With the exception of disputed coin tosses in pro football and extreme debate clubs, the stage remains the only venue where arguments are regularly settled with a sword fight. Behold a dramatic settling of differences with today’s Groupon to REDCAT. Choose between the following options:

• For $25, you get an individual membership (a $50 value). Individual membership includes:
• One membership card
• 20% off ticket purchases (limited to two tickets per event)
• Ticket exchanges for another performance of the same event with 24 hours’ notice
• Invitations to five gallery opening-night receptions per year
• 10% discount on REDCAT merchandise and catalogs
• Monthly e-newsletter

• Recognition in performance programs
  
  

• For $99, you get an Advocate membership (a $250 value). Advocate membership includes:
• Two membership cards
• 20% off all ticket purchases
• Ticket exchanges for another performance of the same event with 24 hours’ notice
• Invitations to five gallery opening-night receptions per year
• 10% discount on REDCAT merchandise and catalogs
• Monthly e-newsletter
• Recognition in performance programs
• Two REDCAT tote bags
• Two REDCAT T-shirts
  
  

The Roy and Edna Disney/CalArts Theater, which the Huffington Post calls “the gold standard of the avant garde in LA,” introduces members to emerging local and international artists with gallery exhibitions and innovative performances in art, music, dance, film, and multimedia. In time for the debut of the 2012 schedule, individual members enjoy a 20% discount on up to two tickets to each of REDCAT’s theatrical productions, which include Lars Jan’s genre-defying Abacus, with high-tech effects and compelling performances that explore media’s persuasive power. With 24 hours’ notice, members can trade in tickets for another date, increasing their chances of catching chats with filmmakers such as William E. Jones, comedy sets by jokesters such as Sandra Bernhard, or recollections of ’70s New York by former Yankees shortstop Lou Reed.

REDCAT’s gallery presents five cutting-edge exhibitions per year from around the world, such as Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda’s United States debut of sculptural, photographic, and video-based works exploring systems of social exchange. All members receive an official card and recognition on REDCAT’s website, allowing them to Google bomb themselves, and members can stay up-to-date with monthly e-newsletters highlighting upcoming performances, exhibitions, and publications. In addition to these perks, Advocate members receive a 20% discount on all shows, an additional membership card, and two REDCAT T-shirts and tote bags with which to sneak butterfly–shaped opera glasses into the performance.