Los Angeles Experimental Theater and Dance

Below are the results of my internet searches and Facebook status update responses concerning “experimental” or “underground” theater and dance in Los Angeles. Not all of this could be called “experimental” — the Blank Theater Company, for example — but I’ve included them just for my own perverse reasons.

I’ve seen nothing by most of these writers, directors or groups, except for things ar REDCAT, notably a production by my brilliant friend Melanie Rios Glaser and her company The Wooden Floor.

I’m excited to see Alice Tuan here. I had never heard of her, but according to her biography, she’s done work with the Flea back in New York. Most of my best theater experiences were through the Flea and the writers associated with Mac Wellman and the “Little Theatre” series curated by Jeffrey Jones, so I’m interested in seeing what she does. She also studied with Paula Vogel, with whom I studied (for one semester) out at Brown.

If you know of any other writers, directors or organizations that belong here, please let me know!

Alice Tuan / CalArts
http://directory.calarts.edu/directory/alice-tuan

Anatomy Riot (Show Box)
http://www.myspace.com/anatomyriot

Bootleg Theater
http://www.bootlegtheater.org/

Bryan Reynolds / Transversal
http://www.bryanreynolds.com/

CalArts School of Theater
http://theater.calarts.edu/

Circle X Theatre Co.
http://www.circlextheatre.org

Circus Theatricals
http://www.circustheatricals.com/

City Garage
http://www.citygarage.org/

Cornerstone Theater Company
http://www.cornerstonetheater.org/

Diavolo Dance Theater
http://www.diavolo.org/

Heidi Duckler Dance Theatre
http://heididuckler.org/contact/index.html