We Won’t Start the Comedy Revolution Without You!

Culture Clash’s Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza arrive at the Center on Friday, January 24 for a free performance during the Off Center Festival’s POP: Party on the Plaza. They return January 30 - February 2 with the world premiere of KEEP CULTURE AND CLASH ON: 30 Years of Revolutionary Comedy Remastered. Each artist plays multiple characters, crossing all racial, social and sexual boundaries, reinventing our ideas of storytelling and community. Celebrate the third Off Center Festival and the Culture Clash 30th Anniversary this week. 

(Please Note: This show contains mature subject matter.)

Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas and Herbert Siguenza 
of Culture Clash.  Photo by Eric Schwabel 

Party on with Little Willie G.

Who’s up for a little end-of-the-week partying? There may not even be time to stop home and change clothes. The Center is throwing its first Off Center Festival POP: Party on the Plaza Friday, January 24 from 6 to 11 p.m. Headliners include Southern California’s celebrated Chicano/Latino theater troupe Culture Clash, Little Willie G. – The Original Voice of Thee Midniters and the band La Santa Cecilia. More music from DJ Free the Robots from 9:30 – 11 p.m. 

Guests can grab dinner at the WaffNRoll, Seabirds, The Burnt Truck and Dogzilla Hot Dogs food trucks. A special late night menu will be available at the Off Center Lounge in Leatherby’s Cafe Rouge located in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. 

When not on the plaza, take in performances of Edgar Oliver sharing remarkable stories of his childhood and mother in Helen and Edgar, Sekou Sundiata’s moving theater piece about one man’s remarkable and inspiring courage in the face of overwhelming odds in blessing the boats: the remix and the hilarious duo Die Roten Punkte performing their Super Musician. 

The Off Center Festival runs January 23 – 26 and January 29 – February 2. For more information, click here.