Aug. 1, 2022 to Jul. 30, 2023
Alabama
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
By: Joe Landry
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25 - 64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: This beloved holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers the impact of his life one fateful Christmas.
Jubilee
By: Tazewell Thompson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 05 2023 - Jan 29 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25-64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: This a cappella tribute is inspired by the world-renowned Fisk Jubilee Singers, an African American ensemble born on the campus of one of the nation’s premiere HBCUs that shattered racial barriers in the U.S. and abroad, featuring an uplifting score of spirituals and hymns.
The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Rick Dildine
Event Date(s): Feb 23 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25 - 64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: The magician Prospero has been exiled on an island with his daughter for more than a decade when he conjures a storm that crashes his enemies on the island in a violent shipwreck. What follows is a story that asks: How do we forgive and move on after we have been harmed?
Million Dollar Quartet
By: Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 13 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25 - 64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: On Dec. 4, 1956, a twist of fate brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley at Sun Records in Memphis, Tenn. Million Dollar Quartet is a celebration this rocking night of classic music!
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 11 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25 - 64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: Creating the perfect sandwich is the shared quest of the formerly incarcerated kitchen staff of Clyde’s, a truck stop café. From Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage, this Tony-nominated hit from Broadway is full of laughs and insights into what it means to find your purpose.
Cabaret
By: Music by John Kander | Lyrics by Fred Ebb | Book by Joe Masteroff
Directed by: Rick Dildine
Event Date(s): Jul 06 2023 - Aug 06 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $25 - 64
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: Cabaret takes us to 1929 Berlin during the twilight of the Jazz Age as Nazis are ascending to power. This groundbreaking musical focuses on nightlife at the seedy Kit Kat Klub and revolves around American writer Clifford Bradshaw and English cabaret performer Sally Bowles.
Alaska
Where the Summit Meets the Stars
By: Frank Henry Kaash Katasse
Directed by: Frank Henry Kaash Katasse
Event Date(s): Oct 07 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: World Premiere
Venue: Perseverance Theatre
City: Juneau
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://ptalaska.org
Description: Where the Summit Meets the Stars is an ethereal Alaska Native story driven by Tlingit music, dance, and the culture. When a near-death experience derails her flight, Rose untangles the mysteries of her past, questions the world around her, and discovers a shocking truth.
Little Women
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Cara Hinh
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: University of Alaska: Anchorage Fine Arts Building Mainstage
City: Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://ptalaska.org
Description: Named Playwright of the Year by Wall Street Journal in 2017, Kate Hamill expertly adapts Alcott's heartwarming and empowering tale of young women finding their way in the world.
Arizona
The Lion
By: Benjamin Scheuer
Directed by: Sean Daniels & Alex Stenhouse
Event Date(s): Sep 24 2022 - Oct 15 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Temple of Music and Art (330 S. Scott Ave., Tucson AZ 85701)
City: Tucson
Price: $$25+
Reference Link: https://atc.org/
Description: Some stories have to be sung. Arizona Theatre Company in association with Danielle Tarento presents The Lion, a heartwarming and powerful one-man folk musical. This mesmerizing true story of survival and redemption reminds us that great things can come from challenging times.
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Directed by: Veronika Duerr
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
City: Phoenix
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://atc.org/
Description: Boisterous sister Lydia Wickham returns to Arizona Theatre Company front and center for this holiday season joined by her long-lost husband and the home’s downstairs residents. When the festivities spiral into chaos, Lydia finds her voice in this celebration of family.
The Glass Menagerie
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Chanel Bragg
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
City: Phoenix
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://atc.org/
Description: The Glass Menagerie, one of the greatest plays of all time, is a poetic and raw portrayal of a family on the brink of change that will start Arizona Theatre Company's 2023 lineup. The intimate classic explores the complex web of love, longing, and loyalty that binds families.
Pru Payne
By: Steven Drukman
Directed by: Sean Daniels
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
City: Phoenix
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://atc.org/
Description: Written by Pulitzer Prize nominee Steven Drukman, this Arizona Theatre Company world premiere is a remarkable, funny, and life-affirming story about the relationship between a mother and son.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Meredith McDonough
Event Date(s): Jun 29 2023 - Jul 16 2023
Type of Event: Musical Comedy
Venue: Herberger Theater Center (222 E. Monroe St.)
City: Phoenix
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://atc.org/
Description: This music-filled comedy and ATC's last show follows Casey, an Elvis impersonator who suddenly loses his gig as his rent is overdue and his wife announces a baby on the way. With some snappy zingers and dance-worthy numbers, this story challenges assumptions with humor and depth.
Selena Maria Sings
By: Miriam Gonzales
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 22 2022 - Nov 05 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/selena
Description: Selena Maria Sings tells a story of music, family, immense love, and the strength it takes to be yourself. Featuring original music by Las Cafeteras' Daniel French!
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
By: Adapted by Robert Penola. Music and Lyrics by Johnny Marks
Directed by: Dwayne Hartford
Event Date(s): Nov 19 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/rudolph
Description: The holiday classic soars off the screen in this musical adaptation of the beloved television special. A perfect way to celebrate the season!
Tomás and the Library Lady
By: José Cruz González, Music and Lyrics by José Cruz González, Music Arranged and Performed by Adam Jacobson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/tomas23
Description: Based on the true story of Tomás Rivera and the book by Pat Mora, this play is a celebration of reading, imagination, and creativity.
The Hula-Hoopin’ Queen
By: Gloria Bond Clunie
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 29 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $Starting at $13
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/hulaqueen
Description: Kameeka is confident that she will finally beat her rival, Jamara, and become the Hula-Hoopin' Queen of 139th Street. Can she still win and celebrate Miz Adeline's birthday?
King Lear
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Elizabeth Swain
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2022 - Oct 29 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mesa Arts Center
City: Mesa
Price: $$12-65
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/king-lear/
Description: Three daughters. Two liars. And a king grown old but not wise. Southwest Shakespeare Company proudly presents one of the greatest plays in world drama, The Tragedy of King Lear by William Shakespeare.
Cry Havoc!
By: Stephan Wolfert
Directed by: Eric Tucker
Event Date(s): Oct 27 2022 - Oct 28 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mesa Arts Center
City: Mesa
Price: $$12-65
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/cry-havoc/
Description: Using Shakespeare’s timeless words and a few of his own, actor/veteran Stephan Wolfert in Cry Havoc! leads us on an interactive journey to meet Shakespeare’s veterans examining both the cost of war and the cost of failing to reintegrate veterans back into their communities.
Love’s Labour’s Lost
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Steve Abaroa
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Taliesin West
City: Scottsdale
Price: $12-45
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/loves-labours-lost/
Description:
In order to dedicate themselves to a life of study, the King and his friends take an oath to avoid the company of women for three years. No sooner have they made their idealistic pledge than the Princess of France and her ladies arrive, presenting the men with a severe test.
Antony & Cleopatra
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Tina Packer
Event Date(s): Mar 17 2023 - Apr 01 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mesa Arts Center
City: Mesa
Price: $12-65
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/antony-cleopatra/
Description: He is a roman general, handsome and brave. She is the queen of Egypt, beautiful and proud. Together they will defy the power of an emperor. Together they will destroy that which they strive to uphold.
The Alchemist
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by: David Ira Goldstein
Event Date(s): Apr 13 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Taliesin West
City: Scottsdale
Price: $12-45
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/the-alchemist/
Description: London. 1610. It’s plague time again. When a wealthy gentleman flees to the country, his trusted servant opens his house to a pair of con artists and sets up a den of criminal capitalism. It’s comic gold with dupes, double-dupes, duels, disguises, and a lucky flea named Lewis.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Ingrid Sonnichsen
Event Date(s): May 18 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Taliesin West
City: Scottsdale
Price: $12-45
Reference Link: https://swshakespeare.org/2022-2023-season/much-ado-about-nothing/
Description: A perpetual Shakespearean favorite: rich, uplifting and oh-so-funny. When Leonato’s friends return from war, his household is turned on its ear by the instant attraction between Hero and Claudio, and the would-be lovers Beatrice and Benedick.
The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Kareken, David Murrell and Gordon Farrell
Directed by: Susan Claassen
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2022 - Sep 11 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: A critically acclaimed 2018 Broadway play, this fast-paced story explodes with blistering comedy and timely relevance. Facts become blurry when they’re twisted into fiction in the high-stakes world of publishing.
Red Hot Patriot
By: Margaret Engel and Allison Engel
Directed by: Nancy Davis Booth
Event Date(s): Nov 02 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: The story of the unsinkable Molly Ivins, the famously brassy newspaper columnist and best-selling author. A true Texas original, Ivins was a sharp-tongued wit who skewered the political establishment and the “good ol’ boys” with her unforgettable humor and wisdom.
For the Love of IT
By: Amanda McBroom
Directed by: Amanda McBroom and Michele Brourman
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2022 - Dec 03 2022
Type of Event: Fundraising Concert
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $$151 and $51
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Award-winning Amanda McBroom, who The New York Times calls “…the greatest cabaret performer of her generation," comes to Tucson along with her long-time collaborator, musical director extraordinaire, Michele Brourman, in this not-to-be-missed fundraising concert.
Wiesenthal
By: Tom Dugan
Directed by: Jenny Sullivan
Event Date(s): Jan 14 2023 - Jan 15 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co - Berger Performing Arts Center
City: Tucson
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: This award-winning Off-Broadway play Wiesenthal is the riveting and inspiring story of an ordinary man that did extraordinary things. Simon Wiesenthal was a Jewish Austrian Holocaust survivor who became a Nazi hunter after the war so they could be brought to trial.
The Sabbath Girl
By: Cary Gitter
Directed by: Betsy Kruse Craig
Event Date(s): Feb 26 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: The Sabbath Girl is a contemporary romantic comedy with an old-fashioned heart—about the loneliness of big-city life, the surprise of encountering another culture, and the possibility of finding love next door.
Billie! Backstage with Lady Day
By: Synthia L. Hardy
Directed by: Bryan Rasmussen
Event Date(s): Mar 18 2023 - Mar 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co - Berger Perfoming Arts Center
City: Tucson
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: This NAACP award-winning musical starring the incomparable Synthia L. Hardy takes you back to an era where the joints were jumping and Hollywood was hopping. Billie Holiday comes to vibrant life in this unforgettable musical!
Small Mouth Sounds
By: Bess Wohl
Directed by: Susan Claassen
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound and absurd, their vows of silence collide with the achingly human need to connect.
Matilda the Musical
By: Book: Dennis Kelly, Music & Lyrics: Tim Minchin
Directed by: Chris Hamby
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Musical Play
Venue: Theater Works 10580 N 83rd Dr, Peoria, AZ 85345
City: Peoria
Price: $40-48
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/matilda/
Description: Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical is the story of an extraordinary girl who dares to take a stand and change her own destiny. This ambitious production is packed with high-energy dance numbers, catchy songs, and unforgettable acting. Matilda is a joyous girl-power romp.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin: The Musical
By: Book and lyrics by Joe Troiano, Music composed and arranged by Jeffrey Zahn
Directed by: Bobb Cooper
Event Date(s): Oct 07 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Valley Youth Theatre
City: Phoenix
Price: $22.50
Reference Link: https://www.vyt.com/tickets/shows/spookley-the-square-pumpkin-the-musical/
Description: Spookley the Square Pumpkin: The Musical tells the story of a square pumpkin living in a round pumpkin patch on Holiday Hill Farm. Join Spookley and his friends as they learn that the things that make you different make you special.
Arkansas
Every Brilliant Thing
By: By Duncan Macmillan with Johnny Donahoe
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Regional Theatre
City: Little Rock
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/our-season/
Description: You’re six years old. Mom’s in the hospital. She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s “brilliant” about the world. Everything that’s worth living for. Soon the list will take on a life of its own. Tickets go on sale January 6, 2023.
Guys & Dolls
By: Story and Characters by Damon Runyan Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2022 - Dec 30 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Regional Theatre
City: Little Rock
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/our-season/
Description: With its brassy, immortal score, this oddball romantic comedy is considered by many to be the perfect musical. Tickets go on sale Oct. 28.
Neil Simon’s Laughter on the 23rd Floor
By: Neil Simon
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Arkansas Repertory Theatre
City: Little Rock
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/our-season/
Description: In the writers’ room of The Max Prince Show, zingers are the name of the game; the harried staff scrambles to top each other with gags while competing for the attention of their star madman. Tickets go on sale Aug. 26
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman Music by Alan Menken Based on the film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 04 2023 - Apr 30 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Regional Theatre
City: Little Rock
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/our-season/
Description: There’s a new breed of plant in town: foul-mouthed…R&B-singing…carnivorous. You’ll laugh. You’ll scream. You’ll give up gardening for good. Rated PG for adult situations and violence. Tickets on sale March 3, 2023.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2023 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Arkansas Repertory Theatre
City: Little Rock
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/our-season/
Description: In this stirring new play, direct from Broadway, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at reclaiming their lives. Tickets go on sale April 25, 2023.
It Came From Outer Space
By: Book and music by Joe Kinosian; book and lyrics by Kellen Blair; Based on the Universal Pictures Film
Directed by: Laura Braza
Event Date(s): Aug 24 2022 - Sep 18 2022
Type of Event: Musical play
Venue: TheatreSquared West Theatre
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/outer-space
Description: Put on your 3-D glasses! From the Jeff Award-winning writers that brought you Murder for Two, a new musical comedy blasts off from the cult favorite ‘50s sci-fi film.
Detroit ’67
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Dexter J. Singleton
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/detroit-67
Description: In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. When a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over more than the family business.
Stones in His Pockets
By: Marie Jones
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/stones-in-his-pockets
Description: Hollywood comes to Ireland in this hilarious multi-award winner which ran for four years in London's West End. Small-town Irishmen Charlie and Jake are hired as extras in an epic American movie, but when a famous actress take a shine to Charlie, tragedy strikes—and chaos ensues.
A Christmas Carol
By: Adapted by Amy Herzberg & Robert Ford; From the novel by Charles Dickens
Directed by: Amy Herzberg
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/christmas-carol
Description: The inventive, magic-filled T2 original—a new Northwest Arkansas family tradition. Three spirits come to visit the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge and take him on a fantastic journey through past, present, and future. But will it be enough to save him? For all ages.
Kim’s Convenience
By: Ins Choi
Directed by: Nelson Eusebio
Event Date(s): Jan 25 2023 - Feb 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/kims-convenience
Description: At Mr. Kim’s corner variety store, the only thing that isn’t for sale is his family legacy—but with big-dollar projects moving in, does everyone have a price?
Sanctuary City
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Esteban Arévalo Ibáñez
Event Date(s): Mar 01 2023 - Apr 09 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/sanctuary-city
Description: From Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok, a play about two teenagers struggling “with two kinds of unreciprocated love: the kind they feel for each other and the kind they feel for their country.” What are we willing to sacrifice for someone we love?
Chicken and Biscuits
By: Douglas Lyons
Directed by: Denise Chapman
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/chicken-biscuits
Description: Rival sisters Baneatta and Beverly are trying to bury their father—without killing each other first. When a family secret is revealed at the church altar, things go from bad to bonkers.
Violet
By: Music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Brian Crawley
Directed by: Aimee Hayes
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Musical play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $17-54
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/violet
Description: When Violet hops onto a Greyhound bus traveling across Arkansas towards a miracle in Tulsa, it turns into the journey of a lifetime.
California
Pride and Prejudice
By: Kate Hamill from Jane Austen
Directed by: Laura Downing-Lee
Event Date(s): Aug 12 2022 - Aug 28 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performances
Venue: 6th Street Playhouse
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $39.00
Reference Link: https://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Finding a husband is hardly Elizabeth Bennet’s most urgent priority. But with four sisters, an overzealous match-making mother, and a string of unsuitable suitors, it’s difficult to escape the subject. Jane Austen's immortal story told through a contemporary lens.
Cabaret
By: Book by Joe Masterhoff, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by: Jared Sakren
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performances
Venue: 6th Street Playhouse
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Willkommen. Bienvenue. Come to the cabaret and the heady "anything goes" world of Berlin in 1930. In the steamy, sleazy Kit Kat Klub on the eve of Hitler’s rise to power, partiers carry on, engrossed in decadent entertainment while they ignore the encroaching horror.
The River Bride
By: Marisela Treviño Orta
Directed by: Martino Pistone
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performances
Venue: 6th Street Playhouse
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $39.00
Reference Link: https://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Three days before a wedding, a handsome and mysterious man is fished from the Amazon River. Set once upon a time in a small Brazilian fishing village, The River Bride is a tale of true love, regret, and two sisters who struggle to be true to each other and their hearts.
Scrooge in Love
By: Book by Duane Poole, Music by Larry Grossman, Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Directed by: Jared Sakren
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performances
Venue: GK Hardt Theatre
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://www.6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Exactly one year after A Christmas Carol, Scrooge is once again visited by the ghosts of past, present, and future—this time not to scare him into generosity, but to entice him out of loneliness and into love.
Scrooge in Love
By: Book by Duane Poole, Music by Larry Grossman Lyrics by Kellen Blair
Directed by: Jared Sakren
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: GK Hardt Theatre
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: When we last left Ebenezer Scrooge, the grumpy old miser had become a loving, generous, kind human being with the aid of four ghosts who visit him yet again—this time not to scare him into generosity but to entice him out of loneliness and into love.
A Year With Frog and Toad
By: Robert Reale, Music and Lyrics by Wilie Reale
Directed by: Hannah Dworkin
Event Date(s): Jan 07 2023 - Jan 22 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: The Monroe Stage
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $25.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Based on characters from Arnold Lobel’s series of children's books, A Year with Frog and Toad is geared to be immediately digestible by younger children, it’s no less enjoyable for adults, with enough cleverness in the words and music to win over all but the most difficult souls.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Music by Alan Menken, Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman
Directed by: Aja Gianola-Norris
Event Date(s): Jan 27 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: GK Hardt Theatre
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatregoers for over 30 years.
A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by: Leontyne Mbele-Mbong
Event Date(s): Mar 03 2023 - Mar 19 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: The Monroe Stage
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $25.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: The Pulitzer-winning play about the experiences of a Black working-class family living in South Side Chicago.
Always… Patsy Cline
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: Carl Jordan
Event Date(s): Mar 31 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: GK Hardt
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: Always… Patsy Cline is based on a true story about a friendship between a housewife and a legendary country singer that lasted until Cline’s untimely death in a plane crash in 1963.
Smart People
By: Lydia Diamond
Directed by: Tanika Baptiste
Event Date(s): May 12 2023 - May 28 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: The Monroe Stage
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $25.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: It seems that issues of self-awareness, identity, and race are stumbling blocks that even “smart people” can’t seem to avoid.
Something Rotten!
By: Book by John O'Farrell and Karey Kirkpatrick, Music and Lyrics by Karey and Wayne Kirkpatrick
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jun 02 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: GK Hardt Theatre
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $43.00
Reference Link: https://6thstreetplayhouse.com
Description: This laugh-filled musical comedy about the creation of the very first musical earned ten 2015 Tony Award nominations.
Animal Farm
By: Peter Hall, adapted from the novel by George Orwell
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Event Date(s): Aug 28 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: $Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: Peter Hall’s musical adaptation of George Orwell’s brilliant satire about the corrupting influence of power charts the fall of idealism and the rise of tyranny after the animals of Manor Farm rise up against their human owner in a struggle for rights and equality.
Radio Golf
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Gregg T. Daniel
Event Date(s): Oct 16 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: $Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: In the final installment of August Wilson’s “American Century Cycle” decade-by-decade exploration of the Black experience in America, a Black mayoral candidate on the verge of the business breakthrough of a lifetime must choose between his personal aspirations and his integrity.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Geoff Elliott & Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2022 - Dec 22 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: $Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: A Noise Within’s critically acclaimed, delightfully festive, musically merry stage adaptation of the classic Charles Dickens novel has become a Los Angeles tradition with its innovative staging, whimsical costumes, original music and boundless good cheer.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Guillermo Cienfuegos
Event Date(s): Feb 05 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: $Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: Sworn to a life solo, Beatrice and Benedict are each determined to evade Cupid’s quiver of arrows. Romp, romance, and potential catastrophe collide in William Shakespeare’s fast-moving and irresistibly hilarious comedy.
Kiss of the Spider Woman
By: Manuel Puig
Directed by: Michael Michetti
Event Date(s): Mar 26 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: Set in a South American prison cell in a country under authoritarian rule, two polar opposites discover that love may spring in the most unlikely of places. Poignant and chilling, funny and sensual, running the thrilling gamut of fantasy, danger, and finally—eternal hope.
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Geoff Elliott & Julia Rodriguez-Elliott
Event Date(s): May 07 2023 - Jun 04 2023
Type of Event: The
Venue: A Noise Within
City: Pasadena
Price: Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.anoisewithin.org/
Description: An unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter. In 1619, three years after the death of William Shakespeare, two of his colleagues become passionately determined to immortalize his work in what is to become the first printed collection of his plays.
Pueblo Revolt
By: Dillon Chitto
Directed by: Reed Flores
Event Date(s): Jan 30 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: live theater/comedy
Venue: Z Space, San Francisco and TBD, San Rafael
City: San Rafael
Price: $10-35
Reference Link: https://www.altertheater.org/pueblorevolt
Description: A Rella Lossy Award-winning new comedy from Dillon Chitto. A gay Pueblo teen prepares for the Pueblo Uprising with his older brother, while dealing with a really pesky (and totally inconvenient) crush.
Passengers
By:
Directed by: Shana Carroll
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Combining contemporary theatre, dance, circus arts, singing, and acrobatics, this jaw-droppingly brilliant production explores a community of strangers with one thing in common: Each person has somewhere to go.
On Beckett
By: Samuel Beckett
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://act-sf.org
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Description: In this intimate 90-minute evening, Tony winner Bill Irwin explores a performer’s relationship to Beckett, mining the physical and verbal skills acquired in his years as a master clown and actor.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Peter J. Kuo
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Featuring a lively cast of dozens, delightful music, gorgeous costumes, and those deliciously spooky ghosts, this version of A Christmas Carol stays true to the heart of Dickens's timeless story of redemption and brings a playful sensibility to his rich language.
The Headlands
By: Christopher Chen
Directed by: Pam MacKinnon
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: For true crime fan Henry Wong, his father’s unexplained death is the ultimate cold case. But as he digs into the SFPD evidence, he’s haunted by the myths and misdirections of his own family history.
Poor Yella Rednecks
By: Qui Nguyen
Directed by: Jaime Castañeda
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Strand Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://
Description: In Spring 2023, the Vietgone story continues with playwright Qui Nguyen’s Poor Yella Rednecks, the second chapter in his kickass hip-hop trilogy about a Vietnamese family who swap war-torn Saigon for rural ’70s Arkansas.
The Wizard of Oz
By:
Directed by: Sam Pinkleton
Event Date(s): Jun 01 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Tony-nominated director/choreographer Sam Pinkleton and Tony-winning designer David Zinn bring to life the classic musical, The Wizard of Oz.
Everybody
By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by: Jennifer Chang
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2022 - Oct 17 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/
Description: A funny, provocative modern riff on a 15th-century morality play, this is the story of “everybody,” as we journey through life’s greatest mystery—the meaning of living. Representing the randomness of life and death, some of the cast are assigned roles by lottery each night.
Love and Information
By: Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Emily Chase
Event Date(s): Feb 26 2023 - Apr 03 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/
Description: Where does true love lie? How does information interfere with or enhance our existence? Meet over a hundred unique characters engaged in dozens of scenarios where human connection couldn’t be more critical.
The Tempest
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Nike Doukas
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2023 - Jul 17 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/
Description: Delve into Shakespeare’s world of magical beings, magnificent storms, grandest love and epic betrayal. Classically trained actors, iconic words—seen and heard as never before.
Escapegoat: A Workshop Presentation
By: May Treuhaft-Ali
Directed by: Jessica Kubzansky
Event Date(s): Oct 27 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Boston Court Pasadena
City: Pasadena
Price: $20
Reference Link: http://bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/escapegoat-workshop/
Description: Humans brought goats to the Galápagos. The goats ate everything in sight. The islands dried up and the tortoises died out. In order to save the last living tortoise, the humans must exterminate the goats before it is too late. Don't miss this humorous and moving eco-parable.
Scene With Cranes
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Chi-wang Yang
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2022 - Oct 01 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: REDCAT
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/scene-with-cranes
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Description: CalArts Center for New Performance (CNP) kicks off its 20th anniversary season on Thurs., Sept. 29, with the world premiere of Scene With Cranes, written by acclaimed playwright Octavio Solis, directed by Chi-wang Yang.
Artist in Residence: Kaneza Schaal
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 24 2022 - Nov 11 2022
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City: Valencia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Kaneza Schaal creates and directs original theatre works, steeped in the American avant-garde and experimental performance. Schaal will be developing a new project entitled Tomorrow's Tomorrow.
Artists in Residence: Zola Dee and Derek Jackson
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2022 - Dec 16 2022
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City: Valencia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Playwright Zola Dee and director by Derek Jackson workshop Rain - River - Ocean, an exploration into Black Americana and mysticism, digging into the histories that bind folk of the African diaspora together while birthing new mythologies.
Artist in Residence: Rickerby Hinds
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 09 2023 - Jan 28 2023
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City: Valencia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: CNP/Duende CalArts welcomes back hip-hop Theatre pioneer Rickerby Hinds to continue development of a new theatrical project inspired by Henry Box Brown.
HA-M-LET
By: Peter Mark
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 16 2023 - May 12 2023
Type of Event: Touring Production
Venue:
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/ha-m-let/
Description: HA-M-LET is a multilingual, multimedia performance housed within a projection cube. Artist/performer Peter Mark grapples with tumbling thoughts and images, with materials sourced from Shakespeare’s play, internet culture, home videos, and 3D animation.
The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing
By: Emilio Cruz
Directed by: Juli Crockett
Event Date(s): Jan 16 2023 - May 12 2023
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue:
City: Valencia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/george-project-hearing/
Description: A seven-part audio adaptation of Emilio Cruz’s 1975 anti-war, Artaud-inspired When This War Is Over, You’re Going to Get It George. Cruz’s disturbingly prescient text conjures invisible microbial killers, endemic individual anxiety, and endless, ungrounded war.
Sisters Etta and Ella on the Upper West Side
By: Adrienne Kennedy
Directed by: Monty Cole
Event Date(s): Feb 23 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue:
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: After a lifetime of competition, Etta and Ella Harrison are on the verge of destroying each other. One of the American theatre's seminal writers, Adrienne Kennedy intricately blends monologue, dialogue, voiceover, and prose in this experimental narrative thriller.
Lear
By: Marcus Gardley
Directed by: Eric Ting and Dawn Monique Williams
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bruns Memorial Amphitheater
City: Orinda
Price: $35-70
Reference Link: https://https://calshakes.org
Description: Set in San Francisco’s Fillmore District from the eminent domain crisis through to the subsequent displacement of the 1960s, Lear is Gardley’s deeply personal deconstruction of the classic story of power, betrayal, and madness.
The Royale
By: Marco Ramirez
Directed by: Anthony D'Juan
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/the-royale/
Description: A knockout award-winning play. Told in a boxing ring over six rounds, The Royale is an electrifying adrenaline rush that shows us the human cost of making history. From playwright Marco Ramirez (Orange Is the New Black, Daredevil).
Gloria
By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/gloria/
Description: When a regular day at the office suddenly becomes anything but, the stakes for who will get to tell the career-making story are higher than ever for an ambitious group of editorial assistants at a prestigious Manhattan-based literary magazine.
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Directed by: Peter Mohrmann
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/the-wickhams-christmas-at-pemberley/
Description: The Wickhams takes us downstairs, where servants are bustling with the arrival of holiday guests. In the warmth of the Darcy kitchen, family secrets are revealed and loyalties are tested. A bright Austen holiday tale full of mirth, wit, and the power of giving back to others.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Michelle Talgarow
Event Date(s): Jan 25 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/the-chinese-lady/
Description: Inspired by the true story of the first Chinese woman to step foot in America, Lloyd Suh’s critically acclaimed play is a tale of dark poetic whimsy and a unique portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of a young Chinese girl.
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By: Will Arbery
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Event Date(s): Mar 15 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/heroes-of-the-fourth-turning/
Description: Days after the white-supremacist riot in Charlottesville, four old friends gather for a reunion at their conservative Catholic alma mater in Wyoming. As the party stretches late into the night, devolving into a fight, they grapple with their beliefs and their place in the world.
The Hombres
By: Tony Meneses
Directed by: Dena Martinez
Event Date(s): May 03 2023 - Jun 04 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/the-hombres/
Description: A look at the intimacy of male relationships through the point of view of machismo culture. Julián, a gay Latino yoga teacher, clashes with the Latino construction workers outside his studio—particularly the older head of the crew, Héctor, who seeks something unexpected.
Predictor
By: Jennifer Blackmer
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2023 - Jul 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-52
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/predictor/
Description: Based on true events, Predictor is the real-life story of Margaret Crane who, in 1967, defied all odds and expectations to become the inventor of the first home pregnancy test.
Always…Patsy Cline
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: Karen Lund
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Type of Event: Play With Music
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14846/3149
Description:
Center Repertory Company presents hit musical play Always…Patsy Cline. It spotlights the true story of a friendship between the legendary country star and one of her biggest fans, Louise Seger, bonding in a Texas honkytonk and trading letters of happiness and heartache.
Clue
By: Sandy Rustin
Directed by: Nancy Carlin
Event Date(s): Oct 29 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14848/3149
Description: Murder is on the menu when six guests come to a dinner party at Boddy Manor—and become suspects when their host turns up dead. Based on the movie and inspired by the board game, this comedic whodunit offers a bloody good time. Acclaimed Bay Area director Nancy Carlin directs.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Scott Denison
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2022 - Dec 22 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14850/3149
Description: Brimming with music and dance, love and laughter, and spectacular special effects, it’s no wonder the critics have called it "the Christmas Carol to see in the Bay Area.” Join the thousands who make this theatrical event a part of their annual holiday traditions.
Red Bike
By: Caridad Svich
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2023 - Feb 25 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14852/3149
Description: This compelling play looks at the economic-social-cultural divide through the eyes of an 11-year-old growing up in small-town America and his adventures with a red bike. Red Bike is an imaginative, physical, and poetic performance of choreographed theatrical storytelling.
Sweat
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Mar 25 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14854/3149
Description: A Pulitzer Prize-winning collision of race, class, and friendship at a pivotal moment in America. A group of friends in a Rust Belt town have spent their lives on the factory floor. But when layoffs begin to chip away at their trust, they’re pitted against each other.
In the Heights
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes & Lin-Manuel Miranda
Directed by: Nicholas C. Avila
Event Date(s): May 27 2023 - Jun 24 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-70, Pay What You Can tickets available for select performances.
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/14856/3149
Description: Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegría Hudes's Tony-winning In the Heights has become one of the most cherished musicals of the 21st century, exploring love, life, community, and the American dream with a hip-hop, salsa-, merengue-, and soul-infused score.
The Prom
By: Book by Bob Martin and Chad Beguelin; Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Directed by: Casey Nicholaw
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2022 - Sep 11 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson
City: Los Angeles
Price: $subject to change
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2021/the-prom/
Description: The joyous Broadway hit New York magazine calls “smart and big-hearted” and The New York Times declares “makes you believe in musical comedy again!” is a new musical comedy about big Broadway stars on a mission to change the world, and the love they discover that unites them all.
Oklahoma!
By: Music by Richard Rodgers; Book and Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein; Based on the play “Green Grow the Lilacs” by Lynn Riggs
Directed by: Daniel Fish
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson
City: Los Angeles
Price: $subject to change
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2021/oklahoma/
Description: “How is it that the coolest new show on Broadway is a 1943 musical?” says The New York Times. This is Oklahoma! as you’ve never seen or heard it before—reimagined for the 21st century, and now the Tony Award Winner for Best Revival of a Musical. Funny and sexy, dark and jolting.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
By: Jane Wagner
Directed by: Leigh Silverman
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mark Taper Forum
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-120
Reference Link: https://https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/mark-taper-forum/2021-2/the-search-for-signs-of-intelligent-life-in-the-universe/
Description: The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe is a hilarious and timeless play about what makes us human.
2:22 A Ghost Story
By: Danny Robins
Directed by: Matthew Dunster
Event Date(s): Oct 29 2022 - Dec 04 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2022/222-a-ghost-story/
Description: Look out for the clues to unlock the mystery in this brilliantly funny and intriguing play; it's an adrenaline-filled night where secrets emerge and ghosts may or may not appear. What do you believe? And do you dare discover the truth?
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Kate Whoriskey
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mark Taper Forum
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-120
Reference Link: https://https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/mark-taper-forum/2021-2/clydes/
Description: Deeply felt, quirky, and urgent, Clyde’s is a play that reminds us that “sometimes a hero is more than just a sandwich” (The New Yorker).
Ain’t Too Proud—The Life and Times of The Temptations
By: Book by Dominique Morisseau, Music and Lyrics from The Legendary Motown Catalog
Directed by: Des McAnuff
Event Date(s): Dec 13 2022 - Jan 01 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2022/aint-too-proud/
Description: Ain't Too Proud---The Life and Times of The Temptations is the electrifying new smash hit Broadway musical following The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
By: Kristina Wong
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Feb 12 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Kirk Douglas Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/kirk-douglas-theatre/2022-23/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord/
Description: On Day 3 of the pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bed sheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Soon she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers. She invites the audience in on this journey.
The Secret Garden
By: Book by Marsha Norman, Music by Lucy Simon
Directed by: Warren Carlyle
Event Date(s): Feb 19 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: tbd
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2022/the-secret-garden/
Description: The Secret Garden blossoms again, reimagined for a new generation by the original creators, Tony and Pultizer winner Marsha Norman and Grammy-winning composer Lucy Simon.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
By: Anna Deavere Smith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2023 - Apr 09 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mark Taper Forum
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-120
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/mark-taper-forum/2021-2/twilight/
Description: Nearly 30 years after the Los Angeles uprising following the Rodney King verdict, Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 returns home to the Mark Taper Forum to be reimagined with an ensemble cast for a new generation of audiences.
1776
By: Music and Lyrics by Sherman Edwards, Book by Peter Stone
Directed by: Jeffrey L. Page and Diane Paulus
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2022/1776/
Description: What will it take to get two dozen powerfully passionate, exceedingly complicated, and all-too-human individuals to settle their differences, while they hold the future of a nation in their hands? This Tony-winning Best Musical is tuneful, witty, and constantly surprising.
A Transparent Musical
By: Book by Joey Soloway and MJ Kaufman, Music and Lyrics by Faith Soloway
Directed by: Tina Landau
Event Date(s): May 20 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mark Taper Forum
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-120
Reference Link: https://
Description: From the very first note, this genre-bending new musical comedy follows a trail of family secrets to unearth a story of self-discovery, acceptance, and celebration. Based on the hit Amazon Prime original TV show by Joey Soloway.
A Soldier’s Play
By: Charles Fuller
Directed by: Kenny Leon
Event Date(s): May 23 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2022/a-soldiers-play/
Description: In 1944, on a Louisiana Army base, two shots ring out. A Black sergeant is murdered and a series of interrogations triggers a gripping barrage of questions about sacrifice, service, and identity in America.
Fetch Clay, Make Man
By: Will Power
Directed by: Debbie Allen
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Kirk Douglas Theatre
City: Culver City
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/kirk-douglas-theatre/2022-23/fetch-clay-make-man/
Description: In the days leading up to one of Cassius Clay’s most anticipated fights, the heavyweight boxing champion forms an unlikely friendship with controversial Hollywood star Stepin Fetchit. This show explores the improbable bond that forms between two drastically different icons.
HONGO: OTR Staged Reading
By: Exal Iraheta
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 03 2022 - Aug 07 2022
Type of Event: Theater: Staged reading
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/otr-hongo/?referrer=34510
Description: Gifted scientist Dr. Mirian Reyes has discovered a method of using mycelium cells to heal damaged brains. However, the results are not as she imagines.
American Idiot
By:
Directed by: James Michael McHale
Event Date(s): Aug 11 2022 - Aug 21 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39-54
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/american-idiot/?referrer=4
Description: Extended due to popular demand! The two-time Tony-winning hit musical based on Green Day's Grammy-winning multi-platinum album boldly takes the American musical where it’s never gone before! Recommended for mature audiences.
The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity
By: Kristoffer Diaz
Directed by: Jeremy Aluma
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $29-39
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/chad-deity/
Description: Experience pro wrestling in a whole new light—or perhaps for the first time—in Kristoffer Diaz’s Pulitzer Prize-nominated play.
Little Women, The Broadway Musical
By: Jason Howland, Mindi Dickstein, and Allan Knee
Directed by: Casey Long
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Holiday Musical
Venue: Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com
Description: From the novel that holds a special place in the heart of American literature comes a musical that proves this timeless story is still relevant, funny, and heartbreaking today. Don't miss this "heartfelt and often moving experience to audience members of all ages" (OC Register).
Stand-Up Tuesdays
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2022 - Nov 29 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater - Stand Up Comedy
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/stand-up-tuesdays
Description: Host Mark Christopher Lawrence taps into his extensive list of talented comedian friends. Each Stand-Up Tuesday will comprise talent from all over the country, with late-night television credits as well as credits from Comedy Central, Netflix, HBO, Showtime, and more!
A Charlie Brown Christmas
By: Charles M. Schulz (original); Eric Schaeffer (adaptation)
Directed by: James Michael McHale
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Holiday Play
Venue: Chance Theater @ Bette Aitken theater arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $20-39
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com
Description: Everyone’s favorite holiday classic comes to life in the stage adaptation! Join the whole Peanuts gang as they produce their own Christmas play and ultimately learn the true meaning of the season. "A sweet and touching live-action version that is an instant holiday classic." (BWW)
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas
By:
Directed by: Laura Hathaway
Event Date(s): Dec 09 2022 - Dec 22 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $25-35
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/fancy-xmas/?referrer=4
Description: What could be fancier than Christmas? Presents with elegant wrapping paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles---and who could forget the tree? After all, there is no such thing as too much tinsel. Ooh la la!
Ride the Cyclone
By: Jacob RIchmond & Brooke Maxwell
Directed by: Jocelyn A. Brown
Event Date(s): Jan 27 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39-46
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/cyclone/
Description: When life goes off the rails, we discover what really matters. Strap yourself in for a bracingly funny, supremely inventive musical journey with more twists and turns than the rickety rollercoaster! Show contains strong language and mature themes.
Colonialism Is Terrible, But Pho Is Delicious
By: Dustin H. Chinn
Directed by: Oanh Nguyen
Event Date(s): Mar 31 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater: World Premier
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $29-36
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/pho/
Description: This biting comedy spans centuries, continents, and cultures in its three-part vignette structure, which begins in 1880s Hanoi, moves to 1990s Vietnam, and finishes in present-day gentrified Brooklyn, where the argument around culture, ownership, and authenticity comes to a boil.
Matinicus: The Story of Abigail Burgess
By: Jenny Connell Davis
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 05 2023 - Jun 04 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $29-36
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/matinicus/
Description: Based on the true story of Abigail Burgess, a young lighthouse keeper’s daughter, living on a rock 25 miles off the coast of Maine, this is a one-woman play filled with humor and heroism, about keeping the lights on at any cost. Jenny Connell Davis was commissioned by Chance Theater.
Rent
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Matthew McCray
Event Date(s): Jul 21 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39-46
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/rent/
Description: Set in the East Village of New York City, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice, and living for today. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Note: This show contains mature content and strong language.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By: Rachel Sheinkin and William Finn
Directed by: Zachary Hasbany
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Type of Event: Theater: Musical
Venue: Cinnabar Theater
City: Petaluma
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cinnabartheater.org/show/the-25th-annual-putnam-county-spelling-bee/
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Description: In this winner of the Tony and the Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime. A riotous ride, complete with audience participation, this musical is a delightful den of comedic genius.
Misery
By: William Goldman
Directed by: Tim Kniffin
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Theater: Drama
Venue: Cinnabar Theater
City: Petaluma
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cinnabartheater.org/show/misery/
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Description: Based on Stephen King’s hit thriller. When successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, he wakes up captive in her secluded home. He quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere.
Every Brilliant Thing
By: Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/every-brilliant-thing/
Description: You’re 6 years old. Mom’s in the hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make a list of everything that’s brilliant about the world. A play about depression that celebrates the world’s joys.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/the-thanksgiving-play/
Description: They’re totally woke and perpetually P.C. So how can this motley group of teaching artists create a Thanksgiving pageant that won’t offend anyone? The result: a delicious satire.
Miss You Like Hell
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 19 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/miss-you-like-hell/
Description: When Beatriz shows up at her 16-year-old daughter Olivia’s house at 4 a.m. and invites her on an epic road trip, they haven’t seen each other in four years. An important and intimate new musical rich with family, humor, and heart.
Blithe Spirit
By: Noël Coward
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/blithe-spirit/
Description: Just like the mischievous ghost Elvira, Noël Coward’s 1941 comedy keeps coming back for a reason. The oft-revived Blithe Spirit, delightful as ever, takes up residence on the City Lights stage this spring.
The Musical Man
By:
Directed by: Glenn Rosenblum
Event Date(s): Aug 11 2022 - Aug 11 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theater Concert
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cvrep.org/
Description: With a beautiful tenor/baritone voice and an off-the-wall sense of humor, Glenn lets you know why he is "The Musical Man." Glenn uses the stage to share music and his extensive knowledge of musical theatre to tell his own story through song and funny stories.
Welcome Back: An Evening of the Jazz Age
By:
Directed by: Craig Pomranz
Event Date(s): Aug 18 2022 - Aug 18 2022
Type of Event: Jazz Performance
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cvrep.org/
Description: Craig Pomranz’s passion, his connection to the crowd, his mellifluous tenor, and his understanding of the content and how to communicate it, will make for an exciting evening of Jazz Age tunes.
An Evening of Julie Garnye
By:
Directed by: Julie Garnye
Event Date(s): Aug 25 2022 - Aug 25 2022
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cvrep.org/
Description: Spend a dazzling evening with the fabulous Julie Garnye and be charmed as she sings some of her favorite songs. Garnye is an actress, singer, voiceover artist, writer, producer, director, and longtime friends to CVRep.
Palm Springs Opera Guild
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2022 - Sep 01 2022
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://cvrep.org/
Description: Palm Springs Opera Guild brings the best in opera live to the CVRep stage.
The Humans
By: Stephen Karam
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 08 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $
Description: Duration 90 mins. Winner of four Tony Awards, Stephen Karam’s family drama is an absolute must-see. As things go bump in the night, the angst and anguish of the middle class are shoved into the light in this uproarious, hopeful, and heartbreaking play.
Fun Home
By: Lisa Kron and Jeanine Tesori
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $
Description: Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Fun Home is adapted from Alison Bechdel’s 2006 graphic memoir of the same name. Follow Alison as she uncovers the secrets through three different ages in her life.
Dirty Blonde
By: Claudia Shear
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2023 - Jan 29 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $
Description: This hit comedy garnered five Tony Award nominations and tells the story that is as unlikely, outrageous, and fascinating as Mae West herself. Come see how this icon of the past connects two lonely fans who are brave enough to see Mae West as their personal hero.
Once
By: Enda Walsh, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 21 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $
Description: Once is a love story reminding us of how the language of music is universal. Winner of eight Tony Awards, including Best Musical, Once tells the story of Guy, an Irish songwriter who spends his days fixing vacuums in the Dublin shop he runs with his father.
Hand to God
By: Robert Askins
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 28 2023 - Apr 09 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $
Description: Hand to God received five Tony nominations, including Best New Play. Tormented by feelings of lust and loss, an unhappy teenage boy tries to please his mother by performing with a puppet for her church ministry program.
Oedipus
By: Sophocles
Directed by: Jenny Koons
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2022 - Oct 01 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Getty Villa's Outdoor Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-48
Reference Link: deafwest.org/oedipus
Description:
A co-production with the Getty Center, this visually rich and innovative reimagining of Sophocles’s classic play, Oedipus unfolds as a murder mystery, a political thriller, and a psychological whodunit. It will be performed in American Sign Language (ASL) and spoken English.
The Mystery of Irma Vep
By: Charles Ludlam
Directed by: Matt M. Morrow
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $15-60
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/the-mystery-of-irma-vep
Description: Gothic horror, Victorian romance, and classic B-movies are whipped together into a diabolical delight for the holidays. When Lady Enid joins her newlywed Lord Edgar at his estate in the mysterious moors of the English countryside, dark family secrets and supernatural lore emerge.
The Hight Table
By: Temi Wilkey
Directed by: Bibi Mama
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: American Premiere Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Deigo
Price: $15-60
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/the-high-table
Description: American Premiere. A hilarious and heartfelt story of lineage and love is played out between the heavens and earth in this American debut play from British playwright Temi Wilkey.
Monsters of the American Cinema
By: Christian St. Croix
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 16 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $15- 60
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/monsters-of-the-american-cinema
Description: Written by San Diego’s most exciting emerging playwright, this haunting, funny, and loving story about race, sexuality, and family reveals the monsters and saviors we discover in each other.
Head Over Heels
By: Songs by the Go-Go's, Book by Jeff Whitty
Directed by: Matt M. Morrow
Event Date(s): May 25 2023 - Jun 18 2023
Type of Event: Muscial
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $15-60
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/head-over-heels
Description: Told to the hypnotic beat of the iconic ’80s all-girl rock band The Go-Go’s, Head Over Heels joyously unveils a path to a new world where diversity is celebrated and ladies lead!
The Great Jheri Curl Debate
By: Inda Craig-Galván
Directed by: Scarlett Kim
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: East West Players
City: Los Angeles
Price: $40-60
Reference Link: https://eastwestplayers.org/jhericurl/
Description: South Side Chicago meets South Korea in this world premiere play about the time cosmetologist Veralynn Jackson takes a job in Mr. Kim’s Black beauty supply store. Can a touch of magical realism brings these two unlikely business partners closer to understanding themselves and each other?
The Brothers Paranormal
By: Prince Gomolvilas
Directed by: Jeff Liu
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: East West Players
City: Los Angeles
Price: $20-60
Reference Link: https://eastwestplayers.org/paranormal/
Description: When two Thai brothers investigate the paranormal activities at the home of an African American couple displaced by Hurricane Katrina, their notions of reality, fantasy, and sanity clash against the shocking truth. A searing glimpse into grief and the beauty of compassion.
Carmen Jones
By: Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by: Jonathan Fox
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Play-Musical
Venue: The NEW VIC
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $40 and up
Reference Link: https://etcsb.org/whats-on/season/
Description: ETC presents Carmen Jones, a brilliant musical featuring an all-African American cast. The play takes place in the 1940s in a parachute factory and features all of Georges Bizet's original music.
A Christmas Carol
By: Patrick Barlow, adapting Charles Dickens
Directed by: Jamie Torcellini
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The NEW VIC
City: Santa Barbara
Price: starting at $40
Reference Link: https://www.etcsb.org
Description: From the author of the Broadway and West End hit The 39 Steps comes this retelling of Charles Dickens holiday classic. Five actors bring this hilarious comic adaptation to life. Theatrical inventiveness at its best!
Selling Kabul
By: Sylvia Khoury
Directed by: Nike Doukas
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The NEW VIC
City: Santa Barbara
Price: starting at $40
Reference Link: https://www.etcsb.org
Description: An Off-Broadway hit, this nail-biting story centers on an interpreter for the U.S. Army now in hiding from the Taliban at his sister's apartment in Kabul. Tension mounts as he tries to escape from the country with his wife and infant child.
The Children
By: Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by: Jenny Sullivan
Event Date(s): Apr 06 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The NEW VIC
City: Santa Barbara
Price: starting at $40
Reference Link: https://www.etcsb.org
Description: Two retired nuclear physicists, a married couple holed up in a remote village on the British coast, are visited by a long-ago colleague who mysteriously arrives as the world outside is dealing with a major climate disaster. A gripping and witty play.
Seared
By: Theresa Rebeck
Directed by: Jonathan Fox
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: starting at $40
Reference Link: https://www.etcsb.org
Description: A brilliant, hot-headed chef scores a mention in a food magazine with his signature scallops but refuses to recreate his masterpiece for the masses. This hilarious and insightful play asks us to consider where art ends and commerce begins. With a live kitchen onstage.
The Inheritance: Part 1 & Part 2
By: Matthew López
Directed by: Mike Donahue
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2022 - Nov 27 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $30 - 129.00
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/the-inheritance/
Description: The Inheritance reunites Geffen Playhouse alums Matthew López and Mike Donahue (The Legend of Georgia McBride, 2017) for an extended run of the celebrated Stephen Daldry production after its Olivier Award-sweeping London and Tony-winning Broadway runs.
Mindplay
By: Vinny DePonto & Josh Koenigsberg
Directed by: Andrew Neisler
Event Date(s): Nov 08 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/2022-2023-season/
Description: Drama Desk Award-nominated theatremaker and mentalist Vinny DePonto leads us on a raucous romp through the back channels of our innermost thoughts, exploring the fragmented and flawed nature of our memories, and asks us to question whether we can trust the voice inside our heads.
The First Deep Breath
By: Lee Edward Colston II
Directed by: Steve H. Broadnax III
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/2022-2023-season/
Description: A ferocious new epic written by Lee Edward Colston II, The First Deep Breath chronicles the depths families will go to hide their skeletons from the outside world and each other.
The Lonely Few
By: Rachel Bonds and Zoe Sarnak
Directed by: To be announced
Event Date(s): Feb 28 2023 - Apr 09 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/2022-2023-season/
Description: A world premiere musical. Lila (Lauren Patten, Tony winner for Jagged Little Pill) is getting by in her Kentucky hometown, until Amy, an established musician, passes through and offers her a shot at something much bigger.
Ava: The Secret Conversations
By: Elizabeth McGovern
Directed by: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Event Date(s): Apr 04 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/ava-the-secret-conversations/
Description: A theatrical glimpse into the private life of Hollywood's original femme fatale, legendary icon Ava Gardner (Elizabeth McGovern, Once Upon a Time in America, Downton Abbey), who with ghost writer Peter Evans begin work on her tell-all biography that will shock Tinseltown.
The Mountaintop
By: Katori Hall
Directed by: Patricia McGregor
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2023 - Jul 09 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/2022-2023-season/
Description: A single night’s reckoning with racism, righteousness, and the rocky path toward justice, The Mountaintop imagines what Dr. King’s last night on Earth could have been.
The Ants
By: Ramiz Monsef
Directed by: Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2023 - Jul 30 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/tickets/2022-2023-season/
Description: A horror play infused with darkly humorous social commentary, The Ants asks why we spend so much money protecting ourselves instead of investing in our shared humanity.
The Language of Wild Berries
By: Naghmeh Samini
Directed by: Torange Yeghiazarian
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: play
Venue: Potrero Stage
City: San Francisco
Price: $15-100
Reference Link: https://goldenthread.org/productions/the-language-of-wild-berries-2022/
Description: The past, present, and future collide in the touching story of a couple’s annual road trips to the Caspian Sea and the mysterious stranger following them. Naghmeh Samini’s play is a rare glimpse into the lives of contemporary Iranians.
Lend Me A Tenor
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Todd Nielsen
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: When world-famous tenor Tito Morelli arrives for a fundraiser at the Cleveland Grand Opera Company, a chain reaction of mistaken identity and mixed signals spirals out of control, leaving audiences giddy and teary-eyed with laughter.
Tick, Tick…Boom!
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: Exhilarating, funny, and moving, this semi-autobiographical work about an aspiring composer trying to write the great American musical before time passes him by offers a revealing look at the man who would go on to posthumously receive three Tonys and a Pulitzer for Rent.
Under the Skin
By: Michael Hollinger
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Apr 26 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: A West Coast premiere. Lou needs a kidney. Yesterday. His daughter Raina’s got one to spare, but she’s also got issues. Time leaps backward, forward, and sideways. Secrets get aired and truths revealed in this lively, unpredictable comedy.
Into the Breeches
By: George Brant
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center,
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: It’s 1942, and the leading men of the local theatre company are fighting overseas. With “The show must go on!” as their battle cry, a band of passionate, yet inexperienced, performers rally together to produce an all-female version of Shakespeare’s ambitious Henry IV and V.
Junk
By: Ayad Akhtar
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Feb 03 2023 - Feb 05 2023
Type of Event: Live-In-Performance Radio Theater production
Venue: UCLA's James Bridges Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: http://www.latw.org
Description: A whirlwind ride about the genesis of debt financing which was the root cause of the recent housing crisis in this country.
Native Gardens
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Mar 10 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Live-In-Performance Radio Theater production
Venue: UCLA's James Bridges Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://www.latw.org
Description: Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this hilarious comedy of good intentions and bad manners.
Flyin’ West
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Apr 14 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Live-In-Performance Radio Theater production
Venue: UCLA’s James Bridges Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://www.latw.org
Description: A contemporary classic about the strength of Black women and their role as pioneers in the settlement of the American West.
TBD
By: TBD
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): May 19 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Live-In-Performance Radio Theater production
Venue: UCLA's James Bridges Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://www.latw.org
Description: The play to be selected for the May 19-May 21 slot is still being decided.
Shanghai Jews (working title)
By: Kate McAll
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jun 23 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Live-In-Performance Radio Theater production
Venue: UCLA's James Bridges Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://www.latw.org
Description: A newly commissioned script by L.A. Theatre Works that will focus on the 20,000 Jewish refugees who fled from Europe to Shanghai, China during WWII.
Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes)
By: By Amanda Thome; Original Music by Sinuhe Padilla
Directed by: Jose Zayas
Event Date(s): Aug 30 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
City: San Diego
Price: $Starts at 25
Reference Link: https://LaJollaPlayhouse.org
Description: Fandango for Butterflies (and Coyotes) is a celebration of the resiliency and camaraderie that can be built as strangers become friends, friends become family, and the music plays on. A co-production with En Garde Arts
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
By: Kristina Wong
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Solo Play
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
City: San Diego
Price: $starts at $25
Reference Link: https://LaJollaPlayhouse.org
Description: On Day 3 of the COVID-19 pandemic, Kristina Wong began sewing masks out of old bedsheets and bra straps on her Hello Kitty sewing machine. Before long, she was leading the Auntie Sewing Squad, a work-from-home sweatshop of hundreds of volunteers.
As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Christopher Ashley and Will Davis
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
City: San Diego
Price: $Starts at $25
Reference Link: https://LaJollaPlayhouse.org
Description: In this reimagined As You Like It, audiences are taken into the vibrant, wild woods, where preconceived notions topple in the face of the malleability of identity and limitless potential of the human heart.
The Outsiders
By: Book by Adam Rapp; Music and Lyrics by Jamestown Revival and Justin Levine
Directed by: Danya Taymor
Event Date(s): Feb 19 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: World-Premiere Musical
Venue: La Jolla Playhouse
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://LaJollaPlayhouse.org
Description: The story that defined a generation is reimagined in a groundbreaking musical for a new generation. In 1967 Tulsa, Okla., the hardened hearts, aching souls, and romantic dreams of Ponyboy Curtis, Johnny Cade and their band of greasers take centerstage in a fight for survival.
Kim’s Convenience
By: Ins Choi
Directed by: Jon Lawrence Rivera
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $50 - $75
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: The most successful new Canadian play of the last decade, Kim's Convenience---set in a family-run Korean convenience store---is a hilarious and heartwarming ode to generations of immigrants.
Love Among the Ruins
By: James G. Hirsch and Robert A. Papazian from a film script by Jim Costigan
Directed by: Michael Arabian
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $50-75
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: Based on the 1975 ABC Theater Presentation with Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier, this world premiere adaptation of the courtroom classic Love Among the Ruins is every bit as charming and delightful as the original film, which garnered a Peabody Award and multiple Emmys.
Staged
By: Martin Bergman & Rita Rudner
Directed by: Martin Bergman
Event Date(s): Jan 25 2023 - Feb 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: After Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, but before Johnny Depp and Amber Heard, were Fenella Fennington and Jarvis Haverly. Can this couple, once the toast of Broadway, possibly work together again, 20 years after their acrimonious divorce? Find out in this world premiere play.
Once
By: Book by Edna Walsh, Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
Directed by: Steve Steiner
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: “Guy meets girl” in this tender love story about a struggling Irish musician on the verge of giving up and a piano-playing Czech immigrant who reminds him how to dream. Featuring an outstanding ensemble of performers playing their instruments live onstage.
The Realistic Joneses
By: Will Eno
Directed by: Judy Hegarty Lovett
Event Date(s): Apr 26 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: In The Realistic Joneses, we meet Bob and Jennifer Jones and their new neighbors, John and Pony Jones, two suburban couples who discover they have even more in common than their identical homes and shared last names in this spare, suggestive, slyly hilarious play.
Murder on the Links
By: Steven Dietz, adapted from Agatha Christie
Directed by: Steven Dietz
Event Date(s): May 31 2023 - Jun 18 2023
Type of Event: Mystery
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lagunaplayhouse.com
Description: Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer---namely the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client. Acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz brings the famed Belgian detective to life to solve one of Agatha Christie’s most intricate whodunits.
Dunsinane
By: David Greig
Directed by: Jasson Minadakis
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Mill Valley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org
Description: Being produced for the first time by an American team, Dunsinane is a captivating imagined sequel to Shakespeare’s Macbeth that explores one man's attempt to restore peace in a country consumed by war.
Two Trains Running
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Dawn Monique Williams
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Mill Valley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org
Description: Marin Theatre Company will present August Wilson’s Two Trains Running, his seventh play in the American Century Cycle chronicling the African American experience in the 20th century.
Justice
By: Lauren M. Gunderson, Bree Lowdermilk, and Kait Kerrigan
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Mill Valley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org
Description: In an intimate, epic new musical built with sweeping songs, urgent conversations about equality, and truly human heroines, we come to know the "firsts" of the Supreme Court Justices at the height of their power.
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
By: Brian Quijada with additional compositions by Satya Chávez
Directed by: Matt Dickson
Event Date(s): May 04 2023 - May 28 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Mill Valley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org
Description: Performed by the dynamic Mexican American actor, singer, multi-instrumentalist, composer, and intersectional feminist Satya Chávez, Where Did We Sit on the Bus? is a high-octane tour-de-force theatrical experience that examines what it means to be Latine in America.
Desert Stories for Lost Girls
By: Lily Rushing
Directed by: Sylvia Cervates Blush
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Tom Bradley Theatre at Los Angeles Theatre Center
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.latinotheaterco.org/desert-stories-for-lost-girls
Description: Do you believe your ancestors walk with you? When 18-year-old Carrie moves in with her grandmother, Rosa, she is thrown into a world of memory and mystery that unearths her family’s identity---shining a light on a dark and bloody period in the history of the American Southwest.
Aunt Jack
By: Nora Brigid Monahan
Directed by: Jeffrey Hoffman
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-55
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-Season/Aunt-Jack
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Description: Love, sex, and politics---fabulous drag performer Jack and his significantly less fabulous son Norman don’t agree on any of it in this bitingly funny and deeply insightful exploration of family and finding yourself against all odds.
A Picture of Two Boys
By: Nick Malakhow
Directed by: Richard A Mosqueda
Event Date(s): Oct 21 2022 - Nov 27 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-season/A-Picture-of-Two-Boys
Description: Unlikely friends Markey and Pete want to escape their tiny, not-so-secretly racist town in rural Pennsylvania. A decade later, the two find themselves sifting through the crumbled foundations of their shared history and revisiting the event which bound them together for life.
Oy Vey in a Manger
By: The Kinsey Sicks
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $30-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-Season/oy-vey-in-a-manger
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Description: America's Favorite Dragapella® Beautyshop Quartet returns home to NCTC for the holidays in this bawdy and blasphemous musical.
Getting There
By: Dipika Guha
Directed by: Nailah Harper-Malveaux
Event Date(s): Jan 20 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-Season/Getting-There
Description: Kai and Julie came to Paris looking for a life-changing adventure but quickly find themselves on separate paths with the enigmatic women they meet along the way. Twenty-four hours later, none of them are the same.
Tick, Tick … Boom!
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Cindy Goldfield
Event Date(s): Mar 03 2023 - Apr 01 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $30-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-season/tick-tick-boom
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Description: From the creator of Rent comes the story of Jon, a young composer on the brink of an existential crisis on the eve of his 30th birthday. This exuberant and charming musical will speak to anyone who's ever gotten lost on their way to finding their dream.
Locusts Have No King
By: C. Julian Jiménez
Directed by: Richard A Mosqueda
Event Date(s): Apr 07 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-Season/Locusts-Have-No-King
Description: Two closeted gay couples get together for a dinner party. They work together. They live in the same building. They can’t stand each other. Tonight might be the night that all hell breaks loose...literally.
The Confession of Lily Dare
By: Charles Busch
Directed by: Allen Sawyer
Event Date(s): May 12 2023 - Jun 11 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://www.nctcsf.org/22-23-Season/The-Confession-of-Lily-Dare
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Description: Deep in the seedy underbelly of the Barbary Coast, follow infamous madame Lily Dare on her road to ruin---paved with good intentions.
1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas
By: Dea Hurston
Directed by: Jacole Kitchen
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: New Village Arts Theatre
City: Carlsbad
Price: $47
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-pass/
Description: Dorothy Black invites you back to Christmas Eve at 1222 Oceanfront! The festive evening features all of the Black family’s traditions, including an abundance of delicious food, dancing, skits, and the singing of new original holiday songs mixed with reimagined carols.
The Ferryman
By: Jez Butterworth
Directed by: Kristianne Kurner
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: New Village Arts Theatre
City: Carlsbad
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-pass/
Description: Armagh, 1981. The Carney farmhouse in Northern Ireland is a hive of activity with preparations for the annual harvest. A day of hard work on the land and a traditional night of feasting and celebrations lie ahead. But this year they will be interrupted by a visitor.
The Roommate
By: Jen Silverman
Directed by: Samantha Ginn
Event Date(s): Apr 01 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: New Village Arts Theatre
City: Carlsbad
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-pass/
Description: The Odd Couple meets Breaking Bad in this wickedly funny comedy. With a recent divorce and her son living across the country, Sharon posts a listing for a roommate to fill the empty space of her Iowa home. Enter Robyn, a fascinating woman who needs a place to hide.
Singin’ in the Rain
By: Betty Comden, Adolph Green, Nacio Herb Brown, and Arthur Freed
Directed by: AJ Knox
Event Date(s): May 20 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: New Village Arts Theatre
City: Carlsbad
Price: $47
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-pass/
Description: The greatest movie musical of all time is faithfully and lovingly adapted by Broadway legends Betty Comden and Adolph Green from their original award-winning screenplay. Each unforgettable scene, song, and dance is accounted for, including the show-stopping title number.
Annabella in July
By: Richard Strand
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: North Coast Rep
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-$65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/annabella-in-july/
Description: This world premiere comedic fantasy transforms a ski resort during the off-season into a strangely magical environment of self-discovery. Playwright Richard Strand poses questions of identity and perception in this funny and insightful new work.
Into the Breeches!
By: George Brant
Directed by: Diana Van Fossen
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/into-the-breeches/
Description: That time-honored adage, “The show must go on,” takes on new meaning in this endearing and moving comedy set at a small American playhouse in 1942.
Blues in the Night
By: Conceived and Originally Directed by Sheldon Epps
Directed by: Yvette Freeman
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2023 - Feb 05 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: 987 Lomas Santa Fe Drive Solana Beach, CA 92075
City: Solana Beach
Price: $57-68
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/blues-in-the-night/
Description: According to the legendary Billie Holiday, “Blues is to jazz what yeast is to bread.” With 26 glorious, hot, torchy songs fueling this revue, a powerful cast of singers plumb the innermost reaches of their hearts, sharing the heartbreak and humor of life. Original vocal arrangements & musical direction by Chapman Roberts; orchestrations & additional vocal arrangements by Sy Johnson.
The Cherry Orchard
By: Anton Chekhov, in a version by Jean-Claude van Itallie
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Mar 01 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $57-68
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/the-cherry-orchard/
Description: Anton Chekhov’s beloved masterwork is a rich tapestry of the human condition woven into a humorous and haunting tale. With universal themes of societal upheaval, love, loss, grief, envy, and ambition, The Cherry Orchard remains as relevant today as it was when it first premiered.
Murder on the Links
By: Steven Dietz, from the novel by Agatha Christie
Directed by: Steven Dietz
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/murder-on-the-links/
Description: Something’s afoul on the private golf course at Merlinville-Sur-Mer---namely, the body of Hercule Poirot’s newest client. Acclaimed playwright Steven Dietz brings the famed Belgian detective to life to solve one of Agatha Christie’s most intricate whodunits.
Eleanor
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/eleanor/
Description: While sitting on her favorite park bench in Washington, D.C., Eleanor Roosevelt reveals the many facets of the dynamic and iconic First Lady. Award-winning actor Kandis Chappell takes on the portrayal of the witty, feisty, vulnerable woman.
Pippin
By: Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz Book by Roger O. Hirson
Directed by: Nick DeGruccio
Event Date(s): Jul 19 2023 - Aug 13 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $57-68
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/pippin/
Description: Winner of five Tony Awards, this enchanting musical explores good and evil, reality and fantasy, in a highly theatrical and entertaining style.
Ghosts
By: Adapted by Richard Eyre from the play by Henrick Ibsen
Directed by: Bart DeLorenzo
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Odyssey Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-$40
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/
Description: As widow Helene Alving tries to start her life anew after the death of her philandering husband, she must confront the ghosts of the past and the weight of her own secrets. She is determined that her son will not follow in his father’s footsteps, but finds she may be too late.
A Day in the Death of Joe Egg
By: Peter Nichols
Directed by: Ethan Maniquis
Event Date(s): Oct 06 2022 - Nov 21 2022
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Odyssey Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-$40
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/
Description: In this groundbreaking dark comedy, Bri and Sheila use wry humor and defense mechanisms to cope with the daily struggle of caring for their 10-year-old disabled daughter, affectionately nicknamed “Joe Egg.”
La Vie en Rose
By: Julia Migenes
Directed by: Peter Medak
Event Date(s): Nov 03 2022 - Dec 03 2022
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: Odyssey Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-$40
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/
Description: Grammy award-winning chanteuse Julia Migenes reopens her farewell series of concert performances for five additional weeks. Join Migenes for this evening of French chansons by Edith Piaf, Charles Aznavour, Léo Ferre, Jacques Brel, Michel Legrand, and others.
Picnic
By: William Inge
Directed by: John Farmanesh-Bocca
Event Date(s): Apr 12 2023 - Jun 18 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Odyssey Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-$40
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/
Description: William Inge’s sensual, passionate, and delightfully funny classic, presented with an all-Black American cast. When a young drifter comes into town and stirs up the emotions of small-town beauty Madge Owens, friendships are pushed to the limits.
Native Gardens
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: Catalina Maynard
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Sep 17 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Solvang Festival Theatre
City: Solvang
Price: $25.25-62.00
Reference Link: http://pcpa.org/NativeGardens/
Description: Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this hilarious comedy of good intentions and bad manners.
Cinderella
By: Music by Richard Rogers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, New Book by Douglas Carter Beane, Original book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by: Erik Stein
Event Date(s): Nov 10 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-$49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: The Broadway adaptation of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Cinderella. This fresh, contemporary take on the classic musical is full of new surprises, familiar friends, and Rodgers and Hammerstein's unforgettable music.
The River Bride
By: Marisela Treviño Orta
Directed by: Marilet Martinez
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Severson
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Once upon a time...along the Amazon river...Marisela Treviño Orta describes her lyrical play The River Bride as a "grim Latino fairy tale" swimming with mystery, family, true love, and unexpected visitors.
Emma
By: Jane Austen, Adapted by Joseph Hanreddy
Directed by: Polly Firestone Walker
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2023 - Mar 19 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Romantic misadventures, misplaced confidence, and matchmaking in Highbury Park. Join us for the West Coast premiere!
Bright Star
By: Music, Book & Story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Directed by: Keenon Hooks
Event Date(s): Apr 27 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Grammy- and Tony-nominated musical Bright Star weaves toe-tapping bluegrass and incredible true events into a rich, refreshingly genuine journey along the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Bright Star
By: Music, Book & Story by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Directed by: Keenon Hooks
Event Date(s): Jul 07 2023 - Jul 23 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $15-59
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell's Grammy- and Tony-nominated musical Bright Star weaves toe-tapping bluegrass and incredible true events into a rich, refreshingly genuine journey along the Blue Ridge Mountains.
American Mariachi
By: Jose Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jul 13 2023 - Jul 29 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: An all-girl mariachi band? In the '70s, when women can't be mariachis? We'll just see about that! American Mariachi is an uplifting comedy about family, the freedom to go after your dreams, and the music that unites us---played live onstage!
Sanctuary City
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Zi Alikhan
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Pasadena Playhouse
City: Pasadena
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/sanctuary-city/
Description: From Pulitzer winner Martyna Majok (Cost of Living) comes an exhilarating, unforgettable love story of two life-long friends, their tenuous grip on an uncertain future, and finding sanctuary among those closest to them.
Free-Play Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 26 2022 - Aug 28 2022
Type of Event: play and theatre festival
Venue: Potrero Stage and streaming online
City: San Francisco
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://playground-sf.org/freeplay
Description: PlayGround closes out the summer season with a new free festival of new plays by the PlayGround community, Free-Play Festival, featuring Joyful Raven, Miyoko Sakatani and Playland Productions, and Lana Richards.
Breed or Bust
By: Joyful Raven
Directed by: Jael Weisman
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Sep 24 2022
Type of Event: play
Venue: Potrero Stage and simulcast
City: San Francisco
Price: $21-51
Reference Link: https://playground-sf.org/breedorbust/
Description: To breed or not to breed: That is the question award-winning solo show artist Joyful Raven wrestles with in her new solo show. Blending standup and storytelling, Raven recounts her difficult reproductive “choices” and contends with her primal baby making instincts.
According to the Chorus
By: Arlene Hutton
Directed by: Emily Chase
Event Date(s): Oct 21 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Road Theatre Company
City: North Hollywood
Price: $15.00 - 39.00
Reference Link: https://www.roadtheatre.org
Description: In its world premiere, According to the Chorus is a funny, nostalgic behind-the-scenes look at a pivotal period in the history of Broadway where women’s issues and the AIDS crisis play out through the everyday lives of Equity performers and union dressers.
A Great Wilderness
By: Samuel D. Hunter
Directed by: Elina de Santos
Event Date(s): Sep 17 2022 - Oct 31 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Rogue Machine (in the Matrix Theatre)
City: Los Angeles
Price: $45 general admission $35 seniors, $25 students with proof Pay-What-You-Can on Fridays 9/23 – 10/14
Reference Link: https://www.roguemachinetheatre.net
Description: Obie-winning playwright Samuel D. Hunter navigates complex terrain into gay conversion therapy. Walt has devoted his life to "curing" gay teenage boys, but his previously unwavering moral compass no longer points one way. How does one find their true north?
Little Theatre
By: Justin Tanner
Directed by: Lisa James
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2022 - Jan 15 2023
Type of Event: Play: live performance
Venue: Matrix Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $45 general admission, $35 seniors, $25 students with proof
Reference Link: https://www.roguemachinetheatre.net
Description: The latest comedy from Los Angeles playwright and cult legend Justin Tanner exposes the secrets of our past in this hilarious look at the emerging 99-seat theatre scene, and behind the scenes, during the ’90s in Los Angeles.
Isaac Asimov Grand Master Funk
By: Herbert Siguenza
Directed by: Thomas W. Jones II
Event Date(s): Sep 08 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: San Diego Repertory Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.sdrep.org/show-detail.php?id=661
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Description: In 1992, just as the prolific sci-fi writer Isaac Asimov is embarking on his final chapter, surprise visitors from outer space intercede to help him re-envision what is possible. Together they hope to rewrite a better future for our planet and beyond.
The Outsider
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed by: Christopher Williams
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/the-outsider/
Description: Ned Newley, the ultimate policy nerd, is unexpectedly thrust into the position of Governor. A razor-sharp satire and inspirational tribute to democracy, The Outsider is a timely and hilarious send-up of modern American politics that skewers politics and celebrates democracy.
Extreme Home Makeover
By: Makasha Copeland
Directed by: Olivia Espinosa
Event Date(s): Nov 11 2022 - Dec 04 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/2730-2/
Description: A rich portrait of a clan at the crossroads balances charm, edge, and pathos with a healthy dose of grit. The play’s themes show a family struggling to face the future, struggling to keep their heads above water, but always sure of their love and support for each other.
Lucky Stiff
By: A musical by Ahrens and Flaherty
Directed by: Kathy Brombacher
Event Date(s): Jan 27 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/2730-2/
Description: Harry is a real lucky stiff who manages to exchange the boring life of a shoemaker for an adventurous trip to Monte Carlo. The winning ticket? Love! Lucky Stiff is a cheerful, positive, and life-affirming musical which, we all know, makes life brighter and richer. A co-production with Oceanside Theatre Company.
Neat
By: Charlayne Woodard
Directed by: Claire Simba
Event Date(s): Mar 24 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/2730-2/
Description: This magnificent storyteller spins her own exquisite remembrance of her brain-damaged aunt, Neat, and the profound change she brought to Charlayne’s life. Neat, with her enormous love, and magnificent clarity, teaches the young Charla what it means to cherish life. A co-production with Loud Fringe Theatre.
Lost In Yonkers
By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Jacqueline Ritz
Event Date(s): May 19 2023 - Jun 11 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/2730-2/
Description: Yonkers in 1942. This Pulitzer Prize-winning play deceptively hides real honest life affirmation between jokes, and shows why Neil Simon has been called “the Shakespeare of his time,” and possibly the “most successful playwright in history.”
Out On A Limb – New Plays From America’s Finest City
By:
Directed by: Produced by Robert May and Dani DeCarlo
Event Date(s): Jul 07 2023 - Jul 16 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Scripps Ranch Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $42
Reference Link: https://scrippsranchtheatre.org/2730-2/
Description: New Plays from America’s Finest City is back and will be bringing three new one-act plays to Scripps Ranch Theatre! OOAL will bring to life interesting and fresh stories written by California-based playwrights. Dates TBD - Summer 2023
Man of God
By: Anna Moench
Directed by: Michelle Talgarow
Event Date(s): Sep 03 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $7-36
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/man-of-god
Description: A funny feminist thriller about that moment when girls realize the male gaze has been watching all along---and decide they are definitely gonna do something about it. Inspired by a real life incident at a Christian mission in Southeast Asia. From a writer of Severance.
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
By: Dave Malloy
Directed by: Patrick Dooley & Erin Mei-Ling Stuart
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theatre Performance
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $8-65
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/great-comet
Description: Based upon a section of Tolstoy's War and Peace, this musical extravaganza follows the story of Natasha, a young woman who arrives in Moscow longing for her fiancé, and Pierre, a middle-aged man full of regrets. Expect to find the Ashby Stage transformed with onstage seating!
Dogfight
By: Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul; Book by Peter Duchan; From the screenplay by Bob Comfort
Directed by: Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Sep 03 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $$35 - $48
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/3d8P8ix
Description: Corporal Eddie Birdlace learns the power of love and compassion from Rose, an awkward and idealistic waitress whom he enlists to win a cruel bet with his fellow recruits.
Elf The Musical
By: Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, Music by Matthew Sklar; Lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Directed by: Jim Christian
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Musical; Holiday; Fantasy
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/srtelf
Description: Faced with the harsh realities that his father is on the naughty list and his half-brother doesn’t even believe in Santa, Buddy the Elf is determined win over his new family and help New York remember the true meaning of Christmas.
The Christmas Foundling
By: Norman Allen, inspired by the stories of Bret Harte
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Nov 19 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play; Holiday; Historical fiction
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/srtfoundling
Description: Adapted for Sierra Rep in 2001, Foundling tells the story of an orphaned baby boy and the two curmudgeonly miners who agree to raise him in the California Sierras on Christmas Eve in 1850.
Elvis The Musical
By: Sean Cercone and David Abbinanti
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 04 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Bio-Musical; Jukebox Musical
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/elvis-the-musical/
Description: The West Coast premiere of the official Elvis Presley bio-musical rocks the East Sonora Theatre. Explore the pivotal moments of Elvis’s life through 40 of his iconic songs!
Clue
By: adapted from the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn; written by Sandy Rustin
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 08 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Farce; Comedy; Murder Mystery
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/clue/
Description: Sierra Rep did it with a hilarious comedy in the Fallon House. Based on the Hasbro game and the iconic Paramount movie, six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects.
Sunday in the Park With George
By: book by James Lapine; music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): May 13 2023 - Jun 11 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Historical Fiction
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/sunday-in-the-park-with-george/
Description: In Sondheim and Lapine’s stunning masterpiece, Georges Seurat completes his newest painting, A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte. A century later, grandson George looks to the past to connect to his present.
Jersey Boys
By: book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice; music by Bob Gaudio; lyrics by Bob Crewe
Directed by: Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Jul 01 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Bio-Musical; Jukebox Musical
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/jersey-boys/
Description: Look behind the music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons to discover the secret of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom.
Lavender Men – The Emancipation Play
By: Roger Q. Mason
Directed by: Lovell Holder
Event Date(s): Aug 06 2022 - Sep 04 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Skylight Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-40
Reference Link: https://skylighttheatre.org/
Description: Enter the historical fantasia of Taffeta, a self-proclaimed "fabulous queer creation of color,” as she invades the private world of Abraham Lincoln to confront issues of LGBTQ+ inclusion and visibility that still challenge us today. Presented with Playwrights' Arena.
Nina Simone: Four Women
By: Christina Ham
Directed by: Logan Vaughn
Event Date(s): Oct 02 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Play with Music
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $35-89
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/nina-simone-four-women/
Description: This deeply personal play with music imagines how the iconic chanteuse gave voice to countless other Black women fighting to overcome stereotypes and racism. Recommended for ages 14+
Snow White
By: Adapted by Greg Banks
Directed by: H. Adam Harris
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences & Families
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $28-46
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/snow-white/
Description: Snow White is reclaiming her story and acting out what really happened after her new mother took over as queen. Delights at each twist and turn. Recommended for ages 4-plus.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens, adapted by Jerry Patch
Directed by: Hisa Takakuwa
Event Date(s): Nov 26 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $35-89
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/a-christmas-carol/
Description: From the first “Bah humbug” to the final “Wassail,” this timeless classic is sure to rekindle your family’s holiday spirit. Recommended for ages 6 and up. Children under age 6 will not be admitted.
Appropriate
By: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Event Date(s): Jan 28 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $27-98
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/appropriate/
Description: This is the first show in our Voices of America repertory! The estranged members of the Lafayette family gather at their late father’s crumbling plantation to prepare for the estate sale—and make a shocking discovery.
The Little Foxes
By: Lillian Hellman
Directed by: Lisa Peterson
Event Date(s): Jan 29 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $27-98
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/the-little-foxes/
Description: The second show in our Voices of America repertory! The Hubbard brothers stop at nothing to satisfy their own ambitions and keep the wealth in the family. Their sister Regina, however, is the most ruthless. Recommended for ages 14+
Prelude to a Kiss: The Musical
By: Music by Dan Messé, Lyrics by Sean Hartley & Dan Messé, Book by Craig Lucas
Directed by: David Ivers
Event Date(s): Apr 08 2023 - May 06 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $32-105
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/prelude-to-a-kiss-the-musical/
Description: “For better or worse” takes on new meaning when a mysterious guest requests a kiss at Peter and Rita’s wedding—and their lives are forever changed. Recommended for ages 14+
Coleman ’72
By: Charlie Oh
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Apr 23 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: South Coast Repertory
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $$27-98
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/22-23-season/coleman-72/
Description: Jenn, Michelle, and Joey look back at the summer of 1972, when their Korean American family piled into the Buick for an All-American road trip.
Macario
By: Adapted for the stage by Evelina Fernández and Teatro Visión. Original music by Russell Rodríguez
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Teatro Visión
City: San José
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: https://www.teatrovision.org/macario
Description: Celebrate Día de los Muertos with Macario, the classic story of a poor woodcutter who dreams of a day without hunger. When his wife makes that dream come true, he is given a healing power that could change his family and his community’s lives forever.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Howard Ashman & Alan Menken
Directed by: Jeffrey Lo
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lucie Stern Theatre
City: Palo Alto
Price: $Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season52/little-shop-of-horrors/
Description: Everybody’s favorite carnivorous plant is ready to devour San Francisco’s Chinatown in a reimagined production of this cult-classic musical. Florist Seymour Krelborn makes a Faustian bargain with the world's most vicious vegetation, learning that fame comes with a grisly price.
In Every Generation
By: Ali Viterbi
Directed by: Michael Barakiva
Event Date(s): Jan 18 2023 - Feb 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: $Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season52/in-every-generation/
Description: TheatreWorks presents the West Coast premiere of Ali Viterbi's imaginative play, which takes a time-traveling voyage through millennia of Passover seders past, present, and future, and examines tradition, family, and identity. Winner of the National Jewish Playwriting Contest.
Fannie: The Music and Life of Fannie Lou Hamer
By: Cheryl L. West
Directed by: Tim Bond
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Play with Music
Venue: Lucie Stern Theatre
City: Palo Alto
Price: $Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season52/fannie/
Description: Greta Oglesby, who starred in TheatreWorks' Gem of the Ocean, returns in the title role of this stirring musical play following the famed Civil Rights activist in her inspiring gospel journey from sharecropper to becoming an outspoken voice for African American voting rights.
A Distinct Society
By: Kareem Fahmy
Directed by: Giovanna Sardelli
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: $Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season52/a-distinct-society/
Description:
TheatreWorks presents this world premiere in association with Pioneer Theatre Company. As a family separated by the Muslim travel ban seeks refuge in a library that straddles the U.S. and Canadian border, the library’s occupants grapple with powers of the law versus the heart.
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: $Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://theatreworks.org/season52/steel-magnolias/
Description: A tight-knit group of Southern women flock to Truvy’s beauty parlor, where its occupants dish gossip, do hair, and provide strength and support through life’s joys and tragedies. Bay Area director Elizabeth Carter directs this new production featuring a multicultural cast.
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Into the Woods
By: Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Directed by: Lynne Collins
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $53-77
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/into-the-woods
Description: There’s more to life than marrying the prince, attending balls, and scaling beanstalks. A tribute to the late, great Stephen Sondheim, this production of Into the Woods explores the real lives of fairy tale characters and the consequences of choices made in passing moments.
The River Bride
By: Marisela Treviño Orta
Directed by: Jamie Ann Romero
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/the-river-bride
Description: Blending Brazilian folklore with magical realism, The River Bride is a haunting and evocative tale about a mystical stranger and two sisters who are torn between love and family.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
By: Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton
Directed by: Nathan Halvorson
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $56-80
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast
Description: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast brings together talking teapots, dancing candlesticks, and beloved original songs from the movie classic for an enchanting night the whole family will enjoy.
Our Town
By: Thornton Wilder
Directed by: Geoffrey Kent
Event Date(s): Feb 24 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/our-town
Description: Deceptively simple, this landmark of American drama proves to be a complex exploration of profound truths. Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer-winning drama Our Town invokes powerful storytelling alongside wit and humor to showcase what it means to be human.
The Book Club Play
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: Lynne Collins
Event Date(s): Mar 17 2023 - May 18 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $45-50
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/the-book-club-play
Description: When a documentary filmmaker turns the lens on a devoted book club, their long-standing group dynamics take a turn for the dramatic…and hilarious. The Book Club Play is a buoyant comedy filled to the brim with literary references that will delight any bibliophile.
Damn Yankees
By: Music and Lyrics by Jerry Ross and Richard Adler, book by Douglass Wallop and George Abbott
Directed by: Kelly van Oosbree
Event Date(s): Apr 07 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts & Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $53-77
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/damn-yankees
Description: After a Faustian bargain with the devil, the Washington Senators have a new star player. Devilishly funny and full of classic showtunes, Damn Yankees shows that, like Lola, you can get whatever you want---but how far would you go to get it?
Songs From the Border
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 03 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Concert
Venue:
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $44
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/songs-from-the-border/
Description: Featuring the creator and performer of Where Did We Sit on the Bus?, Songs from the Border is a limited-run concert of original music about immigration, identity, and where we belong, starring Satya Chávez and Brian Quijada.
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
By: Based on the story The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern, Adapted by Joe Landry
Directed by: Directed by Marisa D. Hebert
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-48
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/its-a-wonderful-life-a-live-radio-play/
Description: See this beloved American holiday classic come to life onstage as a captivating 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of a virtuosic, tight-knit ensemble that embodies a few dozen characters and live Foley artistry, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds.
In the Heights
By: Music and Lyrics by Lin-Manuel Miranda | Book by Quiara Alegría Hudes | Conceived by Lin-Manuel Miranda
Directed by: Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-48
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/in-the-heights/
Description: Lights up on Washington Heights! In this uptown neighborhood of Manhattan on the cusp of change, Usnavi, a young storeowner, witnesses the joys and heartbreaks of his tight-knit community as they pass through his corner bodega. Winner of four 2008 Tony Awards.
Where We Belong
By: Madeline Sayet
Directed by: Mei Ann Teo
Event Date(s): Apr 13 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-48
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre-events/where-we-belong/
Description: In 2015, a Mohegan theatremaker moves to England to pursue a Ph.D. in Shakespeare, grappling with the question of what it means to remain or leave, as the Brexit vote threatens to further disengage the U.K. from the wider world. A production of Washington, D.C.'s Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company.
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By: Will Arbery
Directed by: Kent Thompson
Event Date(s): Sep 10 2022 - Oct 15 2022
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/heroes4th/
Description: Will Arbery’s haunting play offers grace and disarming clarity, speaking to the heart of a country at war with itself.
Franklinland
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Dee Covington
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2022 - Dec 10 2022
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/franklinland/
Description: This modern, comic take on the American Revolution puts the spotlight on the relationship between Ben Franklin and his son William. As Ben plants the seeds of a new republic, a change in affairs that creates a revolutionary family rift.
Alma
By: Benjamin Benne
Directed by: Denise Yvette Serna
Event Date(s): Jan 14 2023 - Feb 18 2023
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/alma/
Description: “Who does the American dream belong to?” Now that Angel is 17, she’s got a different vision for her future than her immigrant single mom’s. This poetic, funny, and timely piece was developed at the Denver Center Theatre Company’s New Play Summit in 2020.
Amerikin
By: Chisa Hutchinson
Directed by: Jada Suzanne Dixon
Event Date(s): Mar 11 2023 - Apr 15 2023
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/amerikin/
Description: Jeff, a new father desperate for community, casually follows his buddy’s advice and tries to join a white supremacist group, but the results of his ancestry test prove surprising. This play twists and turns down difficult roads until reaching the bitter end.
On the Exhale
By: Martin Zimmerman
Directed by: Chip Walton
Event Date(s): May 06 2023 - Jun 10 2023
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $32-53
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/ontheexhale/
Description: When a senseless act of violence changes her life forever, a liberal college professor finds herself inexplicably drawn to the very weapon used to perpetrate the crime. Peering down the barrel of a unique crisis, she begins to suspect that we are all a part of the problem.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Seema Sueko
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2022 - Oct 16 2022
Type of Event: Drama, Comedy
Venue: Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/the-chinese-lady/
Description: The year is 1834 and 14-year-old Afong Moy is the first Chinese woman mainland America has ever seen. Intriguing, powerful, and based on a true story, The Chinese Lady shines a light on parts of our history that aren't so black and white.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Chris Coleman
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Comedy, Classic
Venue: Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/much-ado-about-nothing/
Description: The Bard is back at the Denver Center! A playful comedy with all the complexities that come with Shakespeare’s work, Much Ado About Nothing is also a surprisingly timely meditation on gossip, gender roles, deception, and the follies of romance.
A Christmas Carol
By: By Charles Dickens; Adapted by Richard Hellesen; Music by David de Berry
Directed by: Anthony Powell
Event Date(s): Nov 18 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Musical, Classic
Venue: Wolf Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/a-christmas-carol/
Description: Denver’s beloved holiday tradition returns! A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption.
Laughs in Spanish
By: Alexis Scheer
Directed by: Lisa Portes
Event Date(s): Jan 27 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: World Premiere, Comedy
Venue: Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/laughs-in-spanish/
Description: Art Basel is about to begin and Mariana, the director of a swanky art gallery, has a serious problem on her hands. Her showroom is an active crime scene. This world premiere play is a hilarious snapshot of Cuban and Colombian American culture set in Miami’s Wynwood arts district.
Hotter Than Egypt
By: Yussef El Guindi
Directed by: Chris Coleman
Event Date(s): Feb 10 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Drama, Comedy
Venue: Kilstrom Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/hotter-than-egypt/
Description: Hotter Than Egypt is the tale of an American couple’s relationship in the midst of a revolution. Drawing from the political, cultural, and religious realities of the region, this quick-witted dramedy pits loyalty against attraction as the couple struggles with commitment.
Colorado New Play Summit
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 24 2023 - Feb 25 2023
Type of Event: New Play Readings
Venue: Bonfils Theatre Complex
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/colorado-new-play-summit/
Description: The DCPA Theatre Company’s annual celebration of new work and visionary artists. Over the weekend, you get to witness their works-in-progress at public readings and be among the first to experience new plays brought to life.
The Color Purple
By: Based on the Novel by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture; Book by Marsha Norman; Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis & Stephen Bray
Directed by: Timothy Douglas
Event Date(s): Mar 31 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Musical, Drama
Venue: Wolf Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/the-color-purple/
Description: The Color Purple features awe-inspiring soul, gospel, jazz, and blues vocals underpinned by raw dialogue and a masterful plot. It is a triumphant, uplifting piece of art that reaffirms some fundamental truths: that Black is beautiful, that women are powerful, and love is love.
The 39 Steps
By: Written by Patrick Barlow from the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by: Meredith McDonough
Event Date(s): Apr 14 2023 - Jun 18 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/the-39-steps/
Description: A fresh take on an all-time DCPA audience favorite! Combine a film masterpiece by Alfred Hitchcock with a juicy spy novel and add a splash of Monty Python humor. The result? A fast-paced whodunit with four versatile actors portraying more than 50 roles!
Raised on Ronstadt
By: GerRee Hinshaw
Directed by: Dee Covington
Event Date(s): Oct 21 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Theater and Music
Venue: eTown Hall
City: Boulder
Price: $12-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36653/production/1133664?performanceId=11132912
Description: Exploring the sounds of her childhood, one woman discovers how an icon’s disregard for convention and category inspired more than her taste in music. Featuring live musical performances.
Pop the Holidays: Music with ‘Shells Hoffman
By: Nick Chase
Directed by: Nick Chase
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 17 2022
Type of Event: Theater, Live music, Holiday show
Venue: The Savoy
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36653/production/1138156
Description: Crash into the holidays at this award-winning show, where souls are bared, shots are downed, and shit gets real. Hosted by downtown NYC sensation ‘Shells Hoffman, this 90-minute ride includes interpretations of holidays classics and pop music, party games, and shocking revelations.
Promise on the Hill
By: Anthony J. Garcia and Max Appel
Directed by: Anthony J. Garcia
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2022 - Sep 24 2022
Type of Event: Special Limited Engagement
Venue: Su Teatro
City: Denver
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://suteatro.org
Description: A theatrical memoir that invites us to take a step back into history and explore the Jewish community that once populated Denver’s Westside.
What We Lived Here
By: Daniel Salazar
Directed by: Anthony J. Garcia
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Oct 01 2022
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Su Teatro
City: Denver
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://suteatro.org
Description: A multi-media collaborative performance featuring the live, film, and recorded performances.
Return of the Barrio Moon
By: Anthony J. Garcia
Directed by: Anthony J. Garcia and Micaela Garcia de Benavidez
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Mainstage Production
Venue: Su Teatro
City: Denver
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://suteatro.org/
Description: A magical, mythical journey through a rural and made-up New Mexican village.
The Westside Oratorio
By: Anthony J. Garcia
Directed by: Anthony J. Garcia
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: MainStage Production
Venue: Su Teatro
City: Denver
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://suteatro.org
Description: The Westside Oratorio is a beautiful, sweeping, and poignant epic that brings to life the stories of seven generations of Mexican Americas who made West Denver, Auraria, their home.
Lumberjacks in Love
By: James Kaplan and Fred Alley
Directed by: Caitlin Lowans
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-37
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/lumberjacks-in-love-22-23
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Description: Lumberjacks living in semi-unwashed bliss find their rustic bachelor lifestyle disrupted by the arrival of a spunky mail-order bride. The ensuing musical madness celebrates the flannels we wear, the families we choose, and the unexpected twists that just might change everything.
Little Women
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Kathryn Walsh
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-37
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/little-women-22-23
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Description: Generations of readers have identified with Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March, exploring the triumphs and trials of growing up through the lens of the iconic sisters. Now revisit Alcott’s timeless tale of family, growth, and sisterhood through Kate Hamill’s fresh stage adaptation.
Aubergine
By: Julia Cho
Directed by: Lisa Marie Rollins
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-37
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/aubergine-22-23
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Description: Korean American chef Ray cares for his dying father but struggles to connect with the man who never understood his life’s calling in the kitchen. When his uncle arrives unannounced to cook an unexpected last meal, they share more in food than they ever could in words.
The Half Life of Marie Curie
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Sarah Sheppard Shaver
Event Date(s): Mar 16 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $18-35
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/the-half-life-of-marie-curie-22-23
Description: When two Nobel Prizes prove inadequate armor against scandal, Marie Curie turns to fellow scientist and trusted confidant Hertha Ayrton to weather the storm of heartbreak, public opinion, and self-doubt.
King Hedley II
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Marisa Hébert
Event Date(s): Apr 27 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $10-37
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/king-hedley-ii-22-23
Description: The 1980s installment of August Wilson's acclaimed cycle, King Hedley II follows the title character as he rediscovers his relationships and his community after a long absence. Wilson uses family ties to ask what defines us: the blood we share, or the blood we spill?
Taming of the Shrew
By: Shakespeare
Directed by: Caitlin Lowans
Event Date(s): Jul 06 2023 - Jul 30 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-37
Reference Link: https://https://entcenterforthearts.org/theatreworks/events/taming-of-the-shrew-22-23
Description: Will’s original battle of wills, staged in an Elizabethan England every bit as stylized and strict as we always imagine it, with one key difference: This society is a matriarchy. We’re reversing traditional hierarchies to breathe new life into the Shrew you thought you knew.
Connecticut
Metamorphoses
By: Mary Zimmerman
Directed by: Kristin Wold
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Nafe Katter Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - $28
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: Based on the myths of Ovid, Zimmerman's exquisitely beautiful play juxtaposes the classical and contemporary to examine love, loss, and transformation. A feast for the senses. "Luminous." --- The Hollywood Times
Roe
By: Lisa Loomer
Directed by: Taneisha Duggan
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2023 - Mar 11 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Nafe Katter Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - $28
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: Loomer's play pulses with urgency post the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. "With abundant care, the playwright refracts the complexity of abortion rights through the personal prisms of of two emblematic real-life characters." --- Washington Post
Death and the Maiden
By: Ariel Dorfman
Directed by: Gary English
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - $28
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: A haunting play exploring questions of justice and forgiveness.
Rent
By: music, lyrics and book by Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Carlos Armesto
Event Date(s): Apr 20 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - $30
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: Jonathan Larson's exuberant, Tony-winning rock musical, loosely based on Giacomo Puccini's opera La Bohème.
My Children! My Africa!
By: Athol Fugard
Directed by: Melanie Dreyer
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Carriage House Theater
City: Hartford
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.showclix.com/event/my-children-my-africa-
Description: The great South African playwright Athol Fugard confronts the tragedy of apartheid in this compelling tale set in a segregated township in 1984. In the face of increasing racial tension, a humble and humane Black teacher attempts to persuade his best (and most charismatic) student that education, not violence, is the answer to South Africa’s problems.
A Little Bit of Death VII
By: Various Storytellers
Directed by: Zulynette
Event Date(s): Nov 11 2022 - Nov 12 2022
Type of Event: A Night of Transformative Storytelling
Venue: The Carriage House Theater
City: Hartford
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://HartBeatEnsemble.org
Description: Curated, directed, and produced by the performer/poet/artist Zulynette, A Little Bit of Death is an annual storytelling show themed around transformation and centering the stories of BIPOC and queer folks.
Fatherhood Manologues
By: Abdul-Rahmaan Muhammad, Self-Suffice, Keith Davis, Elbert Gray, Frederick-Douglass Knowles II, Jesse White III, Kevin Booker Jr., Matthew Rivera, Laugh, Demetrius Chamblee, Tariko Satterfield Sr., Jean Amos Lys, Malik Champlain
Directed by: Godfrey L. Simmons Jr.
Event Date(s): Mar 03 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Play; Storytelling
Venue: The Carriage House Theater
City: Hartford
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.themanhoodtree.com/fatherhood-manologues.html
Description: A performance of an exhilarating collection of short stories about fatherhood. Each story provides a unique point of view on being a father or being fathered. After each performance, a panel discussion is held to unpack the stories, answer questions, and elaborate on themes.
The Mousetrap
By: Agatha Christie
Directed by: Jackson Gay
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/the-mousetrap
Description: Check in for a most memorable stay at Monkswell Manor…
It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play
By: Adapted by Joe Landry
Directed by: Originally co-directed by Melia Bensussen and Rachel Alderman; Directed by Zoë Golub-Sass
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 24 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/its-a-wonderful-life
Description: Bring the whole family to this heartwarming holiday classic!
Espejos: Clean
By: Christine Quintana; Spanish translation & adaptation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes
Directed by: Melissa Crespo
Event Date(s): Jan 12 2023 - Feb 05 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/espejos-clean
Description: A groundbreaking bilingual tour de force.
The Art of Burning
By: Kate Snodgrass
Directed by: Melia Bensussen
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/the-art-of-burning
Description: An inspired new comedy exploring the love, rage, and responsibility that go with marriage and parenting in America.
The Winter’s Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Melia Bensussen
Event Date(s): Apr 13 2023 - May 07 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/the-winters-tale
Description: Shakespeare’s back at Hartford Stage! An awe-filled fable of fury and forgiveness.
Trouble in Mind
By: Alice Childress
Directed by: Christopher D. Betts
Event Date(s): May 25 2023 - Jun 18 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater Performance
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30-$100
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/trouble-in-mind
Description: A 1950s landmark play that still rings true today.
Fun Home
By: music by Jeanine Tesori, book and lyrics by Lisa Kron, based on the graphic novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by: Rob Ruggiero
Event Date(s): Oct 08 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/fun-home/
Description: Starring Aaron Lazar, Chrisitiane Noll, and Sarah Beth Pfeifer, this groundbreaking musical has Alison relive her childhood and her growing understanding of her sexuality, while she reconciles her relationship to her volatile, brilliant, enigmatic father.
Christmas on the Rocks
By: John Cariani Jenn Harris & Matthew Wilkas Jacques Lamarre Theresa Rebeck Edwin Sánchez
Directed by: Rob Ruggiero
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/christmas-on-the-rocks-22/#
Description: 10th Anniversary Edition! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a parade of surprising guests: children from your favorite Christmas specials---all grown up! Starring Jen Cody and Ted Lange!
Queen of Basel
By: Hilary Bettis
Directed by: Cristina Angeles
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/queen-of-basel/
Description: This explosive elixir of power, class, and race within the Latinx community from playwright Hilary Bettis (TV’s The Americans) examines the timelessness of love and betrayal in this bold new play.
The Rembrandt
By: Jessica Dickey
Directed by: Maria Mileaf
Event Date(s): Apr 22 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/the-rembrandt/
Description: Spanning centuries of human experience, The Rembrandt is a visually stunning theatrical tour-de-force that movingly explores the power of creative expression and the sacrifices we make in the pursuit of love and beauty.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Mikael Burke
Event Date(s): Jul 08 2023 - Jul 30 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/clydes/
Description: “Feisty comedy is on the menu” (Washington Post) in two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage’s (Sweat, Ruined) latest Broadway triumph. You won’t want to miss this funny and inspiring new comedy.
Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
By: Edward Albee
Directed by: James Bundy
Event Date(s): Oct 06 2022 - Oct 29 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Yale Repertory Theatre
City: New Haven
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://yalerep.org
Description: An unblinking portrait of two American marriages, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? is Edward Albee’s explosively comedic and harrowingly profound masterpiece.
The Brightest Thing in the World
By: Leah Nanako Winkler
Directed by: Margot Bordelon
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2022 - Dec 17 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Yale Repertory Theatre
City: New Haven
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://yalerep.org
Description: The Brightest Thing in the World is a funny and compassionate new play about people we all know and people we all love.
Mojada: A Medea in Los Angeles
By: Luis Alfaro
Directed by: Laurie Woolery
Event Date(s): Mar 10 2023 - Apr 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Yale Repertory Theatre
City: New Haven
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://yalerep.org
Description: Blending wry humor, tragedy, and mysticism, Mojada unleashes the power of Euripides’s ancient tale through an unforgettable story of an undocumented family caught in the grip of the American immigration system.
the ripple, the wave that carried me home
By: Christina Anderson
Directed by: Tamilla Woodard
Event Date(s): Apr 28 2023 - May 20 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Yale Repertory Theatre
City: New Haven
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://yalerep.org
Description: The ripple, the wave that carried me home is a poignant, transporting, and quietly subversive story of justice, legacy, and forgiveness.
Delaware
Here You Come Again
By: Bruce Vilanch, Gabriel Barre, Tricia Paoluccio
Directed by: Gabriel Barre
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Delaware Theatre Company
City: Wilmington
Price: $29-65
Reference Link: https://www.delawaretheatre.org/here-you-come-again
Description: A touching and rollickingly funny celebration of the music of Dolly Parton, who appears to a struggling comedian quarantining in his parents' attic. Featuring hits like "Jolene," "9 To 5," and "Here You Come Again," it's a can't-miss for Dolly fans and theatregoers alike.
Black Angels Over Tuskegee
By: Layon Gray
Directed by: Layon Gray
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Delaware Theatre Company
City: Wilmington
Price: $29-65
Reference Link: https://www.delawaretheatre.org/black-angels-over-tuskegee
Description: Inspired by true events, the award-winning drama tells the story of six trail-blazing men who exhibited courage to excel, in spite of all the overwhelming odds against them, as they embarked upon a journey to become the first African American aviators in the United States Army.
Plaid Tidings (A Special Holiday Edition of Forever Plaid)
By: Stuart Ross; original Forever Plaid vocal and musical arrangements by James Raitt
Directed by: Matt Silva
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Holiday Musical
Venue: Delaware Theatre Company
City: Wilmington
Price: $29-65
Reference Link: https://www.delawaretheatre.org/plaid-tidings
Description: A spectacular and fun show for the whole family, Plaid Tidings is a beloved Off-Broadway musical that combines favorite tunes from the ’50s and ’60s with traditional holiday songs and plenty of classic and comical references to the era and its sounds.
ChambeREP: LOVE LETTERS
By: A.R. Gurney
Directed by: Leslie Reidel
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2022 - Oct 01 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roselle Center for the Arts
City: Newark Delaware
Price: $15.00 and $10 for students
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/chamberep/love-letters
Description: This romantic play, truly elegant in its simplicity, is for all those who have treasured the intimacy of a hand-written letter, and the remarkable gift of a friendship that lasts a lifetime.
Arsenic and Old Lace
By: Joseph Kesselring
Directed by: J.R. Sullivan
Event Date(s): Nov 03 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roselle Center for the Arts
City: Newark Delaware
Price: $39 with discounts for seniors/faculty/staff/student
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/arsenic-and-old-lace
Description: You thought your family was crazy? Meet the Brewsters. Mortimer Brewster discovers his seemingly sweet old aunts have a nasty habit of poisoning lonely old men with a glass of elderberry wine laced with "arsenic, strychnine, and just a pinch of cyanide."
Medea
By: Euripides
Directed by: Steve Tague
Event Date(s): Apr 13 2023 - Apr 30 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roselle Center for the Arts Thompson Theatre
City: Newark Delaware
Price: $$39 with discounts for seniors/faculty/staff/student
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/medea
Description: The powerful and timeless Greek tragedy. What is love worth? What is the cost of betrayal? Medea’s love and loyalty to Jason was unquestionable… until his betrayal when he marries another for political gain, leaving Medea banished.
District Of Columbia
Holiday
By: Philip Barry
Directed by: Anita Maynard-Losh
Event Date(s): Oct 07 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage
City: Washington
Price: $56-95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/holiday/
Description: Opposing societal hierarchies and differing views of success confront each other in this romantic comedy set in the 1920s, which became a beloved 1938 film starring Cary Grant and Katharine Hepburn, and which is still a timely commentary on how to pursue a life worth living.
My Body No Choice
By: Lee Cataluna, Fatima Dyfan, Lisa Loomer, Dael Orlandersmith, Sarah Ruhl, Mary Hall Surface, V (formerly Eve Ensler), and “Anonymous”
Directed by: Molly Smith
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2022 - Nov 06 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $18
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/my-body-no-choice/#block-MBNC-Press
Description: In My Body No Choice, Molly Smith’s final directorial venture for Arena Stage, eight of America’s most exciting female playwrights share what choice means to them, through the telling of fiction and non-fiction stories rooted in personal experience (theirs or a friend’s).
Sanctuary City
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: David Mendizábal
Event Date(s): Oct 21 2022 - Nov 27 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage
City:
Price: $56-95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/sanctuary-city/
Description: Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok brings us the powerful story of two young DREAMers who fight to establish a place for themselves in America, the only country they know as home.
Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 09 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event:
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $56.00-$95.00
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/step-afrikas-magical-musical-holiday-step-show/
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Description: As the world’s first holiday show highlighting the African American tradition of stepping, fabulous and furry friends from the Arctic Kingdom—Popper the Penguin and Polo the Polar Bear—along with DJ Nutcracker ensure a fun and exciting experience for the entire family!
Ride the Cyclone
By: Brooke Maxwell and Jacob Richmond
Directed by: Sarah Rasmussen
Event Date(s): Jan 13 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $$66.00 - $86.00
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/
Description: The lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. A mechanical fortuneteller invites each to tell their story of a life interrupted, offering the chance to come to terms with their fates.
The High Ground
By: Nathan Alan Davis
Directed by: Megan Sandberg-Zakian
Event Date(s): Feb 10 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $ $56.00 - $72.00
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/
Description: A play in conversation with Tulsa, Oklahoma’s 1921 race massacre, The High Ground offers a complex portrait of what it means to root, to resist, and to proceed from devastation.
Angels in America
By: Tony Kushner
Directed by: János Szász
Event Date(s): Mar 24 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $$76.00 - $95.00
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/
Description: The brilliant Hungarian director and filmmaker János Szász will stage Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches in the round, 30 years after its Broadway premiere.
Exclusion
By: Kenneth Lin
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 05 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $$56.00 - $72.00
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2022-23-season/
Description: A reluctant historian is thrown out of her element when her acclaimed book about the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 is optioned by a larger-than-life Hollywood mogul with a track record for making smash-hit TV shows.
Revoltosa (The Troublemaker): Variations on the 1897 Zarzuela for Today
By: Paco Gámez
Directed by: José Luis Arellano (2016 Helen Hayes Award winner for Yerma)
Event Date(s): Sep 08 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Zarzuela, Theater
Venue: GALA Hispanic Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $20-55
Reference Link: https://www.galatheatre.org/post/la-revoltosa
Description: In this popular zarzuela, brimming with secret jealousies and desires, an outspoken woman delights in exposing social hypocrisies. A classical battle of the sexes with unforgettable music that will make hearts burst in joyful celebration!
The Till Trilogy
By: Ifa Bayeza
Directed by: Talvin Wilks
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: A Series of Plays
Venue: Sprenger Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $20 - 64
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/till-trilogy
Description: The Till Trilogy reflects on the life, death, and legacy of Emmett Louis Till. Under the direction of Talvin Wilks, the three plays—The Ballad of Emmett Till, Benevolence, and That Summer in Sumner—star 10 actors performing in rotating repertory for the first time.
Bars and Measures
By: Idris Goodwin
Directed by: Reginald L. Douglas
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: A Play
Venue: Sprenger Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $20 - 64
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/bars-measures
Description: Eric, a classical pianist, and Bilal, a jazz musician, are brothers by blood, united through music but separated by prison bars. When Bilal’s trial reveals hidden secrets and unexpected truths, the men are forced to ask whether their love, and music can withstand betrayal.
Unseen
By: Mona Mansour
Directed by: Johanna Gruenhut
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: A Play
Venue: Sprenger Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $20 - 64
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/unseen
Description: American conflict photographer Mia wakes up in her ex-girlfriend’s Istanbul apartment and doesn’t recall how she got there. A cross-cultural, time-shifting journey ensues as Mia pieces together the details of her past and wrestles with the costs of her profession.
one in two
By: Donja R. Love
Directed by: Raymond O. Caldwell
Event Date(s): Jun 01 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: A Play
Venue: Sprenger Theatre at Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $20 - 64
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/one-in-two
Description: Three queer Black men sit in an ethereal waiting room inviting audiences to join them in a whimsical theatrical experiment that is equal parts harrowing, hilarious, and hopeful. One in two shines an honest and affirming light on the people behind the HIV statistics in this play.
Just For Us
By: Alex Edelman
Directed by: Adam Brace
Event Date(s): Nov 19 2022 - Dec 23 2022
Type of Event: Play, Comedy
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $30-67
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/just-for-us/
Description: Just for Us takes the audience through hilarious anecdotes from Alex Edelman’s life, ending with a hair-raising encounter. Content transparency: This play contains descriptions of antisemitism, the Holocaust, Nazis, white supremacy, racism, and racial slurs.
The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
By: Marry Zimmerman
Directed by: Marry Zimmerman
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Klein Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/the-notebooks-of-leonardo-da-vinci-22-23/
Description: Tony Award winner and MacArthur “Genius” Award recipient Mary Zimmerman, the creative leader behind some of STC’s most imaginative productions (Candide, Pericles), brings the writings of Leonardo da Vinci to life in this stunning revival of one of her earliest creations.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Simon Godwin
Event Date(s): Nov 10 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Harman Hall
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/2022-23-season-subscriptions/
Description: Helmed by “one of the most insightful and sensitive directors of Shakespeare today” (WhatsOnStage), Much Ado About Nothing is the perfect blend of sparkling screwball comedy and revelatory romance.
Jane Anger
By: Talene Monahon
Directed by: Jess Chayes
Event Date(s): Dec 13 2022 - Jan 08 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Klein Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/2022-23-season-subscriptions/
Description: It’s 1606 and Shakespeare (Michael Urie) is plagued…with writer’s block. In through the window climbs Jane Anger (Amelia Workman), a cunning woman and a writer of her own merit with a dream to change history.
King Lear
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Simon Godwin
Event Date(s): Feb 23 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Klein Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/2022-23-season-subscriptions/
Description: Caught in a carousel of memory, the head of a dysfunctional royal family grapples with power-hungry children and the threat of losing the empire he created.
The Jungle
By: Joe Murphy and Joe Robertson
Directed by: Stephen Daldry and Justin Martin
Event Date(s): Mar 28 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Harman Hall
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/2022-23-season-subscriptions/
Description: STC teams up with Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company to bring this exclusive theatrical experience to Washington after sold-out runs in the West End and in New York.
Goddess
By: Jocelyn Bioh
Directed by: Saheem Ali
Event Date(s): May 25 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Harman Hall
City: Washington
Price: $35 & Up
Reference Link: https://www.shakespearetheatre.org/events/2022-23-season-subscriptions/
Description: Following its world premiere at Berkeley Repertory Theatre, Goddess tells the story of a mysterious singer who arrives at Moto Moto, a steamy Afro-jazz club in Mombasa, Kenya.
Heroes of the Fourth Turning
By: Will Arbery
Directed by: Sivan Battat
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2022 - Oct 23 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, D.C.
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-heroes-of-the-fourth-turning
Description: Will Arbery’s portrait of white conservatives trying to make sense of where they, and their country, stand is an incisive yet personal look at the intelligence and despair of the Catholic right.
People, Places & Things
By: Duncan Macmillan
Directed by: David Muse
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2022 - Dec 11 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, DC
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-people-place-things
Description: Emma is an actress. She also has an addiction, and it’s trying to kill her. In rehab, but not ready for recovery, Emma just wants to escape—through drugs, through performing, through anything that lets her make her own reality.
English
By: Sanaz Toossi
Directed by: Not Named Yet
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2023 - Feb 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, D.C.
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-english
Description: English is both a comedy of miscommunication and a look at the ways speaking a new language can expand your world and change your voice.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Mar 01 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, D.C.
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-clydes
Description: Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage’s sweet and savory comedy trades in wonder, Wonder Bread, and the healing powers of food.
Good Bones
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Psalmayene 24
Event Date(s): May 10 2023 - Jun 11 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, D.C.
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-good-bones
Description: A Studio-commissioned play by 2022 Pulitzer winner James Ijames, Good Bones explores gentrification and belonging, displacement and upward mobility, and being haunted by a legacy you’re only just beginning to understand.
Fun Home
By: Lisa Kron & Jeanine Tesori, adapted from the memoir by Alison Bechdel
Directed by: David Muse
Event Date(s): Jun 28 2023 - Jul 30 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Studio Theatre
City: Washington, DC
Price: $85
Reference Link: https://www.studiotheatre.org/plays/play-detail/2022-2023-fun-home
Description: Fun Home is the Tony-winning story of a daughter and father, of coming out and coming to terms with a life shaped by a family’s secrets.
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story
By: Hannah Moscovitch, Ben Caplan, and Christian Barry
Directed by: Christian Barry
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2022 - Sep 25 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/22-23-season/old-stock/
Description: Sex, religion, and refugees—Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story has it all! A funny and edgy love story interwoven with a high-energy klezmer concert, this folk musical is inspired by the true tale of two Jewish Romanian refugees finding love on the shores of Canada in 1908.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Paige Hernandez
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/22-23-season/
Description: 1905, the Lower East Side. Sewing beautiful lingerie gives Esther, a Black seamstress, an intimate look at the love lives of her diverse clientele, while secretly her own heart belongs to the Orthodox Jewish fabric merchant with whom she can never share a touch.
The Pianist of Willesden Lane
By: Hershey Felder, Mona Golabek, and Lee Cohen
Directed by: Hershey Felder
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://
Description: Award-winning pianist Mona Golabek returns to D.C. in the true and inspiring story of her mother, Lisa Jura, a young Jewish pianist whose career is derailed by war. Pianist combines enthralling storytelling with virtuosic live performances of Beethoven, Chopin, and more.
Two Jews Walk Into a War…
By: Seth Rozin
Directed by: Adam Immerwahr
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2023 - Feb 05 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/22-23-season/
Description: The last two Jews in Afghanistan share a vital mission to repopulate the Jewish community in Kabul. And they hate each other. Can this cantankerous couple commit to one incredible act of faith to keep their community alive without killing one another first?
Gloria: A Life
By: Emily Mann
Directed by: Holly Twyford
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2023 - Apr 02 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/22-23-season/gloria/
Description: Five decades after Gloria Steinem began raising her voice and championing the voices of others, her call for equality is as urgent as ever. In this exploration of the iconic feminist’s extraordinary legacy and the women who inspired her.
One Jewish Boy
By: Stephen Laughton
Directed by: Johanna Gruenhut
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2023 - Jul 02 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $Starting at $44.99
Reference Link: https://theaterj.org/22-23-season/one-jewish-boy/
Description: Jesse, a nice Jewish boy, falls in love with Alex, a nice mixed-race girl. Navigating any relationship is difficult enough, but what happens when you factor in politics and rising antisemitism? Don’t miss the U.S. premiere of this urgent and unflinching comedy.
Ain’t No Mo’
By: Jordan E. Cooper
Directed by: Lili-Anne Brown
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $29-70
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/aint-no-mo/
Description: When news breaks that Black Americans are offered a one-way ticket to Africa, Peaches, the beautiful drag queen flight agent for African-American Airlines flight 1619, greets us as we prepare to take a bumpy flight.
seven methods of killing kylie jenner
By: Jasmine Lee Jones
Directed by: Milli Bhatia
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2023 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $29-70
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/seven-methods-of-killing-kylie/
Description: When Forbes magazine declares Kylie Jenner a “self-made” billionaire, Cleo takes to Twitter to call out white women who co-opt and profit from Black culture. Soon online discourse spills into reality, blurring the tenuous lines between internet personas and who we are IRL.
The Jungle
By: Joe Murphy & Joe Robertson
Directed by: Stephen Daldry & Justin Martin
Event Date(s): Mar 28 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $29-70
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/the-jungle/
Description: Welcome to the Jungle: a camp of stateless citizens outside Calais, France, the temporary home for thousands of people searching for refuge, forced to build a new society from nothing, at the crossroads of cultures and countries. A co-production with Shakespeare Theatre Company.
The Nosebleed
By: Aya Ogawa
Directed by: Aya Ogawa
Event Date(s): Mar 31 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $29-70
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/the-nosebleed/
Description: Are we doomed to repeat the mistakes of our parents? Through a series of absurd autobiographical vignettes, Aya Ogawa’s The Nosebleed delves into the shit show of parenthood, as both a parent and a child---and what it takes to forgive.
Incendiary
By: Dave Harris
Directed by: Monty Cole
Event Date(s): May 29 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $29-70
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/event/incendiary/
Description: Tanya is a Black mother determined to break her son, Eric, out of Death Row—or die trying. She’ll need guns, to get her hair done, and to fuck some people up.
Florida
Cabaret
By: Book by Joe Masteroff; Based on the play by John Van Druten and stories by Christopher Isherwood; Music by John Kander and Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by: Josh Rhodes
Event Date(s): Nov 16 2022 - Dec 31 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarastota
Price: $35-99
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/cabaret
Description: In here, life is beautiful. Since its debut in 1967, this classic musical has won countless awards. It’s packed with vibrant and beloved songs like “Willkommen,” “Maybe This Time,” “Money,” “Don’t Tell Mama,” and, of course, “Cabaret.”
The Three Musketeers
By: Ken Ludwig; adapted from the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Directed by: Peter Amster
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2023 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-97
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/ken-ludwigs-the-three-musketeers
Description: Harrowing adventure, bravery, and friendship! One of the world’s most enduring comedies, this classic tells the tale of a daring young man who finds himself in the company of the world’s greatest swordsmen, as well as some of the world’s most dangerous men and women.
Silent Sky
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Seema Sueko
Event Date(s): Jan 19 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-97
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/silent-sky
Description: Full of wonder, humor, and heart, Silent Sky is the remarkable true story of Henrietta Leavitt, one of the pioneering women astronomers working at Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s.
Chicken & Biscuits
By: Douglas Lyons
Directed by: Bianca LaVerne Jones
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2023 - Apr 13 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-97
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/chicken-biscuits
Description: The hilarious new play Chicken & Biscuits introduces us to the Jenkins family as they gather for a family funeral. This side-splitting new Broadway comedy explores the tenderness of family, the joy of reconciliation, and the nourishing power of love.
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
By: Katie Forgette
Directed by: Celine Rosenthal
Event Date(s): Mar 15 2023 - Apr 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-97
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/incident-at-our-lady-of-perpetual-help
Description: Take a trip back to 1973 with the Irish Catholic O’Shea family in this wild and tender comedy that explores the foolishness of first love, the pains of Catholic guilt, and ultimately the power of family.
Man of La Mancha
By: Dale Wasserman; Music by Mitch Leigh and Lyrics by Joe Darion
Directed by: Peter Rothstein
Event Date(s): May 10 2023 - Jun 11 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Mertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $35-99
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/man-of-la-mancha
Description: Considered by many to be one of the best musicals of all time, Man of La Mancha is brilliantly reimagined with a contemporary urgency by celebrated director Peter Rothstein, who immerses us in Miguel de Cervantes’s retelling of Don Quixote and his quest.
Godspell
By: John-Michael Tebelak & Stephen Schwartz
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128601
Description: Join Jesus and His disciples as they recount the greatest story ever told. At times funny and poignant, this beautiful show dissolves hauntingly into the Last Supper and Crucifixion while Jesus’s message of kindness and love comes vibrantly to life.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever: The Musical
By: Jahnna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128611
Description: In this hilarious Christmas classic, a couple struggling to put on a church pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids---probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem—and the fun—when the Herdmans collide with the Christmas story!
The Odd Couple
By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Scott Hayes
Event Date(s): Jan 20 2023 - Jan 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $28-36
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128613
Description: Clash of the Titans has nothing on Oscar and Felix! When Oscar the slob and fastidious Felix decide to room together, hilarity ensues as the two have a showdown of epic proportions. A classic that never goes out of style, The Odd Couple is non-stop comedy you don't want to miss!
The Last Five Years
By: Jason Robert Brown
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Feb 10 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128617
Description: An emotionally powerful and intimate musical about two New Yorkers in their 20s who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. The Last Five Years is a beautifully compelling chronicle in the book of love.
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by: Marci Duncan
Event Date(s): Feb 24 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $28-36
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128619
Description: Make an appointment at Truvy’s Beauty Salon and get all the latest gossip from Shelby, M’Lynn, and the rest of the magnolias. Steel Magnolias touches on the gentle strength and courage that every woman carries within them as they support each other through the good times and bad.
The Sound of Music
By: Howard Lindsay & Russel Crouse, Rodgers & Hammerstein
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): May 05 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093/production/1128623
Description: Don’t miss the world's most beloved musical based on the true story of the Von Trapp family. This is one inspiring musical that brings joy to audiences of all ages.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill
By: Lanie Robertson
Directed by: Ansley Valentine
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: ArtStage Studio Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$39 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/lady-day-at-emersons-bar-and-grill/
Description: In this powerful musical tour-de-force, the ArtStage Studio transforms into the gritty Philadelphia bar where legendary jazz singer Billie Holiday gave one of her final public performances. Billie lets her music tell her story and shares her most beloved songs.
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
By: Katie Forgette
Directed by: Chris Clavelli
Event Date(s): Oct 25 2022 - Nov 13 2022
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$36 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/incident-at-our-lady-of-perpetual-help/
Description:
Catholic guilt takes centerstage in this hilarious new comedy about growing up as an O’Shea. An uproarious new comedy about the power of family bonds! Moving, heart-warming, and downright hilarious.
And Then There Were None
By: Agatha Christie
Directed by: Eleanor Holdridge
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$36 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/agatha-christies-and-then-there-were-none/
Description: In Agatha Christie’s most chilling whodunit, 10 strangers are summoned to a remote island by a mysterious host. A chilling and suspenseful murder mystery! “A perfect combination of thriller and detective story!” -- The Guardian
Freud’s Last Session
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by: Maureen Heffernan
Event Date(s): Dec 13 2022 - Jan 15 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$39 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/freuds-last-session/
Description: On the eve of World War II, Dr. Sigmund Freud, the legendary psychoanalyst, invites a young Oxford student, C.S. Lewis, to his home in London. Over the course of one evening, these two great minds clash about love, sex, the existence of God, and the meaning of life.
Ripcord
By: David Lindsay-Abaire
Directed by: Jason Parrish
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2023 - Jan 29 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$36 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/ripcord/
Description: From the twisted, brilliant mind of the Pulitzer Prize and Tony-winning author of Rabbit Hole and Good People, comes a high-stakes comedy about two women of a certain age locked in a no-holds-barred battle to the death! "Vastly entertaining!” -- Deadline Hollywood
The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
Directed by: Chris Clavelli
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$39 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/season-25/
Description: Oscar Wilde’s wildly entertaining comic classic sparkles with dazzling wordplay and hilariously unlikely situations. This “trivial comedy for serious people” features two carefree bachelors, Jack and Algernon, each with a carefully hidden double life.
On Golden Pond
By: Ernset Thompson
Directed by: Greg Longenhagen
Event Date(s): Feb 14 2023 - Mar 05 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$36 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/on-golden-pond/
Description: This modern American classic tells the love story of Norman and Ethel Thayer, who return every summer to their New England lake house. But when their daughter unexpectedly visits and leaves behind her fiancée’s teenaged son, the Thayers’ quiet lives are turned upside down.
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
By: Created by Richard Maltby, Jr. | Conceived by William Meade
Directed by: Jason Parrish
Event Date(s): Mar 21 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$36 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/ring-of-fire-the-music-of-johnny-cash/
Description: The iconic music of Johnny Cash comes to life in this crowd-pleasin’, foot-stompin’ musical celebration. Ring of Fire uses the Cash songbook to tell a fascinating story of love and faith, struggle and success, rowdiness and redemption, and home and family.
Lobby Hero
By: Kenneth Lonergan
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 18 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Professional Theatre
Venue: Florida Repertory Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $$39 - $69
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/the-season/lobby-hero/
Description: The lobby of a Manhattan apartment building is much more than a waiting area for four New Yorkers involved in a murder investigation. An electrifying dark comedy! “A masterpiece. The best drama, the best comedy, the best romance…all rolled into one.” ---Time Out NY
Smoke & Mirrors
By: Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Aug 03 2022 - Aug 21 2022
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: FST's Gompertz theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/smoke-mirrors
Description: Hamilton Orr, a top Hollywood director, will stop at nothing to get what he wants. So he comes up with a deadly scheme to gain control over a multimillion-dollar film. This riveting murder mystery keeps the audience guessing (and laughing) until the end.
New York State of Mind: All the Hits of Billy Joel With The Uptown Boys™
By: by Alexander Aguilar and John De Simini
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2022 - Oct 02 2022
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
City: Sarasota
Price: $18-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/new-york-state-mind-all-hits-billy-joel-uptown-boys%E2%84%A2
Description: The Uptown Boys use Billy Joel’s rich songbook as a way to share their stories of life, love, and trying to make it in New York City. Featuring such hits as “Only the Good Die Young,” “For the Longest Time,” “Piano Man,” and many more you know and love.
The ’70s: More Than A Decade
By: Rebecca Hopkins, Richard Hopkins, and Sarah Durham; musical arrangements by Jim Prosser
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Oct 07 2022 - Feb 12 2023
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/%E2%80%9870s-more-decade
Description: With music made famous by The Who, Harry Chapin, the Bee Gees, Marvin Gaye, and more, this dynamic new cabaret traces a pivotal decade and some of the greatest music ever recorded. Featuring such songs as “Joy to the World,” “Let It Be,” “Stayin’ Alive,” and more.
Charlotte’s Web
By: Adapted by Joseph Robinette and based on the book by E.B. White
Directed by: Ellie Mooney
Event Date(s): Oct 08 2022 - Nov 05 2022
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/charlottes-web
Description: Wilbur may be the runt of the pig litter, but he’s living large after capturing the heart of his farm owner’s young daughter, Fern. That is, until Wilbur grows too big and is shipped off to a farm owned by Fern’s uncle. There Wilbur discovers his eventual fate: the dinner table!
Something Rotten!
By: Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell and Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Directed by: Ellie Mooney
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2022 - Jan 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-49
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/something-rotten
Description: Brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are stuck in the shadow of the Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing, and acting—all at the same time—Nick &Nigel set out to write the world’s first musical.
A Place in the Sun: A Tribute to Stevie Wonder
By: Jason Cannon, Richard Hopkins, and Sarah Durham
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Nov 16 2022 - Mar 26 2023
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/place-sun-tribute-stevie-wonder
Description: A musical tribute to the one and only Stevie Wonder. Featuring hits like “I Just Called to Say I Love You,” “Superstition,” and “Isn’t She Lovely?”
Deck the Halls
By: Sarah Durham and Caroline Saldivar
Directed by: Caroline Saldivar
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2022 - Dec 18 2022
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/deck-halls-1
Description: A brand-new rendition of everything that makes Christmas and Hanukkah in Sarasota special. With all-new songs and sketches, audiences should get ready to celebrate the holidays, Florida style: palm trees with decorations, swimming in the sea, sand snowmen, and more.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by: Kate Alexander
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2022 - Feb 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/what-constitution-means-me
Description: Fifteen-year-old Heidi Schreck put herself through college by winning Constitutional debates across the country. Now, the Obie-winning playwright resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the document’s profound impact on the lives of four generations of women.
The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
By: adapted by le Clanche du Rand and based on the book by C.S. Lewis
Directed by: Billy D Hart
Event Date(s): Jan 14 2023 - Feb 12 2023
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/lion-witch-and-wardrobe-0
Description: Join Peter and Lucy on their travels to Narnia! The White Witch has cast a spell that makes it always winter and never Christmas. Peter and Lucy travel to Narnia and along the way meet Mr. Tumnus the faun, Aslan the Great Lion, and all the talking animals of the kingdom.
Network
By: adapted for the stage by Lee Hall from the film by Paddy Chayefsky
Directed by: Richard Hopkins
Event Date(s): Jan 25 2023 - Mar 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/network
Description: Anchorman Howard Beale isn’t pulling in the viewers. In his final broadcast after announcing he’s been let go, he unravels live on air. But when his ratings soar, the network seizes on its newfound populist prophet, and Howard becomes the biggest thing on TV. A regional premiere.
Reel Music
By: Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins, and Sarah Durham; musical arrangements by Jim Prosser
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2023 - Jun 25 2023
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/reel-music-2
Description: Music and movies have always gone hand in hand. This original FST Cabaret features music made famous by the silver screen with hits like “Singing in the Rain,” “Circle of Life,” and “My Heart Will Go On.”
The Last Acorn & Other Winning Plays
By: Winning Young Playwrights
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 25 2023 - Apr 23 2023
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/last-acorn-other-winning-plays
Description: Wise, heartfelt, and often comical, this anthology of award-winning short plays celebrates creativity and imagination! Top plays written by elementary school students from our community and around the world are brought to life by a cast of professional actors.
Visit Joe Whitefeather (and bring the family!)
By: Bruce Graham
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2023 - May 21 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Florida Studio Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/visit-joe-whitefeather-and-bring-family
Description: World premiere. It’s the '70s and the small town of Beaver Gap, Pa., has a problem. Tourism has declined, and it doesn’t look like there's any hope on the horizon. However, when a passionate resident joins forces with the bewildered city council, they devise a wild and insane plan.
Fade
By: Tanya Saracho
Directed by: Teo Castellanos
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2022 - Sep 18 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: GableStage
City: Miami
Price: $$35-$65
Reference Link: https://https://www.gablestage.org/
Description: A witty dramatic comedy about class, integrity, and culture. Lucia is understandably nervous: It’s Day One at her first TV writing job. As a Hispanic novelist, she may actually be the “diversity hire.” Unexpectedly, Lucia feels less alone when she meets Abel, the Latino janitor.
New Works Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2022 - Sep 18 2022
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/new-works-festival/
Description: At the Ninth Annual New Works Festival, you will experience a weekend of brand-new plays read, in some cases for the first time aloud, by professional actors. The finalists are selected from over 100 plays submitted by playwrights from all over the country.
26 Miles
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2022 - Oct 30 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/26-miles/
Description: When Beatriz receives a late night call for help from her estranged teenage daughter Olivia, she spirits her away on an impromptu cross-country road trip. As they trek from Philadelphia to Wyoming, the tension at the heart of their relationship reaches a boiling point.
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 10 2022 - Dec 04 2022
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/steel-magnolias/
Description: Anybody who’s anybody is a regular at Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, La., where you are guaranteed to be pampered with gossip. Both hilarious and deeply moving, the play reveals the inner strength of its six leading ladies through wise-cracking, witty repartee.
Mud Row
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Marshall Jones III
Event Date(s): Jan 05 2023 - Jan 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/mud-row/
Description: Regine must decide the fate of a house she never wanted, the same house where Toshi’s been squatting for three months. Elsie is willing to do anything to move up in the world, while her sister Frances is willing to risk her life to change it.
Lerner & Loewe’s Camelot
By: Based on The Once and Future King by T.H. White, Book Adapted by David Lee
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2023 - Mar 12 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/camelot/
Description: Eight actors give life to this enchanting, romantic tale, featuring a lush score created by the genius duo behind My Fair Lady, all to create an unforgettable (k)night at the theatre.
Barefoot in the Park
By: Neil Simon
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2023 - Apr 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/barefoot-in-the-park/
Description: One of the longest-running plays in Broadway history turned into an iconic film starring Jane Fonda and Robert Redford, Barefoot in the Park has the perfect recipe for laughter.
Morning After Grace
By: Carey Crim
Directed by: Kristen Coury
Event Date(s): Apr 27 2023 - May 14 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gulfshore Playhouse
City: Naples
Price: $45-80
Reference Link: https://gulfshoreplayhouse.org/shows-events/morning-after-grace/
Description: A hilarious and heartwarming comedy about three retirees who get a new lease on life.
Pageant
By: Bill Russell and Frank Kelly
Directed by: Ron Hutchins
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2022 - Nov 20 2022
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Island City STage
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://islandcitystage.org
Description: The Miss America competition meets RuPaul’s Drag Race! A hilarious musical comedy send-up of the once cherished traditions of beauty finalists in bathing suit and ball gown competitions, here competing for the title of Miss Glamouresse. And who wins the crown? You decide!
Rotterdam
By: Jon Brittain
Directed by: Michael Leeds
Event Date(s): Jan 19 2023 - Feb 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Island City Stage
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://islandcitystage.org
Description: Alice wants to come out as a lesbian. Her girlfriend Fiona wants to start living as a man. What happens next is a bittersweet comedy about gender, sexuality, and being a long way from home.
Picasso at the Lapin Agile
By: Steve Martin
Directed by: Kari Goetz
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2022 - Oct 09 2022
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Straz Center for the Performing Art