Los Angeles Events Calendar
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Ybor City
The Actors' Gang Theater @ Ivy Substation
A hauntingly beautiful new play, Ybor City tells the story of overworked Cuban cigar factory immigrants in 1931, who find themselves inspired by the spirit world toward revolution. The Actors’ Gang’s first fully bilingual play, Ybor City is a sensory…
2:00–3:30pm
Hamlet (Solus)
The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio
Interweaving Shakespeare's text with original songs, David Melville inhabits all the key characters in this lively and profound solo performance. He brings a deeply personal perspective to Shakespeare's text as he moves seamlessly between spoken words and instrumentation. Along the way…
2:00–3:30pm
Theater
Alabaster
June lives alone in a small farmhouse in Alabaster, Alabama, three years after a tornado killed her family. June is covered with scars from the catastrophe, with only her two goats, Weezy and Bib, as companions. Alice, a noted photographer…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Topdog/Underdog
Two brothers in freefall struggle to find their footing as they hustle their way through life. Haunted by the past and their obsession with street cons and cards, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their fate. Winner…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Twelfth Night
“What country, friends, is this?”Separated from her twin brother in a shipwreck, Viola is forced to make her own way in the kingdom of Illyria — where, disguised as a man, she discovers unrequited passion, double-crossings, hilarity, and yellow stockings.Directed…
4:00–5:30pm
Theater
I Want a Country
City Garage @ Bergamot Station Arts Center
City Garage is proud to present the west coast premieres of two plays dealing with displaced people. Though "Bounds" is from Sicily, and "I Want A Country" is from Greece, both speak to not just the worldwide crisis of unwanted…
5:00–6:00pm
Theater
Cambodian Rock Band
Part-play, part-rock concert, the Los Angeles Premiere of Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, directed by Chay Yew and featuring music by Dengue Fever, explores the story of a Khmer Rouge survivor as he returns to Cambodia after 30 long years.