Highways Performance Space & Gallery

12/19/2024

Tomorrow, Friday, December 20 at 8pm : The 2024 International Nihilist Film Festival, which has been bringing you the weirdest short films from around the world for the past 25 years! Produced by . PAY-WHAT-YOU-CAN.

12/12/2024

Opening tomorrow night, December 13th : “lover’s piece”, an exploration of people who identify as lovers who are also artistic collaborators. The show features the work of several collaborative couples, directed by Max Martin and Mandolin Burns. FRIDAY + SATURDAY, DEC. 13 + 14 at 8pm. Tickets and further info available via the link in our bio.

12/09/2024

This Week at Highways: “lover’s piece”, an exploration of people who identify as lovers who are also artistic collaborators. The show features the work of several collaborative couples, directed by Max Martin and Mandolin Burns. FRIDAY + SATURDAY, DEC. 13 + 14 at 8pm. Tickets and further info available via the link in our bio.

12/08/2024

12/05/2024

Recently at Highways: A RUDY PÉREZ Retrospective: November 23, 2024 .

12/03/2024

THIS WEEK @ HIGHWAYS: When we dwell in a home, specifically a childhood one, are we ever able to evict it from our mind? In their first evening-length show, CANTILEVER COLLECTIVE () presents a dance work that follows five characters as they explore themes of personal identity, passed-down knowledge, and shared histories. FRIDAY + SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6 + 7 at 8PM. For more info + to Buy Tickets, click on the link in our bio.

11/30/2024

LOVERS PIECE
Premiering

Max & Mandolin will premiere their first evening length performance as an artistic couple at the historic Highways Performance Space on December 13th and 14th at 8PM.

Tickets available for purchase at the link in our bio!

11/26/2024

COMING SOON (for more info + to buy 🎟️, click on the 🔗 in our bio):

We are headed to Hollywood! 🌴

High Desert Playback is joining forces with our sister company for…

“We’ve Come A Long Way: Journeys Towards Collective Liberation”
Sunday, December 15, 2024 at 3pm
At the historic Highways Performance Space () in Santa Monica, CA

As 2024 comes to an end and we welcome in a new year, we invite the audience to reflect on where you’re going, where you’ve been, and where you are right now! 

Based on our mutual commitment to racial and social justice, both companies create spaces where those who have historically been erased, devalued, and marginalized can share their stories and be centered. 

🎟️TO GET TICKETS, visit highwaysperformance.org/shows

🏳️‍🌈TO SUPPORT FROM AFAR, please donate at highdesertplayback.com

11/24/2024

Tomorrow! For more info + to buy 🎟️ click on the 🔗 in our bio.

11/22/2024

Red pill or blue pill? ’s FAUSTPILLED opens Tmrw! - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12 and continues SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 13, both at 8:00pm . FOR MORE INFO + TO BUY 🎟️, CLICK ON THE 🔗 IN OUR BIO.

11/22/2024

COMING SOON! COMING SOON! “lover’s piece”, an exploration of people who identify as lovers who are also artistic collaborators. The show features the work of several collaborative couples, directed by MAX MARTIN () and MANDOLIN BURNS (). For more info + to Buy 🎟️ , Click on the 🔗 in our bio. Performances are DECEMBER 13 + 14 at 8pm .

11/20/2024

This coming Sunday, Nov. 24 at 3pm : As part of our ongoing 35th Birthday celebrations, we pay tribute to a dear friend and pioneering minimalist choreographer, RUDY PEREZ, with a retrospective on what would have been his 95th birthday. The Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble celebrates his life and work with group pieces, duets, and solos from rarely seen Perez works from 1963 to today. 🎟️ VIA 🔗 IN OUR BIO.

As the NY Times wrote on his passing last year, “Mr. Perez created some 100 dances during his long career and taught for more than a half century, even after his sight dimmed from glaucoma and macular degeneration. In 2018, the choreographer Jeff Slayton asked him which ones were his favorites.

“I really enjoyed doing my solos,” Mr. Perez said — the ones, he added, “where I could just be a guy and maybe poke fun at dance. That I loved.”

Image Description: “Stations”, Rudy Perez Performance Ensemble, courtesy Susan Perry Miick

11/19/2024

This Week @ Highways!
’s FAUSTPILLED
Nov 22nd & 23rd at 8pm
Info + 🎟️ link in bio

Presented by Misfit Toys Collective and Highways Performance Space

Directed by Rory James Leech
Adapted by Siena Foster-Soltis after Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Conceived by Aviana Glover and Rory James Leech

Featuring Emma Crawfis, Aviana Glover, Peter Mark, Meadow, Madi Stamm, Dominique White

Video Design by Zoë Danger Lappin
Stage Managed by Heather Friedman

Presented in association with Highways Performance Space
Executive Director, Leo Garcia & Artistic Director Patrick Kennelly

In partnership with Crawlspace LA

11/16/2024

It’s your last chance to see at performing 1.2.3.4.5.6.7. Last night we had a standing ovation. The people have spoken and they are all saying. “More “ so get your tickets NOW

11/15/2024

Coming Soon! Misfit Toys Collective’s () FAUSTPILLED is Fri + Sat, Nov 22 + 23 at 8pm. A tragic tale of hunger for unbridled knowledge and intellectual ecstasy is reclaimed and re-examined through a Gen Z lens by weaving together classic literature, timeless philosophy, and modern internet culture to create an urgent multi-media exploration of a generation who learned connection through omnipresent screens. FAUSTPILLED is a digital fairytale warping through generational fever dreams of cracked screens and breaking psyches. FOR MORE INFO + TICKETS, CLICK ON THE LINK IN OUR BIO.