Welcome to The Hobgoblin Playhouse

Your Little Neighborhood Theater

1516 N. Gardner St., Los Angeles, CA 90046

What's Next @ The Hobgoblin Playhouse:

Somos Aire

A Borderlands Steampunk Fairy-Tale
by Mabelle Reynoso
directed by Rosa Navarrete
presented by Theatre Unleashed
Part of the 2026 Hollywood Fringe Festival
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Join us in June for the

Over 480 individual productions happening across Hollywood!

Here’s our full line-up at The Hobgoblin Playhouse!

A whimsical cartoon-style illustration titled "Half Past the Unlucky." It features a colorful two-story building resembling an emergency room (ER) with a Red Cross emblem. The upper floor shows hospital beds with smiling stick-figure patients, while the lower level has waiting room chairs and more stick figures, including some in trash cans, adding a quirky touch. A white ambulance with red accents and a wheelchair sit in the foreground. Snowflakes and a crescent moon decorate the black background, enhancing the festive and humorous theme.

A Role Playing Game

Every Caverns and Creatures campaign needs three things: Knights! Wizards! And political discourse? When a group of friends finish their long-running C&C campaign, an exploration of what comes next turns into a heated debate over political differences that might be more treacherous than any monster.
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A festive parody poster titled "A Very Die Hard Christmas" featuring a dramatic split design. The right side displays a close-up of a man's intense expression in black and white. The left side shows a skyscraper wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with flames and explosions bursting from the top. A helicopter hovers in the background, while a silhouette of Santa's sleigh and reindeer flies through the night sky. The bold red and white text adds a playful holiday twist to the action theme.

Baby Bipolar

Have you ever been attacked by a MyChart message or found yourself writing a bad review for your therapist? Maria has. Baby Bipolar is the story of one woman’s journey from getting diagnosed with bipolar 1 to embracing a life where that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

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A woman in a white dress is led by a hand through a hallway with graffiti that reads "Glory Be! And" at SleuthFest, Hollywood's Theatre and Film Festival for Mystery and Thrills.

Cumming Down the Mountain: A Church Retreat in Three Acts

But, I’m a Cheerleader x The Passion of the Christ + 3 original worship songs
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A performer dressed in a black coat, hat, and a long gray beard strikes a dramatic pose on a vibrant stage. The background features shiny metallic curtains and a large wooden frame adorned with multicolored lights, adding a festive and theatrical atmosphere. The individual raises their hands confidently, exuding energy and showmanship.

Hamlet in 60 Minutes

Shakespeare’s most loved tragedy condensed into a powerful 60 minute performance.

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A whimsical cartoon-style illustration titled "Half Past the Unlucky." It features a colorful two-story building resembling an emergency room (ER) with a Red Cross emblem. The upper floor shows hospital beds with smiling stick-figure patients, while the lower level has waiting room chairs and more stick figures, including some in trash cans, adding a quirky touch. A white ambulance with red accents and a wheelchair sit in the foreground. Snowflakes and a crescent moon decorate the black background, enhancing the festive and humorous theme.

Hold That Thought While I Scream

Set in a 1940s therapist’s office, a therapist is navigating her own crisis while trying to keep her composure in front of patient, after patient, after patient. Even your therapist needs someone to talk to.
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A festive parody poster titled "A Very Die Hard Christmas" featuring a dramatic split design. The right side displays a close-up of a man's intense expression in black and white. The left side shows a skyscraper wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with flames and explosions bursting from the top. A helicopter hovers in the background, while a silhouette of Santa's sleigh and reindeer flies through the night sky. The bold red and white text adds a playful holiday twist to the action theme.

I Suck: A Vampire Comedy

For Stan, being a vampire really sucks. He’s made every wrong choice for centuries. Instead of powers and riches, all he has to show for it is an eternal midlife crisis. Now that he can’t bring himself to feed, he tries everything and ultimately finds the key to being undead is learning how to live.
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A woman in a white dress is led by a hand through a hallway with graffiti that reads "Glory Be! And" at SleuthFest, Hollywood's Theatre and Film Festival for Mystery and Thrills.

Jeremy Worried About the Wind

Seven-year-old Jeremy is an expert in danger, cataloging his worries from spotted bananas to sudden breezes. But when his parka catches a gale, he’s launched into a whirlwind odyssey far from home. Join Jeremy as he outruns his list and discovers that the unknown is where the fun begins!
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A performer dressed in a black coat, hat, and a long gray beard strikes a dramatic pose on a vibrant stage. The background features shiny metallic curtains and a large wooden frame adorned with multicolored lights, adding a festive and theatrical atmosphere. The individual raises their hands confidently, exuding energy and showmanship.

Roast Your Chestnuts

Say goodbye to the Mrs. Claus you thought you once knew – she’s done with the North Pole, sick of the cheerful hoopalah, and is finally here to sleigh. “Roast Your Chestnuts” is a 45 minute solo Mrs. Claus spectacle, roasting and toasting all your holiday nuts to a complimentary 69 degrees.
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A whimsical cartoon-style illustration titled "Half Past the Unlucky." It features a colorful two-story building resembling an emergency room (ER) with a Red Cross emblem. The upper floor shows hospital beds with smiling stick-figure patients, while the lower level has waiting room chairs and more stick figures, including some in trash cans, adding a quirky touch. A white ambulance with red accents and a wheelchair sit in the foreground. Snowflakes and a crescent moon decorate the black background, enhancing the festive and humorous theme.

S-27

May’s an idealist. She’s fighting for a better world. When the old regime finally falls, May’s devotion to the cause is rewarded with a job as a prison photographer. But as the faces of the enemy pass before her unflinching lens, will they shake May’s belief in the brave new world she helped create?
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A festive parody poster titled "A Very Die Hard Christmas" featuring a dramatic split design. The right side displays a close-up of a man's intense expression in black and white. The left side shows a skyscraper wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with flames and explosions bursting from the top. A helicopter hovers in the background, while a silhouette of Santa's sleigh and reindeer flies through the night sky. The bold red and white text adds a playful holiday twist to the action theme.

SAW: Surviving Scott Sharma

Kidnapped in a twisted game, Scott Sharma must outsmart a killer and escape torment—if he can survive himself first. SAW: Surviving Scott Sharma, is a campy dark comedy cabaret where identity, choices, and chaos collide.
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A woman in a white dress is led by a hand through a hallway with graffiti that reads "Glory Be! And" at SleuthFest, Hollywood's Theatre and Film Festival for Mystery and Thrills.

Somos Aire

In this borderlands steampunk fairytale, a young woman returns to her hometown of San Ysidro in search of a cure that will save her sister and her community. Exploring issues of environmental justice and air quality, “Somos Aire” is a play about history, homecoming, and hope.
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A performer dressed in a black coat, hat, and a long gray beard strikes a dramatic pose on a vibrant stage. The background features shiny metallic curtains and a large wooden frame adorned with multicolored lights, adding a festive and theatrical atmosphere. The individual raises their hands confidently, exuding energy and showmanship.

The Body

Four darkly comedic short plays surround one mysterious death. Grief, sex & fidelity, family dysfunction, addiction, corporate greed and social media obsession thread these stories about the people who witness the tragedy unfold… from different units of a rumored-to-be hot apartment building.
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A whimsical cartoon-style illustration titled "Half Past the Unlucky." It features a colorful two-story building resembling an emergency room (ER) with a Red Cross emblem. The upper floor shows hospital beds with smiling stick-figure patients, while the lower level has waiting room chairs and more stick figures, including some in trash cans, adding a quirky touch. A white ambulance with red accents and a wheelchair sit in the foreground. Snowflakes and a crescent moon decorate the black background, enhancing the festive and humorous theme.

The Taming of the Shrew in 60 Minutes

Did you know that Taming of the Shrew was written as a play within a play? Follow us down this rabbit hole of what has been edited out for centuries, only to find a cautionary tale of a trad wife. Enjoy this large cast 2026 version edited and directed by a happily married feminist of 30 years.
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A festive parody poster titled "A Very Die Hard Christmas" featuring a dramatic split design. The right side displays a close-up of a man's intense expression in black and white. The left side shows a skyscraper wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with flames and explosions bursting from the top. A helicopter hovers in the background, while a silhouette of Santa's sleigh and reindeer flies through the night sky. The bold red and white text adds a playful holiday twist to the action theme.

Tartuffe, or The Hypocrite in 60 Minutes

Tartuffe is specifically a comedy of manners and a farce. It is a renowned satire that uses humor to critique religious hypocrisy, deception, and extreme gullibility. Extremely relevant, don’t you think?
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A woman in a white dress is led by a hand through a hallway with graffiti that reads "Glory Be! And" at SleuthFest, Hollywood's Theatre and Film Festival for Mystery and Thrills.

The Anti-Magic Magic Show

A comedy magic show for people who hate magic shows. Real one-star reviews, on-stage interrogations, fake psychic powers, tricks with math, and impossible moments sneak past your defenses while you’re too busy cringing. And the best part? You don’t even have to like magic. We kind of hope you don’t.
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A performer dressed in a black coat, hat, and a long gray beard strikes a dramatic pose on a vibrant stage. The background features shiny metallic curtains and a large wooden frame adorned with multicolored lights, adding a festive and theatrical atmosphere. The individual raises their hands confidently, exuding energy and showmanship.

The End of the World

As the world around us begins to fall apart, Desiree a failed writer and recovering strong Black woman decides to take matters into her own hands and finally control the narrative of her life. She has decided to kill herself and make her suicide note her best work yet.
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A whimsical cartoon-style illustration titled "Half Past the Unlucky." It features a colorful two-story building resembling an emergency room (ER) with a Red Cross emblem. The upper floor shows hospital beds with smiling stick-figure patients, while the lower level has waiting room chairs and more stick figures, including some in trash cans, adding a quirky touch. A white ambulance with red accents and a wheelchair sit in the foreground. Snowflakes and a crescent moon decorate the black background, enhancing the festive and humorous theme.

The House Always Wins

An aspiring-musician-now-ghost haunts her own childhood home thanks to a curse from her ancestor, The House. When a visitor looking to connect with folks beyond the veil also presents a chance to break the curse, our ghoul Meredith must decide how to proceed. But remember, The House Always Wins.
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A festive parody poster titled "A Very Die Hard Christmas" featuring a dramatic split design. The right side displays a close-up of a man's intense expression in black and white. The left side shows a skyscraper wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with flames and explosions bursting from the top. A helicopter hovers in the background, while a silhouette of Santa's sleigh and reindeer flies through the night sky. The bold red and white text adds a playful holiday twist to the action theme.

The Secrets of Uvhash-Ra

At the prestigious Miskatonic University, two best friends must help their unpopular classmate discover who (or what) has been kidnapping girls on campus before it claims its next victim.
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A woman in a white dress is led by a hand through a hallway with graffiti that reads "Glory Be! And" at SleuthFest, Hollywood's Theatre and Film Festival for Mystery and Thrills.

Two Sides of the Same Coin

In this 90 minute world premiere play, two 15 year old young women find themselves pregnant without choices in 2026 America.
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A performer dressed in a black coat, hat, and a long gray beard strikes a dramatic pose on a vibrant stage. The background features shiny metallic curtains and a large wooden frame adorned with multicolored lights, adding a festive and theatrical atmosphere. The individual raises their hands confidently, exuding energy and showmanship.

Urgent Care

Al is a transguy who recently broke up with his girlfriend, Ellis. It was not pretty. In the aftermath of their split, Al distracts himself as he prepares for an upcoming, and long-awaited, hysterectomy. When the pair’s paths converge, Ellis brings news of a miracle sure to put Al’s life on hold.
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Convenient Parking Options for The Hobgoblin Playhouse

Patrons of The Hobgoblin Playhouse can enjoy plentiful metered street parking on both Gardner Street and Sunset Blvd. There is also unmetered street parking available on Hawthorn Avenue, at the north end of the block. 

Nearby Food & Drink

Sonny's

Some call it the Best Pizza in LA.

The Electric Owl

Regional American cuisine & cocktails served amid vintage decor inspired by a former train station.

Sunset Thai

Seafood is the chef’s specialty at this casual eatery that also offers curries & other Thai dishes.

Bossa Nova

A huge menu of everything from traditional Brazilian eats to pizza & salads offered in casual digs.

Moun of Tunis

Eatery features fixed-price menus of North African fare & belly dancing amid Moroccan-style decor.

Blackwood Coffee Bar

Espresso & other specialty caffeine drinks offered in a chic cafe with striking, contemporary decor.

El Compadre

Eatery dishing out Mexican fajitas, tacos & margaritas in a casual, colorful environment.

Aroma Sunset Bar & Grill

Roomy, modern bakery & cafe serving Israeli-style baked goods & a Mediterranean-influenced menu.

Imagine Your Show Here at The Hobgoblin Playhouse

Got a project you want to produce? Need some rehearsal space? How about a workshop or class you want to lead? With our versatile space and dedicated team of trained professionals, we strive to ensure every booking is a success. Contact us today to learn more about our packages and availability.

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