BUILDING ON TRADITION

Your generous donation will allow Theatre West to continue our tradition of producing unique, entertaining, and thought-provoking productions in-house from our democratic artistic cooperative of actors, writers, directors, producers, and technical professionals.

Established in 1962, Theatre West is an internationally acclaimed nonprofit arts organization and the oldest continually running theatre company in Los Angeles. We are also many children's first experience with live theatre via our Storybook Theatre shows.

Our productions have toured both sides of the Atlantic, including the Edinburgh and Dublin Festivals, New York City, Atlanta, South Carolina, Seattle, San Francisco, and throughout California.

Some of Hollywood’s brightest lights have made Theatre West their artistic home, including Betty Garrett, Naomi Caryl, Marvin Kaplan, Lee Meriwether, Richard Dreyfuss, Carroll O’Connor, Harold Gould, Beau Bridges, Martin Landau, Bridget Hanley, Philip Abbott, Jim Beaver, and Chazz Palminteri.

FORGING A NEW FUTURE

Theatre West's "Light Our Stage" campaign will help keep the legacy of our founding members alive by allowing us to continue to create new, original, and compelling works. Our campaign goal is to raise $140,000 by June 30, 2025 so that we can produce 3-4 mainstage shows with 6 week runs during the 2025-26 season, in addition to Theatre West's other flagship shows. Each mainstage show costs approximately $35,000 to produce, and ticket sales cover only a small portion of a show's expenses, so theatre companies must raise funds to cover the majority of a show's expenses in addition to general operating expenses such as rent, insurance, and utilities. Therefore, we greatly appreciate every dollar we receive to "Light Our Stage" and support our proposed 2025-26 season outlined below.

Proposed Production Calendar for the 2025/26 Season:

2025

July: Fall Mainstage Auditions
Sept 5 – Oct 12: Fall Mainstage Show
Nov: WestFest
Nov-Dec: Winter Cabaret/Millennium Magic Show

2026

Jan 9 - Feb 15: Winter Mainstage Show
February: Fall 2026 WestFest Qualifications Begin
March 20 - April 26: “Wrighters” in Residence I (Mainstage Show)
May 22 - June 28: “Wrighters” in Residence II (Mainstage Show)

And: Reading Series, Solo Series, Cultural Celebrations, Stage Disaster Stories, and more!

A TEAM EFFORT

We are asking each Theatre West member to raise at least $1,000 each in order to meet our fundraising goal. In order to receive credit for the donations they help obtain, we are asking donors to share the name of the Theatre West member who asked them to donate to this campaign. So, please have this name ready when you submit your donation via the DONATE button above or else you can write "N/A" if this is not applicable.

Learn more about Theatre West at https://theatrewest.org

Thank you in advance for your support! Theatre West is a 501(c)3 tax-exempt organization (TAX ID/EIN: 95-6143868) and your donation is tax-deductible within the guidelines of U.S. law.

Light Our Stage!

By THEATRE WEST

Light Our Stage!

Help support our 2025-26 season