Pacific Resident Theatre

My issue is with the acquisition of tickets rather than the venue; purchasing tickets with a «suggested donation» of $ 15 is a bit excessive for a university student. If it is truly a suggestion, the website should not require me to pay $ 15 online with no method of changing my donation to something more affordable.

Drove by this place a million times over the years, always saying to myself «one of these days…» That day finally came and I was immensely impressed with the production and setting.
We saw «The Homecoming» which as a Pinter play (typically as we came to find out) was edgy and wonderfully strange. Their were multiple actors who really gave powerful performances (a rarity in small theater productions).
It’s a very intimate theater and a production team that is thoughtful and interested in talking with the patrons about their experience.
I highly recommend this venue for a night away from Hipster central steps away on Abbot Kinney. Enjoy the true passion for the arts that is still alive at PRT!

I saw the Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov here with a few girlfriends.
The theatre is extremely clean, polished, and quaint. We were in a theatre that couldn’t have had more than 100 seats, which created an intimate setting.
The costumes were gorgeous, and the minimalist stage design beautifully executed. The actors were excellent, but in all honesty, this interpretation of the play didn’t send me away with a feeling of awe, but rather, a feeling of «Aww. .. I wish that was different.»
The Cherry Orchard was Chekhov’s last play and is a slice of life from Russia’s transition from serfdom to middle class. The plot revolves around Lyubov, an aristocratic widow whose precious estate, «the Cherry Orchard,» must be sold in order to pay the mortgage. Lyubov is especially attached to the cherry orchard growing on the land — hence the play’s name.
Chekhov plays with the theme of the rising middle class following the elimination of serfdom in Russia. Ultimately, it is the son of one of Lyubov’s former serfs who purchases her estate, and proceeds to chop down the cherry orchard to make way for profitable summer homes. This action also symbolize the downfall of the aristocratic class to make room for the middle class.
Thematically interesting, but honestly. .. it dragged. It felt like half the play was Lyubov whining about her estate, her past, and financial situation. Some of the pacing felt slow. Perhaps it was a combination of the direction of the play and the play itself (hmm, maybe Chekhov isn’t my cup of tea.. .) that earns three stars for my experience.

This is one’s chance to go to the theater few blocks from the ocean and often enjoy it more that running to a big name downtown theater would provide. Seen many plays there, it’s in a very modest, also lovingly arranged little theaters (sometimes all three have an offering in the same evening), but never seen a bad play there ever and some have been outstanding!
They deserve to be sold out every night. The warmest family feel in a theater ever.

We went to see Fried Meat Ridge Road and laughed really hard! Fun and unique play. We lived in KY and the Carolinas for a long stretch so it hit home. Nice theater set-​up and easy parking.
The actors were real pro’s and the set was well done. Got our seats on Goldstar for a very reasonable rate.

I’ve seen two shows in this venue. One on the main stage and one in the co-​op. Limited seating that is pretty tight, but good enough for a community theater. The shows are well promoted and presented.

A REVIEW FOR JULIA…
JULIA is the story of a man coming home after many years to try and cure the pain he caused his childhood friend, Julia. It is a straightforward and simple story, written and directed in a no frills, linear style. It is the emotional possibilities of the situations set up in this drama that have the potential to keep you in your seats. However, despite good to excellent performances from the troupe, the wonderful opportunities for pathos the story provides are not realized by half.
My main feeling was that the play was not finished. Ideas were not fleshed out enough to be at all satisfying. I felt cheated.
Paul Thomas

I’ve seen two plays here so far one was good, the other was hilariously awesome (Anatol). The quality of the acting is very good. The tickets are typically $ 20 and, in the theater I’ve been in, there are only 99 seats. So you are guaranteed a good seat.
They have refreshments for purchase like cookies and soda. The first time I went they had wine too. It’s a very small theater, but we like to get dressed up. It’s a good time for a good price!

One of the best small theatres in a city that has literally hundreds of small theatres, and… there’s plenty of parking! There are three small performing spaces, and the work is always at least interesting, sometimes outstanding. Great actors just a few feet away — there’s no other experience like it. I’ve seen terrific productions on nearly bare stages about the size of a large platform and walked away with the feeling that I’ve just left an entire world behind. Los Angeles has a ton of great actors — surprise, surprise — and a ton of theatres to see them, close up and personal. Where to begin? How about this little jewel.