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Every year, Center Theatre Group commissions two to three playwrights as part of Community Partnerships to develop short plays that will be performed in public libraries across Boyle Heights. While the past few short plays have been transitioned onto an online platform (Community Stories) due to COVID-19, CTG is looking forward to the return of li...

Meet Playwrights Aja Houston and Rosie Narasaki

From musicals to stage plays to miniseries and films, adaptations of A Christmas Carol continue to be produced, performed, and patronized. During Christmastime, homes are decorated, specialty dishes are made, carolers sing, photos are taken with Santa, gifts are purchased, and A Christmas Carol is enjoyed. Charles Dickens’ classic story of a co...

The Magic of 'A Christmas Carol' Lives On

Jack Thorne’s adaptation of A Christmas Carol is staged unlike any other version of this story before it. The critically acclaimed, Tony Award®-winning production, originally conceived and directed by Matthew Warchus, is as beautiful and enchanting as you would expect a holiday extravaganza to be. Warchus wanted to transform this iteration of A...

The Making of Music and Lighting in Jack Thorne’s 'A Christmas Carol'

Actor Gregg Daniel (HBO’s Insecure) currently appears in The Duat by playwright Roger Q. Mason and director Taibi Magar as part of our series Not a Moment, But a Movement, in collaboration with Watts Village Theater Company and The Fire This Time Festival. Filmed live at the Kirk Douglas Theatre and available on demand through August 12, 2021, T...

Meet Gregg Daniel of 'The Duat'

After a year and a half of our theatres being dark, we’re slowly transitioning back to live performances. For Marike Splint and Center Theatre Group, that transition involves a pair of your best headphones, a specially designed mobile app, and a trip to Los Angeles State Historic Park. 32 ACRES–a soundwalk for the Los Angeles State Historic Par...

Rediscovering Los Angeles with '32 ACRES–a soundwalk'

When Alex Alpharaoh was two months old, he and his 15-year-old mother were almost killed in a bomb blast in La Limonada, a shantytown in Guatemala City. To escape the violence, they began their journey to the United States, where they would start their lives anew in Los Angeles, albeit in the shadows, undocumented.

Out of the Shadows and onto the Stage

Ritchie’s Tenure as Only the Second Artistic Director of Los Angeles’ Largest Nonprofit Theatre Organization Will Have Spanned 17 Years

Michael Ritchie to Retire as Artistic Director on December 31, 2021

As a direct response to the pandemic interrupting Center Theatre Group’s community programs such as our free workshops and library play reading series, Community Partnerships Director Jesus A. Reyes devised a virtual solution—the Community Stories project. “All in-person community programs have taken place at sites throughout Boyle Heights, b...

Meet the Playwrights Behind the Community Stories Project

Despite a year of shutdowns and the closure of venues around the country, theatre has survived, and art continues to go on. That’s why we are honored to announce that Center Theatre Group has selected two winners of the Dorothy and Richard Sherwood Award—D’Lo and Mikaal Sulaiman, both multi-talented theatremakers, artists, and changemakers. �...

Meet the 2021 Sherwood Award Winners: D’Lo and Mikaal Sulaiman

“It was great because it wasn’t just for me–this is for us. This is for Black people. I hear a story that I see myself reflected in, and it’s right here. And that’s really special.” —Bruce Lemon, Co-Artistic Director of Watts Village Theater Company

In Not a Moment, But a Movement, 3 Theatres Join in the Pursuit of Elevating Black Artists

For Kemp Powers, 2021 has already been quite the year—and it’s only February. After over two decades of writing, Powers has finally had the chance to experience what so many aspiring creatives can only dream about with the celebration of two debut screenplays. “It’s been surreal, to be honest. It’s weird to have your work out there in th...

Playwright Kemp Powers takes Hollywood by storm before turning to our Digital Stage