the gangbusters theatre company

If you want to get specific, our "born-on" date is January 10, 2002. That was the night Sexual Perversity in Chicago by David Mamet opened to a sold-out crowd of 50 at The Next Stage Theater on North La Brea. The time was 8 p.m. The air was thick with anticipation. The room hummed with the raw, electric energy of a company making its debut, actors pacing backstage, the audience crammed into the small black-box space, some clutching programs, others gripping the arms of their seats, unsure of what was about to hit them. The lights went up, and Gangbusters was officially in motion—fast, raw, and unapologetic.

That night set the tone for everything that came after. No half-measures, no polite distance between performer and audience—just visceral, unrelenting theatre that grabbed hold and refused to let go. We weren’t interested in safe or comfortable. We wanted theatre that hit like a gut punch, stripped down to its barest, most essential form. And from that first show forward, we knew one thing: Gangbusters weren’t here to follow anyone else’s script.

 
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