- Lively Arts History Association
 - Reseda - Nonprofit performance group keeping history alive through the performing arts. - Center Theatre Group
- Los Angeles - Producing theatre year-round in both the Mark Taper Forum and the Ahmanson Theatre at the Music Centre of Los Angeles County.
- South Coast Repertory
- Costa Mesa - Featuring classics and works by new playwrights.
- Pasadena Playhouse
- Pasadena - Show information, pictures, and history. Declared the State Theatre of California in 1937.
- Laguna Playhouse
- Laguna Beach - The West Coast's oldest continuously operating theatre company.
- Geffen Playhouse
- Los Angeles - Offering a menu of classic and new plays in an historic venue.
- Deaf West Theatre
- North Hollywood - Providing an exhilarating theatrical experience for all audiences, regardless of hearing or signing ability.
- Actors' Gang, The
- Hollywood - Creating bold, raw, immediate, and socially minded original works and daring reinterpretations of the classics, crafted with the highest artistic standards.
- East West Players
- Los Angeles - Asian Pacific American theatre company.
- Elizabeth Howard's Curtain Call Dinner Theater
- Tustin - Featuring professional casts in musicals.
- Dial M Productions
- Burbank - Specialising in teambuilding events, including murder mysteries and corporate entertainment at your location or theirs.
- L.A. Theatre Works
- Venice - Produces live audio dramas.
- Musical Theatre West
- Long Beach - Presenting classic American musicals.
- Spolin Center, The
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to promoting the work of Viola Spolin, educator and mother of modern American improvisation.
- Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
- Topanga - Professional repertory theatre and Academy of the Classics for children and adults.
- Rachel Rosenthal Company
- Los Angeles - Interdisciplinary performance collective led by performance artist Rachel Rosenthal.
- Chance Theater
- Anaheim - Creating and producing stimulating drama.
- Sacred Fools Theater Company
- Los Angeles - Ensemble committed to the development of new plays and projects which challenge traditional expectations of the theatrical experience.
- Colony Studio Theatre
- Burbank - Resident company performing at the Studio Theatre Playhouse.
- Shakespeare by the Sea
- San Pedro - Free performances in Point Fermin Park, San Pedro, and the surrounding South Bay Cities.
- Ensemble Studio Theatre - The LA Project
- Los Angeles - Member company dedicated to bringing new works to the stage.
- Fullerton Civic Light Opera
- Fullerton - Offers musical theatrical productions, show times, tickets, and costume, set, and prop, rentals.
- Shakespeare Festival/LA
- Los Angeles - Driven by an underlying impulse that equates the creation of professional, award-winning theatre with the performance of tangible human services.
- Christian Youth Theater
- Corona - Offers classes, performance experience, and activities for families with children ages 6-18.
- Cornerstone Theater Company
- Los Angeles - Ensemble driven by a need to make direct connections with audiences and build bridges between and within diverse communities.
- Blank Theatre Company
- Hollywood - Theatre production team consisting of writers, actors, directors, and technicians.
- Sanford Meisner Center
- North Hollywood - Working theatre and school which teaches acting, screenwriting, and movement. Founded by Meisner and continuing his teaching tradition.
- Act!vated Storytellers
- Burbank - Energetic performances of folktales and literary classics, touring to school assemblies, library reading programmes, and museums.
- Fountain Theatre
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to providing a nurturing, creative home for multi-ethnic theatre and dance artists.
- Pacific Resident Theatre
- Venice - Committed to the exploration of new and innovative plays by developing writers as well as the re-examination of uncommon classics.
- Theatre West
- Hollywood - Where artists can freely, safely, and supportively engage in making art.
- Orpheum Theatre, The
- Los Angeles - Information about the historic theatre built in downtown Los Angeles in 1926.
- International City Theatre
- Long Beach - Committed to bringing the community affordable, quality, professional theatre that will be entertaining, intellectually stimulating, and emotionally satisfying.
- Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
- Los Angeles - Innovation-oriented theatre and presenter of international works.
- Santa Monica Playhouse
- Santa Monica - Provides entertainment and theatre-related workshops.
- Knightsbridge Theater
- Los Angeles - Classics to modern productions.
- Opera A La Carte
- Los Angeles - Gilbert and Sullivan touring repertory company. Available by contract to presenters across the U.S.
- Reprise! Broadway's Best in Concert
- Los Angeles - Presents classic American musicals in a semi-staged productions.
- L.A. Stage Alliance
- Los Angeles - Nonprofit association of theatres and theatrical producers. Offering half-price tickets to shows throughout Los Angeles county.
- Rubicon Theatre Company
- Ventura - Presenting innovative professional productions of plays and musicals that provoke thought.
- Long Beach Playhouse
- Long Beach - Features information on current and upcoming productions, workshops, and programmes.
- Noise Within, A
- Glendale - Classical theatre company presenting Shakespeare, Moliere, Shaw, Chekhov, and other playwrights.
- Broadway On Tour Children's Theater
- Santa Ana - Providing a place for kids who want to perform on stage a place to learn in a professional manner.
- Theatre of NOTE
- Hollywood - Nonprofit company dedicated to exploring the theatrical event through original work.
- Playwrights Project
- Glendale - Classroom programmes using playwriting and drama to teach the K-12 curriculum in Southern California, run annual contests, and produce work for young playwrights.
- West Coast Ensemble
- Los Angeles - Multi-ethnic company of actors, writers, directors, and technicians producing plays and musicals.
- Ojai Shakespeare Festival
- Ojai - Nonprofit, community-based organisation promoting theatre, music, and art performances.
- Moving Arts
- Los Angeles - Publicly supported nonprofit company dedicated to producing new work by emerging theatre talent.
- Civic Light Opera of South Bay Cities
- Redondo Beach - Nonprofit cultural arts institution in Redondo Beach and Hermosa Beach dedicated to the preservation and presentation of American musical art forms.
- Antaeus Company, The
- Los Angeles - Ensemble of talented and experienced professional actors creating a classical repertory company for Los Angeles.
- Furious Theatre Company
- Nonprofit organisation dedicated to bringing engaging theatre to its community. Contains information on the company, seasons, and programmes.
- Conejo Players Theatre
- Thousand Oaks - Presenting a season of comedies and musicals.
- Open Fist Theatre
- Hollywood - Dedicated to realizing the force and potential of the theatre and exploring the relationships between people and their societies.
- Attic Theatre Centre
- Los Angeles - Committed to ensemble development, lifelong training of professionals, and the representation of Los Angeles' diverse community through theatrical expression.
- Unusual Suspects Theatre Company
- Los Angeles - Exists to help at-risk youth create original theatre and to foster pride, self confidence, and racial tolerance.
- Rude Guerrilla Theatre Company
- Santa Ana - Presenting brain food that enlightens, asks questions, and entertains.
- Glendale Centre Theatre
- Glendale - Committed to providing quality family entertainment with shows that are entertaining and uplifiting.
- Lodestone Theatre Ensemble
- Studio City - Nonprofit Asian American theatre company with a mission to develop, create, promote and present edgy, compelling, and impassioned works.
- MET Theatre
- Los Angeles - Nonprofit theatre company performing new work and original plays.
- Son of Semele Ensemble
- Los Angeles - Collective of theatre professionals that recognises emerging cultural questions through the production of new or under-exposed plays.
- Actors Art Theatre
- Los Angeles - Intimate studio theatre.
- City Garage Theatre
- Santa Monica - The idea is to do wonderful plays that make people think.
- Masterpiece Mysteries
- Long Beach - Offers a variety of diversions and entertainments to make any occasion or event exciting, invigorating, and memorable.
- Celebration Theatre
- West Hollywood - Committed to the creative exploration and celebration of gay and lesbian culture, with an emphasis on new work by lesbian and gay playwrights.
- Circle X Theatre Company
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to performing dynamic new works in an engaging artistic style.
- Circus Theatricals
- Los Angeles - Formerly known as the Hudson Guild, resident company dedicated to the production of quality theatre art.
- Buffalo Nights Theatre Company
- Los Angeles - Not-for-profit professional theatre company.
- Hermosa Beach Playhouse
- Hermosa Beach - Presenting plays and musicals.
- STAGEStheatre
- Fullerton - Presents plays from Shakespeare and the classics to modern and originals, with an emphasis on world premieres.
- Florida Project
- Sherman Oaks - Nonprofit networking organisation comprised of alumni of Florida State University, The Asolo Conservatory, and the Burt Reynolds Institute.
- Touch of Magic Productions
- Simi Valley - Offers professional magic presentations from full stage illusion shows to close-up magic.
- Robey Theatre Company
- Burbank - Dedicated to exploring and developing relevant, provocative, and innovative new plays about the Black experience, as well as reinterpreting established works.
- Troubadour Theater Company
- Los Angeles - Company of performers, musicians, and writers dedicated to the revitaliztion and deconstruction of theatre.
- McCoy Rigby Entertainment
- La Mirada - Producing national tours of musicals, and a season at the La Mirada Theatre in La Mirada, CA.
- Kingsmen Shakespeare Company
- Thousand Oaks - Performs the works of Shakespeare for education of and entertainment for people of all ages. Conducts workshops, apprentice programmes, and educational tours to introduce the playwright to students.
- Write Act Repertory Company
- Los Angeles - Nonprofit theatre company composed of writers, directors, producers, and actors dedicated to the production of new works of theatre.
- Southland Opera
- Glendora - Emphasis includes educational outreach performances of operas and musical theatre.
- Will & Company
- Los Angeles - Resident ensemble at the Los Angeles Theatre Centre. Information on mainstage productions and touring programmes, including interactive theatre for K-12 students.
- ARK Theatre Company
- Studio City - Includes season schedule and company, ticket, and membership information.
- Youth Academy of Dramatic Arts (YADA)
- Los Angeles - Offering theatre arts training programmes for kids 8 to 18.
- Amadeus Company
- Los Angeles - Group of actors, directors, writers and designers looking for new ways to create an independent theatre movement.
- Cabrillo Music Theatre
- Thousand Oaks - Presenting family-oriented musicals.
- Garden Grove Playhouse
- Garden Grove - Community theatre company housed in an intimate studio theatre.
- Theatre District at The Cast
- Hollywood - Dedicated to presenting honest dramatizations of the human experience, devoted to artistic integrity, accessibility, and providing educational opportunities in the arts.
- Bilingual Foundation of the Arts
- Los Angeles - Serving communities by presenting classic Spanish-language drama and contemporary plays on Hispanic themes to English and Spanish speaking audiences, thereby bringing awareness of the diversity of the Hispanic culture.
- Broadway Bound
- Temecula - Performing throughout Southern California at hospitals, retirement homes, county fairs, and more.
- Santa Monica Puppet & Magic Center
- Santa Monica - Houses a collection of over 400 puppets, marionettes, and ventriloquist figures.
- Los Angeles Repertory Company (LA Rep)
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to the creation of an ensemble that explores the literature of the theatre.
- Company Rep
- Los Angeles - Professional, membership-based theatre company located in the El Portal Theatre.
- Lucid by Proxy
- Los Angeles - Loose confederation of actors, directors, writers, and technicians who produce plays, readings, films, and other creative work in the Los Angeles area.
- 68 Cent Crew
- Los Angeles - Theatre company presenting original productions.
- Theatre NEO
- Toluca Lake - Company of professionals that provides to the largest possible number of members opportunities to meet both their artistic and professional goals.
- Zoo District
- Los Angeles - Driven by the collaborative spirit to unite artists from various disciplines to create daring and original work.
- Grove Theatre
- Upland - Providing opportunities for kids, young people, and adults an outlet to build character and self-esteem.
- Independent Shakespeare Co.
- Chatsworth - Focuses on modern, yet reminiscent, productions of Shakespeare's plays.
- Long Beach Shakespeare
- Long Beach - Produces annual summer festivals and conducts workshops to introduce various authors and playwrights to students.
- Los Angeles Women's Shakespeare Company
- Santa Monica - Produces all-female, multiracial productions of Shakespeare's plays.
- Heartland Players Theatre Company
- Yucaipa - Offers mainstream theatre shows and more.
- Morgan-Wixson Theatre
- Santa Monica - Home of the Santa Monica Theatre Guild.
- Interact Theatre Company
- North Hollywood - Collective of professional actors dedicated to, and working together for, the shared achievement of great theatre.
- Musical Youth Artists Repertory Theatre (MYART)
- Long Beach - Nonprofit youth theatre.
- Palos Verdes Players
- Torrance - Community theatre performs plays of all kinds by established and new playwrights.
- Playhouse West
- North Hollywood - School and repertory theatre that presents both contemporary and original plays.
- Speak Theater Arts
- Santa Fe Springs - Creating performance for the new century with productions that are accessible, dynamic, fresh, thought-provoking, innovative, and not boring.
- Black Dahlia Theatre
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to the development of new plays and the re-imagining of classic works for a modern audience.
- Academy for New Musical Theatre, The
- Culver City - To foster the highest quality of musical theatre writing, and to advance the state of new musical theatre production.
- Downtown Playhouse
- Los Angeles - Nonprofit theatrical organisation that produces live theatre and jazz and holds ongoing acting workshops.
- Riverside Youth Theatre
- Riverside - Offers family-friendly entertainment for youth in grades 1-12. Musicals, plays, acting, and voice lessons are offered.
- OUT Theatre, The
- Long Beach - Dedicated to diverse theatre in Long Beach and beyond.
- Burglars of Hamm
- Los Angeles - Dedicated to the creation of unique and original ensemble productions.
- Pasadena Junior Theatre
- Pasadena - Committed to creating an environment in which children develop imagination, talent, and self-esteem. Children learn how to act in theatre, film, TV, and commercials.
- Music Theatre of Southern California
- Glendale - Information on past and current shows, classes, and workshops.
- Stages Theatre Center
- Hollywood - Presenting works which are universal in reaching and touching people of all ethnic and cultural heritage, performed in English and other languages.
- Realista Theatre
- Irvine - Supplies educators and producers with original play scripts specifically for families and young people. Also provides professional touring productions and educational support in the classroom.
- Brethren of the Coast
- Los Angeles - Historical theatrical troupe representing the Golden Age of Piracy through adherence to authenticity in attire, customs, weaponry, and battle skills.
- Underground Asylum
- Los Angeles - Theatre company at The Hudson Avenue Theatre in Hollywood, CA.
- Beverly Hills Theatre Guild
- Beverly Hills - Nonprofit organisation that promotes aspiring playwrights through annual awards and competitions, as well as encouraging theatre throughout the community.
- Stepping Stone Players
- Glendale - Nonprofit children's theatre company dedicated to bringing individuals from 8 to adult a quality theatre arts experience.
- Fabulous Palm Springs Follies
- Palm Springs - All 50 - 80 years young. The joyous dance and music of the '30s, '40s and '50s lives again, on stage.
- Bellflower Theater Company
- Bellflower - Offering theatrical productions and workshops.
- Fleabitten Productions
- Orange - Dedicated to the creation of quality, intelligent, and accessible professional entertainment in the Orange County area.
- Ventura County Theatre
- Ventura
- We Tell Stories
- Los Angeles - Performs stories to children.
- Annenberg Theater
- Palm Springs - Hosts world-class, dance, theatre and music performances.
- Anaheim Community Theatre
- Anaheim - Providing wide access to quality theatrical productions to positively affect people's lives and enrich the community.
- DiaTribe
- Los Angeles - Collective of writers and actors creating original works for stage and film.
- Directors Lab West
- Los Angeles - Series of discussions, working sessions, panels, and symposia with leading directors, playwrights, designers, and other theatre practitioners, in order to create an intensive laboratory environment where directors of different sensibilities and levels of experience can come together to inspire, educate, and challenge each other.
- Blue House, The
- Los Angeles - Theatre group dedicated to artistic excellence in all its forms.
- Skin O' My Teeth Theatre Group
- North Hollywood - Comprised of actors, writers, and directors with the aim of producing original work for the stage and film.
- Teatro de las Artes
- Sherman Oaks - Official site for actor, director, and producer Alfie Martin and Teatro de las Artes.
- Orphans Theater Company
- Los Angeles - Company of young artists performing original and challenging pieces.
- Deadly Seven Theatre Company
- Produces shows that cut through pretense and bare the truth.
- Calendar Live: Theater and Dance
- Los Angeles - Includes theatre news and reviews from the Los Angeles Times. Registration required.
- Shakespeare Orange County
- Orange - Dedicated to presenting the finest Shakespearean productions by a professional company of actors, directors, technicians, and artists.
- Roustabout Theatre Company
- North Hollywood - Company whose goal is to produce contemporary and new works of social relevence, targeting a 30-and-under audience.
- Arroyo Repertory Theatre (ART)
- Pasadena - Professional not-for-profit theatre presenting musicals, classics, and presentations created for audiences with special needs.
- Creative Outlet Theatre Company, The
- Pasadena - Nonprofit organisation producing live theatre and providing acting workshops and seminars for young people.
- Falcon Theatre
- Burbank - Built by director/writer/producer Garry Marshall and his daughter Kathleen Marshall as a place where old friends and emerging talent can come together to create exciting work on stage.
- Santa Susana Repertory Company
- Thousand Oaks - Nonprofit professional theatre company dedicated to cultural enrichment of the community through the presentation of outstanding plays and musicals from the repertories of American and world classics.
- Steve Allen Theater
- Los Angeles - Performance-art space features live shows, movies, music, and variety programmes.
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