13 Plays!
Each Weekend a different program
For the first time since 2019, Theatre West's signature festival WestFest returns to our stage.  Theatre West's extraordinary ensemble of actors, writers, directors, and visual artists invite you to enjoy this celebration of the best of Theatre West workshops!

Week One
October 7-8 at 8pm; October 9 at 2pm

THIS ALMOST JOY by Barbara Lindsay and Directed by Donald Moore
That place of being almost, almost, any moment now, almost, but not quite....
Cast: Jeanine Anderson, Bonnie Kalisher, Richard Reich, Bill Sehres.

THE DEAD COMEDIAN
Written and Directed by Lloyd J. Schwartz
Dead comedians get the best laughs.
Cast: Cecil Jennings

150 YEARS OF WALKING
Written by David Lee Lindsey and Directed by Veronica Thompson
The more things change, the more they remain the same; can the cycle be broken?
Cast: Daphne Jones, Aaron Cobbs, Aneisha Hughes, Joe Nassi, and Jarrol Taylor

CLOSE ENCOUNTER
Written by Kres Mersky and Directed by Paul Gersten
A cosmetologist's tale.
Cast: Kres Mersky

A PERFECT EVENING
Written and Directed by Clara Rodriguez
Sometimes its  hard to find love, even in a fancy and romantic restaurant.
Cast: Philip Sokoloff, Seemah Wilder Idelson, Ari Wojciech, and Sara Ballentine

STARRY NIGHT
Written and Directed by Clara Rodriguez
Camping can be dangerous in a lot of different ways
Cast: Zoe Echo, Cecil Jennings, Paige Pedersen

NEIGHBORS
Written and Directed by Arden Teresa Lewis
Feuding neighbors find an incongruous bond when a difficult teacher runs away.
Cast: Heidi Appe, Alan Schack

Week Two
October 14-15 at 8pm; October 16 at 2pm

BITTER SWEET ORANGES
Written by Marc Littman and Directed by Rick Simone
What happens when a long simmering dark family secret boils over.
Cast: Mimi Kmet, Ernest McDaniel, Cecil Jennings, Amelia Vargas

SPIDER WARS
Written and Directed by Donald Moore
Oh, what a tangled bed we leave....
Cast: Rick Simone, Ashley Taylor

STRANGERS IN A LOST LAND
Written and Directed by Cecil Jennings
On a desert island, two survivors of a ship wreck have a stranger encounter
Cast: Paige Pedersen, Tessa Nesbet, Charles Smith

JUST LIKE THAT
Written and Directed by James A. Goins
Complex issues come to surface as political and racial tensions pull apart the hearts and minds of a young married interracial couple
Cast: Cynthia Vassor, Ari Wojciech

ROPE
Written by Kres Mersky and Directed by Paul Gersten
One woman. One rope. One unexpected friendship
Cast: Kres Mersky

DEATH AND COLD CUTS
Written by Garry Michael Kluger and Directed by Arden Teresa Lewis
They say that "love is a many-splendored thing." Wanna bet?
Cast: Mary Elisabeth Somers, Amelia Vargas

Friday-Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm
Suggested Donation: $15

Our partnership with Greenlight Women continues with the Table Read of Eddie's Turn by Annika Hymlo at Theatre West.
October 2, 2022
Sunday at 6pm
FREE
Check this out from one of our community partners:
Towne Street Theatre

Towne Street Theatre brings another Book to Life with the Deborah Charles Literary Reading Series!

On Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 4:00 pm, Towne Street will present a staged reading of excerpts from FAILURE TO PROTECT, the latest courtroom thriller by best-selling author Pamela Samuels Young. Towne Street Theatre, Artistic Director, Nancy Cheryll Davis will direct the TST Acting Ensemble at the LGBTQ Center, The Village of Ed Gould Plaza, 1125 N. McCadden Place, Los Angeles, CA 90038.

In addition to a talk-back session with the author, director, and cast, there will be a book signing immediately following the performance.