Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater

The Geffen discriminates against people with respiratory difficulties and is careless with public health. For their upcoming production (Switzerland) in the small theater, they will be smoking «herbal» cigarettes throughout the performance. By their own admission, this performance is not accessible for anyone who is sensitive to smoke, yet they denied an Americans with Disabilities Act request for a SINGLE performance in which the actor pretends to smoke rather than actually smoking (as actors commonly feign other physical activities). They will not allow anyone to enter or leave during the performance, even to use medication to deal with the hazardous aspects of their performance. And they are venting a respiratory irritant which will cause people to cough, into a small space where people are sitting in close proximity, during the height of flu season. And they are doing it all at taxpayer expense. Such irresponsibility should not be rewarded or rewarded with taxpayer support. «Herbal cigarettes contain many of the same hazards as tobacco.

The Geffen rocks my world. $ 10 rush tickets for Students for top-​quality plays? Sign me up! I’ve seen and re-​seen so many plays here that my mind is boggled. I look forward to many years to come!

This is a very small intimate theater, it was a perfect setup for «Play Dead» by Todd Robbins and Teller. The sound in the theater was good, pretty much every seat in the house should have great sight lines of the stage. The place looks very nice and clean, so that’s always a plus.
You can park next door if you’re watching a play, but beware if you go out for food or drinks after your play is over, get back before midnight or they will lock your car up till the next business day! (this actually happened to me, I missed it by 10 minutes, but luckily security was still in the building and they let me get my car out.)
Play Dead gets 5 stars.
The theater for now gets 4 stars, but I’m definitely willing to comeback to another show here.

I’ve been to the Geffen Playhouse before, but only the main 500 seat theater. This theater is the smaller of the two at the Geffen, with just 56 permanent seats. For this performance however, they’ve brought in additional temporary seating to increase capacity to 130.
Being small, this theater has a cozy, intimate feel to it. The (permanent) seats were quite comfortable for the hour and a half long performance. The audio, acoustics, lighting, etc were all spot on. The temperature of the room was a bit on the warm side though.
The performance was called «Play Dead» starring Todd Robbins, co written and directed by Teller, of Penn & Teller fame. This play is about death, the dead, fear, the macabre and the afterlife, all seamlessly integrated with some illusion, mind reading and at times, total darkness. It was interesting (different)… but very expertly done!
OVERALL: The Geffen is a wonderful theater, were you can see some fantastic performances by big name actors. Bette Midler is currently performing in the main theater!

One of the best small Theaters in Los Angeles

Side theater in the Geffen Playhouse, The Audrey seats about 100 people. Very intimate setting and the seating is changed to fit accordingly to each show that the Audrey houses.
I came here for Nothing To Hide by Neil Patrick Harris, Helder Guimaraes, and Derek DelGaudio. The Audrey is the perfect little venue for the two magicians to work their magic and impress the audience. The seating was staggered and being a broke college student, I had the cheapest seats in the house and was in the second to last row. Still, you could easily view the show and some people in the back even had the opportunity to move closer to the front to fill empty seats. Tip: If you want your chances of participating in one of their acts, sit on the edge toward the sides!
The small venue made it easy for Helder and Derek to interact with the crowd and the stage is set up perfectly to create a breathtaking world of magic.
Convenient location since I am an UCLA student, right in the area. Patrons who come here shouldn’t have a problem with parking, they validate parking, but the only thing is that the lot is on the opposite side of the street. Still, better than nothing in extremely overpriced and busy Westwood.
The Geffen Playhouse offers «rush» tickets at the top of the hour before the show starts. If they have open seats available, the public can buy them for a fraction of the ticket price. Students get rush tickets at $ 22 so if you want to see a show and it hasn’t sold out yet, I suggest trying to snag rush tickets day of – it’s first come, first serve depending on availability.
And go see Nothing To Hide, it’ll be at the Audrey until March 31^st!

The Audrey or as I call it, the ASK is inside the Geffen Playhouse. As far as side theatres go, the ASK is a pretty nice one.
Depending on the show, they move the seats around to fit the stage. I’ve been in it where you can view the play from all sides and then also for more traditional plays where they only have seats from one side.
Either way, it’s very intimate and it almost feels like you’re a part of the show since you’re so close to the stage.
I love that the bar at the Geffen is currently featuring the «Sahara Sling» in honor of the Louis & Keeley: Live from the Sahara show that has been on stage for several months now. The Sahara Sling is vodka, Rose’s Lime and topped off with champagne. Perhaps the best part is it’s only $ 5!
Parking for the Geffen (and the ASK) is available in various lots around Westwood. I tend to avoid the underground parking next door only because a lot of theatre patrons leaving all at once tends to cause heart palpitations and anxiety on my part. I prefer to park a block away on the side of the street as the theatre in the open lot.

Technically, this theater might actually fall under the Unilocal reviews for The Geffen Playhouse at UCLA.
However, its a totally separate experience and really its own entity. In an attempt to serve Unilocalers who want info specifically on «The Audrey Theater» I want them to be able to find it.
The Audrey Theater is really really cool. The theater which seats 115 patrons is cozy and true to its objective is really very intimate. You can actually see the creases in an actors forehead when they furrow their brow!
Unlike several of the other small theaters around town The Audrey’s décor is auspicious and tasteful. (I’ve been to some pretty grimy spots.)
And if the employee discount is similar to the athletic event discount — I will be visiting The Audrey Theater again soon. I’ll probably head to The Geffen as well, but I like The Audrey more.
As a side note, If you prefer The Geffen, bigger better whatever. I’ll let you in on a little secret, they have special events such as «Wine-​Down Sunday» and «Girls Night Out.» The special event activities and parties are included in the ticket price. What a bonus!
The Upcoming Girls Night Out Events are listed Below:
By The Waters of Babylon: November 13, 2008 at Hotel Angeleno with beer sommelier and LA’s beer chick, Christina Perozzi.
Time Stands Still: February 19, 2009 at the W — Los Angeles, Westwood with Bodyrocks jewelry trunk show and bliss spa get-​ready-​for Spring mini treatments.
The Seafarer: April 30, 2009 at Tengu — Westwood with sushi and sake tastings and wicked Indie tunes from Tengu’s house DJ.
Nightmare Alley: July 2, 2009 at Luxe Sunset hotel with Perry Ellis swim wear and Too Faced Cosmetics.
[Seriously! Free! I know. I know, American’s are obsessed with free. But this is not here is a free piece of junk, a free crappy sticker or here you get this «really cool» /​super tacky tote bag for signing up for this ridiculously high interest rate credit card kind of «free.»
This is good free– enticing free– fun free. Sure some of these events are like 9 months away… but I’m there. [That’s what an outlook synced iphone is for. ]