KentwoodPlayers.org
Kentwood Players is a non-profit community theater organization in the Westchester neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
History
Kentwood Players got its start (and its name) when members of the PTA at Kentwood Elementary School in Westchester, having presented a play at the school, decided to keep on presenting plays. So in 1950 they founded a community theater organization, which has been going strong ever since.
The young organization went through a series of home stages—a barn, a pump house, and a restaurant—until 1960, when the players bought an old warehouse and transformed it into a 112-seat proscenium-stage theater, the Westchester Playhouse.
Westchester Playhouse
- 8301 Hindry Ave
- Los Angeles, CA 90045
Contact
- Andy Klute
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Box office
The reservation number is (310) 645-5156
- Hours: 4-7pm Tuesdays – Saturdays
- Reservations are recommended
Productions
Kentwood Players typically presents six shows per year in January-February, March-April, May-June, July-August, September-October, and November-December time slots for fixed runs of six weekends.
Each show plays Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm and Sundays at 2pm.
Current production
The Lion in Winter by James Goldman
- July 11 – August 16, 2008
Coming attractions
Little Green Men – Book, Music and Lyrics by Scott Martin
- September 12 – October 18, 2008
- November 7 – December 13, 2008
The Laramie Project by Moises Kaufman and the Tectonic Theater Company
- January 9 – February 14, 2009
- Book by Nina Faso and Stephen Schwartz
- Lyrics by Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Micki Grant, Stephen Schwartz and Susan Birkenhead
- Music by Craig Carnelia, James Taylor, Mary Rodgers, Micki Grant and Stephen Schwartz
- Based on Working by Studs Terkel
- March 13 – April 18, 2009