Cody played Lukas and produced The Grown-Ups with Baby Teeth (Co-Founder and Co-Artistic Director)

Around the campfire, after the kids have gone to sleep, five summer camp counselors drink beer, tell ghost stories, and grapple with their new responsibilities.

Baby Teeth, West-Coast Premiere

Nominated for Best Ensemble, Best Immersive Show, and Best Young Actor (Cody Sloan) at LA Theatre Bites Awards 2024

The Grown-Ups

Young man with a beard and a backwards baseball cap, holding a drink, sitting outdoors with other people around him.

Production Photos

A young man with a baseball cap backwards, sitting outdoors during sunset, illuminated by warm orange light, with others blurred in the background.

by Grant Terzakis

Group of five people sitting by a campfire at night, wearing white T-shirts with purple staff badges, in an outdoor setting with tie-dye shirts hanging in the background.
Group of young people sitting outdoors and enjoying a campfire, with tie-dye shirts hanging in the background.
A woman with glasses, wearing a white T-shirt labeled 'STAFF,' is sitting outdoors and smiling while looking at her phone. She is surrounded by other seated people at what appears to be an event.
People gathered around a fire pit at night, roasting marshmallows on sticks.
A man wearing a beige camp staff shirt and a wide-brim hat holds a white bucket at night, with colorful tie-dye shirts hanging on a line in the background.

Show Information

West Coast premiere, Outdoor Immersive Production

Produced by Baby Teeth (Emily Moler, Cody Sloan, Caroline Keeler, Russell Sperberg)

Directed by Emily Moler

Written by Skylar Fox & Simon Henriques

Featuring Avery Deutsch, Sabrina Liu, Caroline Keeler, Cody Sloan, Russell Sperberg

Scenic Design Nicholas Ponting

Sound Design by Salvador Zamora

Assistant Direction by Simon J.O. Martin

Production Stage Management by Casey Collaso

Praise for The Grown-Ups

“…a near-perfect production.

“As Lukas, Cody Sloan has perfectly…. [and] masterfully infused the whole character with a respectful tenderness, without which, Lukas would risk symbolizing a demographic rather than being a fleshed-out individual. He is delightfully complex and artfully multifaceted, landing some of the biggest punchlines in the performance at his own pitiful expense.

In their premiere production, aided by a few string lights and a smattering of tie-dye shirts, Baby Teeth has posed…questions more effectively than you are apt to see from theatres with ten times their resources this season. Get on the waitlist for the run if you can. You will be riveted, captivated, and ultimately astonished by the simple theatrical magic being spun around the campfire.”

-Andrew Child, Broadway World (2024)

“Exceptional show! Meaningful, modern theatre.

A strikingly human and insightful piece that speaks on the human condition, hard truths, and a way forward. If you have a chance to see this very special production, I would take it.”

-Patrick Chavis, LA Theatre Bites (2024)

“One of the most riveting and original pieces of theatre I have ever seen…one of the best new plays to come down the pike in years…I simply can’t stop thinking about it.”

-Tony Frankel, Stage and Cinema (2024)