Under Construction: The Caregiver’s Guide
August 30, 2021 2:45 amA family dramady about evolving heroes, truth tellers, memory keepers, and early onset Alzheimer’s.
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Under Construction: Third Person
August 30, 2021 2:34 amA woman longs to find herself in the middle of her dreaming mind. A man struggles to reconcile his past transgressions with his current life. What every day...
Under Construction: Here Comes the Night
August 30, 2021 2:20 amWhen Olivia, a musician’s wife and climate science advocate, invites Maggie, an old friend turned social media influencer, to spend the weekend while she has an at-home abortion,...
Under Construction: The Play You Want
August 30, 2021 2:28 amFed-up by the theatre world’s desires to box him in, Mexican playwright Bernardo Cubría sarcastically pitches “Nar-Cocos,” a play about drug dealers on Día de los Muertos. Much...
Under Construction: Ladyville
August 30, 2021 2:20 amThree sisters are the only people left in their town that has yet to be taken by a sinister, formless entity, “The Calling.” Constantly living in terror and...
#LeavingLASA
April 1, 2021 11:12 amThe Road Theatre Company stands in solidarity with East West Players and the AAPI artist community in leaving the LA STAGE Alliance. The commitment to providing equity and...
Stop AAPI Hate
March 22, 2021 9:55 pmThe Road Theatre Company stands in solidarity with the AAPI community. STOP THE HATE! To report a hate incident, please go to: www.stopaapihate.org
Reykjavík – Virtual Program
April 6, 2021 6:05 pmSteve Yockey (Playwright) Ann Hearn Tobolowsky (Director): Directing credits include Bus Stop; Holy Days; Driving Miss Daisy; Another Part of the Forest; The Favorite; Forever Bound; The Road...
This Bitter Earth – Virtual Program
March 22, 2021 10:32 pmHarrison David Rivers (Playwright) is a St. Paul based playwright. His plays include THE BANDAGED PLACE (Relentless Award), WHEN LAST WE FLEW (GLAAD Award), SWEET (AUDELCO nom), WHERE STORMS ARE BORN (Berkshire...
I, Too: Voices of Change
January 27, 2021 1:03 amI Too: Voices is a rotating, curated selection of work that affirms the Road‘s commitment to uplift, support and amplify BIPOC artists affiliated with the Road. We will...
Under Construction 3 Playwrights Group Announcement!
January 11, 2021 1:24 amUnder Construction 3 “The Play You Want is a product of The Road Theatre Company’s playwriting workshop, Under Construction. I don’t know their formula, but whatever’s happening in...
Under Construction 4 Playwrights Group Announcement!
March 19, 2023 6:03 pmContinuing the success of Under Construction 1-3, Carlyle King, Jessica Broutt, and Mackenna Goodrich went on a search for the playwrights for Under Construction 2023 (UC4). The Road...
Under Construction 5 Playwrights!
January 15, 2024 2:04 pmABOUT UNDER CONSTRUCTION In 2019 Carlyle King and Jessica Broutt brought together a group of eleven playwrights, both emerging and established writers, to meet with the sole purpose...
Giving Tuesday: Be the Light!
November 30, 2020 7:10 pmRoad Theatre Video Archive
October 5, 2020 6:37 pm
Road Replay: Death House
September 13, 2020 5:21 pmEnjoy this special encore presentation by the Road Theatre of Jason Karasev’s “Death House”. On the night a death-house chaplain must hand over the reins to the confident...
Production History
July 30, 2020 3:19 pmThe Road Theatre Company has produced over 100 mainstage productions, off-Road events, and workshop presentations in its 29-year history. Feel free to read more about our past productions...
Live! Under Construction: The Full Lengths
July 22, 2020 11:36 pmJoin us here from January 22-31, 2021 to watch Under Construction: The Full Lengths! All plays will run for three weeks on this page. Produced by: Carlyle King...
Live! Under Construction: The Full Lengths Copy
July 14, 2021 11:26 pmJoin us here from September 23rd to October 3rd, 2021 to watch Under Construction: The Full Lengths – LIVE! Producer: Carlyle King Associate Producers: Meeghan Holaway, David...
The Word: Connected
December 14, 2020 7:07 pmPlease join us on December 7th, 2020 at 7 PM for a virtual reading of Shelagh McFadden’s Connected directed by Bree Pavey and produced by David Meyers & Bart...
The Word: The Forest (Virtual Reading + Conversation) PLEASE REGISTER for OPENING NIGHT LIVE!!!
April 30, 2021 2:54 pmPlease join us on Monday, May 24th at 6 PM PST for a special presentation of Lia Romeo‘s The Forest (virtual reading + conversation) directed by Diana Wyenn. This...
Under Construction: The Full Lengths Copy
August 30, 2021 1:48 amProduced by: Carlyle King & Meeghan Holaway Dramaturge: Jessica Broutt Assistant Dramaturge: Mackenna Goodrich
Under Construction: The Full Lengths
December 6, 2020 5:41 pmProduced by: Carlyle King & Meeghan Holaway Dramaturge: Jessica Broutt Assistant Dramaturge: Mackenna Goodrich
SPF 12: How Grandma Met the Rat Pack
June 6, 2021 11:10 pmIn a quiet bar, an aging flibbertigibbet recounts her (possibly apocryphal) celebrity encounters with each member of the Rat Pack. Her stories are met with encouraging acceptance from...
SPF 12: Census
June 7, 2021 12:37 amWhen Jacob, a newly assigned census taker, makes a home visit to Gloria and attempts to get clear answers to the standard questions on the government form he’s...
SPF 12: The Secret Keeper
June 7, 2021 12:45 amAhmad is the groundskeeper at a cemetery in Afghanistan. When a local mother visits the cemetery, she befriends Ahmad and unearths a troubling secret that unites them both....
SPF 12: The Restaurant Play
June 7, 2021 12:48 amAn innocent question posed at the start of a family dinner leads to a variety of unexpected conversations, confessions and one or two life-changing decisions. Also, there are...
SPF 12: After the Deluge
June 7, 2021 12:53 amTells the story of two New York women arguing and grieving and recovering from the pandemic. Their clash raises sparks, conjures magic and comedy, and perhaps suggests a...
SPF 12: Medusa Does a Re-Do
June 7, 2021 12:41 amAfter three thousand years as the reviled monster with snakes on her head, Medusa persuades Athena that it’s time for a re-evaluation. A play in verse for a...
SPF 12: Burst
June 7, 2021 12:33 amSarah Boyd is going to save the earth from our self inflicted plastic disaster. The only thing standing in her way is the truth.
SPF 12: Interview With A Cat
June 6, 2021 11:24 pmJim Geoghan’s cat Shadow has spent thousands of hours teaching him the ups and downs of cat care and Jim has learned nothing. Development Interview With a Cat...
SPF 12: THE BIG RED NAUGAHYDE BOOTH (OR, WOULD-BE ELKS)
June 6, 2021 11:46 pmA comedy about negotiations, acceptance and belonging, The Big Red Naugahyde Booth (or, Would-be Elks) tracks the cocktails and confessions of a group of women who regularly meet...
SPF 12: Refugee Rhapsody
June 6, 2021 11:51 pmSakinah, an Arab American woman, undergoes a mental health evaluation to determine what led to the violent crime she committed against Emily, a rich heiress. The play explores...
SPF 13: That Must Be The Entrance To Heaven
June 18, 2022 11:27 amFour Latino boxers with world title aspirations try to make a better life for themselves and find the entrance to Heaven. To reach Heaven, however, requires they fight...
SPF 13: Tilly Birdbones
June 19, 2022 1:00 pmAn adult fairytale about grief, isolation, motherhood, and autonomy, Tilly Birdbones tells the story of a family’s final year with its youngest daughter, as recounted by the tutor...
SPF 13: The Ordeal of Water
June 19, 2022 1:54 pm1978. The first two female longshoremen at the Port of Los Angeles are trapped by their male co-workers in the cargo hold of a container ship just as...
SPF 13: Date
June 19, 2022 2:19 pmTwo people meet for a first date post pandemic. It isn’t easy.
SPF 14: The Rimsky-Fogelman
June 20, 2023 9:26 pmWhat happens when a white Jewish family finds out that it’s not? White or Jewish. And if everyone involved, including a Black spouse and a Black best friend,...
SPF 14: ilysm
June 21, 2023 8:09 pmA busy suburban mom communicates via text with her family about school fundraisers, the dinner menu, and all manner of logistics. Just as she masters her teen’s text...
SPF 14: The Boatman
June 21, 2023 8:15 pmThe boatman of the underworld is having a career crisis. And when he meets a young woman who refuses to be ferried to the land of the dead,...