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Center Theatre Group Announces New Artistic Director

Dear Friend: We are excited to share today’s news that Center Theatre Group’s Board of Directors has appointed Snehal Desai as our next Artistic Director. Snehal will join Managing Director / CEO Meghan Pressman in August, from his current post as Producing Artistic Director of L.A.’s historic East West Players where he has led the company...

Center Theatre Group Announces New Artistic Director

Back to School with Center Theatre Group’s Student Matinee Program

How student and educator programs have evolved over the past two years to be more inclusive and impactful.

Back to School with Center Theatre Group’s Student Matinee Program

L.A. Writers’ Workshop

The L.A. Writers’ Workshop Festival will take place over two weekends in September at the Kirk Douglas Theatre. Since its inception in 2005, Center Theatre Group has fostered a cohort of playwrights to help them write new plays. For the first time in the history of the L.A. Writers’ Workshop, all ten playwrights from a single group will have th...

L.A. Writers’ Workshop

'We Need More Women in Power'

Sting—yes, that Sting—believes in the power of women. “Women are very important in this play—men have messed it up, we really have,” the Grammy®-winning songwriter, musician, and actor said in an interview last year about the musical he created and stars in, The Last Ship. “This is one of the main tropes of the play: it’s women who s...

'We Need More Women in Power'

When Love Takes Center Stage

Here at Center Theatre Group, we’re no strangers to showcasing spectacular love stories by way of musical theatre. The Ahmanson, in particular, has visited the crossroads of song, dance, and romance continuously since its first season more than 50 years ago through today with The Last Ship....

When Love Takes Center Stage

A Community of Strength: the Compelling History Behind Sting's Hometown

The Last Ship—onstage at the Ahmanson January 14 – Febuary 16, 2020, is set in Sting’s hometown of Wallsend, Tyne and Wear: a town in North East England with a rich history of not only shipbuilding, but community action. The show is set in 1986; strikes and unrest have roiled British industry for some time, and, under the leadership of Prime...

A Community of Strength: the Compelling History Behind Sting's Hometown