Revolutionary Theatre From Below Society of the Cellar
Society of the Cellar   ·   Los Angeles Theatre Company

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TO DESCEND

We make theatre in the dark. Work that lives in the liminal space between performance and provocation.

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Productions

Our Work

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Oh Constantine!
Now Seeking Its Next Stage · Award Nominated
OH CONSTANTINE!
A Holy Satire, With Music

Four bishops. One confused emperor. Infinite heresy. Slapstick theology and original music at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025.

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High Level Affection
Past Production · Short+Sweet Hollywood 2025
HIGH LEVEL AFFECTION
Written by Kye Roper, Directed by Jan-David Soutar

A short play presented as part of Short+Sweet Hollywood 2025, in the Marx programme.

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AD 33
Past Production · Short+Sweet Hollywood 2025 · Astaire Finalist
AD 33
Directed by Athena Rethis

In 33 A.D., a well-meaning man rescues a crucified stranger, only to discover he has derailed Jesus Christ's destiny, forcing both men to confront faith, fate, and the absurd cost of second chances.

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Confessions of a Pregnant Stripper
Hollywood Fringe Festival 2026
CONFESSIONS OF A PREGNANT STRIPPER
A Solo Performance by Megan Reagan

A solo performance piece by actor, performance artist, and stripper Megan Reagan. Her hilarious, provocative, and surprisingly wholesome tale of 17 years in the club, a fertility journey, dancing until her fifth month, and everything she has learned as a soon-to-be divine portal in stilettos.

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The United States of Christ
In Development
The UNITED STATES OF CHRIST
A New Play

A conservative Christian family in Idaho, true believers all, slowly destroyed by the theocracy they helped build.

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About the Society

We make theatre
in the dark.

Founded in Los Angeles, Society of the Cellar is a collective of theatre makers dedicated to dismantling conventions. We create work that exists in the liminal space between performance and provocation.

Our productions excavate forgotten histories, challenge dominant narratives, and reimagine theatrical form. We believe theatre is a radical act, a space where audiences do not simply watch, but participate in collective transformation.

We are drawn to what happens when faith is institutionalized, when power masquerades as righteousness, and when private belief becomes violently public law.

"Theatre should disturb the comfortable and comfort the disturbed."

Radical Aesthetic

Immersive, site-specific, formally inventive work that refuses the safety of the fourth wall.

Historical Subversion

We excavate the past not to preserve it but to interrogate it, using anachronism, dark comedy, and the surreal logic of the present.

Collective Practice

Every production is built in collaboration. We welcome directors, performers, writers, and the genuinely difficult question.

Our Collaborators

Jan-David Soutar

Jan-David Soutar

Founding Director and Writer

Playwright, screenwriter, and director. Writer and director of Oh Constantine! His work draws on history, dark comedy, and the surreal logic of modern America.

Athena Rethis

Athena Rethis

Producer

Award Winning Director of A.D. 33 & Producer of Oh Constantine! at the Hollywood Fringe Festival 2025. Athena is a core architect of the Society's productions from development through opening night.

Megan Rippey

Megan Rippey

Executive Producer

Writer/Director of her solo show "Confessions of a Pregnant Stripper" at Hollywood Fringe 2026, Megan is also the Executive Producer and founding force behind the Society of the Cellar. Megan brings strategic vision, passion and deep creative partnership to every project the collective undertakes.

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"It is dangerous to be right in matters on which the established authorities are wrong."

Voltaire, 1694 to 1778

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