If I Should Wake
Caught in the rupture between past and future, an ensemble of characters search desperately for rebirth: in dreams, in hash tags, in childhood diaries, in sidewalks that lead to nowhere. ...
20 November, 2020
Shows
LA Get Down Festival (2020)
This four week workshop is a guided step by step to writing poetry. Each session explores a new structure and/or introduces a new poetic device. Therefore, we ask that students sign up to attend all four sessions....
03 January, 2020
THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME
15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers...
17 October, 2019
The Chinese Lady
The Los Angeles Premiere of The Chinese Lady Inspired by the true story of America’s first female Chinese immigrant, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman....
30 April, 2019
HERLAND
After graduating from high school, Natalie gets a summer internship working for Jean, her elderly neighbor, on a special project: creating a DIY retirement...
17 April, 2019
LA Get Down Festival (2019)
La Get Down 2019 filled April weekends with performances, workshops, and battles celebrating hip hop and spoken word. From Poetry vs. Hip Hop and InkSlam finals to original productions, writing workshops, and community showcases, the festival amplified diverse voices and the power of live expression....
06 March, 2019
The Color Purple
With a soul-raising, Grammy-winning score of Jazz, Gospel, Ragtime and Blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is an unforgettable and intensely moving revival of an American classic. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel and...
01 November, 2018
Ripe Frenzy Rolls Into Greenway Court Theatre May 17 – June 17
WINNER of the 2016 NNPN Smith Prize for Political Theatre, Ripe Frenzy submerges us in the before, during and after of a mass shooting in a small-town high school theatre, during opening night of its 40th production of Our Town. Told from the perspective of the mothers of the town,...
10 April, 2018
Urban Theatre Movement in Residency at Greenway Court Theatre presents Yerma in the Desert 11/17 – 12/16
The World Premiere of Yerma in the Desert Yerma is desperate for a child, but her husband Juan shies from her touch. How can she reconcile her urge for motherhood, maintain her sense of honor, and still do her job without going mad? Set in an...
23 September, 2017
Greenway Arts Alliance presents The House on Mango Street
THE HOUSE ON MANGO STREET centers around the life of young Latina Esperanza Cordero, as she undergoes her personal journey into adulthood. As she matures, Esperanza encounters the harsh realities of puberty as well the hardships witnessed in her family and her Mango Street neighborhood....
12 September, 2017