APR 10-MAY 3—LA MIRADA THEATRE   There’s something deliciously ironic about watching a musical about high school social warfare inside the plush, well-behaved confines of a regional theatre audience. Yet the regional premiere of MEAN GIRLS at the La Mirada Theatre for the Performing Arts—presented by McCoy Rigby Entertainment—leans into that irony with a wink, a strut, and just enough bite to remind us that the Plastics never really graduate… they just get better lighting.   Adapted from the...

APRIL 10-26—LONG BEACH As you watch Ruben J. Carbajal as Usnavi bound jubilantly across the stage, rapping a cityscape into vibrant life over the rumbling rhythm of a bass line, shredding the air with his arms as rhymes percolate on his tongue, he introduces us to the men and women whose daily troubles—overdue bills, overheated romances and overtaxed hearts—will form the episodic story that provides a slender spine for Lin-Manuel Miranda’s musical valentine to the barrio. In fact, you’ll get...

MARCH 6-15, 2026 — HUNTINGTON BEACH EIGHT SECONDS is a riveting new World Premiere crime drama by GWC Professor Tim Mueller about a young woman named Ellie who spends way too much time on the internet, connecting with some of the scariest people around. Her main objective is to expose to the world the people behind all the hate and misinformation they spread. What Ellie doesn’t realize, however, is that turning out those buzzwords and catchphrases like “find your power,” and “take action...