Jessica Doherty

Two furry friends are taking the stage in this month’s production of A Christmas Story, The Musical at the Ahmanson Theatre. But “The Bumpus Hounds,” played by two Bloodhounds named Jethro and Reba, are not just regular dogs—they are trained specifically to appear on stage and screen.

Who Let the Dogs Out?

Since Artistic Director Snehal Desai joined Center Theatre Group this year, he has been involved in a range of events, both at Center Theatre Group and across the nation, to advocate for funds and development in the performing arts sector. Take a look at some of the events this past year with us.

Arts in Action

The three theatrical creatives behind Dog Man: The Musical each grew up around theatre. Now, they’re joining forces to bring the heroic story of Dog Man to the stage for a new generation of theatregoers at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this season—and invite everyone to join them along the way.

Flying Fish, Cop Dogs, and Evil Skyscrapers, Oh My!

Comedian and Writer Alex Edelman's Just For Us, playing at the Mark Taper Forum this November, is a one-man show inspired by his experiences as an Orthodox Jewish man attending a meeting of White Nationalists in Queens, NY (and, somehow, tries to have a meet-cute).

Serious-ly Funny

While “school’s out for summer,” that doesn’t mean that the learning opportunities stop there—Center Theatre Group’s Education & Community Partnerships have been hard at work providing a number of experiences for students, community members, and staff members alike over the past few months tied to our onstage programming.

Workforce Development at Center Theatre Group

In Alexis Scheer’s Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, four high school girls find each other through the ‘Dead Leaders Club,’ in which they attempt to summon dead leaders, like Pablo Escobar, through seances and blood sacrifices in a treehouse. This group ends up being a pivotal way for these young women to cope with the grief and lack of control in th...

Lindsay Allbaugh’s Dear Directorial Debut at Center Theatre Group