In a mythical fifth-grade classroom, indoctrination explodes into fantasy and rebellion in Nancy Keystone and Critical Mass Performance Group’s form-busting and exuberantly theatrical West Coast Premiere. Mariology explores the Virgin Mary both as a source of faith and a weapon of control, illuminating Mary’s roles in systems of gender, power, and personal agency. Source

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Above Average! NOV 5-DEC 7, 2025

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Abel is 29. Officially older than his older brother David, was before his unexpected passing. Having recently found his brother’s personal journal and letters, Abel attempts to put the pieces together of why his brother, David, seemingly hated him, what their relationship was, and what it could have been.

“My Brother’s Keeper,”  is a deeply emotional exploration of the generational effects of sitting in the darkness of our identities, hidden from the light, as we lead with hate, not love, & shame and not grace.  Abel and David are brothers who are bound by a secret kept from each other, incapacitated by self hatred, and a deep desire to be understood, stuck in the middle of two worlds: being Queer and surviving in a conservative, catholic, Latino, community.  Source

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Above Average! June 13 – 15, 2025.

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L is a stoner with social anxiety, Harold is an aspiring ballerina, and their mother is a woman from another time. Driven by archaic dreams for her children, all Mamma wants is for a man to marry L to rescue the family from financial ruin. So when a big, burly traveler turns up at their doorstep, she thinks her prayers have been answered. But it is Harold, her tutu-wearing son, who seems most attracted to this strange man, while L, her chronically online “daughter,” doesn’t seem to want him – but wants to become him.

By turns raucous, poetic, touching, and dangerous, Frou-Frou: A Menagerie of Sorts riffs on Tennessee Williams’s The Glass Menagerie in this story of two queer siblings yearning to be understood. Source

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Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended! Feb 22 – March 30, 2025.

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What does it mean to get lost in America? Anne and David are set to find out as they embark on the perfect American road trip. They have a map, an impressive list of sights to see, and an itinerary that should put them in St. Paul just in time for the birth of their first grandchild. But soon their perfect plan is derailed by a troubling diagnosis and the beautiful impermanence of the world around them. As Anne and David veer off of their intended path, they are forced to grapple with the unavoidably messy and breathtaking journey of their lives.  Source

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7.5 Overall

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Above Average! April 18 – May 26, 2024.

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Boston Court’s first-ever immersive play, utilizing the entire building, will take you on a journey behind the curtain to experience the layered and intimate complexities of creating theatre. In this play-within-a-play, a renowned director rehearses a spectacular new production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, “the original #metoo story.”  But backstage, there’s an even bigger drama playing out as the power dynamics of the play and the rehearsal blow up in the course of the night. Don’t miss this unique and unexpected world premiere written and directed by Boston Court Artistic Director Jessica Kubzansky. Source

SEP 7 – OCT 15,2023.

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Exceptional Show! LA Theatre Bites Recommended!

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11th century Ladies-in-Waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan’s most beloved writers. They also kind of hated each other. This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it’s about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same… even after a thousand years. Taken from the website.

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7.5 Overall

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  Above Average! March 16- Apr 23, 2023.

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Unrivaled is a co-production between Boston Court and Playwrights’ Arena’

11th-century Ladies-in-Waiting Murasaki Shikibu and Sei Shonagon are, to this day, two of Japan’s most beloved writers. They also kind of hated each other.  This play is about friendship, heartbreak, and what it means to be a female artist. Perhaps most of all, it’s about how no matter how much things change, the more they stay the same… even after a thousand years. Taken from the website.

MAR 16 – APR 23,2023

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A travel writer who never travels. A Japanese architect who can’t figure out how to build a simple tea house. A gifted tattoo artist who resists the power of his talents. And a homeless girl who lives under a weeping willow tree in the Japanese Garden. Four lonely people, their stories written on paper, earth, and skin, find each other when one of them falls apart. Together they realize the heart is as strong as it is fragile, and that the safety of home might be found in the most fearsome explorations.  Taken from the website.

SEP 19-OCT 27,2019 

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A new production strips away decades of Southern gothic gauze to reveal striking themes of class, race, and gender—reinvigorating the classic which shocked audiences in its debut 70 years ago. By placing the iconic 1940s-era Blanche within an entirely contemporary and multicultural environment, this 21st century production highlights the timeless relevance of this play for our divided America. Taken from the website

February 15 – March 25, 2018

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