Geffen Playhouse 2023/2024 Season

WHEN:

September 6, 2023- July 14, 2024

WHERE:

Geffen Playhouse
10886 Le Conte Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90024

TICKETS:

For more information and tickets visit the Geffen Playhouse website.

EVERY BRILLIANT THING

September 6 – October 15, 2023

Written by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Colm Summers
Featuring Daniel K. Isaac

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...“Ice cream.” “Water fights.” “Peeing in the sea and nobody knows.” A boy’s handwritten list to cheer up his despondent mom becomes a surprisingly funny and poignant ode to humanity..."

THE ENGAGEMENT PARTY

October 4 – November 5, 2023

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...The champagne is on ice, the hors d'oeuvres are perfectly arranged, and the table is exquisitely set. At a luxurious Park Avenue apartment, a young couple is celebrating their engagement with an intimate gathering of family and friends. When a glass of wine is spilled, the night takes an unexpected turn, unleashing a spiraling sequence of events and revelations that will irrevocably change their lives...."

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive

January 17 – February 18, 2024

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...A derogatory comment, a summit gone awry, an anal abscess—it’s a bad day at the White House. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, it inevitably falls on the seven women he relies on most to clean up the mess. Take a raucous romp through the halls of the West Wing in a riotous and irreverent farce about the men who hold the power vs. the women who get the job done...."

BLACK CYPRESS BAYOU

February 7 – March 17, 2024

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...On a hot summer night in Texas, Vernita Manifold summons her two daughters down to the bayou with a secret too big to keep. The richest, meanest man in town is dead, and the Manifold women know more than they’re saying. As secrets begin to surface, the bonds between the women, their town, and the legacy of their ancestors all come to a head. Black Cypress Bayou is a hilarious, suspenseful world premiere about loyalty, healing, and comeuppance..."

FAT HAM

March 27 – April 28, 2024

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...Meet Juicy, a young, queer Black man with a Shakespearean-sized dilemma. When the ghost of his dead father shows up at his family’s BBQ wedding reception demanding his murder be avenged, does the poetic and sensitive Juicy have it in him to do the deed, or will he “to thine own self be true?”..."

THE HOPE THEORY

April 25 – June 9, 2024

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...As a Portuguese immigrant, storyteller, and sleight-of-hand magician, Helder Guimarães arrived in America at age 29. Wide-eyed and full of ideas, he discovers a fascinating puzzle of cultural and professional challenges to solve while he tries to build a home. The Hope Theory offers a unique perspective on America through the eyes of an optimistic outsider...."

tiny father

June 12 – July 14, 2024

A spokesperson describes the event as follows:

"...When a “friends with benefits” relationship unexpectedly results in the early arrival of a baby girl, Daniel must choose between being a biological parent or becoming a father. With the help of a no-nonsense night nurse, the new dad learns to navigate the protocols and frustrations of NICU life on his uncertain path to parenthood in this funny and heartfelt new play where growth is measured in more than grams....."