The Industry LA

The Industry, also known as The Industry Productions Inc., is a non-profit opera production company headquartered in Los Angeles, California. Founded in 2010, the organization operates with approximately 10 employees. Functioning as an independent, artist-driven creative studio, The Industry specializes in performing arts, particularly as an incubator for contemporary musical theater, experimental staging, and interdisciplinary collaborations. It focuses on expanding the traditional boundaries of opera by creating large-scale, site-specific world premieres that engage audiences in unconventional civic spaces. Its portfolio includes productions such as Crescent City (2012), the wireless-headphone opera Invisible Cities performed inside LA's Union Station (2013), Hopscotch—an opera staged across 24 moving cars throughout Los Angeles (2015)—the historical pageant Sweet Land (2020), and The Comet / Poppea (2024).