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Villa Theater Lab: Thieves of California - Opening Night

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Getty Villa
17985 Pacific Coast Hwy
Pacific Palisades, California 90272
https://www.getty.edu/visit/villa/
Saturday, November 15, 2025 1:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Free
Tickets are free, but a reservation is required for event entrance. Your event ticket will serve as your Villa entrance reservation. Please note, there is a fee for parking.

The year is 2031. California has seceded from the union but the Barbarians are coming to take back the Golden State. In this adaptation of Aeschylus’s "Seven Against Thebes," a playwright struggles with the challenges of creating theater in a world that’s falling apart.

Written by Boni B. Alvarez
Directed by Jon Lawrence Rivera
Co-produced by Playwrights’ Arena

Presented by J. Paul Getty Trust
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