History and Past Productions

History
About Circus Theatricals
Jack Stehlin founded Circus Theatricals in New York in 1983. The company’s notable NYC productions include Shakespeare’s Macbeth Off-Broadway at the Classic Stage Company and Danton’s Death at the Rapp Arts Center. In 1995, Circus Theatricals moved to Los Angeles, where Jack met and partnered with Jeannine Wisnosky (Jack and Jeannine married two years later). In LA, Circus Theatricals was in residence at The Hudson Guild from 1995 - 1999, (with award-winning productions of The Job, Hedda Gabler) and the Odyssey Theatre rom 1999 to December 2005 (with award-winning productions of Hamlet, Richard III, True West, Tartuffe, The Cherry Orchard)

Circus Theatricals has garnered awards and nominations from the LA Drama Critics Circle, Back Stage West, the LA Weekly, LA Stage Alliance Ovations, and Dramalogue.

Welcome to our New Home!
Less than one year ago, we moved to our new theatrical home. We call it the Circus Theatricals Studio Theatre at the Hayworth. Our 42 seat theatre was built with the loving hands of company members and volunteers. The Hayworth Theatre itself is a historical building, designated in 1983 as Los Angeles Historic Cultural Monument.You can read more about it on our website or in this program.

MAN.GOV - October 14, 2006 - January 27, 2007

Love & Sex Over Dinner & Drinks - closed January 28, 2007

Sister Cities - April - September 2006

Greensward - June 24 - July 13, 2006

Complexity - July 1 - August 10, 2006

Iphigenia in Aulis - April 15 to May 20, 2006

The Misanthrope - April 23rd - June 19th, 2005

Circus Theatricals 7th Annual Festival of
New One Act Plays - April 23rd - June 19th, 2005  

Modigliani - Thursdays, May 12th - June 16th 2005

Great Scenes
by Chekov, Ibsen and Strindberg - June 20th and 27th, 2005

The Circle - November 6 - December 18, 2004

Great Scenes from Pulitzer Prize Winning Plays - December 13th & 20th, 2004

Macbeth  February 28 - April 30, 2004

Deconstructing the Torah  March 9 - April 13, 2004

Antigone  September 23 - October 21, 2003

Tartuffe  May 3 - August 3, 2003

As You Like It  February 7 - March 16, 2003

2002 Fall Festival of One Act Plays  November 5 - December 10, 2002

The Cherry Orchard   - June 3, 2002 - July 28, 2002

Loose Ends   - June 18, 2002 - July 21, 2002

Richard III   - February 2, 2002 - May 5, 2002

Great Scenes from Modern American Plays   - December, 2001

The Three Sisters   - Fall, 2001

True West   - Spring, 2001

Great Scenes from Classic American Plays   - Spring, 2001

The SeaGull   - Spring, 2001

Great Scenes from Anton Chekov   - Fall, 2000

Hamlet   - Spring, 2000

The Cheats of Scapin  - August 14-October 16, 1999

The Job  - November, 1998 - May, 1999

Tryst and Shout   - May - June, 1999

A Festival of One Act Plays, Part VI - Fall '98

Peer Gynt - Fall '98

Twelfth Night or What You Will - Summer '98

Hippolytus

Tartuffe

Hedda Gabler

Festival of One Act Plays Parts I-V

Rattlesnake in a Cooler

Denied

Lysistrata

The Misanthrope

The Lower Depths

The Maids/The Stronger

Leftovers

Antigone

MacBeth

Danton's Death

Uncle Vanya