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HIGHWAYS

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UPCOMING
EVENTS

  • Jingqiu Guan - Where Are We Going Now?
    Jingqiu Guan - Where Are We Going Now?
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, May 16
    May 16, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Visceral + cinematic, this double bill from choreographer Guan digs into the Chinese diaspora through movement, memory & myth. A solo lights up a translucent cube with poetry from Angel Island; the other rides rails across continents as an ensemble dances through dislocation and generational echoes
  • Jingqiu Guan - Where Are We Going Now?
    Jingqiu Guan - Where Are We Going Now?
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, May 17
    May 17, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    Visceral + cinematic, this double bill from choreographer Guan digs into the Chinese diaspora through movement, memory & myth. A solo lights up a translucent cube with poetry from Angel Island; the other rides rails across continents as an ensemble dances through dislocation and generational echoes
  • LOSER
    LOSER
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, May 18
    May 18, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    “True West” for the terminally online. A dark comedy steeped in gallows humor about the grim task of sorting through an incel’s shrine. No self-help in 4 a.m. Incognito tabs. Touch grass while you still can.
  • LOSER
    LOSER
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, May 25
    May 25, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    “True West” for the terminally online. A dark comedy steeped in gallows humor about the grim task of sorting through an incel’s shrine. No self-help in 4 a.m. Incognito tabs. Touch grass while you still can.
  • Donna Sternberg & Dancers - Glimpses
    Donna Sternberg & Dancers - Glimpses
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, May 30
    May 30, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    A haunting and tender evening of original dance works exploring the edges of fear, uncertainty, and connection. Through raw, expressive movement and introspective narratives, performers navigate the uneasy and search for meaning in how we face ourselves—and each other. $20 In Advance / $25 at Door.
  • Donna Sternberg & Dancers - Glimpses
    Donna Sternberg & Dancers - Glimpses
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, May 31
    May 31, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    A haunting and tender evening of original dance works exploring the edges of fear, uncertainty, and connection. Through raw, expressive movement and introspective narratives, performers navigate the uneasy and search for meaning in how we face ourselves—and each other. $20 in advance / $25 at door.
  • LOSER
    LOSER
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Jun 01
    Jun 01, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    “True West” for the terminally online. A dark comedy steeped in gallows humor about the grim task of sorting through an incel’s shrine. No self-help in 4 a.m. Incognito tabs. Touch grass while you still can.
  • Susan Jagosz - The Legendary Narizona
    Susan Jagosz - The Legendary Narizona
    Multiple Dates
    Fri, Jun 06
    Jun 06, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    A gambling goat, a sharp-witted cactus reporter, and a chatty pot of pozole take center stage in Jagosz’s new play. Through masks, puppetry, and magical realism, this imaginative performance weaves a captivating tale of identity, assimilation, and the struggle to reclaim what feels lost.
  • Susan Jagosz - The Legendary Narizona
    Susan Jagosz - The Legendary Narizona
    Multiple Dates
    Sat, Jun 07
    Jun 07, 2025, 8:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    A gambling goat, a sharp-witted cactus reporter, and a chatty pot of pozole take center stage in Jagosz’s new play. Through masks, puppetry, and magical realism, this imaginative performance weaves a captivating tale of identity, assimilation, and the struggle to reclaim what feels lost.
  • LOSER
    LOSER
    Multiple Dates
    Sun, Jun 08
    Jun 08, 2025, 7:30 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    “True West” for the terminally online. A dark comedy steeped in gallows humor about the grim task of sorting through an incel’s shrine. No self-help in 4 a.m. Incognito tabs. Touch grass while you still can.
  • Tsiambwom M. Akuchu - Market Demographics
    Tsiambwom M. Akuchu - Market Demographics
    Jun 13, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    How are our identities sold to us—and to each other? This high-energy fusion of street dance and physical theatre unpacks how race, masculinity, and identity are defined, targeted, and commodified in a consumer-driven world.
  • Tsiambwom M. Akuchu - Market Demographics
    Tsiambwom M. Akuchu - Market Demographics
    Jun 14, 2025, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PM
    Highways, 1651 18th St, Santa Monica, CA 90404, USA
    How are our identities sold to us—and to each other? This high-energy fusion of street dance and physical theatre unpacks how race, masculinity, and identity are defined, targeted, and commodified in a consumer-driven world.

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About
HIGHWAYS

Highways Performance Space is Southern California’s boldest center for new performance, film and visual art.

In its 36th year, Highways continues to be an important alternative cultural center in Los Angeles that encourages radical artists from diverse communities to develop and present innovative new works. Highways promotes the development of contemporary socially involved artists and art forms.

 

Our mission is to develop and present innovative performance and visual artists, promote interaction among people of diverse cultural backgrounds and engage artists and the communities they serve in cross-cultural dialogues about social, cultural and artistic issues.

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Santa Monica, CA 90404

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