[NoHo Arts District, CA] – The Road Theater Company and Founder/Artistic DirectorTaylor Gilbert, together with Artistic Director Sam Anderson, Artistic Director, are thrilled to announce their 2025/2026 season of world premiere plays – OTHERKIN by N.T. Vandecar, LIFELINE by Robert Axelrod and HELL MOUTH by Tom Jacobson.
Road Theatre Company season — Overview
OTHERKIN
WORLD PREMIERE!
Written By N.T. Vandecar
Directed By Christina Carlisi
September 26 – November 2, 2025
Fourteen-year-old Olive, who identifies as part of the subculture Otherkin, is compelled by strange forces to help prepare for humanity’s end. Olive and her family are thrust into a raucous ride of epic proportions, confronting their pasts, perilous futures and the possibility of a destiny far greater than themselves.
LIFELINE
WORLD PREMIERE!
Written by Robert Axelrod
Directed by Ken Sawyer
Opens January 23, 2026
In the aftermath of an unforeseen life-changing event, Patti, a well-meaning mother, decides to become a volunteer for a suicide hotline, where laughter, tears, and a new understanding bridge the divide between people from very different walks of life.
HELL MOUTH
WORLD PREMIERE!
Written by Tom Jacobson
Directed by Ann Hearn Tobolowsky
Opens April 17, 2026
An unknown Caravaggio Hanging of Judas could change Tim’s life. Torn between his Midwestern parents and the dangerously eccentric Beverly Hills owners of the mysterious painting, Tim rediscovers himself while hoping to unearth the art history revelation of the century.
New to the Road Theatre Season!
The Road announces From Page to Stage – date TBA. Experience the creative process firsthand! Sit in on a live workshop session with two of our talented playwrights from our Under Construction program, Rachel Borders and Chelsea Sutton, and attend a staged reading of the brand-new works created during the process. Discover how ideas evolve from page to stage—and witness the power of collaboration in action. Be there for the moment theatre is made. Also, both our Under Construction and Summer Playwrights Festival play reading series will be returning this season.
Venue & Tickets
Where:
All plays will perform at the Road Theatre, located in The NoHo Senior Arts Colony, 10747 Magnolia Blvd. in North Hollywood.
Tickets:
Season Flex-Pass for four shows are $99.00 (Flex-Pass can be used for all three shows plus one of our Play Reading series – or four tickets to any one show, etc.).
Single ticket prices are $39.00; Special group rates available for parties of eight or more. Prices subject to change. For tickets, please call 818-761-8838 or visit www.RoadTheatre.org to purchase tickets online or to view the complete schedule.
