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Set in a loft on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, Lanford Wilson's electrifying play shows the tension that erupts when people from very different worlds collide. Burn This is a penetrating exposition of four violently opposing characters who are scrambling to regain control over their lives. Learn more...

This Off-Broadway play by actor-playwright Chazz Palminteri (A Bronx Tale, Analyze This) is the offbeat story of the bizarre relationship that develops between a suicidal housewife and the thug her husband hires to kill her. It was made into a movie starring Cher and Palminteri in 1996. Learn more...

Nothing is impossible in the heart of an artist, or for those who dare to dream...BIG. When a man's passion pushes him to venture into unfamiliar commitments, anything can happen. When he falls for a beautiful girl who seems to miss some of the splendor of life's bigger possibilities, there is so much to be explored. Learn more...

On a contemporary home front in the Los Angeles area, the lives of a young family take a stunning turn when a soldier prepares for service. Discovering the courage, loyalty and love it takes to keep a family together in a post-9/11 world fails to prepare them for the challenges they face in the shadow of war. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre Company presents The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged) -- a fast-paced, irreverent, and very funny production which purports to deliver all 37 of Shakespeare's plays in the span of 97 minutes. The play's original production ran for a decade in London. Learn more...

Weaving personal history and tales from the highway with original music, the one-man show reflects the yearnings and dreams of an entire generation: the 1960s. Tracing the journey from hippie youth to the present, Christopher Allport's stories and songs illuminate the choices we make when we're young and the understanding that comes only when we have lived. Learn more...

Strange Snow originally followed two Vietnam vets, but has been updated by playwright Stephen Metcalfe for today's times. David, once a promising athlete, returns from Iraq emotionally shattered along with his friend, Megs, who is similarly haunted. When David's younger sister, Martha, and Megs begin to fall in love, all three must battle their own demons. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents the latest production from Paul Linke, the producer of such Roar of the Crowd-winning shows as Caterpillar Soup and Capture Now. A delightful and sometimes raunchy comedy, The Four Man Plan tells the true story of Cindy Lu's 15 years of bad dates and tortured relationships - all the result of her quest for Prince Charming - before she decided to take a more scientific approach. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents That May Well Be True, a comedy by Jay Reiss about two friends who reunite after 15 years over a dispute about which of the men really came up with the story for a critically acclaimed novel. Reiss was one of the creators of the Tony Award-winning The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee. He also acted in the Broadway hit, despite having had no acting background. Learn more...

The Mitchells tells the story of a young man who is confronted with having to disclose to his ostensibly conservative parents that he is gay before he is outed on a national Diane Sawyer television special. Learn more...

From the group that brought Goldstar Events' members two of their favorite shows (Caterpillar Soup and Capture Now) comes this high-octane, hilarious comedy about two neurotics looking for love. This play has delighted audiences for more than 20 years and comes to the local stage for the first time in several years. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents Lyena Strelkoff's Caterpillar Soup, a play about overcoming life's greatest challenges with perseverance, courage and love. You will not see anything else quite like Caterpillar Soup this year. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents Capture Now, an evocative one-man show from the director of Caterpillar Soup featuring Josh Jonas. This is the coming-of-age story of a young man who faces two life-changing events that force him to grow up sooner than he expected. Learn more...

Time Flies When You're Alive, the highly acclaimed solo show that played to sold out houses for over a year at the Tiffany Theatre, toured the country, and was subsequently filmed for an HBO Showcase Presentation, returns for eight performances only, to the Ruskin Group Theatre in Santa Monica. Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents Mitigating Factors, a tense & thrilling new play about a man whose life hangs in the balance, featuring TV and film star Michael DeLuise ("NYPD Blue," "21 Jump Street," "Some of My Best Friends"). Learn more...

The Ruskin Group Theatre presents the wildly inventive and popular play, featuring Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein and the King of Rock & Roll, and written by one of America's favorite funnymen: Steve Martin's Picasso at the Lapin Agile. Learn more...

The fastest theatre in town! Ruskin Group Theatre presents L.A. Cafe Plays: five short plays created from conception to execution in 11 hours. You never know which surprise artists will appear! Learn more...