Multi-award-winning Rogue Machine Theatre (BEST SEASON<\/strong>\u00a0AWARD\u00a0<\/strong>2023<\/a>, 2016, 2011;\u00a0BEST PRODUCTION AWARD\u00a0<\/strong>2013, 2011, 2010\u00a0\u2013 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle<\/strong>) announces its seventeenth season. <\/p>\n The first show of the new season<\/strong> opens at 8pm on Saturday, January 25 at the Matrix Theatre, 7657 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046.<\/p>\n SEASON 17<\/strong>\u00a0Rogue Machine offerings begin with the Southern California premiere of Will Arbery\u2019s\u00a0EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING<\/strong>, directed by Rogue Machine\u2019s Artistic Director Guillermo Cienfuegos. Pulitzer Prize finalist Arbery\u00a0(Heroes of the Fourth Turning<\/a>; Succession<\/em>) confronts humanity\u2019s darkest fears with humor, warmth, and the fortitude of municipal public servants in this play about climate and change. Winters keep getting worse in Evanston, IL where salt truck drivers Peter and Basil battle the ice and snow and pass the time with jokes and stories. But what\u2019s with this creeping sense of dread? Is it because their boss Maiworm has noble visions of new green technology that would make their jobs obsolete? Or is there a more terrifying warning calling out from under these roads? At least they have each other, right? Starring\u00a0Hugo Armstrong<\/strong>\u00a0(as Vanya in\u00a0Uncle Vanya<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Pasadena Playhouse,\u00a0Twilight: Los Angeles<\/em>, Alan Raleigh\/Michael Novak in\u00a0God of Carnage<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Mark Taper Forum,\u00a0The Passion of Marie Curie<\/em>\u00a0\u2013 Geffen Playhouse);\u00a0Lesley Fera<\/strong>\u00a0(Fountain Theatre \u2013\u00a0Between Riverside and Crazy<\/em>, Pacific Resident Theatre \u2013 Ruth in\u00a0The Homecoming<\/em>, Sister Margaret in\u00a0The Hasty Heart<\/em>, the title role in\u00a0Anna Christie<\/em>, and in Lady Chatterley\u2019s Lover);\u00a0Kaia Gerber<\/strong>\u00a0(Apple TV+ series\u00a0Palm Royale<\/em> with Laura Dern, Carol Burnett, Allison Janney, and the psychological thriller\u00a0Shell<\/em>, starring alongside Elisabeth Moss and Kate Hudson);\u00a0Michael Redfield<\/strong>\u00a0(starred in John Pollono<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0Small Engine Repair<\/em>, which swept every major L.A. theatre award, and in Rogue Machine\u2019s\u00a0Oppenheimer.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cFeatured Performer\u201d nom for his role in Daisy Foote\u2019s\u00a0When They Speak of Rita<\/em>\u00a0at Pacific Resident Theatre, and in\u00a0My Antonia<\/em>\u00a0at the Rubicon Theatre \u2013 LA Weekly nom \u201cBest Production\u201d). Tickets for\u00a0EVANSTON SALT COSTS CLIMBING<\/strong>\u00a0general admission is $60 on Fridays and Saturdays; $45 Sundays and Mondays. Seniors: $35 Students with ID: $25. Shows4Less: Monday, February 24 ($25+). Reservations:\u00a0https:\/\/www.roguemachinetheatre.org\/or for more information 855-585-5185.\u00a0January 25 \u2013 March 9<\/strong>. Contains adult language that may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n The\u00a0<\/strong>West Coast premiere of\u00a0BACON<\/strong>, written by\u00a0<\/strong>Sophie Swithinbank and directed by Michael Matthews, stars Jack Lancaster and Wesley Guimar\u00e3es. This story takes an unflinching and unexpectedly humorous look at power and sexuality, through the dizzying lens of youth. One of the boys is new at school and too scared to make friends. The other is out of control and too scary to make friends. But, the two of them need each other. Worlds apart, but more similar than they realize, the pair form a complex and manipulative relationship and before they know it, they\u2019re embarking on a dangerous experiment that will alter the course of their lives. Contains adult language, violence and sexual situations. Viewer discretion is advised.\u00a0February 8 \u2013 April 20<\/strong>\u00a0on the Henry Murray Stage.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n CORKTOWN \u201939<\/strong>, written by John Fazakerley, marks its World Premiere at Rogue Machine. Steve Robman helms this political thriller about a little known Irish Republican Army (IRA) plot to assassinate the king of England. Based on true events, which includes a tragic romance between the assassin and the woman in whose home he is being sheltered. Starring Ron Bottitta, JD Cullum, Tom Kelly, Ann Noble, and Peter van Norden.\u00a0April 12 \u2013 May 25<\/strong>. Contains adult language that may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n The World Premiere of\u00a0ADOLESCENT SALVATION<\/strong>\u00a0brings playwright Tim Venable back to Rogue Machine for his third production (The Beautiful People, Baby Foot<\/em>). Guillermo Cienfuegos will direct this searingly funny and fearlessly inquisitive play that examines the moral complexity of the kinds of characters we judge most harshly \u2014 and the fatal consequences of ignoring our own complicity in the deeds we condemn. Over the course of one night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker and push each other to the edge of danger \u2013 with consequences that could prove lethal by morning.\u00a0September 6 \u2013 November 2\u00a0<\/strong>on the Henry Murray Stage. Contains adult language that may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.\u00a0<\/p>\n NICE GIRL<\/strong>, by Melissa Ross, makes its West Coast premiere in May. The play takes place in 1984 suburban Massachusetts where thirty-seven-year-old Josephine Rosen has a dead-end job, still lives with her mother, and has settled into the uncomfortable comfort of an unintended spinsterhood. When a chance flirtation with an old classmate and a new friendship at work give her hope for the possibility of change, she dusts off the Jane Fonda tapes and begins to take tentative steps towards a new life. A play about the tragedy and joy of figuring out who you are and letting go of who you were supposed to be.\u00a0May 10 \u2013 July 29\u00a0<\/strong>on the Henry Murray Stage.\u00a0Contains adult language that may not be suitable for children. Viewer discretion is advised.<\/p>\n Rogue Machine\u2019s 2<\/strong>nd<\/strong><\/sup>\u00a0annual PLAYWRIGHT\u2019S ROUNDTABLE FESTIVAL,\u00a0<\/strong>founded by Rogue Machine\u2019s Executive Director Justin Okin,\u00a0<\/strong>presents world premiere readings in August. This is a weeklong festival of never before produced plays. Featured playwrights include Agnes Borinsky, David Myers, Diana Burbano, Joy Gregory, Hannah Kenah, Makeda Declet, Megan Tabaque, and Rich Wong. For six months each year, Rogue Machine\u2019s Playwrights Roundtable brings together early to mid-career playwrights, some of whom are returning to theater after finding success in film and television.\u00a0Writers meet twice a month in a welcoming and creative environment, culminating in public or private presentations of bold new works for the stage. The Playwright\u2019s Roundtable is run by Roundtable alum, Lina Patel.\u00a0Tickets are FREE for the Festival, allowing audiences to be an integral part of the process and experience these never-before-heard scripts. This peek behind the curtain gives the writers an invaluable opportunity to see how an audience responds to their work as they continue to develop their script.\u00a0August 18-24<\/strong>. Contains adult language that may not be suitable for children.\u00a0<\/p>\n Rogue Machine\u00a0is the only company to receive the\u00a0Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Polly Warfield Award\u00a0for \u201cBest Season\u201d\u00a0three times\u00a0<\/strong>(2023, 2016, 2011). Additionally, they\u00a0won the Ovation Award for \u201cBest Season\u201d\u00a0<\/strong>(2017). Rogue Machine\u00a0<\/strong>produces new plays, primarily by Los Angeles based playwrights, and important contemporary plays not yet seen in Los Angeles. Nine of their productions have been published by Samuel French, Dramatists Play Service or Broadway Play Publishing, and six of the productions have had subsequent staging\u2019s at significant theatres, including Off Broadway, major regional houses and the Donmar Warehouse in London.\u00a0Four world premieres,\u00a0<\/strong>Razorback, Small Engine Repair,<\/strong>Lone-Anon,<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0<\/strong>One Night in Miami\u2026<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0were made into feature films, and playwright Kemp Powers was nominated for an Academy Award in the category of \u201cBest Adapted Screenplay<\/strong>.\u201d In recognition of its artistic achievement, administrative strength, development of new work and other significant contributions to the field of professional theatre in the United States, Rogue Machine is supported by the Perenchio Foundation, Shubert Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, David Lee Foundation, the City and County of Los Angeles, The Ahmanson Foundation, and the Richenthal Foundation.\u00a0Rogue Machine is a recipient of the\u00a0American Theatre Wing\u2019s National Theatre Company Grant.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n Website<\/strong>:\u00a0https:\/\/www.roguemachinetheatre.org\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n Facebook:\u00a0<\/strong>https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/RogueMachineTheatre<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n X<\/strong>: @RogueMachineLA\u00a0https:\/\/twitter.com\/RogueMachineLA<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n IG<\/strong>:\u00a0@RogueMachineTheatre\u00a0https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/roguemachinetheatre\/<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n \t\t<\/p>\n![\"\u00a92009](\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/giaonthemove.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Gia_GOTM_570x191.png?resize=570%2C191&ssl=1\")
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