About Us

In just two decades, Katselas Theatre Company has earned a distinction and pedigree that very few Los Angeles companies possess.

Katselas Theatre Company has been one of the city's most respected theatre companies since its founding in 1983. Don Shirley, the renowned Los Angeles Times theatre reporter, wrote in 1986:

"Since it made its debut with "Vieux Carre" three years ago, Katselas Theatre Company has become the most prolific theatrical shop in town ‚ with some 77 shows mounted."

Now, twenty years later, Katselas Theatre Company has over 500 productions to its credit, and countless awards. Our talented pool of actors and directors has included George Clooney, James Cromwell, Richard Dreyfuss, Jenna Elfman, Tovah Feldshuh, Miguel Ferrer, Jorge Garcia, Allen Garfield, John Glover, Beth Grant, Helen Hunt, Richard Lawson, Marian Mercer, Justina Machado, Linda Purl, Gene Reynolds, Jack Riley, Doris Roberts, William Schallert, Cotter Smith, Ray Stricklyn, Patrick Swayze, Jeffrey Tambor and Robert Walden, to name only just a few.

The following are just some of our most celebrated productions:

• Tennessee Williams' Vieux Carre
• Ray Stricklyn's Confessions of a Nightingale
• Marian Mercer in Miss Margarida's Way
• Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet directed by Milton Katselas and starring Linda Purl, Mary Crosby, James Cromwell and Allen Garfield
• Without a Word starring Patrick Swayze
• A Re-Touch of Tovah written and starring Tovah Feldsu
• Jim Geoghan's The Stand Up
• Extremes starring Shanna Reed
• Stops Along The Way directed by Richard Dreyfuss
• Border Line starring Cotter Smith
• The Value of Names starring Helen Hunt
• Lanford Wilson's Burn This directed by Jeffrey Tambor
• Dylan directed by Robert Walden
• Screen Test: Take One directed by Doris Roberts
• Landford Willson's Balm in Gilead
• Visions and Lovers starring Jenna Elfman and Miguel Ferrer
• William Saroyan's The Time of Your Life directed by Gene Reynolds and starring John Glover
• Athol Fugard's The Island
• Eric Bogosian's Suburbia
• Henry Jaglom's A Safe Place with Jorge Garcia
• Milton Katselas' Four starring Justina Machado
• Beth Grant in A Gift From Heaven
• Jim McClure's Lone Star directed by Allen Williams
• John Steinbeck's classic Of Mice and Men
• Paddy Chayefsky's Tenth Man.