newest play, set in LA's historic "WEST ADAMS" district suggests that perhaps reshaping a newly adopted neighborhood in your image isn’t as lofty as one might ...
Skylight and QueerWise join together on February 22 to present a special community event about being treated as someone that is... "insignificant or peripheral." Donations are requested online or at the door in support of Skylight's continuing efforts to put Art In Action through community outreach and education. Supported ...
Poignant, relevant, funny and devastating... The first Australian Indigenous play to come to Los Angeles, The 7 Stages of Grieving has played nationally in Australia and internationally in London and Montreal and is hailed as “a vital masterwork." A remarkable story that talks about the issues which can both separate and ...
Skylight Theatre Company invites you to experience four short, freshly brewed plays written by rising Los Angeles playwrights. Relax and unwind with this special casual theatre event held at Angel City Brewery. THE PLAYS CHARLIE: written by Beth Polsky, directed by Victoria Pearlman A robot designer meets his match at ...
