We are with the Playwright and Star of JUST ANOTHER DAY – Dan Lauria!

He is best known as the Dad on the hit television series The Wonder Years, has starred, recurred and guest-starred in over 70 television episodic programs, as well as in more than 20 movie of the week productions and a score of feature films. He has performed, written or directed over 50 professional stage productions. On Broadway, he starred as legendary coach Vince Lombardi opposite Judith Light in Lombardi, as well as in the Tony nominated A Christmas Story: The Musical for two years running. He co-created the Durango Play Festival with Wendie Malick, with whom he has also performed the play The Guys, a tribute to the brave firefighters who died on 9/11, as a fundraiser for veterans and firefighting organizations, The two currently perform Love Letters around the country as a fundraiser for environmental organizations and to support the development of new plays at regional theaters.

Just Another Day

Coming August 30th

Step inside the surreal world of LAST RESORT, an absurdist dance-theatre piece that transforms an abandoned desert beach resort into a reflection of late-stage capitalism and cultural decay. Choreographer and director Maya Billig joins us to discuss her vision for the piece and its inspiration — the hauntingly iconic Bombay Beach.

What are audiences saying about LEAR REDUX?

Showing now through July 13th!

We’re diving into LOVE’S END with the stars of the show, Beejan Land and Ann Sonneville. Let’s talk love, heartbreak, and everything in between in this post-show discussion!

Odyssey Theatre presents Lear Redux as part of its 2025 season

A Quantum Fantasia inspired by the play King Lear by William Shakespeare 

This world premiere production is adapted by John Farmanesh-Bocca

Acclaimed and prolific stage actor Jack Stehlin stars in Lear Redux, a bold, surprising, and whimsical adaptation of King Lear, directed and adapted by Physical Theatre impresario John Farmanesh-Bocca. Renowned for their celebrated collaborations on Farmanesh-Bocca’s REDUX series—including Tempest Redux (winner of Stage Raw’s Production of the Year and Broadway World’s Production of the Decade for LA regional theater)—Lear Redux reunites the Odyssey Theatre, The New American Theatre, and Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble to present Shakespeare’s preeminent drama of family, power, humanity, grief, and acceptance.

Take a peek behind the curtain in the rehearsal room for LEAR REDUX…

Odyssey Theatre presents Lear Redux as part of its 2025 season A bold, surprising, and whimsical adaptation of King Lear, directed and adapted by Physical Theatre impresario John Farmanesh-Bocca and starring Jack Stehlin. Renowned for their celebrated collaborations on Farmanesh-Bocca’s REDUX series—including Tempest Redux (winner of Stage Raw’s Production of the Year and Broadway World’s Production of the Decade for LA regional theater)—Lear Redux reunites the Odyssey Theatre, The New American Theatre, and Not Man Apart – Physical Theatre Ensemble to present Shakespeare’s preeminent drama of family, power, humanity, grief, and acceptance.

From personal storytelling and upbeat acoustic strumming, Blind Chaperone is a musical diary of prismatic ballads, old-school protest anthems, and quiet love songs.

Coming June 14th as part of our Thresholds of Invention series

Have you ever told a lie? How bad was it? And how far would you go to keep it a secret?

Tom Moran brings his critically acclaimed, award-winning show Tom Moran is a Big Fat Filthy Disgusting Liar, to the Odyssey, after a sell out run at the Dublin Fringe Festival 2022, Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2023, and with the Irish National Theatre in 2024. Audiences leave quite literally booking therapy, laughing and crying, feeling way less alone; and sometimes, they even come back with their parents.

Join us at the Odyssey for his Los Angeles production – April 30th

Now in its 8th year, this 6-week Los Angeles dance festival showcases cutting-edge contemporary dance with innovative new works!

Marianna Varviani is a Greek dance-theater artist. She has worked internationally in Greece, the UK, Spain, Brazil, and the USA as a choreographer, dance theater performer, movement director, and educator. She founded Selcouth Dance Company in 2016.

MARK is showing as part of our Dance at the Odyssey Festival – June 29th at 8pm!