2026 Season
The Laugh Track
November 4 - 22, 2026
West Coast Premiere
By Wendy MacLeod
Directed by
Previews $44
Thu, Fri, Sat: $56
Sun: $59
Opening Night: $59
Dinner Package: $99
Subscribers Dinner Package: $52
Post-show talkback with the cast November 15!
SUMMARY
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A WEST COAST PREMIERE |
Wendy MacLeod's comedy, The Laugh Track, takes us behind the scenes of "I Love Lucy". Based on the real-life experiences of Hollywood's first female TV writer, Madelyn Pugh, this play shines light on the inner workings of America's beloved sitcom and the woman who punched up the jokes, fought for her career, and paved the way for women in the writers room. Fast-paced and full of wit, The Laugh Track brings familiar characters to life, while proving that comedy is not a man's job.
Wendy MacLeod
Playwright
Wendy MacLeod's play THE HOUSE OF YES became an award-winning Miramax film starring Parker Posey. Her other plays include SIN (The Goodman, Second Stage), SCHOOLGIRL FIGURE (The Goodman Theatre) THE WATER CHILDREN and JUVENILIA (Playwrights Horizons), and THINGS BEING WHAT THEY ARE (Seattle Repertory Theatre, Steppenwolf Theatre). Her play FIND AND SIGN premiered at the Pioneer Theater in Salt Lake City and and her play THIS FLIGHT TONIGHT was included in STANDING ON CEREMONY: THE GAY MARRIAGE PLAYS and seen across the country and in New York City at the Minetta Lane. She was the first playwright chosen for The Writers’ Room residency at The Arden Theatre in Philadelphia, where she wrote WOMEN IN JEOPARDY!, which will receive its premiere production at Geva Theater. Her prose has appeared in The New York Times, POETRY, Salon, The Rumpus, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and on All Things Considered. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, she is the James E. Michael Playwright-in-Residence at Kenyon College.
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
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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