2023 | Center Theatre Group

Hadestown makes its triumphant return to the Ahmanson Theatre, enchanting the hearts of Angelenos once more. With its return comes faces old and new, including J. Antonio Rodriguez, who carries a history with the beloved production. Rodriguez previously performed at the Ahmanson in Hadestown’s 2022 engagement.

DREAMING A PATH TO CENTER STAGE WITH J. ANTONIO RODRIGUEZ

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 c...

Lindsay Allbaugh’s Dear Directorial Debut at Center Theatre Group

“[Intimacy Coordinators] are not the sex police,” Veronica Sofia Burt the intimacy coordinator for Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, said. “If you have boundaries and healthy communication established, then actors are able to be much more vulnerable, and daring, sexy, and bold. They know what the container is so they can go all the way there.”...

Getting Intimate with Veronica Sofia Burt

As humans, each of us has individual and personal experiences that inform our understanding, relationship, and response to the world around us. Theatre can often evoke discomfort when exploring difficult subject matter, such as abortion, consent, and physical assault, as presented in this powerful play.

Continuing the conversation

Alexis Scheer is the playwright behind Our Dear Dead Drug Lord, onstage at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this month. Her other work includes adapting the book of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Bad Cinderella, screenwriting for Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin, and projects developed for HBO Max and Salma Hayek’s Ventanarosa. She was born and raised...

21 Questions With Alexis Scheer

Sebastian Arcelus and Stephanie J. Block’s love for theatre is rather literal. Not only are they two renowned actors, but they have become a powerful team as husband and wife, both offstage and onstage in Into the Woods at the Ahmanson Theatre this month.

IT TAKES TWO