Be among the first to see a show at Pasadena Playhouse with two (2) tickets to a mainstage production at the Historic Pasadena Playhouse - valid only for Debut Week performances (the first week of the show's run).

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The Pasadena Playhouse has a rich and vibrant history dating back to 1917, when an itinerant acting troupe by the name of the Gilmor Brown Players settled in Pasadena. After receiving enough funds from local donations, the company moved out of the derelict old burlesque house they had been renting, and into the newly constructed Pasadena Playhouse in 1924, originally known as the Pasadena Community Playhouse. Due to its rising success performing the entire canon of Shakespaere for the first time in America, California legislature voted to dedicate The Playhouse as the Official State Theater in 1937. During this time, the theater included a College of Theater Arts (known as "The Star Factory"), which produced such notables as Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman, Raymond Burr and Sally Struthers.

Now in its Centennial year, The Playhouse has reigned the 2nd oldest regional theater in the nation and continues to be a historic arts institution dedicated to diversity, excellence and fostering new work. The Playhouse has performed over 1,200 productions - 550 of which were New Commissions, 7 productions that were brought to Broadway and Off-Broadway and over 500 World Premieres.

Culture Clash’s Bordertown Now | May 30 — June 24

Twenty years after their searing hit Bordertown premiered, LA’s very own Culture Clash returns to the southern border to investigate the state of affairs once again. Re-imagined, remixed and fully reloaded, Bordertown Now is an irreverent look at the people at the center of one of America’s most hot-button controversial issues, and the walls that divide us all. Infused with their trademark comedic approach, the nation’s premier Chicano/Latino performance trio joins Obie Award-winning director Diane Rodriguez to redefine the boundaries of theater and break down the divisions between cultures.