Lower Depth Theatre

A bassline starts playing and suddenly you’re somewhere else.

Back in a car with the windows down.
Back at the family cookout.
Back in the living room watching someone sing along to a record they knew by heart.

Maybe it’s “Rapper’s Delight.”
Maybe it’s Motown.
Maybe it’s gospel echoing through the house on a Saturday morning.

That’s the kind of music living inside HYMN.

Not just songs placed into a production,
but sounds that carry memory, movement, identity, joy, and connection across generations.

In HYMN, music becomes a bridge between Gil and Benny.
A language.
A way back to something familiar.

And for many audience members, those moments stay with them long after the performance ends.

Join us on Sunday, June 7 following the 3 PM matinee for our series.

After the Hymn: Exploring the Music of Hymn with our moderator L. Try Wilson

A post-show conversation with members of the cast, sound designer, and director exploring the songs, rhythms, and emotional layers woven throughout the production.

HYMN
On Stage Now - June 14
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Written by .chakrabarti
Directed by

📍 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

Come for the play.
Stay for the conversation.

🎟 Tickets available at the link in bio.

There’s a level of honesty this story asks for.

And in their recent conversation with host Andrew Cortes, Jason Delane, Chuma Gault, and Gregg T. Daniel spoke openly about the work it took to build the emotional world of HYMN.

The vulnerability.
The trust.
The willingness to go deeper so the story could move truthfully and fully through the room.

What you see on stage didn’t happen by accident. It was built through generosity, honesty, and a shared commitment to the humanity at the center of this play.

If you want to learn more about the creative process behind HYMN, join us for:

After the Hymn: Inside the Room
📍 Wednesday, May 27 following the 8 PM performance

A post-show conversation exploring the rehearsal process, creative discoveries, and the work that shaped Gil and Benny both inside and beyond the rehearsal room.

HYMN is now on stage through June 14
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Written by: .chakrabarti
Directed by
Actors: Jason Delane (Benny) & Chuma Gault (Gill)

Grab a friend and join us. Tickets available in the link in the bio.

Nobody rushed out... and this is what happened.

People gathered around tables with wine glasses in hand.

Conversations stretched across the lobby.

Stories met other stories.

Strangers connected over music and memories.

Blackout Night and After the Hymn: Fathers & Sons reminded us what can happen when theatre creates space not only for performance, but for presence.

The room felt full in every sense of the word.

And the conversations that followed carried just as much honesty, vulnerability, and care as the work on stage.

We’re still holding onto those moments.

Two After the Hymn conversations still remain, along with the final weeks of HYMN.

Join us for the play.
Stay for what unfolds after.

HYMN
On Stage Now - June 14
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Written by .chakrabarti
Directed by

🎟 Tickets available
✨️Pay what you can this weekend only! See the link in bio

Before the lights.
Before rehearsal.
Before the audience.

There were the words.

The kind that make you pause.
Underline the page.
Read the line again before moving on.

Lo**ta Chakrabarti created something in HYMN that feels deeply lived in...

a story carried through rhythm, memory, silence, and connection.

Even on the page, you can feel the heartbeat of it. These are some of the lines that stayed with us throughout the process. The ones that continued to echo inside the rehearsal room and beyond it.

Now, those words live on stage.

Lower Depth Theatre and the Odyssey Theatre Ensemble are deeply grateful for the opportunity to bring this story to audiences in Los Angeles.

And a special thank you to Lo**ta Chakrabarti for the generosity and care she extended to our creative team throughout the process of bringing HYMN to life.

HYMN follows two men whose unexpected connection begins to uncover shared histories, hidden wounds, and moments of joy.

Written by: .chakrabarti
Directed by
Actors: Jason Delane (Benny) & Chuma Gault (Gill)

Designers/Production:

Now playing through June 14
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📍 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble


📸 Cooper Bates

The music doesn’t sit in the background.
It moves everything.

Jason Delane delivers a captivating, dynamic performance in Hymn, where rhythm, memory, and connection shape the story in real time.

HYMN
Two men. One unexpected meeting.
A bond that reveals more than either of them anticipated.

Written by: .chakrabarti
Directed by
Actors: Jason Delane (Benny) & Chuma Gault (Gill)

Designers/Production:

Now playing through June 14
x
📍 Odyssey Theatre Ensemble

SAVE THE DATE!
Join us June 7
for After the Hymn: Exploring the Music of Hymn
following the 3 PM matinee

Be in the room. Experience a story
Tickets in bio

📷 Cooper Bates

🖤 In Tribute to Woodie King, Jr. 🖤

Lower Depth Theatre honors the life and legacy of Woodie King, Jr., whose passing marks a profound loss for Black Theatre across the country.

Though based in New York, Woodie King, Jr.’s influence on the Black Theatre movement—from the 1970s through today—was incalculable. As a director, producer, and visionary leader, he created space where Black artists could tell their stories with dignity, rigor, and unapologetic truth. His work shaped institutions, nurtured generations of artists, and helped define what Black Theatre could be—and must continue to be.

We join theaters, artists, and communities nationwide in honoring a giant whose legacy lives on in the stages he built, the voices he amplified, and the futures he made possible.

May his work continue to light the way.
Rest in power, Mr. King. 🕯️