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Trans Lineage: Instructions for Desire
Dec 5-15, 2026 | Two Weekends Only!
A World Premiere trilogy of One-act plays exploring trans desire. Written by NOVA CYPRESS BLACK, Eka Savajol, and Astrid Solace. Celebration Theatre’s much-loved Trans Lineage program in their 5th season joins forces with Outside In, directed by Nico Pang and produced by Petey Gibson.
Limited Engagement! West Coast Premiere for Brandon Kyle Goodman's Off-Broadway Hit
Written and performed by Goodman (Big Mouth, Human Resources) and directed by Lisa Owaki Bierman, the sensational HEAUX CHURCH is part sermon, part confession, part dance party—and always a service of self-love. Presented in association with Lena Waithe, the production plays November 5–8, 2026, in co-production with The Elysian.
The night before the towers fall, a gay photographer places a roommate ad. Miles Heizer (Boots) leads as Eric, with original cast member Michael Urie returning to direct 25 years later. Co-presented with LA LGBT Center.
The cast of THE VIEW UPSTAIRS, 2017 (Photo: Matthew Brian Denman Photography)
TOUCH TONE, 1983
Our Impact
With over four decades of contributions to the LGBTQIA+ conversation, Celebration Theatre has made an artistic mark on audiences and the community...and the work continues.
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Swipe to learn more about our Trans Lineage Project; what makes it unique, where we started and where we are now.
In our inaugural year, Tales of the Transcestors began as an interpretive live-telling and multi-genre experience (combining music, poetry, and vignettes) highlighting historical transgender and nonbinary figures and stories.Celebration Theatre’s Trans Lineage program is an annual commitment to developing new stories for the stage that illuminate transgender and gender-expansive narratives across timea nd cultures.
Tales of the Transcestors: The Divine reimagined folklore, mythologies, and spiritual guides across time and cultures.With World Premieres from Azad Namazie, Kaila Tacazon, and Blaire Battle. Starring Germain “Gigi” Arroyo, Donato Fatuesi, Griffin Kelly, and Vico Ortiz
Trans Lineage: Rites of Passage
Across cultures and histories, rites of passage mark life’s turning points: birth, death, coming of age, initiation, embodiment, exile, return. This year’s show, Rites of Passage, invited us to explore the moments and thresholds that shape us and our lineages, whether personal, cultural, spiritual, or historical. With World Premiere plays from Amari Amai, Dom Martello, and Oscar K. Starring Lee Baladejo, Phi Kenzie, Olabisi Kovabel, Shawn Christopher Lovell Nabors and Alex Song-Xia.
This years production, Trans Lineage: Instructions for Desire, explores trans desire as a physical and emotional force that moves us, shapes us and connects us. What do you reach for, and what does it take to get there? World Premiere Plays from NOVA CYPRESS BLACK, Eka Savajol, and Astrid Solace. Starring Imani Alis, E.M. Davis, Elisawon Etidorhpa, Kah Mendoza, and Theo Tiedemann.
Ticket link in bio: celebration.org/desire #translove #queerart #transhistory #transisbeautiful
Our 1st rehearsal was one for the books! We’re so excited to show the world this one of a kind production. Join us December 5th - 15th, 8 nights only for Trans Lineage: Instructions for Desire celebrationtheatre.org/desire - link in bio for tickets. #translove #loveislove #transisbeautiful
Tickets are LIVE for Trans Lineage: Instructions for Desire! This year’s World Premiere show is gorgeous, funny, deep, and profoundly unique - there is no other program like it! Get tickets early - and organize a group of your friends to come for 15% off group sales! We run 8 nights only, December 5-15
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to opening night for HEAUX CHURCH! Congratulations to everyone who made this night possible with us, Heaux-lellujah! Only 3 chances left this weekend, join us at the door to claim your spot from any no shows.
Thanks so much to everyone who came out to opening night for HEAUX CHURCH! Congratulations to everyone who made this night possible with us, Heaux-lellujah! Only 3 chances left this weekend, join us at the door to claim your spot from any no shows.
Uh-oh, congregation! Looks like y’all aren’t playing around when it comes to needing to testify, because our tickets are flying! Better grab those tickets while you still can! Make sure to take a look at our special guests, including celebrity talk back guests and host evangelists preaching the Heaux scripture each night. Ticket link in bio: celebration.org/heaux - we can wait to see you! #lathtr #loveislove
The final service. The last chance to get saved. And these evangelists are bringing the whole choir. 🙌
✨ Ismael Cruz Córdova: Arondir in The Rings of Power (and, for the real ones, Mando on Sesame Street). ✨ Nina Parker: Emmy-nominated host of TBS’s Friday Night Vibes and Netflix’s Buy My House.
Heaux Church says goodbye to The Elysian on Sunday. Don’t miss the benediction.
Tickets at the link in bio. #theatre #offbroadway #losangeles_ca #lathtr #netflix