The Difficulty Adjustment
11.06 - 11.29.2026
- Written By
- ALLEN BARTON
- Directed By
- ALLEN BARTON
- Produced in Association with
- Beverly Hills Playhouse
- Featuring
- MATT LE NEVEZ, PETER O’CONNOR, RICH ROSALES, JASON CHIUMENTO, CAMERON MEYER, JODY BOOTH & MIA CHRISTOU
OVERVIEW
Allen Barton’s THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT concerns two financial crises, and how two men across twenty years respond to them. One is Sterling, an economics professor during 2008’s global financial crisis who is possibly also Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of the Bitcoin protocol. Another is Ethan, the owner of a Los Angeles theatre during the time of Covid lockdowns, financial repression and “de-banking.” While Sterling and Ethan never meet, their stories are connected, as Ethan and his wife come to terms with the price for speaking your mind in post-Covid America.
CAST
CREDITS
GALLERY
Thank you to all our critics for the RAVE REVIEWS!
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Seven Characters, seven actors, a fantastic play!
THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT
By Allen Barton
Is rocking the Main Stage on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays
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“Allen Barton’s brilliantly perceptive THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT connects the very human reality of the 2098 crash and the economic impacts of COVID on two wildly different me. One a professor and one a theatre owner. Both suffering, both unable to resist pushing back against the status quo to hugely differing results. The performances are what hold it all together, visceral and real, powerful and believable, each wonderful actor brings their individual style and nuance and what this creates are relationships that are as cerebral as they are intimate. I’m still thinking about this play…”
Samantha Ronceros
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Thank you to Gavin Glynn for his Broadway World interview last week and now this rave review for THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT.
“Polished acting… the performers bring to the stage three-dimensional living characters responding to each other in an organic manner.“
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Link to the BWW REVIEW:-
https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Review-THE-DIFFICULTY-ADJUSTMENT-at-Beverly-Hills-Playhouse-20261110
#lathr #worldpremiere #cliffordodets #review
Performances:-
FRI 8pm
SAT 8pm
SUN 7pm
140 minutes with Intermission
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Thank you to Gavin Glynn for his Broadway World interview last week and now this rave review for THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT.
“Polished acting… the performers bring to the stage three-dimensional living characters responding to each other in an organic manner.“
#thedifficultyadjustmentbhp
https://www.bhplayhouse.com
Link to the BWW REVIEW:-
https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Review-THE-DIFFICULTY-ADJUSTMENT-at-Beverly-Hills-Playhouse-20261110
#lathr #worldpremiere #cliffordodets #review
Performances:-
FRI 8pm
SAT 8pm
SUN 7pm
140 minutes with Intermission
Don’t miss this.
And we are here! Collin Bernsen and each person who offered and gave of their time and energy to bring about the set for THE DIFFICULTY ADJUSTMENT has my thanks.
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Now playing:-
Fri 8pm
Sat 8pm
Sun 7pm
Please, join us for some 140 entertaining minutes away from the rest of your usual week. We’d love to see you.
https://www.bhplayhouse.com
Will Sterling survive the pressure of Penny’s investigation?
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Penny smiling is the calm before the storm.
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UPCOMING SHOWS
The Difficulty Adjustment
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