The true life story of a former Jehovah’s Witness elder describing the path from being born in a high control religion to finding his true identity after leaving behind everything he considered home.
Upcoming performance information:
November 10, 2026 at 7:30pm Pacific
(8:30pm Mountain/9:30pm Central/10:30pm Eastern)
Santa Monica Playhouse® Main Stage
1211 4th Street
Santa Monica, CA 27104
Reserve tickets here: https://tockify.com/bingefest/detail/370/1794367800000
LIVE STREAMING AND REPLAY LINK: https://www.youtube.com/live/Wr7QmodIA_Y?si=RUjVYdHrlkEw5p_l
This is a free event and the live streaming option is available across the globe. If you’d like to understand more about the obscure world of Jehovah’s Witnesses and the difficult road to authenticity after leaving, please feel free to share this link and reserve a seat in Santa Monica or plan to watch online.
FREE as part of the BFF Binge Fringe Festival of Free Theatre. Live-streaming info can be found at SantaMonicaPlayhouse.com. No need to make a reservation if you are live-streaming.
Previously recorded at The Zephyr Theatre, November 7, 2025 and available for viewing on request.
Directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson as part of the Soaring Solo Stars Series
BEST OF FEST 2026 – Frontera Short Fringe Fest, Austin, Texas
[NoHo Arts District, CA] – A NoHo Arts theatre review of Michael Lovestrong’s solo show UNWITNESSED: The Search for Identity After Leaving a Cult, directed by Jessica Lynn Johnson as part of the Soaring Solo Stars Series.
“an astonishingly honest and very moving account”
“a fascinating window into the Jehovah’s Witnesses”
“If you ever get the chance to see UNWITNESSED by Michael Lovestrong I urge you to take it.”
“UNWITNESSED is still swimming around in my head weeks after I saw it.”
Email for more information about the solo show memoir book at:
Email: ml.unwitnessed@gmail.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/michael.lovestrong
Instagram: @mlovestrong
Tip jar: https://venmo.com/u/mlovestrong
