Los Angeles Events Calendar
1:00–2:00pm
Theater
GUAC
When you lose a son, what do you do?If you're Manuel Oliver, you turn grief into action. GUAC is a fearless, funny, and deeply moving theatrical tour-de-force about a father turned activist. Seven years after his son Joaquín "Guac" Oliver was…
1:00–2:00pm
Theater
Jaja’s African Hair Braiding
THE TONY-WINNING COMEDY DIRECT FROM BROADWAYStep into the vibrant world of Jaja’s African Hair Braiding, a beloved Harlem hotspot where West African immigrant braiders work their magic on the locals’ locks. Amidst the lively buzz of a scorching summer, love…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
anthropology
Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
To find closure after losing her sister, Merril, a gifted programer, builds an AI to retrace her sister’s last moments. What she finds in this high-stakes thriller raises questions about living with grief and the lengths we can go to…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
The Aaron Play
The Independent Shakespeare Company Studio
Tragic, darkly funny, and terrifyingly relevant, The Aaron Play picks up right where Shakespeare's Titus Andronicus left off: with its self-proclaimed villain, Aaron the Moor, sentenced to death for his many crimes and buried up to his chest in earth. Desperate to…
2:00–4:00pm
Theater
Otherkin
14 year old Olive, who is part of the subculture Otherkin, is compelled by strange forces to help prepare for humanity's end. Olive and her family are thrust into a roarous ride of epic proportions, confronting their pasts, perilous futures…
3:00–4:00pm
Theater
Cymbeline
“Arm me audacity from head to foot!”Shakespeare’s Cymbeline is reimagined in this rollicking adventure set in the American West in the 1800s. When Imogen defies her father, Cymbeline, and sets off on a treacherous journey, she encounters rugged landscapes, mistaken…
4:00–6:00pm
Theater
नेहा & NEEL
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Neha (नेहा) fears she has failed to pass her language and culture down to her 17-year-old son, Neel (नील). A summer trip to visit colleges could be Neha’s last chance, if only she can get Neel to visit the historic…
4:00–6:00pm
Theater
MASCOGOS (MAHS-KO-GOHS)
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Miranda González explores her Mexican and African American roots and the untold stories of Mexico’s underground railroad in this world premiere of Mascogos. Eighteen-year-old Jamari is fighting an unknown illness that takes him through worlds he’s never seen before, from 1864 Mexico to today’s…
4:00–6:00pm
Theater
THE LITTLE KING OF NORWALK
Latino Theater Co. at The Los Angeles Theater Center
Following a DUI, Juan attends his first mandated AA meeting — where he’s mistaken for someone powerful and influential who might be of use to the corrupt mayor and his circle. Juan wields his new power to benefit himself, but…
5:00–6:00pm
Theater
Paranormal Inside
Just in time for Halloween 2025, East West Players joins forces with Theater Mu and Perseverance Theater to present the rolling world premiere of Prince Gomolvilas's thrilling new work Paranormal Inside. This haunting sequel to The Brothers Paranormal, which made…
5:00–6:00pm
Theater
Adolescent Salvation
Rogue Machine at The Matrix Theatre
Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker and push each other to the edge of danger - with consequences that could prove lethal.