West coast premiere!

After a critically acclaimed workshop production in Boston in the summer of 2018, theatremaker and playwright Alexis Scheer's tour-de-force comedy makes its hotly anticipated West Coast Premiere at the Kirk Douglas Theatre this summer. Hailed as an exciting mix between Mean Girls and Narcos, the wickedly funny coming-of-age tale 'Our Dear Dead Druglord' explores contemporary girlhood, societal expectations, and the female bond with startling results.

What is the story?

The remarkable story follows a group of teenage girlfriends, who do many normal teenage things - falling in love, experimenting with drugs... And perhaps a few not-so-normal things, like practicing witchcraft and attempting to commune with the spirit of infamous drug lord Pablo Escobar. Led by a butch queer Latina, the Dead Leaders Club grapples with the aftermath of the 2008 presidential election as they discover who they are. This girl gang has teeth!