2025 Season
the angel next door
june 11 - June 29, 2025
a romantic comedy
By paul slade smith
Directed by Cate Caplin
Previews $44
Thu, Fri, Sat: $56
Sun: $59
Opening Night: $59
Dinner Package: $99
Subscribers Dinner Package: $52
Post-show talkback with the cast June 22!
Capturing the sheer joy, sophistication, and wit of those early screwball comedies, playwright Smith has cheekily and efficiently modernized most of the lines and patter for clearer audience sensibilities.
SUMMARY
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A LOS ANGELES PREMIERE |
Young Oliver Adams is on the brink of a major success. His novel The Angel Next Door is set to be published, and famed Broadway playwrights Charlotte and Arthur Sanders have already adapted his book for what is sure to be a huge stage hit. As leading lady, they have their eye on Margot Bell, the very person Oliver adores and about whom he has written his novel. When they all converge for a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, the thin walls of the mansion reveal that the angel may not be angelic. Only the power of theatre can save the play, Oliver’s novel, and his heart.
Paul slade smith
Playwright
Paul Slade Smith is an actor and playwright living in Brooklyn, New York with his wife, actress Erin Noel Grennan.
Paul received a Helpmann Award nomination for his performance as Willy Wonka in the Australian premiere of the Broadway musical CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY.
Stateside, his acting credits include: the original Broadway casts of CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY, FINDING NEVERLAND and the 2018 Lincoln Center revival of MY FAIR LADY; US national tours of WICKED (Doctor Dillamond) MY FAIR LADY (Jaime), and THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA; and productions at American Repertory Theatre, Chicago Shakespeare Theater, The Goodman, Steppenwolf, Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Paper Mill Playhouse, The Goodspeed, Geva Theatre Center, Asolo Repertory and Theatre Under the Stars in Houston, Texas.
His TV credits include NBC's The Blacklist, and The Other Two and The Gilded Age, both on HBO.
Paul is the award-winning author of three plays: UNNECESSARY FARCE, THE OUTSIDER, and his latest, THEATRE PEOPLE, OR THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR.
Dinner Packages
Don't forget ICT's scrumptious dinner packages!
For only $99 per person, you will receive a 3-course prix fixe dinner and a ticket to a production. Dinner and a show - does it get any better than that?
L'Opera Ristorante
Use code: LODinner
Michael's on Naples
Use code: MNDinner
Gladstone's Long Beach
Use code: GSDinner
Ticketing Policies and Information
Contact the box office
Tickets may be purchased online, but feel free to call or stop by to purchase your tickets too - we're happy to help! Call us at 562.436.4610 or visit the ICT Box Office, available Monday – Friday from 9:00AM through 5:00PM. You can also email us with inquiries at ict@ictlongbeach.org.
Group sales
We offer attractive discounts for groups of 10 or more individuals. Groups get a minimum of $10 off each individual ticket, so prepare to SAVE 20-41% off regular ticket prices. Awesome! (We know.) Student groups save even more! Good seats, personalized service, plus an opportunity to add a dinner package to your fun evening or afternoon on the town. Call or email Denis for more details at (562) 495-4595, extension 106 or denis@ictlongbeach.org
Discounts
Chamber Discount
All Chamber of Commerce members receive $5 off each ticket, limit 2 tickets.**Student and Senior Discounts
Full-time students 24 and under and seniors over the age of 65 get $5 off each ticket.**Please note that all discounts are only available in advance through the ICT Box Office. Discounts are not available in combination with any other offer. Other restrictions may apply. Special Offers do not apply to Season Subscription prices.
Theatre Location and parking
ICT in the Beverly O'Neill Theater
at the Long Beach Performing Arts Center
330 East Seaside Way
Long Beach, CA 90802
(at intersection of S. Hart Place)Seating Chart
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