Welcome to
Huron station playhouse
When you step into Huron Station Playhouse, the first thing you see are our House Values posted in our doorway:
Huron Station Playhouse is a newly established nonprofit theater organization located in the Cypress Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. Housed in the state-registered historic landmark Huron Substation, a 1906 trolley substation, the Playhouse was founded to bring bold, contemporary, and craft-driven theater to an intimate, community-based setting that prioritizes human connection and exceptional performance.
Led by Artistic Director Alden Ehrenreich, and Executive Director Matthew Sonnenfeld, Huron Station Playhouse spotlights contemporary, character-driven plays with a focus on truthful, committed acting and compelling storytelling.
In an era increasingly dominated by digital experiences, HSP offers a vital in-person artistic home. One where audiences and artists gather to experience the immediacy, vulnerability, and shared humanity that live performance yields.
Huron Station Playhouse is hard at work as we transition from early programming toward our inaugural season of full-scale theatrical productions in the year ahead.
We love stories. here’s ours…
In the early 20th century, the streetcars of Los Angeles’ Yellow Car line entered Huron Substation to have their electrical current changed to a higher voltage. Over a hundred years later, Artistic Director Alden Ehrenreich and Founding Executive Director Julie Cohn, established Huron Station Playhouse to serve the same purpose — this time re-energizing artists and audiences through the power of live theater.
Since opening in Fall 2024, HSP has been honored to produced six staged readings featuring directors such as Anne Kauffman and Steve H. Broadnax III, and actors including Stephanie Hsu, Dylan O’Brien, and Alia Shawkat. On December 6, HSP hosted its inaugural fundraiser, centered around a one-night- only reading of Our Town featuring Robert Downey Jr., Kaitlyn Dever, and John Cho.
Additional programming has also included acting workshops and a playwrights’ circle led by Pulitzer Prize Finalist Clare Barron (Dance Nation). The theater has been featured in the Los Angeles Times and The Hollywood Reporter, and continues to expand its role as a creative hub through workshops, screenings, concerts, and community events.
At its core, Huron is a watering hole and home for artists and audiences to gather, challenge each other, and grow as a collective - providing the world with deeper, more humane work that can enrich our lives for generations to come.