A truly thrilling Halloween in Santa Monica! WORDTheatre’s A Horror-Filled Halloween brought chills to the William Turner Gallery, with spine-tingling performances by Patton Oswalt, Stephen Root, Kimmy Shields, Meredith Salenger & Ming-Na Wen. Produced and directed by Cedering Fox.

On the eve of Halloween, WORDTheatre turns the lights low for A Horror-Filled Halloween in Santa Monica. Curated by Patton Oswalt Directed by Cedering Fox Reception at 6:15 pm • Performances at 7:15 pm Tickets available through the link in our bio.

Casting update! Please welcome our newest cast member, actor Jon Tenney! He is known for his roles in The Closer (2005–2012), Major Crimes (2012–2018), and Scandal (2014–2016). Tickets and More info in our bio.

Join us on October 15th at 6 pm for the Author • Actor Series! Laila Robins will be performing “Scheherazade” by Charles Baxter. Tickets & more info in our bio.

Join us on October 15th at 6 pm for the Author • Actor Series! Michael Shannon will be performing “The Auk” by Ben Shattuck. Tickets & more info in our bio.

Four celebrated authors. Four extraordinary actors. Two world-class musicians. One unforgettable night in Manhattan. 
Presented with the support of Jane & Randy Sinisi The Oster Family Foundation Drinks & Bites Sponsored by Phiphen Studios | Post New Jersey All tickets are available in our bio!

Words came to life in London… Seasons of Yearning lit up Crazy Coqs with performances from MyAnna Buring, Harry Lloyd, Doña Croll, Ayesha Antoine & Karl Johnson, with accompaniment by Paul Cook. Stories by Claire Dean, Tom Bromley, Leone Ross, Catrin Kean & David Bevan.

Join us for Seasons of Yearning, the next installment in our Best British Short Stories Series, at The Crazy Coqs on Saturday, September 20th at 2pm. Tickets & more information in our bio!

Join us on 3/8 at 13:15 / 1:15pm at The Atrium to see an accomplished ensemble of actors, singers, and the magnificent Wilderness Orchestra present a stirring journey into the ocean’s beauty, majesty, and power across the centuries. For more information: wordtheatreuk.org/event/our-oc...

Featured in LAist’s Best Things to Do This Week in Los Angeles! Don’t miss your chance to see us in Santa Monica TOMORROW, April 24th. Tickets and info in bio!

Catch Lou Diamond Phillips performing Dashiel Carrera’s “Salud La Luz,” available now wherever you get your podcasts!

We had such a great time bringing our Tribute to Langston Hughes to over 200 students at @thehuntington.bsky.social last Friday. Thanks to the whole Huntington team for a wonderful morning, bringing beautiful poetry, short stories, and music to the stage!

New podcast episode! Carla Gugino (The Haunting of Hill Houss) performs “Old Crimes” by Jill McCorkle. Available where you get your podcasts!

Our staff with some of their favorite pieces of Irish literature/film! Happy St. Patrick’s Day! ☘️🥳☘️

Happy St. Patrick's Day! Here's one of our favorites, Damien Molony, performing Brian Doyle’s “Aequus” back in 2021. Enjoy! #wordtheatre #shortstory #stpatricksday #theatre #damienmolony #briandoyle

Listen to Alfre Woodard's performance of "Brownies" by ZZ Packer, this week in the WORDTheatre Weekly short story podcast, where today's best actors bring to life great short stories. Available wherever you listen to podcasts. #wordtheatre #booktok #theatre #shortstory #literature #books

FLASH FRIDAY!! 🚨🚨🚨 Each Friday, we’ll be posting a bite-sized performance from our archive. For our inaugural post, here is Kimmy Shields, performing Sophie Klahr’s poem “Tender” at our Holiday Party in December, 2024. #booktok #poetry #wordtheatre #literature

Some BTS from our rehearsals for last week’s Harriet Walter & Friends: What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said! @oldvictheatre.bsky.social @faneproductions.bsky.social PC: Corinne Cumming 📸

Harriet Walter & Friends: What Shakespeare’s Women Might Have Said! was such a blast — check out these great pics from the show. @oldvictheatre.bsky.social @faneproductions.bsky.social PC: Corinne Cumming 📸

Get tickets to our Author Actor Series on Tuesday, January 28th in Manhattan! Our ticket link is in our bio.