Circle X Theatre

Circle X Theatre Circle X Theatre Co. is dedicated to highly provocative, boldly theatrical productions of new & rarely-seen plays.

is a not-for-profit ensemble of artists dedicated to highly provocative, boldly theatrical productions of new and rarely-seen plays and the development of new works for the stage. We believe in imagination over budget, adrenaline over inertia, irreverence over convention and excellence over all.

Due to popular demand, we are adding five additional performances of Octopus's Garden! Don't miss this "groundbreaking" ...
03/13/2026

Due to popular demand, we are adding five additional performances of Octopus's Garden! Don't miss this "groundbreaking" world premiere play.

ADDED PERFORMANCES
Thurs, Apr 2, 7:30PM
Fri, Apr 3, 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 4, 2PM
Sat, Apr 4, 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 5, 2PM

More info and get your tickets here: https://www.circlextheatre.org/now-playing1

03/13/2026

Due to popular demand, we are adding five additional performances of Octopus's Garden! Don't miss this "groundbreaking" world premiere play. Get your tickets today.

ADDED PERFORMANCES
Thurs, Apr 2, 7:30PM
Fri, Apr 3, 7:30PM
Sat, Apr 4, 2PM
Sat, Apr 4, 7:30PM
Sun, Apr 5, 2PM

🐙MEET THE FABULOUS DESIGN TEAM OF OCTOPUS’S GARDEN🐙We are so excited to be working with these talented designers to brin...
02/18/2026

🐙MEET THE FABULOUS DESIGN TEAM OF OCTOPUS’S GARDEN🐙

We are so excited to be working with these talented designers to bring this beautiful new play to life!

Nicole Bernardini - Props
Wendell Carmichael - Costumes
François-Pierre Couture - Scenic
Karyn Lawrence - Lighting
Noel Nichols - Sound
Emory Royston - Puppetry

Previews begin February 26, get your tickets now at the link in our bio or at https://ci.ovationtix.com/112/production/1251912

Octopus’s Garden is a co-production with Outside In Theatre and Boston Court Pasadena

WE'VE BEGUN! What has a cephalopod anatomy lesson, good feels, and powerful words?First rehearsal of OCTOPUS'S GARDEN!Th...
02/03/2026

WE'VE BEGUN! What has a cephalopod anatomy lesson, good feels, and powerful words?
First rehearsal of OCTOPUS'S GARDEN!
This week, the cast and creative team gathered to officially begin the journey of bringing Weston Ga***rd's world premiere play to life.
This imaginative co-production with Outside In Theatre and Boston Court Pasadena explores art, science, and obsession in a story unlike any other.
Performances begin on February 26 - tickets are on sale now at https://bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/octopus.

COMING THIS SUNDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Minister of Loneliness, written by Julia Lederer, a...
01/24/2026

COMING THIS SUNDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Minister of Loneliness, written by Julia Lederer, and directed by Jennifer Chambers

Featuring Performances By: Rebecca Metz, Rob Nagle, and Kat Haan

Sunday, January 25, 2:00pm

Do you ever feel so lonely you want to rip your own face off just to look at it?

The loneliest person in existence — The Minister of Loneliness --is going to lose her job unless she does something that feels impossible and incredibly painful… put on a play.

More info at link in bio. Can’t wait to see you there!
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After a year of creation, we are excited to celebrate the extraordinary work of the 2025-2026 Evolving Playwrights Group with a live reading series. Supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, the series is FREE to the public and no reservations are required.

01/23/2026

✨Meet the Playwright - Julia Lederer✨

And come hear her new play, THE MINISTER OF LONELINESS, as part of our 2026 EPG Reading Series!

Sunday, January 25
2:00pm
Atwater Village Theatre

Julia Lederer An internationally-acclaimed writer from Toronto, Julia’s plays have been produced across North America and in Europe, most recently in Dallas; Cleveland; and Stratford, ON. Her play, WITH LOVE AND A MAJOR ORGAN, was nominated for "Best Production" by the LA Drama Cmritics Circle when it was part of Boston Court Pasadena's Polly Warfield Award-winning season. Julia adapted it into feature film that premiered at SXSW; winning "Best Feature" at multiple festivals, including the Santa Fe International Film Festival and the Canadian Film Festival. The script earned her the "Best Screenplay" award at the Berlin Female Filmmakers Festival and a nomination from the Vancouver Film Critics Circle. Julia is a published poet and podcast contributor. She often writes from a sidestep outside of reality. Her work is driven by a deep curiosity about the world and how weird it is to be a human here.

COMING THIS SATURDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Scrumping, written by Weston Ga***rd, and directe...
01/23/2026

COMING THIS SATURDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Scrumping, written by Weston Ga***rd, and directed by Casey Stangl

Featuring Performances By: Lily Abha Cratsley, Joy DeMichelle, Romi Dias, Sharon Freedman, Schuyler Girion, Gerard Joseph, Alexander Matos, Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott, Rob Nagle Deborah Strang, and Isaac Ybarra

Saturday, January 24, 2:00pm

As the Roan family gathers for an annual apple harvest and cider-pressing on an orchard in the Pacific Northwest, twin half-brothers reunite, cousins feud, ancient traditions are tested, and secrets come to light. Starting in contemporary language and boiling up into mythic, poetic verse, this retelling of the Greek story of Castor and Pollux asks: What divine part of yourself would you sacrifice for the person you love most?

More info at link in bio. Can’t wait to see you there!
***
After a year of creation, we are excited to celebrate the extraordinary work of the 2025-2026 Evolving Playwrights Group with a live reading series. Supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, the series is FREE to the public and no reservations are required.

01/22/2026

✨Meet the Playwright - Weston Ga***rd✨

And come hear his new play, THE SCRUMPING, as part of our 2026 EPG Reading Series!

Saturday, January 24
2:00pm
Atwater Village Theatre

Weston Ga***rd is a playwright and librettist based in Los Angeles. His plays have been featured in the Ashland New Plays Festival, Boston Court Pasadena New Play Reading Festival, and New Roots Theatre Festival. He has been a member of the Geffen Playhouse Writers’ Room, The Vagrancy Playwrights Group, and a recipient of the Humanitas PLAY LA fellowship. He has also developed new work with Circle X, Outside In, TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, SFBATCO, and Z Space. Finalist: O’Neill National Music Theatre Conference, Lucille Lortel 121 Project, Seven Devils Playwrights Conference. Weston has written and developed immersive and mixed-reality theatrical experiences with Disney Imagineering, Meta, Madison Wells, FX, and Spy Brunch, and his work has been presented in Games For Change, The Latest Draft l podcast, A Little New Music, and the Future of Storytelling Festival. westongaylord.com

COMING THIS FRIDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Odds and The End, written by Veronica Tjioe, and di...
01/22/2026

COMING THIS FRIDAY AND YOU ARE INVITED! EPG READING SERIES 2026: The Odds and The End, written by Veronica Tjioe, and directed by Diana Wyenn

Featuring Performances By: Brandon Blum, Tyler Bremer, Meg Cashel, Carolina Hoyos, Bruce Lemon, and Rosie Narasaki

Friday, January 23, 7:30pm

Having lost a bet, a cosmic being must spend one thousand years as a human baby and convince person after person to be their caregiver for the rest of their mortal lives. A treatise on commitment and the sacrifices and joys of caring for others when it can be so much easier to care for nothing at all this fable also asks why, despite the horrors, all of this is worth it.

More info at link in bio. Can’t wait to see you there!
***
After a year of creation, we are excited to celebrate the extraordinary work of the 2025-2026 Evolving Playwrights Group with a live reading series. Supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, the series is FREE to the public and no reservations are required.

01/21/2026

✨Meet the Playwright - Veronica Tjioe✨

And come hear their new play, THE ODDS AND THE END, as part of our 2026 EPG Reading Series!

Friday, January 23
7:30pm
Atwater Village Theatre

Veronica Tjioe (they/them) is a non-binary, German-Indonesian playwright based in Los Angeles. They have a BA and MA in Theatre Arts from UC Santa Cruz and are wild about theatre that involves magical realism, existentialism, clowning, inclusivity, feminism, surprises, accessibility, community, and snacks. They developed new work with The San Francisco Olympians Festival, The Attic Collective, Son of Semele, and Inkwell Theater. Their play, The Last Croissant, won Best of the Broadwater, Best in Ensemble Theatre, and Top of Fringe at the 2019 Hollywood Fringe Festival. They are a recipient of the Dharma Grace Playwriting Award, the Max K Lerner Fellowship (The String’s The Thing), and were a finalist in the 2021 Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival (Prefers Bright Indirect Light). More recently they were honored to be included in the Kilroy's 2023 Web. You can find them on New Play Exchange and at veronicatjioe.com

✨WEEKEND TWO LINE UP FROM OUR EVOLVING PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP✨After a year of creation, we are excited to celebrate the extra...
01/20/2026

✨WEEKEND TWO LINE UP FROM OUR EVOLVING PLAYWRIGHTS GROUP✨

After a year of creation, we are excited to celebrate the extraordinary work of the 2025-2026 Evolving Playwrights Group!

Friday 1/23/26
7:30pm
The Odds and The End by Veronica Tijoe
Directed by Diana Wyenn
Featuring: Carolina Hoyos, Rosie Narasaki, Tyler Bremer, Meg Cashel, Brandon Blum and Bruce Lemon

Having lost a bet, a cosmic being must spend one thousand years as a human baby and convince person after person to be their caregiver for the rest of their mortal lives. A treatise on commitment and the sacrifices and joys of caring for others when it can be so much easier to care for nothing at all this fable also asks why, despite the horrors, all of this is worth it.

Saturday 1/24/26
2:00pm
The Scrumping by Weston Ga***rd
Directed by Casey Stangl
Featuring: Deborah Strang, Romi Dias, Isaac Ybarra, Alexander Matos, Schuyler Girion, Sharon Freedman, Joy DeMichelle, Gerard Joseph, Mateo Mpinduzi-Mott, Rob Nagle and Lily Abha Cratsley

As the Roan family gathers for an annual apple harvest and cider-pressing on an orchard in the Pacific Northwest, twin half-brothers reunite, cousins feud, ancient traditions are tested, and secrets come to light. Starting in contemporary language and boiling up into mythic, poetic verse, this retelling of the Greek story of Castor and Pollux asks: What divine part of yourself would you sacrifice for the person you love most?

Sunday 1/25/26
2:00pm
The Minister of Loneliness by Julia Lederer
Directed by Jennifer Chambers
Featuring: Rebecca Metz, Rob Nagle, and Kat Haan

Do you ever feel so lonely you want to rip your own face off just to look at it? The loneliest person in existence — The Minister of Loneliness --is going to lose her job unless she does something that feels impossible and incredibly painful… put on a play.

Supported, in part, by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Department of Arts and Culture, the series is FREE to the public and no reservations are required. Can't wait to see you there!

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