Celebration Theatre

Name: Celebration Theatre
Address: 6320 Santa Monica Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA, 90038, US
Telephone: +13239571884
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Founded in 1982 by Mattachine Society pioneer Chuck Rowland, the award-winning Celebration Theatre

09/17/2026

Auditions are open for this year’s Trans Lineage program after our summer Playwrights Lab brought us three amazing new short plays from NOVA CYPRESS BLACK, Eka Savajol eka , and Astrid Solace Astrid Solace ! Tag your friends, spread the news far and wide! We can’t wait to see you. Trans Lineage is co-produced this year by Celebration Theatre and Outside In Theatre.

Link in the comments below.

09/15/2026

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Thank you everyone that came out to our reading WTC View on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. We’re feeling so lucky and grateful for our community, and loved sharing such a big night with you.

Thanks to Brian Sloan for his resonant script, to Michael Urie for his direction and joy, and to Lisa Owaki Bierman for perfectly rounding out our directing team. And of course - our cast. We were thrilled by the talent and kindness at every part of this process. Thanks everyone for a wonderful evening.

Photo Credit: Abby Mahler Abby Mahler

09/14/2026

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Thank you everyone that came out to our reading WTC View on the 25th anniversary of 9/11. We’re feeling so lucky and grateful for our community, and loved sharing such a big night with you.

Thanks to Brian Sloan for his resonant script, to Michael Urie for his direction and joy, and to Lisa Owaki Bierman Lisa Bierman for perfectly rounding out our directing team. And of course - our cast. We were thrilled by the talent and kindness at every part of this process. Thanks everyone for a wonderful evening.

Photo Credit: Abby Mahler Abby Mahler

09/11/2026

Repost Q***rty

It’s been 25 years since 9/11, a day that Michael Urie—then a student at Juilliard—says that he, like so many other Americans, will never forget.

And as harrowing as that day was, just as unforgettable were the weeks that followed: “It was that period of time… where strangers were intimate with each other, [where] all the New Yorkers really became like family.”

Just a few years later, Urie starred in Brian Sloan’s play ‘WTC View,’ which took an honest look at post-9/11 life through the lens of one gay man as he searched for a new roommate in his Manhattan apartment. And now that play is being revived by Celebration Theatre for one night only at the Los Angeles LGBT Center to commemorate the landmark anniversary, with Urie returning to direct and Miles Heizer starring.

For our full conversation with Michael Urie, Brian Sloan & Miles Heizer about 9/11 memories and the legacy of ‘WTC View,’ head to the link in Q***rty ‘s bio.

Ticket link for tonight’s show in our bio.

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09/10/2026

FRIDAY NIGHT!

On Friday, September 11th, twenty-five years to the day of the World Trade Center attacks, Celebration Theatre and LA LGBT Center co-produce a special anniversary staged reading of WTC View at the beautiful Renberg Theatre. Miles Heizer (Netflix’s Boots) takes on the lead role, with a stellar supporting cast: Germain Arroyo, Anand Desai-Barochia, Eric Patrick Harper, Kimberly Joy McBride, Sophie Neff, Zane Phillips, Avi Roque, and Calvin Seabrooks. Emmy nominee Michael Urie (Oh, Mary!, Shrinking) returns to direct Brian Sloan’s powerful, funny, mesmerizing play years after making his stage and screen debut in the lead role.

WHAT: WTC VIEW - 25th Anniversary Reading, directed by Michael Urie
WHEN: Friday, September 11th at 7:30PM
WHERE: Renberg Theatre, LA LGBT Center 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028
TICKETS: Link in bio!

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09/09/2026

Incredible first rehearsal for Friday’s WTC VIEW 25th Anniversary Reading. We are so lucky to have this brilliant team assembled - it is going to be an amazing night of theatre. We can’t wait to see you there for Brian Sloan’s sweet, funny, gentle, mesmerizing play, directed by Michael Urie and starring Miles Heizer in the role Michael originated.
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09/04/2026

Join us on Labor Day, this Monday at 5 PM PST/8 PM EST for a conversation between playwright Brian Sloan Brian Sloan and director Michael Urie Michael Urie of our upcoming reading of WTC View. See you here on Instagram LIVE!

09/01/2026

Season 44: The Year of Desire Announcement Take 2: There was a small date typo yesterday, which means we get the opportunity to share about our delicious upcoming season again! How lucky are we?

We love any opportunity to talk about our ‘26/‘27 Mainstage shows that pose the single question: What if you got what you were aching for?

Three shows, three distinct voices, three different meditations about what we want. Together they insist that desire is plural, deeply human, and worth staging without apology.

First, the West Coast Premiere of HEAUX CHURCH - the Q***rty-nominated sermon of radical self-love, where the erotic and the sacred meet in conversation. Written and performed by Brandon Kyle Goodman, directed by Lisa Owaki Bierman and co-produced with The Elysian in association with Lena Waithe. Then Celebration’s acclaimed new-works program, TRANS LINEAGE, returns for a dynamic 5th year with three one-act World Premieres, co-produced with Outside In Theatre and directed by Nico Pang, all centered around the theme “Desire Lines”. And finally - the return of a big Spring musical with the hit off-Broadway sensation RIDE THE CYCLONE, directed by Michael Matthews. See you at the theatre!

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08/31/2026

Announcing our 44th season: The Year of Desire — stories that are erotic, ecstatic, seeking, and defiantly q***r. Across three mainstage productions, Season 44 poses a single question —what if you got what you’re aching for? — as both invitation and dare, centering desire in all its forms: erotic, spiritual, ancestral, communal.

Three shows, three distinct voices, three different meditations about what we want. Together they insist that desire is plural, deeply human, and worth staging without apology.

First, the West Coast Premiere of HEAUX CHURCH - the Q***rty-nominated sermon of radical self-love, where the erotic and the sacred meet in conversation. Written and performed by Brandon Kyle Goodman, directed by Lisa Owaki Bierman and co-produced with The Elysian in association with Lena Waithe. Then Celebration’s acclaimed new-works program, TRANS LINEAGE, returns for a dynamic 5th year with three one-act World Premieres, co-produced with Outside In Theatre and directed by Nico Pang, all centered around the theme “Desire Lines”. And finally - the return of a big Spring musical with the hit off-Broadway sensation RIDE THE CYCLONE, directed by Michael Matthews.

Outside these mainstage shows, we are excited to continue to develop works such as Rajendra Ramoon Maharaj’s new play SWEET LORRAINE and staged readings though our Constellation Series - including the upcoming WTC VIEW directed by Michael Urie. It’s going to be a big year!

Q***r joy and q***r desire are not distractions from the fight - they are the fight. We can’t wait to be in community with you this season. Sign up for our newsletter for ticket drops and first announcements for these three shows and so much more.

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08/28/2026

Cast Announcement!

On Friday, September 11th, twenty-five years to the day of the World Trade Center attacks, Celebration Theatre and LA LGBT Center co-produce a special anniversary staged reading of WTC View at the beautiful Renberg Theatre. Miles Heizer (Netflix’s Boots) takes on the lead role, with a stellar supporting cast: Germain Arroyo, Anand Desai-Barochia, Eric Patrick Harper, Sophie Neff, Zane Phillips and Avi Roque. Emmy nominee Michael Urie (Oh, Mary!, Shrinking) returns to direct Brian Sloan’s 9/11 play years after making his stage and screen debut in the lead role.

WHAT: WTC VIEW - 25th Anniversary Reading, directed by Michael Urie
WHEN: Friday, September 11th at 7:30PM
WHERE: Renberg Theatre, LA LGBT Center 1125 N McCadden Pl, Los Angeles, CA 90028
WHO: Cast includes Miles Heizer, Germain Arroyo, Anand Desai-Barochia, Eric Patrick Harper, Sophie Neff, Zane Phillips and Avi Roque.
TICKETS: [https://ci.ovationtix.com/36684/pr/1284091/pe/11844824]

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6320 Santa Monica Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA
90038

Telephone

+13239571884

Website

http://www.celebrationtheatre.org/

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