Aug. 1, 2023 to Jul. 30, 2024
Alabama
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Rick Dildine
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: ASF Artistic Director Rick Dildine brings Shakespeare’s classic comedy to life with a dazzling production. Set within a child’s attic, this production fosters wild imagination and uses live music throughout.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 16 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: When miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner on Christmas Eve, an overnight voyage of epic proportions begins. Journey with Scrooge as he learns from his ghosts a heartwarming lesson in forgiveness and the change we can make around us.
Blues in the Night
By: Sheldon Epps
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 08 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: This scorching, Tony-nominated musical tells of the sweet, sexy, and sorrowful experiences three women have with the lying, cheating snake of a man who does them wrong. Featuring songs from Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer, Harold Arlen, Alberta Hunter and more.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 18 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson must crack the mystery of “The Hound of the Baskervilles” before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Can our heroes discover the truth in time? Join the fun as they face a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, disguises, and deceit.
Zelda In the Backyard
By: Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: When Libby inherits a wrecked 1961 Rolls Royce, she sets off on a journey to reassemble the car and pieces of the past her father left behind. From the playwright of Gee’s Bend and White Lightning, Zelda in the Backyard is a story of love and loss, and all the roads in between.
Joseph and The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
By: Time Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2024 - Aug 11 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Alabama Shakespeare Festival
City: Montgomery
Price: $26-70
Reference Link: https://asf.net
Description: One of the most enduring shows of all time, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a humorous retelling of the Biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, his father Jacob, and the coat of many colors. This delightful and merry musical will have you dancing in your seat.
Alaska
Uncle Ted
By: Senator Gary Stevens
Directed by: Kalli Denali Randall
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: An homage to the famous longtime Alaskan senator, the audience is taken on a journey through his pivotal life moments. The play examines the reputation, as well as the rise and fall of Senator Ted Stevens, told by the man himself.
Tartuffe
By: Moliere
Directed by: Teresa K Pond
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Moliere’s celebrated comic satire of hypocrisy, scandal, and intrigue---an excellent play for the modern era! Tartuffe has charmed his way into the home of Orgon, to marry his daughter, seduce his wife, and steal all his money.
Fancy Nancy: Splendiferous Christmas The Musical
By: Book by Cara Lustik and Matthew Hardy, music by Randy Klein, lyrics by Matthew Hardy
Directed by: Warren Weinstein
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: TYA play
Venue:
City: Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: What could be fancier than Christmas? Presents with elegant wrapping paper, festive decorations, Christmas cookies with sprinkles---and who could forget the tree? This year, Nancy is especially excited.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By: Book by John Cameron Mitchell, songs by Stephen Trask
Directed by: Joseph W. Biagini
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Juneau and Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Over the course of a singular, defiant performance, witness the spiral of anti-hero frontwoman of fictional rock band The Angry Inch.
A Nice Indian Boy
By: Madhuri Shekar
Directed by: Vinita Sud Belani
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Juneau
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A chance encounter brings Naveen Gavaskar face-to-face with the man of his dreams: Keshav, a Bollywood-loving, Marathi-speaking Hindu, ready to fall in love.
Indecent
By: Paula Vogel
Directed by: Hannah Wolf
Event Date(s): Feb 14 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Juneau and Anchorage
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Set in the early 20th century, Indecent follows the true story of Sholem Asch's controversial play, God of Vengeance. As this groundbreaking Yiddish work journeys from the stages of Europe to Broadway, it faces censorship and fierce opposition due to its lesbian protagonists.
Arizona
Barefoot in the Park
By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Michael Berresse
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue:
City: Tucson and Tempe/Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Neil Simon’s most beloved romantic comedy.
Scrooge! The Musical
By: Leslie Bricusse
Directed by: Matt August
Event Date(s): Nov 07 2023 - Dec 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Tucson and Tempe/Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Adapted from the Oscar-nominated film Scrooge comes a Christmas musical spectacular by Oscar-winning, Grammy-winning, and Tony-nominated composer Leslie Bricusse.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Oz Scott
Event Date(s): Jan 20 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue:
City: Tucson and Tempe/Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Two-time Pulitzer-winning author Lynn Nottage’s play Intimate Apparel tells the story of a successful African American seamstress who makes revolutionary undergarments for an array of women---from high-society socialites to enterprising ladies of the night.
Master Class
By: Terrence McNally
Directed by: Marcia Milgrim Dodge
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue:
City: Tucson and Tempe/Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Master Class, the Tony-winning play by Terrence McNally, tells the story of the uncompromising opera diva Maria Callas as she delivers a life altering master class to students at an elite opera training program.
True West
By: Sam Shepard
Directed by: Jenn Thompson
Event Date(s): Apr 27 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson and Tempe/Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Sam Shepard’s Pulitzer finalist and Tony-nominated play True West is a Cain and Abel story of brotherly love and sibling rivalry set against the dreams of the American West.
Tomás and the Library Lady
By: José Cruz González, from the book by Pat Mora
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 01 2023 - May 31 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Herberger Theater Center/National Tour
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/shows/Season2324/Tomas2324
Description: One day while his family is in Iowa picking crops, Tomás meets the Library Lady and nothing is ever the same again. Based on the true story of Tomás Rivera and the book by Pat Mora. Show Touring Oct.-March, and playing at Herberger Theatre Center in April/May.
Eddie and Vinnie
By: Jenny Millinger
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 23 2023 - May 17 2024
Type of Event: Touring Production
Venue: Schools
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/EddieVinnieISP
Description: Eddie and Vinnie is a buddy comedy about Eddie, a boy with dyslexia, and his best friend/sidekick, a wise-cracking gecko named Vinnie. Designed to resonate with educators and students, this play raises awareness about dyslexia, which affects one in five people.
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
By: Robert Penola (book), Johnny Marks (songs), based on TV special
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 18 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $15+
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/rudolph23
Description: Follow the delightful journey of Rudolph, Hermey the Elf, and Yukon Cornelius as they encounter the Abominable Snowman and journey to the land of Misfit Toys.
The Diary of Anne Frank
By: Wendy Kesselman, based on Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett's play
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 01 2024 - Jan 31 2024
Type of Event: Touring Production
Venue: Schools
City: Scottsdale
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/shows/Season2324/AnneFrank2324
Description: The beautiful story of a young Jewish girl keeping a diary about her life while hiding from the Nazis in Amsterdam will be available for school field trips in January 2024. A co-production with the Bridge Initiative and the Scottsdale Center for the Arts.
Eric and Elliot
By: Dwayne Hartford
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 01 2024 - Feb 29 2024
Type of Event: Touring Production
Venue: Schools
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.childsplayaz.org/index.php/schools/childsplayazdotorgslashschools/23-24-ISP/EricandElliot
Description: Brothers Eric and Elliot set out on a journey seeking help for their mother, who has spiraled into a debilitating depression. Only by facing their own past and the tragic events of a particular day the previous summer can they find help for their mother, and for them. Grades 6-12.
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Oct 28 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Mesa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Experience Macbeth, a captivating tale of ambition, betrayal, and supernatural forces. Step into the treacherous world of medieval Scotland, as a bold warrior obsessed with power descends into murderous madness.
Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey
By: Debra Ann Byrd
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 03 2023 - Nov 11 2023
Type of Event: Solo show
Venue:
City: Mesa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Fresh on the heels of performing this one-woman living memoir at Lincoln Center, Debra Ann Byrd brings Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey, to the Southwest Shakespeare stage, fearlessly exploring her personal struggles and triumphs.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Feb 24 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Mesa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Enter a whimsical realm where fairies meddle, lovers entangle and mischief reigns supreme. An enchanted forest is the playground for Puck, the magical fairy who spins a web of chaos with his delightful pranks and unpredictable tricks.
The School for Lies
By: Moliere
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 09 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Mesa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: It’s 1666 and the brightest, wittiest salon in Paris is that of Célimène, a beautiful young widow so known for her satiric tongue that she’s being sued for it.
I Love to Eat: James Beard’s Love Affair with Food!
By: James Still
Directed by: Susan Claassen
Event Date(s): Sep 05 2023 - Sep 17 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: “Moderation—I am against it!” Before Rachael Ray, Gordon Ramsay, and even Julia Child, there was James Beard, America’s first TV chef and namesake of the coveted culinary prize. In this delicious one-man comedy, Beard welcomes us into his Greenwich Village kitchen!
Dear Jack, Dear Louise
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Betsy Kruse Craig
Event Date(s): Oct 24 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow.
Hedy! The Life & Invetions of Hedy Lamarr
By: Heather Massie
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Hedy Lamarr, glamorous siren of the silver screen, was more than "The Most Beautiful Woman in the World." She invented frequency-hopping, which makes the world of wireless communication tick. The play unearths the truth behind how a glamorous Hollywood film star changed the world.
Unbossed and Unbowed
By: Ingrid Griffith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 20 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Solo Play
Venue: The Berger Performing Arts Center
City: Tucson
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Shirley Chisholm is back...to tell it like it really is! Ingrid Griffith's award-winning production is the largely unheard story of Shirley St. Hill Chisholm, the first African American woman to win a seat in the U.S. Congress and run for the presidency of the United States.
The Bookstore
By: Adam Szymkowicz
Directed by: Betsy Kruse Craig
Event Date(s): Jan 30 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: The future of a whimsical, almost magical bookstore is uncertain after the owner dies and leaves the shop to her niece, who doesn't want to run it and is offered a huge amount of money to sell. But as the shop works its magic on her she begins to wonder if she should sell or not.
Come Fly With Me – Tales of Being a Pan Am Flight Attendant
By: Wendy Knecht
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Special Event-Solo Performance
Venue: The Invisible Theatre
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Wendy Knecht transports audiences to the rarefied atmosphere of being an international flight attendant with the iconic airline Pan American. Based on her memoir, Life, Love and Hijacking, in this play Wendy proves a very engaging schmoozer, and her authentic voice is first class in every way!
A Conversation With Edith Head
By: Susan Claasen and Paddy Calistro
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 06 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Susan Claassen, along with host Stuart Moulton, stars in her internationally acclaimed, award-winning portrayal of legendary costume designer, Edith Head, winner of eight Oscars. Hollywood’s Golden Age comes to life in an evening of wit, wisdom, and a whisper of gossip!
From Broadway to Hollywood
By: Richard Glazier
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Concert/Multi-Media
Venue: The Berger Performing Arts Center
City: Tucson
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: From Broadway to Hollywood features award-winning pianist, historian, and master storyteller Richard Glazier in a multi-media musical tour-de-force from the Tin Pan Alley to Tinsel Town!
Thriller of the Year
By: Glyn Jones
Directed by: Susan Claassen
Event Date(s): Apr 23 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Mystery
Venue: The Invisible Theatre
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Gillian, a successful crime novelist, returns home late after having received the award for Thriller of the Year. She soon finds out that someone is trying to kill her using methods from her own book. Gillian faces a race against time to discover the killer's identity!
The Shadow of Her Smile
By: Ann Talman
Directed by: Lina Koutrakos and Alex Rybeck
Event Date(s): May 17 2024 - May 18 2024
Type of Event: Concert/Multi-Media
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $20-40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Ann Talman portrayed Elizabeth Taylor’s daughter on Broadway in The Little Foxes, beginning a lifelong friendship that lasted for the rest of Taylor’s life. The Shadow of Her Smile is the story of this amazing bond, filled with hilarious stories and American songbook gems.
Woody’s Order
By: Ann Talman
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 19 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Solo Play/Film
Venue: Invisible Theatre Co
City: Tucson
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.invisibletheatre.com
Description: Woody’s Order is a one-woman show written and performed by Ann Talman. Family legend has it that Ann was “ordered” into this world in 1956 by Woody, her then 8-year-old brother with severe cerebral palsy, to tell his story.
Heartbreak House
By: George Bernard Shaw
Directed by: Christopher Johnson
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In the bohemian household of the elderly Captain Shotover, a combination of eccentrics gives rise to heated discussions of social theory and sexual conflict.
The Left Hand of Darkness
By: Cynthia Meier, adapted from Ursula K. Le Guin
Directed by: Matt Bowdren
Event Date(s): Nov 02 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Based on the 1969 Nebula and Hugo Award-winning science fiction novel, an envoy is sent to the planet Gethen, where everyone is androgynous, to convince them to join a confederation of planets. Part science fiction, part political thriller, and part anthropological study.
Under Milk Wood
By: Dylan Thomas
Directed by: Christopher Johnson
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2024 - Jan 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Mesa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A rich and delightful story of a day in the life of a small Welsh fishing village by one of Wales’s most famous poets.
An Iliad
By: Lisa Peterson and Denis O’Hare, adapted from Homer
Directed by: Cynthia Meier
Event Date(s): Feb 22 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A modern retelling of Homer’s ancient tale of the Trojan War. A one-person show featuring artistic associate Patty Gallagher.
Love’s Labour’s Lost
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Joseph McGrath
Event Date(s): Apr 18 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Tucson
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Four young men pledge to study for three years, avoiding all contact with women. Then the Princess of France and her court arrives.
Mary Poppins
By:
Directed by: Chris Hamby
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Sep 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/mp/
Description: Mary Poppins is an enchanting mixture of irresistible story, unforgettable songs, breathtaking dance numbers, and astonishing stagecraft. One of the most popular Disney movies of all time captures hearts as a hit musical!
Finding Nemo Jr.
By:
Directed by: Heather Walker
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/nemo/
Description: This new musical adaptation of the beloved 2003 Pixar movie Finding Nemo features new music by award-winning songwriting team Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
By: Music by Steven Lutvak, lyrics by Lutvak and Robert L. Freedman, book by Robert L. Freedman
Directed by: Chris Hamby
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/gglm/
Description: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder centers on Monty Navarro, a penniless clerk in London in 1907 who discovers that he’s ninth in line to inherit the Earldom of Highhurst and elects to murder the members of the odious D’Ysquith family standing in his way.
A Christmas Carol
By:
Directed by: Chris Hamby
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/ChristmasCarol/
Description: Dickens’s cherished characters Ebenezer Scrooge, Bob Cratchit, and Tiny Tim come to life on the TheaterWorks stage. The perfect holiday tradition with the return of our own adaptation of the haunting story of Ebenezer Scrooge’s discovery of kindness, compassion, and redemption.
Something Rotten!
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/rotten/
Description: Something Rotten! is the musical extravaganza you didn’t know you needed! Not content to let William Shakespeare get all the attention, the conniving but clueless Bottom brothers hatch a plan to cook up the next big stage hit.
Sondheim Tribute Revue
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 29 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/revue/
Description: This revue highlights the great Stephen Sondheim, widely acknowledged as the most innovative, influential, and important composer and lyricist in modern Broadway history.
Frozen Jr.
By:
Directed by: Meribeth Reeves
Event Date(s): May 10 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peoria Center for the Performing Arts
City: Peoria
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theaterworks.org/events/disneys-frozen-jr/
Description: Frozen Jr. is sure to melt the coldest of hearts. The enchanting modern classic from Disney is based on the 2018 Broadway musical, and brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life onstage.
Spookley the Square Pumpkin: The Musical
By: Joe Troiano (book and lyrics), Jeffrey Zahn (music)
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 06 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Valley Youth Theatre
City: Phoenix
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://vyt.com/section/spookley
Description: The story of a square pumpkin living in a round pumpkin patch on Holiday Hill Farm. When a storm threatens the farm, it’s up to Spookley and his unusual shape to save the day. Based on the popular books and animated special.
The Addams Family Musical
By: Andrew Lippa (songs), Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice (book)
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $22.50+
Reference Link: https://vyt.com/section/addams
Description: The Addamses have lived by their unique values for hundreds of years. In one fateful, hilarious night, secrets are disclosed, relationships are tested, and the Addams family must face up to the one horrible thing they’ve managed to avoid for generations: change.
A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail
By: James W. Rodgers, inspired by A.A. Milne
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Valley Youth Theatre
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A very special friend and relation tells Christopher Robin a story of a Christmas Eve very long ago (about last year) when Eeyore, the old gray donkey, lost his tail.
Peter and the Starcatcher
By: Rick Elice
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Valley Youth Theatre
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Tony-winning play upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan.
The World According to Snoopy
By: Charles M. Schulz (original book), Larry Grossman (music), Hal Hackady (lyrics), Kaitlin Hopkins, Adam Cates, Larry Grossman (revised book)
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Valley Youth Theatre
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Snoopy and the whole Peanuts gang sing, dance and celebrate their unique outlook on the world in this brand new revision of Snoopy!!! The Musical.
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
By: Alan Menken (music), Stephen Schwartz (lyrics), Peter Parnell (book)
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Herberger Theater Center
City: Phoenix
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame is an epic story of love, acceptance, and what it means to be a hero.
Arkansas
Dial M for Murder
By: Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher | Written by Frederick Knott
Directed by: Melissa Rain Anderson
Event Date(s): Aug 16 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/dial-m-for-murder
Description: Tony Wendice married his wife for her money. Now he plans to kill her for it. From the play that inspired Alfred Hitchcock’s crime thriller, TheatreSquared presents a brand new, edge-of-your-seat adaptation by Jeffrey Hatcher (TV’s Columbo).
The Band’s Visit
By: Music and lyrics by David Yazbek; book by Itamar Moses
Directed by: Zi Alikhan
Event Date(s): Oct 11 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/the-bands-visit
Description: Grammy- and 10-time Tony-winning musical. In a town way off the beaten path, a band of musicians arrive lost, out of the blue. Under the spell of the desert sky, and with beautiful music perfuming the air, the band brings the town to life in unexpected and tantalizing ways.
A Christmas Carol
By: Adapted by Amy Herzberg & Robert Ford
Directed by: Dexter J. Singleton
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/christmas-carol
Description: The inventive, magic-filled T2 original—a beloved 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. For all ages.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schrek
Directed by: Amy Herzberg
Event Date(s): Jan 24 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/constitution
Description: 15-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition and a love of the Constitution by winning debate competitions. All grown up, she reimagines how this living document served four generations of women and what it will mean for the future of America.
Cambodian Rock Band
By: Lauren Yee
Directed by: Nelson T. Eusebio III
Event Date(s): Feb 28 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/cambodian-rock-band
Description: Backed by a live band playing contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, this electric, darkly funny new play tells the story of a father who escaped a murderous regime returning home after 30 years in search of his wayward daughter.
Laughs in Spanish
By: Alexis Scheer
Directed by: Rebecca Rivas
Event Date(s): Mar 27 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/laughs-in-spanish
Description: Mariana, the director of a swanky modern art gallery, has a problem: Her showroom is an active crime scene. Part caper comedy and part telenovela, Laughs in Spanish shows how far Mariana will go to save the show—even if it means accepting help from her telenovela star mother.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Monteze Freeland
Event Date(s): Apr 17 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/fat-ham
Description: Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this deliciously funny send-up of Shakespeare’s Hamlet set at an uproarious Southern family cookout is a compelling examination of love and loss, pain and joy, revenge and karaoke.
Responders
By: Joseph Scott Ford
Directed by: vickie washington
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $20-64
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/responders
Description: World premiere. Two small-town paramedics are the first to arrive at a macabre scene. Since the cops got a flat, all they can do is wait—until they realize every school bus in the county is about to drive by. When a reporter arrives, things go from bad to ridiculous.
California
Elephant and Piggie’s “We Are in a Play!”
By: book & lyrics by Mo Willems, music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Directed by: Tyler Marques
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: TYA play
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A playful musical exploration of friendship and possibility!
Fiddler on the Roof
By: Book by Joseph Stein, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Directed by: Joe Gellura
Event Date(s): Sep 08 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Celebrate family, community, faith and life with the classic Broadway favorite and Tony winner Fiddler on the Roof.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
By: John Minigan, adapted from the story by Washington Irving
Directed by: Marty Pistone
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The humorous, haunting tale of the headless horseman.
Elf, the Musical
By: book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, music by Matthew Sklar, lyrics by Chad Beguelin
Directed by: Aja Gianola-Norris
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A must-see holiday musical based on the 2003 hit film starring Will Ferrell.
Fences
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Jourdan Olivier-Verde
Event Date(s): Jan 12 2024 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In segregated 1950s Pittsburgh, a former Negro League baseball star scrapes by as a sanitation worker. Bitter that race kept him from the major leagues, he asserts control over his life in his relationships with his wife and son.
She Loves Me
By: Book by Joe Masteroff, music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Directed by: Emily Cornelius
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A charming, sentimental, and romantic musical comedy set in an elegant 1930s parfumerie in Budapest. Inside the jewel-box shop, love is in the air, but it doesn’t always smell like roses.
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Libby Oberlin
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: It’s 1619, three years since Shakespeare’s death. His friends realize that most of his brilliant plays exist only in the fragile memories of aging actors. They become hell bent on immortalizing his work in what becomes the first printed collection of his plays.
Million Dollar Quartet
By: Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 29 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: There wasn’t a plan for Elvis, Johnny, Carl, and Jerry Lee to meet up in a Memphis recording studio on December 4, 1956, but as fate would have it, they did.
Native Gardens
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 24 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Well-meaning neighbors quickly grow into anything but in this hot-button comedy. When an upwardly mobile Latino couple moves next door to the prize-winning garden of a prominent family, feuding over fences and flora spiral into territorial turmoil.
Kinky Boots
By: Music & lyrics by Cindy Lauper, book by Harvey Fierstein
Directed by: Pat Nims
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2024 - Jul 07 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Rosa
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A young businessman is desperately trying to save the near-bankrupt gentlemen’s shoe factory he suddenly, reluctantly, inherited. A chance encounter with a drag diva in need of a boot repair unites the two in a business venture.
The Bluest Eye
By: Lydia R. Diamond, adapted from Toni Morrison's novel
Directed by: Andi Chapman
Event Date(s): Aug 27 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Pecola Breedlove, a young Black girl in 1940’s Ohio, wants nothing more than to be loved and prays for Shirley Temple’s blue eyes.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez Elliott and Geoff Elliott
Event Date(s): Oct 08 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: When two pairs of mixed-up lovers and a troupe of amateur players stumble into the forest of feuding fairies, an enchanting mix of magic, merriment, and mischief abounds.
A Christmas Carol
By: Geoff Elliott, based on Charles Dickens
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez Elliott and Geoff Elliott
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The region’s longest-running musically merry holiday tradition returns! A Noise Within’s delightfully festive and inspirational annual production is perfect for all ages.
Sweeney Todd
By: Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, book by Hugh Wheeler
Directed by: Julia Rodriguez Elliott
Event Date(s): Feb 11 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A classic masterpiece by the legendary Stephen Sondheim, this heart-pounding thriller will shock the senses with diabolical comedy, stunning terror, and razor-sharp wit.
King Hedley II
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Gregg T. Daniel
Event Date(s): Mar 31 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: King Hedley II continues the stories of characters first introduced in Seven Guitars and shows the tragic realities for Black men in 1980s, Reagan-era Pittsburgh.
Misalliance
By: George Bernard Shaw
Directed by: Guillermo Cienfuegos
Event Date(s): May 12 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: One summer day, an early 20th century English undergarment mogul and his family entertain friends and unexpected visitors at their country estate.
Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
Directed by: Ted Lange
Event Date(s): Oct 28 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Arthur Miller’s Tony- and Pulitzer-winning drama, focuses on the life of Willy Loman, a weary traveling salesman on the brink of obscurity; struggling, perhaps too late, to capture the American Dream.
Cinderella
By: African-American Shakespeare Company
Directed by: Sherri Young
Event Date(s): Dec 15 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This funny, magical and undeniably irreverent look at the Grimm fairytale, has thrilled and warmed the hearts of all ages for over 15 years!
Pipeline
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Nataki Garrett
Event Date(s): Mar 16 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: After two incidents at his public school which culminated in two suspensions, Nya, a public-school teacher, takes her son, Omari, out of the inner-city public school and enrolls him at Fernbrook, a private school far from home.
The Merchant of Venice
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Giulio Cesare Perrone
Event Date(s): May 11 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Merchant of Venice takes a satirical look at the rules and standards upheld by the predominant religious society of Venice.
A Boarding School Play
By: Blossom Johnson
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jan 01 2024 - May 31 2024
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: TBD
City: VARIOUS - SF bay area
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.altertheater.org/
Description: A Boarding School Play is set in a modern boarding school that offers a reclaiming of traditions: The girls are learning their culture, as part of a traditional song and dance group, with the teachings woven in through a delicious comedy about teenagers being teenagers.
Hippest Trip—The Soul Train Musical
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Kamilah Forbes
Event Date(s): Aug 25 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/soul-train/
Description: Hippest Trip—The Soul Train Musical is the Broadway-bound musical based on the iconic TV show that brought Black music, dance, and style into every living room in America.
Soul Train
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Kamilah Forbes
Event Date(s): Aug 25 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Get ready for “the hippest trip in America” with the world premiere of Soul Train, the Broadway-bound musical based on the iconic TV show that brought Black music, dance, and style into every living room in America.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Peter J. Kuo
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/a-christmas-carol/
Description: Returning for the holiday season for the last time in its current version, ACT will present its celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
Big Data
By: Kate Attwell
Directed by: Pam MacKinnon
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/big-data/
Description: ACT artistic director Pam MacKinnon and playwright Kate Attwell reunite to realize the world premiere of this revolutionary piece, inspired by Attwell’s experience touring Mozilla’s “Glass Room” pop-up interactive exhibit in San Francisco.
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
By: Kristina Wong
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Strand Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord/
Description: 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina Wong will bring her award–winning solo show, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, to ACT.
A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
Directed by: Stephen Brackett
Event Date(s): Apr 18 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical, Michael R. Jackson’s Pulitzer Prize–winning, blisteringly funny masterwork exposes the heart and soul of a young artist grappling with desires, identity, and instincts he both loves and loathes.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Event Date(s): May 25 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/the-lehman-trilogy/
Description: ACT will close out their 2023/24 season with the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ critically acclaimed, five-time Tony-winning production of The Lehman Trilogy.
She
By: Marlow Wyatt
Directed by: Andi Chapman
Event Date(s): Oct 15 2023 - Nov 20 2023
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/productions/she/
Description: “Dreams take you places even when you’re standing still…” After receiving a rare opportunity to attend a prestigious boarding school, 13-year old She is forced to face the harsh realities of adult life.
The Winter’s Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Elizabeth Swain
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2024 - Mar 11 2024
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/productions/the-winters-tale/
Description: “I doubt not then but innocence shall make False accusation blush and tyranny Tremble at patience…” When Leontes, King of Sicilia, falsely accuses his wife of an affair with his best friend he sets into motion a series of events that catapult two kingdoms into disarray.
Nora
By: Adapted from Henrik Ibsen's A Doll's House by Ingmar Bergman Translated and Adapted by Frederick J. Marker and Lise-Lone Marker
Directed by: Cameron Watson
Event Date(s): Apr 21 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/productions/nora/
Description: “I’ve got to find out which view is the right one, society’s or mine…” On Christmas Eve, Nora Helmer, whose world is built entirely around her domineering husband, must confront blackmail, financial ruin, the consequences of her past actions, and the unsettling truth about her life.
The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
Directed by: Gregg T. Daniel
Event Date(s): Jul 14 2024 - Aug 19 2024
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Kiki & David Gindler Performing Arts Center
City: Glendale
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://antaeus.org/productions/the-importance-of-being-earnest/
Description: When bachelors Jack and Algernon both create alter egos named Earnest, the lies quickly spiral into chaos, hilarity, cucumber sandwiches, and Victorian handbags.
This Is Not a True Story
By: Preston Choi
Directed by: Reena Dutt
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Los Angeles Theatre Center
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In this new play, CioCio from Puccini’s opera Madame Butterfly completes her suicide, only to wake up realizing she is trapped in a never-ending loop of her story.
Born With Teeth
By: Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by: Josh Costello
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: Aurora's Mainstage: Alafi Auditorium
City: Berkeley
Price: Single Tickets ($38-$75) | Flex Passes & Subscriptions ($200-$385)
Reference Link: https://auroratheatre.org/index.php/shows-events/20232024-season/born-with-teeth
Description: Inspiration and artistry vie with seduction and betrayal when Will Shakespeare and Kit Marlowe collaborate on their most dangerous project yet.
1984
By: George Orwell, adapted by Michael Gene Sullivan
Directed by: Barbara Damashek
Event Date(s): Nov 10 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: Aurora Theatre Company
City: Berkeley
Price: Single Tickets ($38-$75) | Flex Passes & Subscriptions ($200-$385)
Reference Link: https://https://auroratheatre.org/index.php/shows-events/20232024-season/1984
Description: In 1984, this provocative retelling of the prescient novel resonates more powerfully than ever, asking whether love and freedom can stand up to a fascistic assault on language and thought itself.
Manahatta
By: Mary Kathryn Nagle
Directed by: Shannon Davis
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: Aurora Theatre Company
City: Berkeley
Price: Single Tickets ($38-$75) | Flex Passes & Subscriptions ($200-$385)
Reference Link: https://auroratheatre.org/index.php/shows-events/20232024-season/Manahatta
Description: History repeats itself in 1626 and 2008 when the Lenape people confront European notions of property and finance in the compelling Manahatta.
Blue Door
By: Tanya Barfield
Directed by: Darryl V. Jones
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: Aurora Theatre Company
City: Berkeley
Price: Single Tickets ($38-$75) | Flex Passes & Subscriptions ($200-$385)
Reference Link: https://auroratheatre.org/index.php/shows-events/20232024-season/blue-door
Description: Ancestral visitations call upon joy and pain, suffering and resiliency, music and song to celebrate a lineage of Black men from enslavement and Jim Crow to Black Power in Blue Door.
The Lifespan of a Fact
By: Jeremy Kareken & David Murrell and Gordon Farrell, based on the book by John D’Agata and Jim Fingal
Directed by: Jessica Holt
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2024 - Jul 21 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre Performance
Venue: Aurora Theatre Company
City: Berkeley
Price: Single Tickets ($38-$75) | Flex Passes & Subscriptions ($200-$385)
Reference Link: https://auroratheatre.org/index.php/shows-events/20232024-season/the-lifespan-of-a-fact
Description: In The Lifespan of a Fact, facts battle with truth in a hilarious misadventure about journalistic integrity.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By: Selina Fillinger
Directed by: Annie Tippe
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roda Theatre
City: Berkeley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/potus/
Description: Recipient of three 2022 Tony nominations, Selina Fillinger’s POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive is a hilarious feminist satire that challenges gender norms, shines a light on the complexities of power, and questions the status quo.
Bulrusher
By: Eisa Davis
Directed by: Nicole A. Watson
Event Date(s): Oct 27 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Peet's Theatre
City: Berkeley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/bulrusher/
Description: Bulrusher will capture your heart. Get swept up in this lyrical coming-of-age story that follows a clairvoyant 18-year-old multiracial girl whose life changes after a visitor from Birmingham comes to town.
Measure Still for Measure
By: Jessica Kubzansky
Directed by: Jessica Kubzansky
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Immersive play
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price:
Description:
Boston Court’s first immersive play, utilizing the entire building, will take you on a journey behind the curtain to experience the layered and intimate complexities of creating theatre. In this play-within-a-play, a renowned director rehearses a spectacular new production of Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, the original #Metoo story.
Augustine Machine ou Encore une Nuit d’Insomnie
By:
Directed by: Travis Preston
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2023 - Aug 19 2023
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City: Valencia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/augustine-machine/
Description: Using the history and origins of hysteria as an entrypoint, Augustine Machine examines the breadth of possibilities of the human body, moving through Hysteria, Ecstasy, and Revolt in this metaphorical testament to the collective experience.
Artist in Residence: Daniel Alexander Jones
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2023 - Dec 15 2023
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: CNP Producing Artist and Alpert Award winner Daniel Alexander Jones will develop his latest new work.
Artist in Residence: Jonathan Berger
By:
Directed by: Jonathan Berger
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2023 - Dec 15 2023
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Kaunas, Los Angeles is a monumental installation comprised of collaboratively produced photographs, paintings, archives, audio, and radio broadcasts.
The George Project: A Liberation Through Hearing
By: Emilio Cruz
Directed by: Juli Crockett
Event Date(s): Oct 01 2023 - May 31 2024
Type of Event: Audio Play
Venue:
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://centerfornewperformance.org/projects/george-project-hearing/
Description: In a seven-part audio play, director Juli Crockett adapts Emilio Cruz’s 1975 anti-war, Artaud-inspired text When This War Is Over, You’re Going to Get It George into an immersive sonic experience.
Artists in Residence: Ruey Horng Sun and Wu-Kang Chen
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 04 2024 - Mar 22 2024
Type of Event: Workshop
Venue:
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Artists Ruey Horng Sun and Wu-Kang Chen will develop a new work titled Closed Tomorrow, a structured improvisation video, dance, sound, and light.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Anthony D'Juan
Event Date(s): Aug 23 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: In this stirring new play from Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage, a truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption.
Archduke
By: Rajiv Joseph
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Event Date(s): Oct 11 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: Three hapless and hungry young men fumble their way through history as they take on a mission of martyrdom. Are they fighting for Serbian independence or a sandwich? Patriotism or pudding? With Archduke Franz Ferdinand as their target.
Georgiana & Kitty: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Directed by: Janis Stevens
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/
Description: Meddlesome families and outmoded expectations won’t stop these determined friends from forging their own way in a holiday tale filled with music, ambition, sisterhood, and forgiveness in the third and final play in the Christmas at Pemberley trilogy.
American Fast
By: Kareem Fahmy
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jan 24 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: College basketball sensation Khady Salama makes it to March Madness during Ramadan. Khady must choose between observing the traditional fast or breaking it to keep herself in top shape to compete.
Fade
By: Tanya Saracho
Directed by: Dena Martinez
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: A Mexican-born novelist gets her first TV writing job. She feels a bit out of place but befriends Abel, the janitor. Fade is a play about class and race within the Latinx community, as well as at large, and how status does not change who you are at your core.
Cry It Out
By: Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by: Judith Moreland
Event Date(s): May 01 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: A comedy with dark edges that takes an honest look at the absurdities of motherhood, being home with a baby, the power of female friendship, the dilemma of going back to work, and the effect class has on parenthood in America.
Now Circa Then
By: Carly Mensch
Directed by: Jeffrey Lo
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2024 - Jul 21 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage
City: Sacramento
Price: $25-49
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/2023-24-season/
Description: Meet Julian and Josephine, an immigrant couple on New York’s Lower East Side, circa 1890. Meet Gideon and Margie, an unlikely pair of historical reenactors, circa now. A museum tour goes off the rails in this jaunty tale of old places, new beginnings, and timeless questions.
Crowns
By: Regina Taylor
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2023 - Oct 06 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $45-96
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/Home/Components/Calendar/Event/15627/3149
Description: Crowns is a musical play about honoring your roots, finding your groove, and embracing your own style. This jubilant musical traces the roots of gospel through contemporary hip-hop, fusing rich storytelling in a stirring coming-of-age tale.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By: Matthew López
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2023 - Nov 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
Description: Casey is an Elvis impersonator with everything going for him, but just like that he loses his gig. So when Elvis leaves the building and a drag show moves in, “The King” transforms into an all-out queen with the help of some new friends who become a second family.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Scott Denison
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2023 - Dec 21 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
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.
Every Brilliant Thing
By: Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by: Jeffrey Lo and Markus Potter
Event Date(s): Jan 06 2024 - Jan 28 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
Description: This surprising and immersive theatrical experience openly discusses depression, mental illness, and suicide. With poignant humor and joy, Every Brilliant Thing takes us on a journey through grief, healing, falling in love, and (re)discovering all that life has to give.
Mystic Pizza
By: Sandy Rustin
Directed by: Casey Hushion
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
Description: Based on the beloved 1988 MGM rom-com, Mystic Pizza is a new musical about three working-class girls who navigate the complexities of life, love and family in a small-town pizza joint. The infectious score features megahits of the 80s and 90s.
The Great Leap
By: Lauren Yee
Directed by: Nicholas C. Avila
Event Date(s): Mar 16 2024 - Apr 07 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
Description: When an American basketball team travels to Beijing for an exhibition game in 1989, the drama goes deeper than the strain between countries. For two men with a past and one teen with a future, the game is a chance to claim personal victories on and off the court.
Cabaret
By: Joe Masteroff
Directed by: Markus Potter
Event Date(s): May 25 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.lesherartscenter.org/programs/center-repertory-company
Description: In this provocative, multiple Tony Award-winning musical, the euphoria of free expression, new relationships, and the seedy nightclub scene slowly fades away against the rise of Hitler and the Nazi Party.
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
By: Alexis Scheer
Directed by: Lindsay Allbaugh
Event Date(s): Aug 20 2023 - Sep 17 2024
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/our-dear-dead-drug-lord/
Description: In this fierce and feverish world premiere comedy from breakout playwright Alexis Scheer, a gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. A rollercoaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood.
Hadestown
By: Music, Lyrics and Book by Anais Mitchell
Directed by: Rachel Chavkin
Event Date(s): Oct 03 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $40-155
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/hadestown/
Description: Hadestown intertwines two mythic tales—that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of King Hades and his wife Persephone—as it invites you on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Winner of eight 2019 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
Dog Man: The Musical
By: Adapted from the "Dog Man" series of books by Dav Pilkey; Book and Lyrics by Kevin Del Aguila; Music by Brad Alexander
Directed by: Jen Wineman
Event Date(s): Nov 21 2023 - Jan 07 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Kirk Douglas Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-99
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/kirk-douglas-theatre/2023-24/dog-man-the-musical/
Description: Based on the worldwide bestselling hit series by Dav Pilkey, Dog Man: The Musical is a hilarious and heartwarming new production following the chronicles of Dog Man, who with the head of a dog and the body of a policeman, loves to fight crime and chew on the furniture. A TheaterWorksUSA production.
A Christmas Story, The Musical
By: Book by Joseph Robinette; Music and Lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul
Directed by: Matt Lenz
Event Date(s): Dec 05 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $40-169
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/a-christmas-story-the-musical/
Description: From the songwriting team behind the Tony-winning musical Dear Evan Hansen and the critically acclaimed films La La Land and The Greatest Showman, A Christmas Story, The Musical brings the classic 1983 movie to hilarious life onstage! Nominated for three Tony Awards.
Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet
By: Music by Terry Davies based on the original score by Sergei Prokofiev
Directed by: Matthew Bourne
Event Date(s): Jan 28 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Dance Theatre
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-160
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/romeo-juliet/
Description: Matthew Bourne’s Romeo and Juliet gives Shakespeare’s timeless story of forbidden love a scintillating injection of raw passion and youthful vitality. A masterful retelling of an ageless tale, Romeo and Juliet garnered universal acclaim when it premiered in 2019.
Funny Girl
By: Book by Isobel Lennart from an original story by Miss Lennart; Revised by Harvey Fierstein; Music by Jule Styrne; Lyrics by Bob Merrill
Directed by: Michael Mayer
Event Date(s): Apr 02 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $40-169
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/funny-girl/
Description: The sensational Broadway revival dazzles with classic songs, including “Don’t Rain On My Parade,” “I’m the Greatest Star,” and “People.” This bittersweet comedy is the story of the indomitable Fanny Brice, a girl from the Lower East Side who dreamed of a life on the stage.
Clue
By: Sandy Rustin; Additional Material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price; Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn; Original Music by Michael Holland
Directed by: Casey Hushion
Event Date(s): Jul 30 2024 - Aug 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-160
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/clue/
Description: Murder and blackmail are on the menu when six mysterious guests assemble at Boddy Manor for a night they’ll never forget! Based on the cult movie and inspired by the classic board game, Clue is the ultimate whodunit that will keep you guessing and leave you dying of laughter.
A Strange Loop
By: Book, Music and Lyrics by Michael R. Jackson
Directed by: Stephen Brackett
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-160
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/ahmanson-theatre/2023-24/a-strange-loop/
Description: The winner of every Best Musical award on Broadway, as well as the Pulitzer Prize, bursts onto the stage for a limited engagement. This blisteringly funny show is a heartfelt and thought-provoking masterwork that uses humor and honesty to explore themes around race and sexuality.
The Engine of Our Disruption
By: Patricia Milton
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Berkeley
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Kamiri is the newly hired Chief Ethics Officer (C-Eth-O) of a mega-tech company where AI promises to open up a world of technological possibilities. But then she discovers that the firm is developing a new device to guide users in their day-to-day ethical decisions.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By: Simon Stephens
Directed by: Darryl B. Hovis
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $29-36
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/curious-incident/
Description: After being falsely accused of killing a neighbor’s dog, Christopher—who is brilliant but has difficulty dealing with the sounds and stresses of everyday life—decides to investigate the crime. The secrets he unearths prompt him to leave his hometown for a life-changing train trip.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By: Simon Stephens
Directed by: Darryl B. Hovis
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.chancetheater.com/production/curious-incident/?referrer=4
Description: 15-year-old math whiz Christopher Boone lives with his divorced dad in Swinton, a working-class town west of London. After being falsely accused of killing a neighbor’s dog, Christopher—who is brilliant but has difficulty dealing with the sounds and stresses of everyday life—decides to investigate the crime.
The Secret Garden, The Musical
By: Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon
Directed by: Casey Long & KC Wilkerson
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39-46
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/garden2023/?referrer=27773
Description: Based on the popular children’s book of the same name, The Secret Garden is a heartwarming story of forgiveness and renewal. Follow the story of Mary Lennox—and a host of ghosts and lost souls inhabiting Mary’s new home as they uncover the mystery of the manor’s magical garden.
The Secret Garden, the Musical
By: Book & lyrics by Marsha Norman, music by Lucy Simon
Directed by: Casey Long & KC Wilkerson
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Bette Aitken Theatre Arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.chancetheater.com/production/garden2023/?referrer=4
Description: Based on the popular children’s book of the same name, The Secret Garden follows the story of Mary Lennox, a young British girl born and raised in colonial India.
Tiny Beautiful Things
By: Nia Vardalos, Cheryl Strayed
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Tiny Beautiful Things is a play about reaching when you’re stuck, healing when you’re broken, and finding the courage to take on the questions that have no answers.
Alma
By: Benjamin Benne
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 03 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Working mom Alma has singlehandedly raised her daughter, Angel, on tough love, home-cooked comida, and lots of prayers. But on the eve of the all-important SAT, Alma discovers her daughter isn’t at home studying.
Sweeney Todd
By: Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Based on an adaptation by Christopher Bond
Directed by: Oanh Nguyen
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2024 - Aug 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Bette Aitken Theater Arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: An infamous tale of Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber, returns to 19th-century London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife.
The Sound of Music
By: Rodgers & Hammerstein
Directed by: Zachary Hasbany
Event Date(s): Sep 08 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Petaluma
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The final collaboration between Rodgers & Hammerstein, “The Sound of Music” is often described as the world’s most-beloved musical. Featuring a trove of cherished songs, including “Climb Ev’ry Mountain,” “My Favorite Things,” “Do Re Mi,” “Sixteen Going on Seventeen.”
The Last Five Years
By: Jason Robert Brown
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 05 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Petaluma
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Last Five Years follows Cathy Hiatt, a struggling actress, and Jamie Wellerstein, a rising novelist, who recant their five year relationship and doomed marriage.
Dream Hou$e
By: Eliana Pipes
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Petaluma
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Dream Hou$e follows two Latinx sisters who start on an HGTV-style reality show where they sell the family home. The sisters each deal with their own desires and struggles while trying to capitalize on the gentrification of a “changing neighborhood.”
Shipwrecked! an Entertainment
By: Donald Margulies
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 12 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Petaluma
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Inspired by a true story, Shipwrecked! an Entertainment tells the grand tale of Louis De Rougemont, a famous adventurer who gets lost on the high seas and ultimately ends up seeing fantastic things and meeting exotic people.
Toxic
By: Kit Wilder
Directed by: Jeffrey Bracco
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/toxic/
Description: Five years after a student opened fire at an exclusive private high school, killing several students and a beloved teacher, the survivors gather for the first time.
The Game’s Afoot
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Mark Anderson Phillips
Event Date(s): Nov 16 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/games-afoot/
Description: This hilarious whodunit may best be described as Blithe Spirit meets The Hollow meets The Play That Goes Wrong … with glittering Art Deco flair.
Nora: A Doll’s House
By: Stef Smith, after Henrik Ibsen
Directed by: Kirsten Brandt
Event Date(s): Jan 18 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/nora/
Description: The more things change, the more they stay the same in this bold new retelling of the classic A Doll’s House, which sets the story in 1918, 1968, and 2018.
King Liz
By: Fernanda Coppel
Directed by: Kinan Valdez
Event Date(s): Mar 21 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/king-liz/
Description: Veteran sports agents know they have to fight to stay on top. With an elite client roster and a nearly unbeatable drive, Liz Rico is poised to take over the agency that she’s helped build. Then she takes on high school basketball superstar Freddie Luna.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Aldo Billingslea
Event Date(s): May 16 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/clydes/
Description: Past the long line of truckers waiting outside, Clyde’s Sandwich Shop is more than a greasy spoon. Owner Clyde may be a devil of a boss, but the workers discover purpose in their lives as they find themselves banding together—and sharing a quest to create the perfect sandwich.
The Rocky Horror Show
By: Richard O'Brien
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 18 2024 - Aug 25 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: San Jose
Price: $27-49
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/the-rocky-horror-show/
Description: Complete with sass from the audience, this deliberately kitschy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical is more fun than ever. City Lights had hit productions of Rocky Horror in 2003 and 2013, and we can’t wait to do the Time Warp with you again!
The Fantasticks: A Love Story Reimagined
By: Tom Jones & Harvey Schmidt
Directed by: Craig Wells
Event Date(s): Nov 01 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City:
Price: $50 & 68
Reference Link: https://www.cvrep.org
Description: CVRep presents the West Coast premiere of the reimagined and re-gendered adaptation of the groundbreaking musical The Fantasticks. In this version, original librettist Tom Jones has Matt and Louisa become Matt and Lewis, finessed into each other's arms by their mothers.
Cabaret
By: John Kander & Fred Ebb
Directed by: Adam Karsten
Event Date(s): Jan 07 2024 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $50-$68
Reference Link: https://www.cvrep.org
Description: In this immersive, one-of-a-kind production, you will step off the street and into a world none of us could have imagined---or wanted to. CVRep presents this timeless masterpiece as it has never been seen before, and invites you to come on this journey of risks and consequence.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By: Selina Filinger
Directed by: Courtney Young
Event Date(s): Feb 11 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Coachella Valley Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $50-$68
Reference Link: https://www.cvrep.org
Description: A first-rate modern-day political farce in time for election season! Just another day in the Oval Office. The president's chief of staff and press secretary try desperately to minimize looming threats due to the reckless behavior by the POTUS.
Nice Work If You Can Get It
By: Ira & George Gershwin, Joe DiPietro
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Apr 10 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Cathedral City Repertory
City: Cathedral City
Price: $50-68
Reference Link: https://www.cvrep.org
Description: Nice Work If You Can Get It is a classic Broadway blockbuster filled with actors, singers, dancers, and beloved Gershwin songs, including "S'Wonderful," "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Fascinatin' Rhythm," and "Lady Be Good." CVRep's biggest show ever caps the 2023-24 season.
Pedro Play
By: Juliette Carrillo
Directed by: Bruce Lemon
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2023 - Oct 21 2023
Type of Event: New Play with Music
Venue: Warner Grand Theatre
City: San Pedro
Price: Pay-What-You-Can
Reference Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pedro-play-tickets-708807150267?https://
Description: When Jessica is sent to San Pedro on a journalistic assignment, she finds much more than the feature story she expected. A romantic comedy with music, Pedro Play explores the meaning of home in a community amidst change, and features members of the San Pedro community onstage.
Rossum’s Universal Robots
By: Karl Capek
Directed by: Chris Steele
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Robots have taken over. It's official, we are living in the future and humanity is only a distant memory. Join a cast of four Robots as they perform the last ever Human Play, written just before the great Robot Wars of Emancipation.
Variety
By: Various
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: New works festival
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Join Cutting Ball for a micro-festival of New Works, bold risks, and unexpected discoveries! Featuring the Short Cuts director series: 5-6 directors working with one repertory cast and set pieces creatively string together their distinct styles through a series of short plays.
The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place
By: Rotimi Agbabiaka, inspired by the work of Romare Bearden
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Soul Never Dwells in a Dry Place uses theatrical collage to tell the story of a young Black curator, newly hired by a major American museum to mount a retrospective of 1960s artist Romare Bearden.
A Christmas Carol
By: Adaptation & Lyrics by Sean Murray
Directed by: Directed by Sean Murray
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Dec 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical/ Play
Venue: Old Town Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $30 - 87
Reference Link: https://www.cygnettheatre.com/season/season-20/a-christmas-carol-2023/
Description: Enjoy the holiday classic adapted from Charles Dickens's timeless tale of hope and redemption. This imaginative production features original music, creative stagecraft and puppetry, and live sound effects.
Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar & Grill
By: Lanie Robertson
Directed by: Wren T. Brown
Event Date(s): Jan 24 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Musical/ Play
Venue: Old Town Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $30 - 87
Reference Link: https://www.cygnettheatre.com/season/season-20/lady-day-at-emersons-bar-grill/
Description: Through her poignant voice and moving songs, one of the greatest jazz singers of all time shares her loves and her losses.
Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812
By: Book, Lyrics and Music by Dave Malloy
Directed by: Directed by Sean Murray
Event Date(s): Apr 10 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Musical/ Play
Venue: Old Town Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $30 - 87
Reference Link: https://www.cygnettheatre.com/season/season-20/natasha-pierre-the-great-comet-of-1812/
Description: An electropop opera based on a scandalous slice of Leo Tolstoy’s War and Peace. This award-winning musical expands the possibilities for the genre with its daring score and bold storytelling.
tick, tick…BOOM!
By: Music, book and lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Directed by TBA
Event Date(s): Jul 03 2024 - Aug 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical/ Play
Venue: Old Town Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $30 - 87
Reference Link: https://www.cygnettheatre.com/season/season-20/tick-tick-boom/
Description: Set in 1990 and scored by the music that redefined a genre, Tick, Tick… Boom! cracks open the ticking-time-bomb world of creating theatre to celebrate the power of finding your voice and holding on to a dream.
Dragon Mama
By: Sara Porkalob
Directed by: Andrew Russell
Event Date(s): Sep 14 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/season-38
Description: Maria must decide if she should leave her debt-ridden family and newborn daughter for the wild unknown of Alaska, or stay close to home, family, and intergenerational ghosts.
The Glass Menagerie
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Lisa Berger
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/season-38
Description: Gripped by the guilt of abandoning his mother Amanda and sister Laura, Tom is forced to look back and investigate what led to the fracturing of his family and perhaps his soul.
Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board Members
By: Mara Vélez Meléndez
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 05 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/season-38
Description: Lolita finds herself in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board, but she is here in the name of La Revolución!
TL;DR: Thelma Louise; Dyke Remix
By: EllaRose Chary, Brandon James Gwinn
Directed by: Sherri Eden Barber
Event Date(s): May 09 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Diversionary Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.diversionary.org/season-38
Description: Aided by a kick-ass riot grrrl band, Thelma and Louise attempt to sort out their new identities as they drive their 1966 Ford Thunderbird off the edge of the Grand Canyon. A co-production with MOXIE Theatre.
Spring Awakening
By: Steven Sater, Duncan Sheik
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Union Center for the Arts
City: Los Angeles
Price: $12-$55
Reference Link: https://www.eastwestplayers.org/ewpawakening
Description: In 1891 Germany, repressed adolescent students stumble into adulthood as clumsily as they do into each other’s arms in this musical based on the play by Frank Wedekind.
Spring Awakening
By: Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater, Music by Duncan Sheik, Based on the Play by Frank Wedekind
Directed by: Tim Dang
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: David Henry Hwang Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $39-69
Reference Link: https://www.eastwestplayers.org/ewpawakening?utm_source=google&utm_medium=calendar&utm_campaign=cc&utm_id=americantheatre
Description: In 1891 Germany, repressed students stumble into adulthood as clumsily as they do into each other’s arms. This generation-defining rock musical poignantly explores the dark and twisting journey from adolescence to adulthood. Playing at the David Henry Hwang Theater.
How It’s Gon’ Be
By: JuCoby Johnson
Directed by: Ahmed Best
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2023 - Oct 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: With adulthood looming in the distance, Jahaan and his friends enjoy the last precious moments of summer vacation. When Jahaan’s father returns after a year away, the world stops spinning for a moment and lines are drawn in the sand.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Brian McDonald
Event Date(s): Oct 05 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions in Larissa FastHorse’s wickedly funny satire, as a troupe of terminally “woke” teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant that somehow manages to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
By: Richard Maltby Jr., music by Johnny Cash
Directed by: Randy Redd
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2023 - Dec 15 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: From the opening chords of vintage country to rockabilly, rock n’ roll, searing ballads and gentle songs of love and deep faith, RING OF FIRE packs a score that provides a rich fabric in which to lay down the story of Johnny Cash.
The Pianist of Willesden Lane
By: Hershey Felder, based on the book by Mona Golabek and Lee Cohen
Directed by: Hershey Felder
Event Date(s): Feb 01 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Play with music
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Set in Vienna in 1938 and in London during the Blitz, The Pianist of Willesden Lane tells the true and inspirational story of Lisa Jura, a young Jewish pianist who is dreaming about her concert debut at Vienna’s storied Musikverein concert hall.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 04 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Weaving together nearly two centuries of family history, this epic theatrical event charts the humble beginnings, outrageous successes, and devastating failure of the financial institution that would ultimately bring the global economy to its knees.
Alice, Formerly of Wonderland
By: Mark Saltzman
Directed by: Meredith McDonough
Event Date(s): May 30 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Based on the true story of the secret romance of the real Alice (Alice Liddell), who as a child was the inspiration for Lewis Carroll’s immortal story, and her British prince, Leopold, the youngest son of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, during the four years he spent at Oxford.
Every Brilliant Thing
By: Duncan MacMillan with Jonny Donahoe
Directed by: Colm Summers
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price:
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/every-brilliant-thing/
Description: “Ice cream.” “Water fights.” “Peeing in the sea and nobody knows.” A boy’s handwritten list to cheer up his despondent mom becomes a surprisingly funny and poignant ode to humanity. Daniel K. Isaac (Billions) takes audiences on a transcendent and tender coming-of-age journey.
The Engagement Party
By: Samuel Baum
Directed by: Darko Tresnjak
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/the-engagement-party/
Description: A young couple is celebrating their engagement with an intimate gathering of family and friends. When a glass of wine is spilled, the night takes an unexpected turn, unleashing a spiraling sequence of events and revelations that will irrevocably change their lives.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying To Keep Him Alive
By: Selina Fillinger
Directed by: Jennifer Chambers
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Geffen Playhouse
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/potus/
Description: A derogatory comment, a summit gone awry, an anal abscess—it’s a bad day at the White House. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, it inevitably falls on the seven women he relies on most to clean up the mess.
Black Cypress Bayou
By: Kristen Adele Calhoun
Directed by: Tiffany Nichole Greene
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geffen Playhouse
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/black-cypress-bayou/
Description: The richest, meanest man in town is dead, and the Manifold women know more than they’re saying. As secrets begin to surface, the bonds between the women, their town, and the legacy of their ancestors all come to a head.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Saheem Ali
Event Date(s): Mar 27 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geffen Playhouse
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/fat-ham/
Description: Meet Juicy, a young, queer Black man with a Shakespearean-sized dilemma. When the ghost of his dead father shows up at his family’s BBQ wedding reception demanding his murder be avenged, does he have it in him to do the deed, or will he “to thine own self be true?"
The Hope Theory
By: Helder Guimarães
Directed by: Frank Marshall
Event Date(s): Apr 25 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Audrey Skirball Kenis Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/the-hope-theory/
Description: As a Portuguese immigrant, storyteller, and sleight-of-hand magician, Helder Guimarães arrived in America at age 29. Wide-eyed and full of ideas, he discovers a fascinating puzzle of cultural and professional challenges to solve while he tries to build a home.
tiny father
By: Mike Lew
Directed by: Moritz von Stuelpnagel
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2024 - Jul 14 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Geffen Playhouse
City: Los Angeles
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/tiny-father/
Description: When a “friends with benefits” relationship unexpectedly results in the early arrival of a baby girl, Daniel must choose between being a biological parent or becoming a father, in this funny and heartfelt new play where growth is measured in more than grams.
ReOrient Festival of Short Plays
By: Katrin Arefy, Yussef El Guindi, Adam Ashraf Elsayigh, Arti Ishak, Hamed Sinno, Judith Boyajian Strang-Waldau
Directed by: Sahar Assaf, Amal Bisharat, Susannah Martin, Adin Walker, Becca Wolff
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Nov 04 2023
Type of Event: theatre performance
Venue: Potrero Stage
City: San Francisco
Price: $20-100
Reference Link: https://goldenthread.org/productions/reorient-2023/
Description: ReOrient 2023 celebrates the return of our signature program, an innovative and spirited festival of short plays from or about the Middle East. The dizzying lineup is diverse in content and style, highlighting a multiplicity of Middle Eastern perspectives and identities.
A Christmas Carol With Charles Dickens
By: Charles Dickens, adapted by Melissa Chalsma and David Melville
Directed by: Melissa Chalsma
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Independent Shakespeare Co
City:
Price: $25 - 45
Reference Link: https://iscla.org
Description: ISC's holiday tradition returns for its 19th year. The production reimagines one of Charles Dickens's celebrated public readings at which he is obliged to share the stage with an aspiring actress.
Hamlet Solus
By: William Shakespeare - adapted by David Melville
Directed by: Cary Reynolds
Event Date(s): Mar 16 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25 - 45
Reference Link: https://iscla.org
Description: A one-person exploration of Hamlet performed by David Melville.
Happy Days
By: Samuel Beckett
Directed by: Melissa Chalsma
Event Date(s): May 23 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Independent Shakespeare Co
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-45
Reference Link: https://iscla.org
Description: Samuel Beckett's classic play featuring Monica Horan and Tim Durkin.
As You Like It
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David Melville
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2024 - Sep 01 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Independent Shakespeare Co
City: Los Angeles
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://iscla.org
Description: Independent Shakespeare's 21st season of free outdoor theatre in Griffith Park.
Exit Wounds
By: Wendy Graf
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Aug 23 2023 - Sep 10 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 world premiere. A story of healing, hope, and compassion that looks behind the “ripped from the headlines” sensationalist story of a horrific tragedy to explore its effect on three generations of the perpetrator’s family. How do you find redemption when someone you love has committed a terrible crime?
Exit Wounds
By: Wendy Graf
Directed by: caryn desai
Event Date(s): Aug 23 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-55
Reference Link: https://www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Description: How do you find redemption when someone you love has committed a terrible crime? International City Theatre presents the world premiere of Exit Wounds by Wendy Graf, a powerful and moving look at the human story behind the sensationalist headlines of a tragedy.
Deathtrap
By: Ira levin
Directed by: Jamie Torcellini
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 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: In this Tony-nominated, gasp-inducing comedy thriller, Sidney Bruhl is a playwright desperately in need of a hit. Just in time, a former student sends him the manuscript of his first play, a murder mystery. Sidney smells a hit…but he’s never been that fond of sharing credit.
Deathtrap
By: Ira Levin
Directed by: Jamie Torcellini
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-55
Reference Link: https://www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Description: Sidney Bruhl is a playwright desperately in need of a hit. Just in time, a former student sends him the manuscript of his first play, a murder mystery called Deathtrap. Sidney smells a hit…but he’s never been that fond of sharing credit.
Marilyn, Mom & Me
By: Luke Yankee
Directed by: Luke Yankee
Event Date(s): Feb 14 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-55
Reference Link: https://www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Description: The son of Broadway actress Eileen Heckart, who played best friend to Marilyn Monroe in the film Bus Stop, Yankee exposes a side of Monroe no one has seen before as he confronts his own relationship with his mother in this deeply personal comic drama.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by: caryn desai
Event Date(s): May 01 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-55
Reference Link: https://www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Description: Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition winning Constitutional debate competitions across the U.S. In this play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the document that shaped their lives.
The Outsider
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed by: Todd Nielsen
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-55
Reference Link: https://www.InternationalCityTheatre.org
Description: Ned Newly is terrified of public speaking, and his poll numbers are abysmal. But political consultant Arthur Vance sees things a bit differently. Sure, Ned might just be the worst candidate to ever run for office—but what if that’s exactly what the public is looking for?
Rough Crossing
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Art Manke
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Colligan Theater
City: Santa Cruz
Price: $27 to $50
Reference Link: https://jeweltheatre.net/new-season/#crossings
Description: Two famous playwrights, one jealous composer, an unorthodox waiter, and a mistimed lifeboat drill... let the sharp Atlantic winds turn to gales of hysterical laughter as our colorful characters become tantalizingly tangled in a Stoppardian string of absurd events.
Who’s Got Me?
By: Jeffrey Scharf
Directed by: Julie James
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Colligan Theater
City: Santa Cruz
Price: $27 to $50
Reference Link: https://jeweltheatre.net/
Description: A world premiere. This 1930s-style show-within-a-show screwball musical comedy features toe-tapping tunes and great dancing. The fun begins when some small-town cabaret performers attract the interest of a big-time Broadway producer with their musical comedy about small-town cabaret performers.
The Lion in Winter
By: James Goldman
Directed by: Susan Myer Silton
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Colligan Theater
City: Santa Cruz
Price: $27 to $50
Reference Link: https://jeweltheatre.net/
Description: A family feud of imperial proportions. “Well---what shall we hang? The holly or each other?” Set during Christmas 1183, Lion tells the wickedly amusing tale of King Henry II, his imprisoned queen (released only for the holiday), and their three entitled sons vying for the throne.
Under Ben Bulben
By: Kate Hawley
Directed by: Paul Mullins
Event Date(s): Mar 27 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Colligan Theater
City: Santa Cruz
Price: $27 to $50
Reference Link: https://jeweltheatre.net/
Description: Greeted by the quirky manager, Mrs. Brennen, a variety of guests from around the world pass through a shabby Ireland hotel sorting out the baggage of their lives, spending the night on their way to their next destination. One hotel room, nine stories, and an incomparable landlady.
Always…Patsy Cline
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: Julie James
Event Date(s): May 08 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Colligan Theater
City: Santa Cruz
Price: $27 to $50
Reference Link: https://jeweltheatre.net/
Description: This show pays tribute to an incredible performer in a true story about Patsy Cline’s friendship with hilarious Houston housewife Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk. The two women struck up a friendship that lasted until Cline’s untimely death.
The Untitled Unauthorized Hunter S. Thompson Musical
By: Music and Lyrics by Joe Iconis; Book by Joe Iconis and Gregory S. Moss
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Event Date(s): Aug 29 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: World-Premiere Musical
Venue: Potiker Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/hunter-s-thompson-musical/
Description: Equal parts philosopher, clown, and genius, Hunter S. Thompson was armed and dangerous with a typewriter as his preferred weapon. Set to Joe Iconis’ anarchic and tuneful score, this new musical is a rock ‘n’ roll portrait of an artist coming to terms with his own legacy.
Sumo
By: Lisa Sanaye Dring
Directed by: Ralph B. Pena
Event Date(s): Sep 26 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: World-Premiere Play
Venue: Mandell Weiss Forum
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/sumo/
Description: Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Lisa Sanaye Dring has painted a vivid world with poetic precision, mixing ancient, divine ritual with the guttural ferocity of competition.
Babbitt
By: Joe DiPietro, Adapted from the Novel by Sinclair Lewis
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Event Date(s): Nov 07 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: World-Premiere Play
Venue: Mandell Weiss Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/babbitt/
Description: Multi-award-winning star of stage and screen Matthew Broderick and Tony Award-winning playwright Joe DiPietro join forces with our own Christopher Ashley for this comedic, unmissable theatrical event, based on Sinclair Lewis' literary classic.
Redwood
By: Book by Tina Landau; Music by Kate Diaz; Lyrics by Kate Diaz and Tina Landau; with Additional Contributions by Idina Menzel
Directed by: Tina Landau
Event Date(s): Feb 13 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: World-Premiere Musical
Venue:
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org/show/redwood/
Description: Broadway icon Idina Menzel makes her La Jolla Playhouse debut in the world premiere of Redwood, a moving new musical exploring one woman’s love, courage, and healing.
The Rainmaker
By: N. Richard Nash
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A classic tale of Americana, set against the backdrop of a western drought, The Rainmaker brings lonely souls together as they traverse the struggles of finding who they truly are and how they fit into the world.
The Angel Next Door
By: Paul Slade Smith, adapted from Ferenc Molnar
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Capturing the sheer joy, sophistication, and wit of 1940s screwball comedies, playwright Paul Slade Smith (The Outsider; Unnecessary Farce) has brilliantly adapted Ferenc Molnar’s classic farce "Play at the Castle."
Ain’t Misbehavin’
By: Murray Horwitz and Richard Maltby Jr.
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 24 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: It’s 1930s Harlem, and the joint is jumpin’! Nightclubs like the Cotton Club and the Savoy Ballroom are the playgrounds of high society, and dive bars on Lenox Avenue pulse with piano players. Featuring the music of Thomas "Fats" Waller.
A Shayna Maidel
By: Barbara Lebow
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Transcending grief and rekindling hope, A Shayna Maidel tells one family’s story of survival and resiliency following the Holocaust. Separated for almost 20 years, two sisters are reunited in America after World War II.
Tartuffe
By: Moliere
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 17 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Acknowledged as one of most enduring comedic masterpieces in the theatrical canon, TARTUFFE is given an astonishingly clever translation by two-time Pulitzer Prize poet Richard Wilbur.
Holmes & Watson
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 29 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Prepare yourself for a fast-paced, thrilling, suspenseful story that will keep you guessing until it’s final moments. Sherlock Holmes is dead...or so it is assumed.
Cry It Out
By: Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by: Vanessa Duron
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-43
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35605/production/1164282
Description: This play explores the friendship between two new moms in a working-class town. A third mother from a rich enclave in the hills above infiltrates their coffee klatch. Each faces some crushing choices when it comes to balancing life and work with new responsibilities as a mother.
Cry It Out
By: Molly Smith Metzler
Directed by: Vanessa Duron
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/
Description: This play explores the friendship between two new moms in a working-class town. A third mother from a rich enclave infiltrates their coffee klatch. Each woman faces crushing choices when it comes to balancing life and work with new responsibilities as a mother.
Man and Moon
By: Siena Marilyn Ledger
Directed by: Desireé Clarke Miller
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-43
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35605/production/1164283
Description: Aaron is a transitioning man and Luna is a 12-year-old girl with a deep passion for outer space. Together in the lobby of an Oncology Unit, they learn how to wait as they navigate their changing bodies and circumstances within the expanse; this is a story of friendship.
Man and Moon
By: Siena Marilyn Ledger
Directed by: Desireé Clarke Miller
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/
Description: Aaron is a transitioning man and Luna is a 12-year-old girl with a deep passion for outer space. Together in the lobby of an oncology unit, they learn how to wait as they navigate their changing bodies and circumstances within the expanse; this is a story of friendship.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/
Description: A truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop’s callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-43
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35605/production/1164460
Description: A truck stop sandwich shop offers its formerly incarcerated kitchen staff a shot at redemption. Even as the shop's callous owner tries to keep them under her thumb, the staff members are given purpose and permission to dream by their shared quest to create the perfect sandwich.
Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Board Members
By: Mara Vélez Meléndez
Directed by: Andréa Agosto
Event Date(s): May 05 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-43
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/35605/production/1164462
Description: Lolita finds herself in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management and Economic Stability Board. Like a Boricua Lolita before her, she is here in the name of La Revolución!
Notes on Killing Seven Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Board Members
By: Mara Vélez Meléndez
Directed by: Andréa Agosto
Event Date(s): May 05 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: MOXIE Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.moxietheatre.com/shows/
Description: Lolita finds herself in the Wall Street office of the Puerto Rico Oversight, Management, and Economic Stability Board. Like a Boricua Lolita before her, she is here in the name of La Revolución! She’s got glamour, glitter, and a gun, but is she really ready? A co-production with Diversionary Theatre.
Ghostrave
By: TigerBear Productions
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Immersive experience
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Once again, Coyote the Trickster is up to no good. Trying to cast a spell, he accidentally summons Zique, a nonbinary half-Lakota bike messenger, from a South of Market club in 1990 San Francisco to 1890 Western Nevada and the middle of a Ghost Dance.
Odyssey
By: Lisa Peterson, based on Emily Wilson's translation
Directed by: Lisa Peterson
Event Date(s): Aug 31 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: World Premiere, Tour
Venue:
City: Mill Valley
Price: $Contact the Box Office for more info
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/subscriptions-23-24/23-24-shows
Description: Internationally renowned writer and director Lisa Peterson returns to the Bay Area for her MTC debut to adapt and direct Odyssey, based on Emily Wilson’s 2018 translation of the ancient poem The Odyssey---the first English translation published by a woman.
Dragon Lady
By: Written and Performed by Sara Porkalob
Directed by: Andrew Russell
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Solo Caberet Musical
Venue:
City: Mill Valley
Price: $Contact the Box Office for more info
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/subscriptions-23-24/23-24-shows
Description: Dragon Lady starts in the year of the Water Dragon on the eve of Grandma Maria’s 60th Birthday, “your most important birthday of your old people birthdays,” when Maria Porkalob Sr. must share the dark secrets of her fantastical life with her first-born grandbaby Sara.
Bees & Honey
By: Guadalís Del Carmen
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: West Coast Premiere
Venue:
City: Mill Valley
Price: $Contact the Box Office for more info
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/subscriptions-23-24/23-24-shows
Description: What does it take to survive as a couple? Inspired by the Juan Luis Guerra song “Como Abeja Al Panal," Bees & Honey by Guadalís Del Carmen is a two-actor portrait of a Dominican couple's love and dreams in New York City, featuring pivotal moments in a year of their lives.
Torch Song
By: Harvey Fierstein
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 09 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Revival of a Landmark Play
Venue:
City: Mill Valley
Price: $Contact the Box Office for more info
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/subscriptions-23-24/23-24-shows
Description: Torch Song, Harvey Fierstein’s newly revised two-act version of Torch Song Trilogy, is a seminal work celebrating gay culture and its evolution over the span of the late '70s and ‘80s that follows the life of Arnold Beckoff, a torch song-singing Jewish drag queen living in NYC.
Where the Summit Meets the Stars
By: Frank Henry Kaash Katasse
Directed by: Matthew Burgos, DeLanna Studi
Event Date(s): Sep 27 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Native Voices at the Autry
City: Los Angeles
Price: $
Reference Link: https://theautry.org/explore/native-voices
Description: Where the Summit Meets the Stars is an ethereal Alaska Native story driven by music, dance, and the culture of the Tlingit people. When a near-death experience derails her flight through Southeast Alaska, Rose awakens to find herself in the care of the kind man who pulled her to safety.
Before the Sword
By: Andrew Alty
Directed by: Ed Decker
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Decker Theatre
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/before-the-sword/
Description: In a small British village, author T.H. White stares at the blank pages that will become his future masterpiece. Upon meeting Freddie, a troubled young man with a mysterious past, White begins to write The Sword in the Stone---inspired by his new student and the ancient legend.
Before the Sword
By: Andrew Alty
Directed by: Ed Decker
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In a small British village in 1936, author T.H. White stares at the blank pages that will become his future masterpiece.
We Are Continuous
By: Harrison David Rivers
Directed by: ShawnJ West
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2023 - Nov 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Before Simon came out, his mother Ora was his best friend and biggest supporter, but now there’s an ocean between them of what can’t be said.
we are continuous
By: Harrison David Rivers
Directed by: ShawnJ West
Event Date(s): Oct 20 2023 - Nov 26 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Walker Theatre
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/we-are-continuous/
Description: Before Simon came out, his mother Ora was his best friend and biggest supporter, but now there’s an ocean between them of what can’t be said, especially around his father. After a life-changing secret comes to light, will the family’s bond survive?
Ruthless!
By: Joel Paley and Marvin Laird
Directed by: Dyan McBride
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Jan 07 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Decker Theatre
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/ruthless/
Description: Tina Denmark is an adorable and talented 8-year old with a tiny murderous streak. When the lead role of Pippi Longstocking in the school play is up for grabs, she knows she’ll get the part---even if it means leaving a few bodies along the way.
Ruthless!
By: Book and Lyrics by Joel Paley, music by Marvin Laird
Directed by: Dyan McBride
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Jan 07 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Tina Denmark is an adorable and talented 8-year-old with a tiny murderous streak. When the lead role of Pippi Longstocking in the school play is up for grabs, she knows she’ll get the part---even if it means leaving a few bodies along the way.
Unpacking in P’Town
By: Jewelle Gomez
Directed by: Kimberly Ridgeway
Event Date(s): Mar 01 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/unpacking-in-ptown/
Description: Every summer, former vaudevillians Buster, Lydia, Minty, and Scottie reunite in Provincetown to drink, dance, and forget about the real world. But this year is different.
Unpacking in P’Town
By: Jewelle Gomez
Directed by: Kimberly Ridgeway
Event Date(s): Mar 01 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Every summer, former vaudevillians Buster, Lydia, Minty, and Scottie reunite in Provincetown to drink, dance, and forget about the real world. But this year is different.
The Tutor
By: Torange Yeghiazarian
Directed by: Sahar Assaf
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/the-tutor/
Description: Things are looking up for Kayvon. He’s just married Baran, a beautiful young Iranian woman, and brought her back to his Bay Area home. But when he asks his lifelong friend Azar to tutor Baran, all three lives begin to unravel as the two women fall into a passionate love affair.
The Tutor
By: Torange Yeghiazarian
Directed by: Sahar Assaf
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - May 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A study of preconceived notions and the hypocrisies that drive them, The Tutor is a provocative look at the cost of owning one's truth.
tick, tick…BOOM!
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Cindy Goldfield
Event Date(s): May 10 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The New Conservatory Theatre Center
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://nctcsf.org/event/tick-tick-boom/
Description: From the creator of Rent comes the story of Jon, a young composer struggling to write the next great American musical on the eve of his 30th birthday. As the people he loves move on to new careers and new places, Jon is faced with a choice: find security or follow his destiny.
tick, tick…BOOM!
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Cindy Goldfield
Event Date(s): May 10 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: From the creator of Rent, the musical that defined a generation, comes the story of a young composer on the eve of his 30th birthday.
A Weekend With Pablo Picasso
By: Herbert Siguenza
Directed by: Todd Salovey
Event Date(s): Aug 04 2023 - Sep 03 2023
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/a-weekend-with-pablo-picasso/
Description: In this one-man tour-de-force based on Picasso’s writings, Herbert Siguenza takes on the role of the legendary artist, inviting the audience into Picasso’s private studio for an intimate and revealing weekend as he prepares to deliver six new works to a buyer by Monday morning.
Doubt: A Parable
By: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Kristianne Kurner
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-22/
Description: Doubt: A Parable takes audiences to a Catholic school in the Bronx where a nun accuses a priest of inappropriate behavior with a student. But did anything actually happen? This timely play leans into how we define truth, and seems even more relevant today.
1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas
By: Dea Hurston, Original Music by Milena (Sellers) Phillips, Created by Frankie Alicea, Kevin "Blax" Burroughs, Milena (Sellers) Phillips and Dea Hurston
Directed by: Kandace Krystal
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $52
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-22/
Description: 1222 Oceanfront: A Black Family Christmas invites you to join the family of Dorothy Black at her beachfront home in Carlsbad on Christmas Eve. Stories, secrets, songs, and more abound this classic musical.
Fun Home
By: Music by Jeanine Tesori, Bookand Lyrics by Lisa Kron, Based on the Graphic Novel by Alison Bechdel
Directed by: Kym Pappas
Event Date(s): Jan 26 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $52
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-22/
Description: Fun Home follows a woman, Alison, as she delves into her past and seeks to come to terms with the life and legacy of her father. This Tony-winning musical invites us as an audience to a fuller understanding of the journey of coming out and stepping into yourself.
The 39 Steps
By: Adapted by Patrick Barlow, From the novel by John Buchan, From the movie by Alfred Hitchcock
Directed by: AJ Knox
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Theatrical Performance
Venue: The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-22/
Description: The 39 Steps is a feat of incredible comedic acting that will have audiences rolling with laughter and thrilled at the ingenuity of turning this Alfred Hitchcock story into something completely different. Amid the laughter, audiences will experience a swoon-worthy romance!
The Color Purple
By: Based on the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment Motion Picture, Book by Marsha Norman, Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray
Directed by: Kandace Crystal
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2024 - Jul 21 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Dea Hurston New Village Arts Center
City: Carlsbad
Price: $52
Reference Link: https://newvillagearts.org/season-22/
Description: This uplifting musical brings Alice Walker’s remarkable coming-of-age book to life, touching on such themes as domestic violence, female identity, and the power of love, which can overcome hatred and selfishness.
The Angel Next Door
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/the-angel-next-door/
Description: Capturing the sheer joy, sophistication, and wit of 1940s screwball comedies, playwright Paul Slade Smith (The Outsider, Unnecessary Farce) has brilliantly adapted Ferenc Molnár’s classic farce Play at the Castle.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by: Shana Wride
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/dr-jekyll-and-mr-hyde/
Description: A new and shocking version of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic tale of depravity, lust, love, and horror. Jeffrey Hatcher’s suspenseful drama looks at the evil that lurks in the hearts of men, as two sides battle each other in a deadly game.
2 Pianos 4 Hands
By: Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
Directed by: Tom Frey
Event Date(s): Dec 15 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/2-pianos-4-hands-3/
Description: They are back again! Get ready for an interlude of riotous laughter as Jefferson McDonald and Matthew McGloin take us on a musical comedic journey about their would-be careers as concert pianists.
Intimate Apparel
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Jasmine Bracey
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2024 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/intimate-apparel/
Description: Two-time Pulitzer-winning dramatist Lynn Nottage has stitched together a powerful tale with an array of characters whose intertwining relationships are told with humor, heartbreak, and resiliency.
Tartuffe
By: Molière, translated by Richard Wilbur
Directed by: Richard Baird
Event Date(s): Mar 06 2024 - Mar 31 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/tartuffe/
Description: Molière’s Tartuffe, acknowledged as one of the most enduring comedic masterpieces in the theatrical canon, is given an astonishingly clever translation by two-time Pulitzer-winning poet Richard Wilbur.
Sense of Decency
By: Jake Broder
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Apr 17 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/sense-of-decency/
Description: Jake Broder has crafted a surprise-filled exploration into what makes us tick, filled with unexpected revelations, magic, and insight. A world premiere theatrical foray into this historical meeting promises intrigue and theatrical sparks.
Camelot
By: Book and Lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner; Music by Frederick Loewe; Based on "The One and Future King" by T.H. White; Book adapted by David Lee
Directed by: Jeffrey B. Moss
Event Date(s): May 29 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/camelot/
Description: Prepare for an evening of enchantment in Camelot, brilliantly adapted for intimate theatres. Written by Lerner & Loewe, this Tony-winning fairy tale musical resounds with such memorable songs as “I Loved You Once in Silence,” “If Ever I Would Leave You,” and "Camelot."
Don’t Dress for Dinner
By: Marc Camoletti; Adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by: Christopher Williams
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2024 - Aug 11 2024
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $54-65
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/dont-dress-for-dinner/
Description: The most requested return engagement of the past 20 years, Don't Dress for Dinner is written in the style of a classic French farce, full of mistaken identities, rapid-fire dialogue, and unexpected twists.
Elephant Shavings
By: Ron Sossi
Directed by: Ron Sossi
Event Date(s): Aug 26 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
City: Los Angeles
Price: $$27+
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/whats-on/elephant-shavings/
Description: An engaging and fun introduction to both Eastern philosophies, including Buddhism, Hinduism, and Sufism, and to modern Western teachers like Rupert Spira and Mooji, Elephant Shavings evolved out of Ron Sossi’s enduring interest in the realm of metaphysics.
Birds of North America
By: Anna Ouyang Moench
Directed by: Peter Richards
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Odyssey Theatre Ensemble
City: Los Angeles
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://odysseytheatre.com/whats-on/birds-of-north-america/
Description: John and his daughter Caitlyn are birders who scan the skies over their backyard in suburban Maryland as the climate and the world change.
American Mariachi
By: Jose Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 04 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $15-59
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!
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Emily Trask
Event Date(s): Aug 17 2023 - Aug 26 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: William Shakespeare is dead. Bad Hamlet knock-offs and children's acting troupes litter the stages of Elizabethan London. Rooted in real events, The Book of Will is the witty and wonderful battle of how the Bard's legacy came to be.
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Emily Trask
Event Date(s): Aug 31 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $15-59
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: William Shakespeare is dead. Bad Hamlet knock-offs and children's acting troupes litter the stages of Elizabethan London. Rooted in real events, The Book of Will is the witty and wonderful battle of how the Bard's legacy came to be.
Elf
By: Book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, Music by Mathew Sklar, Lyrics by had Beguelin
Directed by: Keenon Hooks
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://https://pcpa.org/season-60/
Description: Buddy is the biggest Elf the North Pole has ever seen. When his enormous size and poor toy-making skills cause him to face the truth, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his real father and share the true meaning of Christmas.
Elf The Musical
By: Music by Matthew Sklar, book by Thomas Meehan and Bob Martin, and lyrics by Chad Beguelin. Based on the New Line Cinema Film by David Berenbaum
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Santa Maria
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: Buddy is the biggest Elf the North Pole has ever seen. When his enormous size and poor toy-making skills cause him to face the truth, Buddy embarks on a journey to New York City to find his real father and discover the true meaning of Christmas.
Henry V
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: Attempting to leave behind his rowdy and unpredictable past, Henry lays claim to certain parts of France through familial roots and ancient land laws. When his claim and new reign are insulted by the Dauphin of France, Henry begins a war that whisks us from England to France.
Wolf at the Door
By: Marisela Treviño Orta
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 29 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: After Isadora and Septimo suffer an unthinkable loss, an unexpected visitor changes the course of their life. When the brutal Septimo forces the very pregnant stranger, Yolot, to stay against her will, Isadora and Yolot start making a plan of their own.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 25 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marian Theatre & Solvang Festival Theater
City: Santa Maria/ Solvang
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: Mushnik’s flower shop on Skid Row is about to go under, until Seymour, a tragically shy assistant, stumbles upon a new breed of plant with an unusual appetite---for blood.
The Play that Goes Wrong
By: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Sayer & Henry Shields
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marian Theatre & Solvang Festival Theater
City: Santa Maria/ Solvang
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: Welcome to opening night of the Cornley University Drama Society’s newest production, The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to disastrous.
Cabaret
By: Book by Joe Masteroff, Music by John Kander, Lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 18 2024 - Jul 27 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marian Theatre & Solvang Festival Theater
City: Santa Maria/ Solvang
Price: Starting at $25
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org/
Description: Willkommen. Bienvenue. Welcome. In Berlin as the 1920s draw to a close and as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich, you can forget your troubles at the cabaret.
The Sound Inside
By: Adam Rapp
Directed by: Cameron Watson
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Pasadena Playhouse
City: Pasadena
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/the-sound-inside/
Description: Nominated for six Tony Awards, including Best Play, Pulitzer Prize finalist Adam Rapp’s haunting 90-minute thriller will leave you wondering who you can trust and remind you everyone has a story—the question is how it ends.
Inherit the Wind
By: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by: Michael Michetti
Event Date(s): Nov 01 2023 - Nov 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Pasadena Playhouse
City: Pasadena
Price: $35+
Reference Link: https://www.pasadenaplayhouse.org/event/inherit-the-wind/
Description: Two of the nation’s leading lawyers go head to head in the ultimate battle of wit, wisdom, and will in this powerful drama. With freedom of speech hanging in the balance, will this small-town courtroom bring us together or tear the nation apart?
The Pasadena Playhouse Holiday Spectacular
By: Sam Pinkleton
Directed by: Sam Pinkleton
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Holiday show
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: You better watch out, you better not cry, because something magical is coming to the Playhouse this holiday season. Tony nominee Sam Pinkleton, one of the creative minds behind 2021’s Head Over Heels, returns to the Playhouse to sleigh audiences with a brand-new holiday show.
Kate
By: Kate Berlant
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In her widely celebrated one-woman show, revered comedian Kate Berlant explores the events of her life that have brought her to this moment.
One of the Good Ones
By: Gloria Calderón Kellett
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Apr 07 2024
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The ultimate family showdown is on in the world premiere of this new comedy commissioned by Pasadena Playhouse.
Jelly’s Last Jam
By: Book by George C. Wolfe, music by Jelly Roll Morton, lyrics by Susan Birkenhead, adaptation and additional composition by Luther Henderson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 28 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Pasadena
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: When legendary musician Jelly Roll Morton’s soul is forced to face the music, the self-proclaimed “inventor of jazz” is left at the ultimate crossroads.
Stones in his Pockets
By: Marie Jones
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 11 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 42
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: When a Hollywood film crew takes over a rural town in County Kerry, the townspeople are excited to be part of a major film. Charlie Conlan and Jake Quinn, both local extras on the film, tell the story of the impact this movie set has upon the local community.
Nunsense
By: Dan Goggin
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 45
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: The five nuns from Little Sisters of Hoboken put on a fundraiser to bury sisters accidentally poisoned by the convent cook, Sister Julia, Child of God in this show full of “nun” liners, “nun” puns and “nun” sequiturs.
A Christmas Story
By: Philip Grecian
Directed by: Kevin Harris
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 38
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas.
Suite Surrender
By: Michael McKeever
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jan 12 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $15 - 25
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: It’s 1942, and two of Hollywood’s biggest divas have descended upon the luxurious Palm Beach Royale Hotel — assistants, luggage, and legendary feud with one another in tow. Everything seems to be in order …that is, until they are somehow assigned to the same suite.
BEEHIVE – The 60s Musical
By: Larry Gallagher
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 45
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: A loving, rockin’ celebration of the 1960s and the powerful female voices whose music stands the test of time. The show takes you on a song-filled journey told from the perspective of six women coming of age during this unforgettable time.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Mar 29 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 42
Reference Link: https://slorep.org
Description: Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful & achingly human play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between 4 generations of women.
9 to 5: The Musical
By: Dolly Parton
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20 - 45
Reference Link: https://
Description: Set in the late 1970s, this story of friendship and revenge in the Rolodex era is outrageous, thought provoking and even a little romantic. Pushed to the boiling point, three female coworkers concoct a plan to get even with their egotistical, lying, hypocritical boss.
Wolf Play
By: Hansol Jung
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Sep 02 2023 - Oct 07 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $8-42
Reference Link: http://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/wolf-play
Description: What makes a family? In Wolf Play, we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people. The play incorporates humor, puppetry, and sharply written dialogue in this tale of people grappling with questions of identity, trust, and parenthood.
Misery
By: William Goldman; from the novel by Stephen King
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Aug 26 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Play; Thriller
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/misery/
Description: Romance novelist Paul Sheldon has been rescued from a car accident by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. It doesn’t take long for Paul to realize that if Annie isn’t happy, then nobody’s happy.
The Graduate
By: adapted by Terry Johnson; from the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry
Directed by: Scott Viets and Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play; Comedy
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/the-graduate/
Description: Mrs. Robinson will seduce Benjamin and audiences alike in The Graduate, a surprising comedy based on the classic 1967 motion picture.
Cinderella
By: music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; book by Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by: Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Fairy Tale
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/rodgers-hammersteins-cinderella/
Description: The Prince is giving a ball and you’re invited to attend! This brand-new version of the classic story follows Cinderella as she rises from the ashes to learn that she only needs to be herself to find true happiness.
Sh-Boom! A Christmas Miracle
By: written and created by Roger Bean
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2023 - Dec 22 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Comedy; Jukebox Musical
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/sh-boom-a-christmas-miracle/
Description: World premiere! Revisit Denny and the Dreamers in this brand new Christmas edition of Sh-Boom!
Hungry Ghost
By: Lisa Sanaye Dring
Directed by: Jessica Hanna
Event Date(s): Aug 26 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Skylight Theatre Company
City: Los Angeles
Price: $20-$38
Reference Link: https://skylighttheatre.org/event/hungry-ghost/
Description: Dean and Amanda are getting ready to start a family in a secluded house Dean inherited from her estranged mother, but their future begins to unravel when their new home is burgled by a mysterious hermit who haunts the forest.
Quixote Nuevo
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Lisa Portes
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2023 - Oct 28 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Segerstrom Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $29-$105
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-season/quixote-nuevo/
Description: From one of the storytellers behind the film Coco comes a modern take on Don Quixote bursting with imagination and Tejano music. Featuring Herbert Siguenza of Culture Clash.
A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by: Khanisha Foster
Event Date(s): Oct 22 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Julianne Argyros Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $29-$105
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-season/a-raisin-in-the-sun/
Description: In this groundbreaking American classic that changed the American theatre forever, each of the Youngers, a Black family, has a different view of how to spend their father’s life insurance settlement to better the family.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens, Adapted by Jerry Patch
Directed by: Hisa Takakuwa
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Segerstrom Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $35-$89
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-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. John all your favorite Dickens characters, including everyone's favorite curmudgeon---Ebenezer Scrooge---portrayed by SCR founding member Richard Doyle.
Hershey Felder as George Gershwin Alone
By: Hershey Felder
Directed by: Joel Zwick
Event Date(s): Jan 18 2024 - Jan 28 2024
Type of Event: Play with music, featuring a full performance of "Rhapsody in Blue" and many other Gershwin hits
Venue: South Coast Repertory - Argyros Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $60-100
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-season/hershey-felder-as-george-gershwin-alone/
Description: As the only individual granted permission by the Gershwin heirs to create the role of George Gershwin on the stage, Hershey Felder comes to South Coast Repertory with this world-renowned play featuring George Gershwin's greatest works and the stories behind them.
Alice’s Wonderland
By: Book, music and lyrics by Julia Riew and J. Quinton Johnson. Conceived by Linda Chichester and David Coffman
Directed by: Rob Salas
Event Date(s): Feb 10 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Theatre for Young Audiences Play
Venue: Julianne Argyros Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $30-$48
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-season/alice-s-wonderland/
Description: In this pop and hip-hop musical inspired by the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice is a brilliant, passionate teen who creates a video game called “Wonderland.” When a virus shuts it down, Alice leaps into an unforgettable adventure.
Prelude to a Kiss, The Musical
By: Craig Lucas (book), Sean Hartley (lyrics) and Daniel Messé (music and lyrics)
Directed by: David Ivers
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - May 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Segerstrom Stage
City: Costa Mesa
Price: $34-$112
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-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. Originally a South Coast Repertory world premiere, the Tony-winning play returns as a musical.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Book and Lyrics by Howard Ashman, Music by Alan Menken, Based on the Film by Roger Corman, Screenplay by Charles Griffith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 20 2024 - Aug 11 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Outside SCR at Mission San Juan Capistrano
City: San Juan Capistrano
Price: $25-60
Reference Link: https://www.scr.org/plays/productions/23-24-season/little-shop-of-horrors/
Description: What better place to experience a musical creature feature about a killer plant than among the extraordinary foliage of the Mission San Juan Capistrano?
La Muerte Baila
By: An original Milagro Día de los Muertos production Devised by Rebecca Martinez and the Milagro Ensemble
Directed by: Rodrigo García
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Mexican Heritage Plaza, 1700 Alum Rock Ave., San José, CA 95116
City: San José
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: https://www.teatrovision.org
Description: In this hilarious musical take on the afterlife, los muertitos can’t wait to get back to earth on Día de los Muertos---and La Muerte can’t wait to have a day to relax! But when one soul isn’t ready to go back, everyone’s holiday is in danger! In Spanish with English captions.
Tiny Fires
By: Aimee Suzara
Directed by: Nikki Menez
Event Date(s): Oct 19 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Sugarpie and Trixie live as scavengers at the edge of a landfill in the Philippines called Paradise Mountain. After losing their families in a disaster, the young women have learned to survive on their own, until a young Filipino-American arrives.
Cabaret
By: Book by Joe Masteroff, music by John Kander, lyrics by Fred Ebb
Directed by: Josh Rhodes
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Willkommen, bienvenue, welcome to Cabaret! It’s 1931 Berlin, and inside the Kit Kat Klub, British nightclub singer Sally Bowles keeps the delirious party raging. But no amount of booze, music, and dancing can slow the ominous march of a changing Germany as it draws ever closer.
Dishwasher Dreams
By: Alaudin Ullah Directed by Chay Yew Music by Avirodh Sharma
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Solo show
Venue:
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: What exactly is the American Dream? For Alaudin Ullah’s Bangladesh-born parents, it means opportunity and a stable job. But to comedian Alaudin, America is the home of the New York Yankees and George Carlin.
Bisexual Sadness
By: India Kotis
Directed by: Carlyle King
Event Date(s): Sep 28 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Road Theatre Company
City: North Hollywood
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://roadtheatre.org/
Description: Bisexual Sadness explores love, commitment, the security blanket of identity, and the inconvenience of fluidity. Deftly illustrating bisexual women’s fragile place within contemporary queer communities alongside universal questions of love and belonging.
Mercury
By: Steve Yockey
Directed by: Ann Hearn Tobolowsky
Event Date(s): Jan 12 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Road Theatre Company
City: North Hollywood
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://roadtheatre.org/
Description: A pitch-black comedy with an illicit affair, a couple hanging on by a thread, bears at the window, the worst curiosity shop on the West Coast, and an adorable missing dog. This mashup of myth, missing empathy, and "good neighbors" explores what happens when the mercury rises.
High Maintenance
By: Peter Ritt
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Apr 12 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Road Theatre Company
City: North Hollywood
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://roadtheatre.org/
Description: A disgraced actor makes her comeback opposite a robot that may bring about the end of the acting profession. The play raises questions about the relationship between art and AI, and how the status quo can turn both against each other, but really, it’s just funny! A world premiere!
Singularities or the Computers of Venus
By: Laura Stribling
Directed by: Laura Stribling
Event Date(s): Apr 26 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Road Theatre Company
City: North Hollywood
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://roadtheatre.org/
Description: The stars? The past? The future? Our own limits? Set in three different time periods, Singularities or the Computers of Venus looks at the lives of women astronomers in three different time periods as they grapple with light, love and the infinite. World premiere!
Wolf Play
By: Hansol Jung
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Sep 02 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $10 - 40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/wolf-play
Description: What makes a family? In Wolf Play, we meet a young boy who feels more connection to wolves than people: “Wolves suck at being alone. Wolves need family.” The play incorporates humor, puppetry, and sharp dialogue in this tale of people grappling with questions of identity.
(trans)formada
By: lily gonzales
Directed by: linda maria girón
Event Date(s): Sep 25 2023 - Sep 26 2023
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $15
Reference Link: http://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/2023csrs
Description: Sam is queer, a little trans, and a child of Mexican immigrants living in Texas. They’re trying to figure out how to express their gender---to themselves and to the world. Just as Sam is building the courage to present their gender to their mother, they go to a high school party.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By: John Cameron Mitchell
Directed by: Rochard Mosqueda
Event Date(s): Oct 28 2023 - Dec 30 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/hedwig
Description: Hedwig is an “internationally ignored song stylist,” a fourth-wall-smashing East German rock ‘n’ roll goddess. This outrageous and unexpectedly hilarious story is dazzlingly performed by Hedwig in the form of a rock gig/stand-up comedy routine backed by a hard-rocking band.
Babes in Ho-lland
By: Deneen Reynolds-Knott
Directed by: Leigh Rondon-Davis
Event Date(s): Jan 13 2024 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: $10-40
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/online/article/babes
Description: In the sunless Pittsburgh winter of 1996, two co-eds connect over a shared love for R&B girl groups but quickly discover something deeper. While attending a predominantly white college, these two Black students create their own bubble of self-discovery, music, and sanctuary.
4000 Miles
By: Amy Herzog
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Oct 28 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Studio Theatre at Hartnell Community College
City: Salinas
Price: $28+
Reference Link: https://www.westernstage.com/4000miles
Description: After suffering a major loss on a cross-country bike trip, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother Vera in her West Village apartment.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Studio Theater at Hartnell Community College
City: Salinas
Price: $28+
Reference Link: https://www.westernstage.com/thanksgivingplay
Description: Good intentions collide with absurd assumptions as a troupe of teaching artists scrambles to create a pageant to celebrate both Turkey Day and Native American Heritage Month.
It’s a Wonderful Life: Live Radio Show
By: Joe Landry
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 11 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Western Stage
City: Salinas
Price: $30+
Reference Link: https://www.westernstage.com/tickets
Description: The beloved holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast, telling the story of the idealistic George Bailey one Christmas Eve. Based on the screenplay by Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett, and Frank Capra, and the story by Philip Van Doren Stern.
Mrs. Christie
By: Heidi Armbruster
Directed by: Giovanna Sardelli
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: This madcap mystery investigates the unsolved 1926 disappearance of the queen of mystery novels herself, Agatha Christie. When Christie superfan Lucy unveils a clue, she resolves to crack the case and learns the power of finding oneself by disappearing. West Coast premiere.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By: Music and lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Additional Material by Jay Reiss
Directed by: James Monroe Iglehart
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lucie Stern Theatre
City: Palo Alto
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: Tony winner James Monroe Iglehart (Disney’s Aladdin, Memphis, Hamilton) returns to TheatreWorks to helm this exuberant musical. Middle-school misfits personified by adult actors face off in a spelling showdown, vying for a coveted slot at the National Spelling Bee.
How I Learned What I Learned
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Tim Bond
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: Originally performed by August Wilson himself, this show charts one man’s journey of self-discovery through adversity and what it means to be a Black artist in America, celebrating Wilson’s necessary voice and gorgeous poetry. Starring Steven Anthony Jones, directed by Tim Bond.
Queen
By: Madhuri Shekar
Directed by: Miriam A. Laube
Event Date(s): Mar 06 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lucie Stern Theatre
City: Palo Alto
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: In this high-stakes environmental drama, Ph.D. candidates Sanam and Ariel research the collapse of bee colonies, dreaming they might collapse the glass ceiling of academia. When a flaw emerges in their research, their friendship, careers, and even an arranged marriage are at risk.
Tiger Style!
By: Mike Lew
Directed by: Jeffrey Lo
Event Date(s): Apr 03 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: This hilarious, razor-sharp satire explores tiger parenting, as thirtysomething siblings Albert and Jennifer wrestle with dissatisfactions with life despite ultra-achievements. When their lives fall apart, they blame their parents and run away to China, where calamity ensues.
Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration
By: Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Conceived by Robert Kelley and William Liberatore
Directed by: Robert Kelley
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: Starting at $30
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: Robert Kelley returns to TheatreWorks, collaborating with William Liberatore to conceive this musical celebration of the legacy of one of Broadway’s greatest composers. In this world premiere, Stephen Sondheim’s profound understanding of the human heart takes centerstage.
Colorado
Beautiful – The Carole King Musical
By: Douglas McGrath
Directed by: Lynne Collins
Event Date(s): Sep 08 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $56-83
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/beautiful-the-carole-king-musical
Description: The inspiring true story of King’s life, songwriting process, and rise to stardom features a stunning array of iconic hits like “(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman,” “Up on the Roof,” and “So Far Away.”
The Laramie Project
By: Moisés Kaufman and Tectonic Theater Project
Directed by: Co-Directors Kate Gleason, Rodney Lizcano
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/the-laramie-project
Description: Patchworked together from hundreds of interviews, The Laramie Project explores the reactions of 60 real-life characters at the epicenter of one of the country’s most heinous anti-gay crimes, examining the depth of human hatred and the heights of compassion and love.
Rodgers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella
By: Douglas Carter Beane, adapted from the musical with book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein and music by Richard Rodgers
Directed by: Kenny Moten
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/rodgers-and-hammersteins-cinderella
Description: This stylish, contemporary take on the fairy tale classic promises fantastical costumes, hilarious dialogue, romantic lyrics, and unforgettable music for a truly magical experience.
Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812
By: Dave Malloy
Directed by: Lynne Collins
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/natasha-pierre-and-the-great-comet-of-1812
Description: Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812 was nominated for 12 Tony Awards when it premiered in 2012. Expect to find the Black Box Theatre transformed into a raucous Russian dinner club with cabaret tables, immersive seating, and an unforgettable musical experience.
Noises Off
By: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Geoffrey Kent
Event Date(s): Mar 22 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arvada Center for the Arts and Humanities
City: Arvada
Price: $
Reference Link: https://arvadacenter.org/events/noises-off
Description: Take a trip behind the scenes as everything that could possibly go wrong goes wrong. Noises Off gives audiences a voyeuristic view into the inner workings of theatre, and how the real drama happens when the actors leave the stage.
Coal Country
By: Erik Jensen, Jessica Blank, & Steve Earle
Directed by: Jessica Robblee
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Dairy Arts Center
City: Boulder
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/coal-country/
Description: The riveting stories of survivors of a West Virginia mine explosion interweave with the music and songs of Steve Earle in this critically acclaimed new work. A regional premiere.
The Belle of Amherst
By: William Luce
Directed by: Mark Ragan
Event Date(s): Nov 02 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Millibo Art Theatre
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/belle-of-amherst/
Description: BETC’s production of the one-woman show The Belle of Amherst invites you into the mystery of the reclusive woman who wrote those poems you read in high school, Emily Dickinson. Also runs Nov. 22-26 at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder.
King Penny Golden Radio Show
By: King Penny’s Players
Directed by: Libby and Matt Zambrano
Event Date(s): Nov 08 2023 - May 08 2024
Type of Event: Improv
Venue: The Savoy Denver, Buntport Theater
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/king-penny/
Description: King Penny’s Players performing an entirely improvised 1930s-1940s radio show. On second Wednesdays November-May. Venues: The Savoy Denver, Denver (November 2023-February 2024, May 2024) and Buntport Theater (March-April 2024)
Holly, Alaska!
By: Matt Zambrano
Directed by: Matt Zambrano
Event Date(s): Dec 07 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Dairy Arts Center
City: Boulder
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/holly-alaska/
Description: A humble and hilarious gaggle of locals bands together to ensure the town holiday pageant lives on in the name of home, holidays, and laughing out loud!
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 26 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Savoy Denver
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/constitution/
Description: In this smart and timely comedy, Schreck resurrects her 15-year-old self, who traveled the country competing in American Legion speech competitions to save money for college. Also runs May 3-19 at the Dairy Arts Center in Boulder.
MAD LIBrarians
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 27 2024 - Feb 10 2024
Type of Event: Improv
Venue:
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://betc.org/event/mad-librarians/
Description: BETC’s new monthly improv series for kids and families! The Savoy Denver, Denver (January-February 2024), Grace Gamm Theater, Dairy Arts Center, Boulder (May 2024).
Misery
By: William Goldman
Directed by: SaMi Chester
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Fine Arts Center Theatre
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20 -45
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre/#currentseason
Description: Based on the novel by Stephen King. Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home.
Elf: The Musical
By: Music by Matthew Sklar, Lyrics by Chad Beguelin | Book by Bob Martin and Thomas Meehan
Directed by: James Bringer-Arreguin
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Theatre - Musical
Venue: Fine Arts Center Theatre
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre/#currentseason
Description: This modern-day holiday classic is sure to make everyone embrace their inner elf. After all, the best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear.
Water by the Spoonful
By: Quiara Alegría Hudes
Directed by: Elise Santora
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Fine Arts Center Theatre
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre/#currentseason
Description: Elliot has returned from Iraq and is struggling to find his place in the world. In a chat room, recovering addicts keep each other alive. The boundaries of family and community are stretched across continents and cyberspace as birth families splinter and online families collide.
Rent
By: Book & Music by Jonathan Larson | Lyrics by Jonathan Larson and Billy Aronson
Directed by: Marisa D. Hebert
Event Date(s): May 02 2024 - May 26 2024
Type of Event: Theatre - Musical
Venue: Fine Arts Center Theatre
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://fac.coloradocollege.edu/theatre/#currentseason
Description: Jonathan Larson’s Rent follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York’s Lower East Side, under the shadow of HIV/AIDS. Winner of the Tony Award for Best Musical and Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The Minutes
By: Tracy Letts
Directed by: Christy Montour-Larson
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2023 - Oct 14 2023
Type of Event: Regional Premeire
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $25 - $54
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/theminutes/
Description: The smallest towns keep the biggest secrets. Buckle up for a scathing new comedy about small-town politics and real-world power from one of the great writers of American theatre today.
The Minutes
By: Tracy Letts
Directed by: Christy Montour-Larson
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2023 - Oct 14 2023
Type of Event: Biting Comedy
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.curioustheatre.org/season26info/
Description: The smallest towns keep the biggest secrets. Buckle up for a scathing new comedy about small town politics and real world power from one of the great writers of American Theatre today.
Letters of Suresh
By: Rajiv Joseph
Directed by: Julie Rada
Event Date(s): Nov 09 2023 - Dec 09 2023
Type of Event: Regional Premeire
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $25 - $54
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/lettersofsuresh/
Description: Allow yourself to get swept up in the mystery, the yearning, and the beauty of this award-winning poetic tale from a truly original storyteller. A quartet of souls are brought together through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers.
Letters of Suresh
By: Rajiv Joseph
Directed by: Julie Rada
Event Date(s): Nov 11 2023 - Dec 09 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.curioustheatre.org/season26info/
Description: A quartet of souls are brought together through a series of letters between strangers, friends, daughters, and lovers. Sending their hopes and dreams across the oceans and years, they share a hunger for human connection.
Truth Be Told
By: William Cameron
Directed by: Christy Montour-Larson
Event Date(s): Jan 11 2024 - Feb 10 2024
Type of Event: World Premiere
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $25 - $54
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/truthbetold/
Description: A teenage boy carries an automatic weapon into his workplace. When the smoke clears, 14 people are dead. But what really happened? A true crime writer comes to town to conduct an interview for a book on the shooting with the grief-stricken mother.
Truth Be Told
By: William Cameron
Directed by: Christy Montour-Larson
Event Date(s): Jan 13 2024 - Feb 10 2024
Type of Event: Gritty Drama
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.curioustheatre.org/season26info/
Description: Exploring the nature of objective truth and the ways we manipulate it to serve our own ends, this world premiere is about mothers who care as deeply about their sons as the truth.
Cost of Living
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Ben Ranaan
Event Date(s): Mar 14 2024 - Apr 20 2024
Type of Event: Regional Premeire
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $25 - $54
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/costofliving/
Description: Winner of the 2018 Pulitzer Prize, this surprisingly funny and very human play from an exciting new voice is about the forces that bring people together, the realities of facing the world with physical disabilities, and how deeply we all need each other.
Cost of Living
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Ben Raanan
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2024 - Apr 20 2024
Type of Event: Bittersweet Drama
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.curioustheatre.org/season26info/
Description: Featuring Phamaly Theatre Company, this surprisingly funny and very human play from an exciting new voice is about the forces that bring people together, the realities of facing the world with physical disabilities and how deeply we all need each other.
Cullud Wattah
By: Erika Dickerson-Despenza
Directed by: Jada Suzanne Dixon
Event Date(s): May 16 2024 - Jun 15 2024
Type of Event: Regional Premeire
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $25 - $54
Reference Link: https://www.curioustheatre.org/event/culludwattah/
Description: This time-bending play takes on the Flint water crisis and dives deep into the poisonous choices of the outside world, the contamination within, and how we make the best decisions for our families’ futures when there are no real present options.
Cullud Wattah
By: Erika Dickerson-Despenza
Directed by: Jada Suzanne Dixon
Event Date(s): May 18 2024 - Jun 15 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Curious Theatre Company
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://https://www.curioustheatre.org/season26info/
Description: This regional premiere of song and ritual takes on the Flint Water Crisis and dives deep into the poisonous choices of the outside world, the contamination within, and how we make the best decisions for our families’ futures when there are no real, present options.
Camp Christmas
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 16 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Immersive Theatre
Venue: Stanley Marketplace
City: Aurora
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/camp-christmas/
Description: The season’s campiest, quirkiest holiday tradition is returning to its original location after a nearly sold-out run in 2019! Camp Christmas is fun, fleeting, and just a little bit weird. It’s everything you love about the holidays all wrapped up into one enchanting experience.
A Little Night Music
By: Stephen Sondheim; Hugh Wheeler
Directed by: Chris Coleman
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Comedy, Musical
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Wolf Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/a-little-night-music/
Description: Join the DCPA Theatre Company for a lighthearted, airy production of one of Sondheim’s most beloved musicals. Lean into the comedy of love with A Little Night Music, which traces the plotting, flirting, and foibles of three affluent couples in circa-1900 Sweden.
Clyde’s
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Jamil Jude
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Nov 26 2023
Type of Event: Comedy, Drama
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kilstrom Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/clydes/
Description: In this feisty new comedy by two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage (Sweat, Ruined), you’ll become a fly on the wall of Clyde’s, a roadside sandwich shop, in all its gastronomical glory.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens; Richard Hellesen
Directed by: Anthony Powell
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Classic
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Wolf Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/a-christmas-carol/
Description: Essential to the holiday season in Denver, A Christmas Carol is a joyous and opulent musical adaptation for the whole family that traces money-hoarding curmudgeon Ebenezer Scrooge’s triumphant overnight journey to redemption.
Cebollas
By: Leonard Madrid
Directed by: Jerry Ruiz
Event Date(s): Jan 26 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Comedy, World Premiere
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/cebollas/
Description: Three sisters, one dead body, and a 10-hour road trip…New Mexican culture and the immutable bond of sisterhood take centerstage in this outlandish comedy, which garnered stellar audience response at the 2022 Colorado New Play Summit. Join us for the world premiere of Cebollas!
Rubicon
By: Kirsten Potter
Directed by: Chris Coleman
Event Date(s): Feb 09 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Drama, World Premiere
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kilstrom Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/rubicon/
Description: Starting in the years leading up to World War II, the plot follows Elizabeth “Betty” Pack as she transitions from society wife and mother to steely, seductive agent for British and American intelligence. Based on a true story, Rubicon is an engaging portrait of an unsung heroine.
Emma
By: Kate Hamill, adapted from Jane Austen
Directed by: Meredith McDonough
Event Date(s): Apr 05 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Comedy, Romance
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Wolf Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/emma/
Description: This rendition of Emma is a joyous, irreverent take in conversation with the Regency novel. In a new adaptation that’s a bit zany and refreshingly contemporary, playwright Kate Hamill infuses the language and perspectives of today into Austen’s beloved characters.
Where Did We Sit on the Bus?
By: Brian Quijada
Directed by: Matt Dickson
Event Date(s): Apr 19 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Nontraditional, Comedy, Drama
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Singleton Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/where-did-we-sit-on-the-bus/
Description: Where Did We Sit on the Bus? captures both the innocence of youth and the pressures that come with being the child of immigrants. It asks, “What is my place? Where do I fit in?” It builds from the ground up, one step at a time, taking audiences on a soulful musical journey.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini; Ben Power
Directed by: Margot Bordelon
Event Date(s): May 03 2024 - Jun 02 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts; Kilstrom Theatre
City: Denver
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.denvercenter.org/tickets-events/the-lehman-trilogy/
Description: Winner of the 2022 Tony Award for Best Play, this extraordinary feat of storytelling uses only three actors to trace 163 years of family history and business. Until one day, in 2008, when it all comes crashing down…
You Enjoy Myself
By: Topher Payne
Directed by: Betty Hart
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Dairy Arts Center
City: Boulder
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.localtheaterco.org/you-enjoy-myself
Description: An Instagram post leads six individuals hurtling toward a secluded farmhouse in Vermont where they’ll spend a magical night discovering a profound camaraderie. Drawn by their individual yearnings, they’ll each explore the nature of devotion---to music, to literature, to other people.
A Case for Black Girls Lighting Central Park on Fire
By: Kori Alston
Directed by: Betty Hart
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2023 - Oct 14 2023
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: The Dairy Art Center
City: Boulder
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://www.localtheaterco.org/popuplab
Description: The genre-bending A Case for Black Girls Setting Central Park on Fire is a poetic hero's journey that follows a brilliant pre-teen speeding from Brooklyn to Central Park as she processes her own pain while shouldering the weight of a world burdened by collective trauma.
acts of faith
By: david yee
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 24 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Boulder
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Acts of faith follows a young, unapologetically witty woman from Zambia as she looks for her opportunity for justice. Mistaken for a prophet, she begins to use her "gift" through unexpected "divine" interventions. Starring Local Theater Company's co-artistic director Betty Hart.
Local Lab New Play Festival
By: N/A
Directed by: Various
Event Date(s): Mar 14 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: New Play Festival
Venue: The Dairy Arts Center
City: Boulder
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.localtheaterco.org/season13
Description: Be a part of cutting-edge theatre! At Local, we support new plays in all forms of development. Local Lab is where you get to be a part of the new-play development cycle. This is a hub for innovation in Boulder, Colo., where audience participation is emphasized.
Six Years Old
By: Daphne Silbiger
Directed by: Kiernan Angley
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Oct 14 2023
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: Foothills Unitarian Church
City: Fort Collins
Price: $15-22
Reference Link: https://openstagesixyearsold.com
Description: Adelaide wants to be a boy…not just any boy, she wants to be Han Solo. Six Years Old by Daphne Silbiger is a comic and poignant play about the fantasies and serious desires of queer childhood.
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Sydney Parks Smith
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2023 - Dec 02 2023
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: Fort Collins Lincoln Center - Magnolia Theatre
City: Fort Collins
Price: $29-34
Reference Link: https://openstagebook.com
Description: The importance of storytelling and history is showcased in The Book of Will by Lauren Gunderson. An unforgettable true story of love, loss, and laughter that sheds new light on a man you may think you know, William Shakespeare.
Sweat
By: Lynn Nottage
Directed by: Kenny Moten
Event Date(s): Jan 13 2024 - Feb 10 2024
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: Fort Collins Lincoln Center - Magnolia Theatre
City: Fort Collins
Price: $29-34
Reference Link: https://openstagesweat.com
Description: The 2017 Pulitzer-winning Sweat is a humorous, heart-wrenching, and honest look at the decline of the working class in modern America.
Big Fish (Small Cast Edition)
By: Book by John August, Music and Lyrics by Andrew Lippa
Directed by: Noah Racey
Event Date(s): Mar 23 2024 - Apr 20 2024
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: Fort Collins Lincoln Center - Magnolia Theatre
City: Fort Collins
Price: $42-47
Reference Link: https://openstagebigfish.com
Description: An extraordinary musical that celebrates the magic of theatre and the power of a great story. Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the acclaimed film by Tim Burton, Big Fish is a story of a father's love and his quest to make life magical for his son and everyone he meets.
Dance Nation
By: Clare Barron
Directed by: Heather Ostberg Johnson
Event Date(s): May 10 2024 - May 25 2024
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: TBD
City: Fort Collins
Price: $15-22
Reference Link: https://openstagedance.com
Description: Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. Dance Nation by Clare Barron is a play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all.
Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Debbie Swann
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2024 - Jul 13 2024
Type of Event: Outdoor Live Performance (In Person)
Venue: Park at Columbine Health Systems
City: Fort Collins
Price: $29-34
Reference Link: https://openstage12night.com
Description: In a rambunctious story of hidden identities and misplaced love, the witty, resourceful, and inventive Viola turns tragedy and loss into a life-changing experience for herself and everyone she touches.
Phamaly’s Big Night! Cabaret Fundraiser
By:
Directed by: Heather Iris Holt
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2023 - Sep 30 2023
Type of Event: Caberet
Venue: The People’s Building
City: Aurora
Price: $
Reference Link: https://phamaly.org/show/big-night-cabaret/
Description: Enjoy an evening of songs, scenes, and mingling at Phamaly’s Big Night! Cabaret Fundraiser! Help us raise money for disability-affirmative theatre and experience our 35th anniversary season announcement in person!
Indescribable
By: co-production with the Silhouettes
Directed by: Lynne Waggoner-Patton & Twanna LaTrice Hill
Event Date(s): Nov 03 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Dance
Venue: The Aurora Fox Arts Center
City: Aurora
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://phamaly.org/show/indescribable/
Description: Two children, Destiny and Amor, traverse the narrow seas on a pirate ship when a sudden storm destroys their vessel, separating the two friends. Determined to reach each other, the children go on a magical journey through enchanted islands, jungles, and oceans to reconnect.
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Josh Blanchard
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The CVA Flex Theater
City: Silverthorne
Price: $20-48
Reference Link: https://thesilco.org/event/baskerville/2023-08-25/
Description: Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles becomes a murderously funny adventure. To find their ingenious killer, Sherlock Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir.
No Sense, No Sensibility
By: Alexis DeJoy, Hugo Conde, Graco Hernadez, Kinsey Lahn, Cesar Mendoza, Ray Zarate
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2023 - Sep 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The CVA Flex Theater
City: Silverthorne
Price: $12
Reference Link: https://thesilco.org/event/no-sense-no-sensibility-2/
Description: Thirty bite-sized plays performed in an hour in an order determined by the audience. Once the timer goes off, it’s over. Will they pull it off? With original plays ranging from humorous to heartfelt to utterly absurd, this interactive, fast-paced show is wildly original.
Reply All: Improv Comedy Troupe
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Improv
Venue: The CVA Flex Theater
City: Silverthorne
Price: $8
Reference Link: https://thesilco.org/event/reply_all/2023-01-28/
Description: Reply All is a Summit County-based improv group. Specializing in long-form improv, they will create a hilarious brand new show every month. Get ready to laugh, gasp, and give your suggestions!
Haul Out the Holly
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 12 2023 - Dec 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The CVA Flex Theater
City: Silverthorne
Price: $32+
Reference Link: https://thesilco.org/event/holly/2023-12-12/
Description: A holiday thrill ride that celebrates all things December, with music, dancing, comedy, contests, caroling, and merriments coming out of your stockings.
Connecticut
A Hundred Words for Snow
By: Tatty Hennessy
Directed by: Brendon Fox
Event Date(s): Oct 05 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Nafe Katter Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - $35
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: After her father's unexpected death, 15-year-old Rory sets out with her father's ashes to help him fulfill his lifelong dream of going to the North Pole. An epic Arctic adventure about adolescence, grief, love, and being an explorer in a melting world.
War of the Worlds 2023
By: Jaron Hollander
Directed by: Jaron Hollander
Event Date(s): Nov 30 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Nafe Katter Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - 35
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: The Martians have landed in Connecticut, and a freelance news reporter has just booked jobs covering the story for two divergent news outlets. What could go wrong? H.G. Wells's sci fi meets The Servant of Two Masters in this wild, hilarious mash-up. With puppets! A world premiere.
The Doctor’s Dilemma
By: Tlaloc Rivas, adapted from George Bernard Shaw
Directed by: Tlaloc Rivas
Event Date(s): Mar 21 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Nafe Katter Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - 35
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: A doctor who has discovered a life-saving cure must make an impossible decision. With only one dose remaining and two people in need, whom should he save? A scalpel-sharp satirical examination of the medical establishment, love, and the value of art.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By: Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 18 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Harriet S. Jorgensen Theatre
City: Storrs
Price: $10 - 45
Reference Link: https://crt.uconn.edu
Description: Cheer on six eclectic mid-pubescent bee contestants as they vie for the coveted county championship and struggle to avoid the soul-crushing "ding" of the bell. Winning isn’t everything and losing does not necessarily make you a loser. A hilarious and endearing evening.
Possessing Harriet
By: Kyle Bass
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 06 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Carriage House Theater
City: Hartford
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.showclix.com/event/possessing-harriet
Description: In 1839, Harriet Powell, a young, mixed-race enslaved woman, slips away from a hotel in Syracuse, N.Y., and escapes, finding temporary safe harbor in the home of impassioned abolitionist Gerrit Smith.
Pride and Prejudice
By: Kate Hamill; Adapted from the novel by Jane Austen
Directed by: Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/pride-and-prejudice
Description: The classic love story—with a contemporary twist.
A Christmas Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Adapted and Directed by Michael Wilson
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/a-christmas-carol
Description: Come see Connecticut’s favorite family holiday tradition and spend some time with Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future as they bring A Christmas Carol to life on stage. It’s perfect holiday entertainment!
Simona’s Search
By: Martín Zimmerman
Directed by: Melia Bensussen
Event Date(s): Jan 18 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/simonas-search
Description: World premiere. Simona’s Search is a riveting exploration of the bond between fathers and daughters, love and sacrifice, nature and nurture.
The Hot Wing King
By: Katori Hall
Directed by: Christopher D. Betts (Joyce C. Willis Fellow)
Event Date(s): Feb 29 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/the-hot-wing-king
Description: In association with Baltimore Center Stage. Secret recipe? Check. Cooking crew? Check. Emergency situation? Uh oh.
All My Sons
By: Arthur Miller
Directed by: Melia Bensussen
Event Date(s): Apr 11 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/all-my-sons
Description: A timely revival that weighs the cost of the American dream.
2.5 Minute Ride
By: Lisa Kron
Directed by: Zoë Golub-Sass
Event Date(s): May 30 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $55
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/2.5-minute-ride
Description: From Tony-winning playwright Lisa Kron (Fun Home) comes a surprising tragicomedy about coming to terms with where—and who—you come from.
Lizzie
By: Steven Cheslik-DeMeyer, Tim Maner, and Alan Stevens Hewit
Directed by: Lainie Sakakura, music direction by Erika R. Gamez
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/13573/
Description: Rage! Sex! Betrayal! Bloody murder! Lizzie Borden took an axe… Using a searing rock score, and based on historical record, this thrilling all-female musical explores the heated days leading up to the famous murders and Lizzie’s controversial acquittal of all charges.
Christmas on the Rocks
By: John Cariani, Judy Gold, Jenn Harris, Jeffrey Hatcher, Jacques Lamarre, Edwin Sánchez, Matthew Wilkas
Directed by: Rob Ruggiero
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $35-75
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/christmas-on-the-rocks-23/
Description: 11 years on the naughty list! It’s Christmas Eve in a rundown local bar. Expecting a silent night, the bartender finds himself mixing drinks for a parade of surprising (and familiar) guests who come to pour out their Christmas woes in this delightful parody.
The Garbologists
By: Lindsay Joelle
Directed by: Rob Ruggiero
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/the-garbologist/
Description: This outside-the-box comedy pairs Danny, a gruff male blue-collar NYC sanitation worker hiding a heart of gold, and Marlowe, a determined female, Ivy-League-educated “newbie” who is assigned to his route. This unlikely pair unexpectedly find common ground in uncommon times.
Sanctuary City
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Co-directed by Jacob G,. Padrón and Pedro Bermúdez
Event Date(s): Mar 29 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/sanctuary-city/
Description: Pulitzer winner Martyna Majok brings us this compelling story of two teenagers, young DREAMers who are fighting to establish a place for themselves in America. This Obie-winning play illuminates how much they are willing to risk when they have everything to lose.
Sandra
By: David Cale
Directed by: Jared Mezzocchi
Event Date(s): May 31 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/sandra/
Description: In this boldly theatrical thriller, Sandra seeks to get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of her closest friend, a young pianist and composer. Her search for clues takes her on a dangerous journey that ultimately asks how far would you go for the people you love?
Wish You Were Here
By: Sanaz Toossi
Directed by: Sivan Battat
Event Date(s): Oct 05 2023 - Oct 28 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: New Haven
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: It’s 1978 and protests are breaking out across Iran, encroaching on the suburb where a tight-knit circle of girlfriends plans weddings, trades dirty jokes, and tries to hang onto a sense of normalcy.
The Salvagers
By: Harrison David Rivers
Directed by: Mikael Burke
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 16 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: New Haven
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Meet the Bosemans Salvage: 37-year-old Senior and 23-year-old Junior, at odds under the same roof during a snowy Chicago winter. Their icy relationship is further strained as potential romances for both father and son compel them to reckon with the past.
Escaped Alone
By: Caryl Churchill
Directed by: Liz Diamond
Event Date(s): Mar 08 2024 - Mar 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: New Haven
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Three old friends and a neighbor. A verdant backyard on a summer afternoon. Tea and catastrophe. Caryl Churchill’s convention-defying play sets in comic and devastating counterpoint the consolations of a good chat and the looming weight of disasters both intimate and global.
The Far Country
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Eric Ting
Event Date(s): Apr 26 2024 - May 18 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: New Haven
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act, an unlikely family carries invented biographies and poems of longing on an arduous journey from rural Taishan to Angel Island Detention Center, in hopes of landing in San Francisco Bay.
Delaware
Noises Off
By: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Jennifer Childs
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilmington
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This Tony Award–winning play is an ingenious backstage farce. A theatre director must prevent his motley company of actors and an overworked crew from sabotaging his production with their offstage shenanigans—and on-stage bedlam! Full of shocking surprises and gut-busting humor!
The Kings of Harlem
By: Layon Gray
Directed by: Layon Gray
Event Date(s): Oct 25 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilmington
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first Black-owned, all-Black professional basketball team in history, Kings Of Harlem is the story of seven men who overcame adversity to win more than 2,000 games.
Peter and the Starcatcher
By: Rick Elice, adapted from the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by: Matt Silva
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play with music
Venue:
City: Wilmington
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Hailed as a grownup prequel to Peter Pan, this Tony–winning, swashbuckling production explores the Neverland you never knew.
Always…Patsy Cline
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: Jennie Eisenhower
Event Date(s): Feb 21 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Wilmington
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This crowd-pleasing musical, full of down-home country humor and heartfelt emotion, is based on the true story of the friendship between Patsy and a devoted fan. The show features many of Cline’s beloved hits, such as “Walkin’ After Midnight,” “I Fall to Pieces,” and “Crazy."
The Flatlanders
By: Bruce Graham
Directed by: Matt Pfeiffer
Event Date(s): Apr 17 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilmington
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A Poconos blizzard puts a chill on a couple’s relationship in this brisk comedic romp. Stuck in a cabin belonging to total strangers, “flatlanders” Ronnie and Michael uncover truths, secrets, and new ways to heat things up between them.
Vita and Virginia
By: Eileen Atkins
Directed by: Sandy Ernst
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2023 - Oct 01 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roselle Center for the Arts
City: Newark Delaware
Price: $15 - $20
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/vita-and-virginia
Description: Adapted from letters and diaries to deftly weave the story of the improbable love affair and enduring friendship between aristocratic novelist and poet Vita Sackville-West and aloof literary icon Virginia Woolf.
Vita and Virginia
By: Eileen Atkins
Directed by: Sandy Ernst
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Newark
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A beautiful rebuke against today’s culture of hastily sent emails and tweets featuring the friendship and love affair of Vita Sackville-West and Virginia Woolf.
In the Heat of the Night
By: Matt Pelfrey
Directed by: Cameron Night
Event Date(s): Nov 02 2023 - Nov 19 2023
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/john-balls-in-the-heat-of-the-night
Description: Adapted for the stage from the book that inspired the Oscar-winning film. Detective Tibbs is the only hope for solving a brutal murder in a racially-tense community.
In the Heat of the Night
By: Matt Pelfrey, adapted from the book by John Ball
Directed by: Cameron Knight
Event Date(s): Nov 02 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Newark
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Adapted for the stage from the book that inspired the Oscar-winning film. Detective Tibbs is the only hope for solving a brutal murder in a racially-tense community.
Pass Over
By: Antoinette Chinonye Nwandu
Directed by: Hassan El-Amin
Event Date(s): Feb 08 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Roselle Center for the Arts
City: Newark Delaware
Price: $15 - $20
Reference Link: https://www.rep.udel.edu/presentations/pass-over
Description: Emotionally charged with poetic and humorous riffs, this play asks, “What is the value of a young Black man’s life?”
Pass Over
By: Antoinette Nwandu
Directed by: Hassan El Amin
Event Date(s): Feb 08 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Newark
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Emotionally charged with poetic and humorous riffs, this play asks, “What is the value of a young black man’s life?”
Deathtrap
By: Ira Levin
Directed by: Michael Gotch
Event Date(s): Apr 11 2024 - Apr 28 2024
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/deathtrap
Description: Hugely popular on stage and screen, this dark comedy thriller is a perfect blend of schemes, plot twists, and outrageous humor.
Deathtrap
By: Ira Levin
Directed by: Michael Gotch
Event Date(s): Apr 11 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Newark
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Hugely popular on stage and screen, this dark comedy thriller is a perfect blend of schemes, plot twists, and outrageous humor.
District Of Columbia
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By: Selina Fillinger
Directed by: Margot Bordelon
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $59-95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/potus/
Description: In this searingly funny Broadway hit, POTUS follows seven women of dramatically different backgrounds as they minimize the damage done by male arrogance and political posturing, in an endearing homage to the women who keep things running behind the scenes.
Swept Away
By: John Logan
Directed by: Michael Mayer
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2023 - Dec 30 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arena Stage
City: Washington
Price: $66-125
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/swept-away/
Description: When a violent storm sinks their whaling ship off the coast of New Bedford, Mass., the four survivors face a reckoning: How far will they go to stay alive? And can they live with the consequences?
Step Afrika!’s Magical Musical Holiday Step Show
By: Step Afrika!
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $76-95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/step-afrikas-magical-musical-holiday-step-show/
Description: You’ll laugh, you’ll sing, and you’ll dance—yes, dance, along with Step Afrika!’s award-winning dancers on Arena’s fabulous Fichandler Stage—as “DJ Nutcracker” sets the tone for a joy-filled, toe-tapping evening that’s a family-friendly holiday “stepstravaganza” like no other.
Tempestuous Elements
By: Kia Corthron
Directed by: Psalmayene 24
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
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Price: $76 - $95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/tempestuous-elements/
Description: Tempestuous Elements shines a light on Anna Julia Cooper’s tumultuous tenure as Principal of Washington, D.C.’s historic M Street School, where she fought to keep Black education alive, despite the racism, gossip, and sexism that threatened to consign her efforts to obscurity.
Unknown Soldier
By: Daniel Goldstein
Directed by: Trip Cullman
Event Date(s): Mar 29 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $76 - $95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/unknown-soldier/
Description: Cleaning out her grandmother’s home, Ellen Rabinowitz discovers the photograph of an anonymous soldier. A sweeping, elegiac musical from Daniel Goldstein and the late Michael Friedman on a woman’s journey to unearth the secrets of her family’s past…which will chart her future.
The Migration: Reflections on Jacob Lawrence
By: Step Afrika!
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2024 - Jul 14 2024
Type of Event: Dance-Theater
Venue: Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater
City:
Price: $76 - $95
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/tickets/2023-24-season/the-migration-reflections-on-jacob-lawrence/
Description: Inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s iconic 60-panel “The Migration Series,” this signature work from the award-winning dance company uses the images, color palette, and motifs in the painting series to tell this astonishing story through pulsating rhythms and visually stunning movement.
The Winter’s Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Tamilla Woodard
Event Date(s): Oct 24 2023 - Dec 03 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Folger Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $20-85
Reference Link: https://www.folger.edu/theatre
Description: With the magic and fantastical elements of a fairy tale, Shakespeare’s astonishing romance is a thrilling journey filled with emotional depth, extreme behavior, complex relationships—and a bear in pursuit.
Where We Belong
By: Madeline Sayet
Directed by: Mei Ann Teo
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Folger Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $20-85
Reference Link: https://www.folger.edu/theatre
Description: In 2015, Mohegan theatremaker Madeline Sayet travels to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, where she finds a country that refuses to acknowledge its ongoing role in colonialism. In this stirring solo piece, Madeline echoes a journey to England braved by Native ancestors.
Metamorphoses
By: Mary Zimmerman
Directed by: Psalmayene 24
Event Date(s): May 07 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Folger Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $20-85
Reference Link: https://www.folger.edu/theatre
Description: Ovid’s classic tales come to astonishing life in Mary Zimmerman’s adaptation where Gods and mortals experience love, loss, invention, and transformation. Juxtaposing the mythic and the modern, these stories remind us of the joys, follies, and heartbreaks of being human.
Bathing in Moonlight
By: Nilo Cruz
Directed by: Nilo Cruz
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In a world of forbidden love, faith and desire collide when a devout priest and a captivating Havana pianist from his parish form an alluring connection.
Picasso
By: Cornelia Cody
Directed by: Elena Velasco
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2023 - Oct 21 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: From the lush stroke of his paintbrush to the beat of his heart, the artful canvas of Picasso’s life unfolds through memories of cherished family and friends, his passion for bullfights, the circus, and the stage. Immerse yourself in the imagination of this creative genius.
Leyendas de mi tierra (Stories from Home)
By: Yvonne Montoya and Company
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 28 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Dance theatre
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Montoya’s choreography breathes life into untold Latino stories of the American Southwest. Drawing from personal histories and ancestral knowledge passed down from generation to generation, her stories reveal the true impact of the Bracero Program.
Las hermanas Palacios (The Palacios Sisters)
By: Cristina García
Directed by: Adrián Alea
Event Date(s): Feb 01 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Dive into the vibrant chaos of 1985 Miami as Cristina García's gripping play, The Palacios Sisters, which catapults Chekhov's "Three Sisters" forward to Florida in the 1980s.
Más aventuras de Don Quijote (More Adventures of Don Quixote)
By: Patricia Suárez
Directed by: Claudio Aprile
Event Date(s): Mar 09 2024 - Mar 23 2024
Type of Event: Play with music
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Brimming with lively music and uproarious laughter, this bilingual play follows the gentleman from La Mancha and his faithful squire, Sancho Panza, as they embark on a fresh series of misadventures.
Momia en el clóset (Mummy in the Closet)
By: Book by Gustavo Ott, lyrics by Mariano Vales and Gustavo Ott, music by Mariano Vales
Directed by: Mariano Caligaris
Event Date(s): May 09 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Musical
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: With tantalizing lyrics and the seductive allure of tango, waltz, and salsa, this wicked musical seamlessly blends history and fantasy. Follow the afterlife of Eva Perón when her preserved corpse ignites political scandals, clandestine affairs, and mysterious murders.
Zavala-Zavala
By: Music by Brian Arreola, libretto by Anna Deeny Morales
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Opera
Venue:
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This chamber opera in five cuts delves into the moving story of Natividad Zavala-Zavala, a Honduran woman torn apart from her 7-year-old grandson after their treacherous crossing of the Río Grande in 2017. Experience her heart-wrenching journey.
Look Both Ways
By: Raymond Caldwell and El Chelito, adapted from the book by Jason Reynolds
Directed by: Raymond Caldwell
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Kennedy Center Family Theater
City: Washington
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://
Description: D.C. area native, New York Times best-selling author, and Kennedy Center Next 50 leader Jason Reynolds’s award-winning book, exploring 10 tales of what happens after the dismissal bell rings becomes an exciting world premiere in this co-production with Theater Alliance.
The Dragon King’s Daughter
By: Marcus Yi
Directed by: Chongren Fan
Event Date(s): Nov 18 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Kennedy Center Family Theater
City: Washington
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/dragon-kings-daughter/
Description: Chinese dragon mythology, martial arts, and stunning voices combine in this world premiere musical following an unlikely young duo on a daring adventure, inspired by Marcus Yi’s heroic story and songs.
The Other Side
By: Jacqueline Woodson
Directed by: Hope Boykin
Event Date(s): Jan 13 2024 - Jan 14 2024
Type of Event: Dance
Venue: Kennedy Center Family Theater
City: Washington
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/the-other-side/
Description: Education artist-in-residence Jacqueline Woodson’s simple yet powerful book comes to life in an evening-length dance piece from choreographer and Kennedy Center artistic advisor for dance education Hope Boykin. Don’t miss this special return engagement!
The Girl Who Became Legend
By: Sarah Saltwick
Directed by: Liz Fisher
Event Date(s): Feb 02 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Kennedy Center Family Theater
City: Washington
Price: $20
Description: Come along with Raina to bring a cloud back home in this modern-day feminist folktale with music! This captivating journey takes the stage in a world premiere co-commission and co-production with ZACH Theatre.
Through the Sunken Lands
By: Tim J. Lord
Directed by: Cara Phipps
Event Date(s): Mar 02 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Kennedy Center Family Theater
City: Washington
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.kennedy-center.org/whats-on/explore-by-genre/young-audiences/2023-2024/through-the-sunken-lands/
Description: Tim J. Lord’s radio play transforms into a heartening world premiere musical that amplifies the voice of a commonly overlooked community. Follow Artemis, a girl born with cerebral palsy, determined to fight to save her dying town with the help of Aunt Maggie…and a talking heron!
Monumental Travesties
By: Psalmayene 24
Directed by: Reginald L. Douglas
Event Date(s): Sep 07 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event:
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $42-70
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/plays/2023-2024-monumental-travesties
Description:
World premiere. With sharp humor, hijinks, and a palpable love for D.C., Helen Hayes Award-winning playwright Psalmayene 24’s searing new comedy explores race, memory, and the often privileged act of forgetting.
Confederates
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Stori Ayers
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Nov 19 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $42-70
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/plays/2023-2024-confederates
Description: Celebrated American playwright, MacArthur Fellow, and two-time Tony nominee Dominique Morisseau forges into brand new modes of storytelling in this breathtakingly fierce examination of history, race, and the women who stand on the frontlines of freedom, no matter the cost.
Nancy
By: Rhiana Yazzie
Directed by: Ken-Matt Martin
Event Date(s): Mar 28 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $42-70
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/plays/2023-2024-nancy
Description: It’s 1985 in Washington, D.C., and two women are trying to steer their futures: Nancy Reagan from the White House, orchestrating her husband “Ronnie’s” political career according to daily astrological trends, and Esmeralda, a Navajo mother advocating for her community.
Mexodus
By: Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson
Directed by: David Mendizábal
Event Date(s): May 16 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Atlas Performing Arts Center
City: Washington
Price: $42-70
Reference Link: https://mosaictheater.org/plays/2023-2024-mexodus
Description: History meets hip-hop in this groundbreaking theatrical experience that explores the often untold stories of enslaved people in the United States who sought freedom in Mexico, rather than looking North.
Evita
By: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Directed by: Sammi Cannold
Event Date(s): Sep 05 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Musical
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Sammi Cannold helms this groundbreaking revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s Tony-winning rock opera. In a production The Boston Globe hails as “exceptional…A new generation’s take on Evita,” it tells the story of Eva Perón’s meteoric rise to First Lady of Argentina.
Macbeth in Stride
By: Whitney White
Directed by: Tyler Dobrowsky, Taibi Magar
Event Date(s): Oct 10 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Description:
Something wicked this way comes… Created by Obie Award-winning artist Whitney White, Macbeth In Stride uses one of the Bard’s most iconic characters to examine just what it means to be an ambitious Black woman.
As You Like It
By: Conceived by Daryl Cloran & Bard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival
Directed by: Daryl Cloran
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2023 - Dec 31 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Description:
It’s the 1960s and flower power, peace, and love are in the air. The free-spirited Rosalind is exiled from court and escapes to an alternative community, where everything is possible. Mistaken identities and mixed signals come together, melding the Bard’s verse with the beloved music of The Beatles.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
Directed by: Arin Arbus
Event Date(s): Feb 22 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Meet the Lehman brothers—immigrants building an American dream that crumbles into a chaotic nightmare for future generations.
Macbeth
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Simon Godwin
Event Date(s): Apr 02 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Blood will have blood. Unbridled ambition, supernatural forces, and murderous desires reign supreme in Shakespeare’s most poetic examination of evil. With Ralph Fiennes and Indira Varma.
The Matchbox Magic Flute
By: Adapted by Mary Zimmerman from the opera by Mozart
Directed by: Mary Zimmerman
Event Date(s): May 21 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Musical
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In her acclaimed signature style, Mary Zimmerman conceives a brand new theatrical adaptation of Mozart’s beloved opera. Playful and imaginative, it’s big music in a small space.
Espejos: Clean
By: Christine Quintana, translation by Paula Zelaya Cervantes
Directed by: Elena Araoz
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Adriana manages the housekeeping staff at a Cancún resort, 200 miles and a world away from the home she left. Sarah, sister of the bride and the self-declared disaster of the family, is just trying to keep it together at this destination wedding.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Taylor Reynolds
Event Date(s): Oct 25 2023 - Dec 04 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Hamlet, but with more barbeque and disco. Swapping a Danish castle for a North Carolina BBQ pit, Fat Ham remakes Shakespeare’s story of murder and revenge into what the New York Times calls “a hilarious yet profound tragedy smothered in comedy.”
Love, Love, Love
By: Mike Bartlett
Directed by: David Muse
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2024 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: It’s London, 1967, and the sixties are in full swing when we meet Ken and Sandra, two carefree spirits in a world that belongs to the young. Love, Love, Love drops in with them over the next 44 years, from free love to middle-class comfort to well-compensated retirement.
At the Wedding
By: Bryna Turner
Directed by: Tom Story
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Carlo crashes her ex’s wedding with three simple goals: Don’t get drunk. Don’t make any kids cry. Don’t try to win back the bride, no matter how boring the groom is. (She’ll ultimately fail at all three.)
Problems Between Sisters
By: Julia May Jonas
Directed by: Sivan Battat
Event Date(s): May 08 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Two pregnant sisters—one visual artist, one con artist—converge on a remote family cabin in Vermont. Jess races to finish her long-awaited solo show; Rory sees a new audience for her latest scam.
The Colored Museum
By: George C. Wolfe
Directed by: Psalmayene 24
Event Date(s): Jul 03 2024 - Aug 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A provocative and seriously funny tour of eleven “exhibits”—toxic narratives about Black American experiences. From confrontational to aspirational, morbid to triumphant, Wolfe’s satiric sketches target America’s most pernicious stereotypes of Black culture.
The Chameleon
By: Jenny Rachel Weiner
Directed by: Ellie Heyman
Event Date(s): Oct 11 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Nothing says Jewish Christmas more than Chinese takeout. The food tastes even better this year for actor Riz Golden-Kruger and her family: Riz finally got her big break, the starring role in a new superhero franchise.
See You Tomorrow
By: Iris Bahr
Directed by: Iris Bahr
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2023 - Nov 22 2023
Type of Event: Solo show
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A mother-daughter relationship unfolds in award-winning comedian/actor Iris Bahr’s new autobiographical work.
Moses
By: Michele Lowe
Directed by: Johanna Gruenhut
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: How do you start over after everything you know has been erased? Michele Lowe’s Moses follows one man’s epic journey as he searches for forgiveness, a long-lost dream, and himself.
How to Be a Korean Woman
By: Sun Mee Chomet
Directed by: Zaraawar Mistry
Event Date(s): Jan 04 2024 - Jan 14 2024
Type of Event: Solo show
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: How to Be a Korean Woman is a hilarious, heartfelt, and personal telling of Korean American adoptee Sun Mee Chomet‘s search for her birth family in Seoul, South Korea.
This Much I Know
By: Jonathan Spector
Directed by: Hayley Finn
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: n the midst of a lecture, a psychology professor’s marriage fractures, sparking a theatrical study of three characters as they become entangled in a search for self-discovery.
Hester Street
By: Sharyn Rothstein, with music by Joel Waggoner
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 27 2024 - Apr 21 2024
Type of Event: Play with music
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This theatrical adaptation of the beloved 1975 film by Joan Micklin Silver marks the largest production Theater J’s stage has seen in years.
The Hatmaker’s Wife
By: Lauren Yee
Directed by: Dan Rothenberg
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2024 - Jun 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Magic and realism collide in this modern fable about learning to love. A young woman moves in with her boyfriend, and when she has trouble getting comfortable, her strange new home seems determined to help out, literally.
Public Obscenities
By: Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Directed by: Shayok Misha Chowdhury
Event Date(s): Nov 13 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $34-85
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/productions/public-obscenities/
Description: Peer into this bilingual play from visionary writer-director Shayok Misha Chowdhury about the things we see, the things we miss, and the things that turn us on.
My Mama and the Full-Scale Invasion
By: Sasha Denisova
Directed by: Yury Urnov
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $25-82
Reference Link: https://www.woollymammoth.net/productions/my-mama-the-full-scale-invas/
Description: Sasha’s 82-year-old mother, Olga, is on the frontlines of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, having lived in Kyiv her whole life. Inspired by online chats with her mother, playwright Sasha Denisova brings us this world premiere play.
The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes
By: Vivian J.O. Barnes
Directed by: Taylor Reynolds
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Play
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The Sensational Sea Mink-ettes are days away from their Homecoming half-time dance performance and the pressure is on. The student body, the administration, the alumni, their families—everyone is expecting perfection.
Where We Belong
By: Madeline Sayet
Directed by: Mei Ann Teo
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 17 2024
Type of Event: Solo show
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Returning to D.C. after a national tour! In 2015, a Mohegan theatremaker moves to England to pursue a PhD in Shakespeare, grappling with the question of what it means to remain or leave, as the Brexit vote threatens to further disengage the UK from the wider world.
Amm(I)gone
By: Adil Mansoor
Directed by: Lyam B. Gabel
Event Date(s): Apr 20 2024 - May 12 2024
Type of Event: Solo show
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Creator and performer Adil Mansoor invites his Pakistani mother to translate Antigone into Urdu as means of exploring the tensions between family and faith. Should he keep his queerness buried from his devout Muslim mother?
Rose: You Are Who You Eat
By: John Jarboe
Directed by: MK Tuomanen
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Solo show
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Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Once upon a vine, John Jarboe’s aunt revealed that John not only had a twin sister in the womb, but that John consumed her: “You ate her. That’s why you are the way you are.” This was a lot for John to swallow!
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Indecent
By: Paula Vogel
Directed by: Helen R. Murray
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Raymond James Theatre
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/indecent
Description: A play that recounts the fiery controversy that a lesbian kiss in the 1923 play God of Vengeance sparked, Indecent is a love story at its core.
acts of faith
By: David Yee
Directed by: Patrick Arthur Jackson
Event Date(s): Nov 21 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Raymond James Theatre
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/acts-of-faith
Description: From the African Copper Belt to the backwoods of Canada, acts of faith follows a young woman named Faith who gets mistaken for a prophet.
The Chinese Lady
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Gregory Keng Strasser
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Raymond James Theatre
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/the-chinese-lady
Description: Her feet are bound, her freedom is non-existent. The first Chinese woman to step foot in America was treated as a sideshow act in the darkest parts of the 1800s.
Disney’s Beauty and the Beast in the Park
By: Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Book by Linda Wolverton
Directed by: Kenny Moten
Event Date(s): Apr 07 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Demens Landing Park
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/disneys-beauty-and-the-beast-in-the-park
Description: Talking teapots and clocks, an emotionally stunted beast, a whimsical princess---you know the story. American Stage's park show is the Disney classic Beauty and the Beast.
Hedwig and the Angry Inch
By: Book by John Cameron Mitchell Music and Lyrics by Stephen Trask
Directed by: Kirsten Kelly
Event Date(s): May 15 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Raymond James Theatre, Jannus Live!
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/hedwig-and-the-angry-inch
Description: Welcome to a euphoric night on a rock ‘n’ roll rollercoaster with our transgender icon and protagonist Hedwig---a hedonistic genderqueer anti-heroine seemingly hellbent on destruction.
The Figs
By: Doug Robinson
Directed by: Helen R. Murray
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2024 - Aug 04 2024
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: Raymond James Theatre
City: St. Petersburg
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://www.americanstage.org/shows/the-figs
Description: The king that rules the magical, ludicrous, kingdom of The Figs is quite actually addicted to figs, mah lord. His more publicly well-received daughter is in love with an inn keeper in a sort of star-crossed lovers situation.
Crazy for You
By: Ken Ludwig and Mike Ockrent
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2023 - Jan 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Asolo Reperatory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/crazy-for-you
Description: Put on your dancing shoes as you are transported back to the Roaring Twenties by Crazy for You, the Tony-winning, toe-tapping romantic musical comedy that has delighted audiences worldwide.
Inherit the Wind
By: Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by: Peter Rothstein
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2024 - Feb 24 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Asolo Repertory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/inherit-the-wind
Description: Feel the heat of the courtroom in the sizzling American classic Inherit the Wind, an explosive drama inspired by the most important trial of the 20th century.
Born With Teeth
By: Liz Duffy Adams
Directed by: Rob Melrose
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Mar 29 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Asolo Repertory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/born-with-teeth
Description: Grab a drink with William Shakespeare and Christopher Marlowe as you get an inside peek at the tumultuous relationship of two of history’s greatest playwrights, each harboring momentous secrets.
Intimate Apparel
By: LYNN NOTTAGE
Directed by: AUSTENE VAN
Event Date(s): Feb 28 2024 - Apr 18 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Asolo Repertory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/intimate-apparel
Description: Be seduced by the story of Esther, a Black seamstress in 1905 New York seeking love and companionship. Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage returns to Asolo Rep with Intimate Apparel, a searing, sensual, and powerful story of forbidden romance.
Dial ‘M’ For Murder
By: Frederick Knott
Directed by: Céline Rosenthal
Event Date(s): Mar 20 2024 - Apr 25 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Asolo Repertory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/dial-m-for-murder
Description: Hang on to the edge of your seat through the twists and turns of a gripping cat-and-mouse game in Dial 'M' for Murder.
Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical
By: David Simpatico
Directed by: Peter Rothstein
Event Date(s): May 11 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Asolo Repertory Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.asolorep.org/events/detail/twelve-angry-men-a-new-musical
Description: Seek out the truth through the haze of confusion in the breathtaking and powerful Twelve Angry Men: A New Musical. Propelled by a jazz-infused score, one of America’s greatest dramas reaches new heights in this searing story.
Million Dollar Quartet
By:
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Sep 15 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: MDQ explodes on stage with a monumental rock ‘n’ roll night. Inspired by the most famous jam session in recording history, this smash-hit musical tells the story of legendary music icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins.
Junie B. Jones
By:
Directed by: Heath Carroll
Event Date(s): Oct 13 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $12-26
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: It’s Junie B.’s first day of school, and suddenly a lot of things are changing for her. Featuring a tremendously loveable character and fun-filled songs, Junie B. Jones will capture your heart just as the books captivated an entire generation of students.
Me and My Gal: A Live Judy Garland and Gene Kelly Musical Tribute
By:
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Oct 26 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Musical Review
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: “That’s Entertainment!” The bells are ringing for this night of “Ritz,” glitz, glamour, and the beautiful music of Judy Garland and Gene Kelly.
Yes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus
By:
Directed by: Heath Carroll
Event Date(s): Dec 01 2023 - Dec 09 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $12-26
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Two compelling stories come together in this heartwarming play inspired by the famous editorial "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus."
A Christmas Carol
By:
Directed by: Marci Duncan
Event Date(s): Dec 08 2023 - Dec 22 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Join all your favorite Dickens characters: Tiny Tim and the Cratchit family, the Fezziwigs, the Ghosts of Christmas past, present, and yet-to-come, and of course, everyone’s favorite curmudgeon, Ebenezer Scrooge.
A Jingle Jangle Christmas Musical Revue
By:
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Dec 16 2023 - Dec 21 2023
Type of Event: Musical Revue
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Mix, mingle, and enjoy live holiday musical selections performed by our talented vocalists. Our cast will invite you to join in some beloved Christmas carols as well. Like a mug of hot cocoa, this event will warm your heart and get you in the holiday spirit.
The Marvelous Wonderettes: Caps and Gowns
By:
Directed by: Vincent Pelligrino
Event Date(s): Jan 19 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: We’re back in 1958, and it’s time for the Wonderettes to graduate in this delightful sequel to the smash Off-Broadway hit! Join Betty Jean, Cindy Lou, Missy, and Suzy as they sing about their final year in high school.
The Play That Goes Wrong
By: Henry Lewis, Jonathan Salyers, Henry Shields
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Jan 26 2024 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Called “the funniest play Broadway has ever seen," this classic murder mystery by award-winning Mischief is chock-full of mishaps and madcap mania! Welcome to the opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous.
I Only Have Eyes For You: Valentine’s Day Musical Revue
By:
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): Feb 13 2024 - Feb 14 2024
Type of Event: Musical Revue
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $75 per person
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Share this evening or afternoon event with the ones you love. Enjoy beautiful love songs from yesteryear performed by our top vocalists and ECTC’s live musicians. This very special evening can be complemented with a bottle of wine and a sweet or savory charcuterie box.
Crimes of the Heart
By: Beth Henley
Directed by: Sherry Landrum
Event Date(s): Feb 16 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Beth Henley's Pulitzer winner is a deeply touching and funny play about three sisters from a small Southern town rocked by scandal. Humor and pathos abound as the sisters unite with an intense young lawyer to save Babe from a murder charge and overcome their family.
Comedy on the Boulevard
By:
Directed by: Jason Hedden
Event Date(s): Mar 09 2024 - Mar 09 2024
Type of Event: Stand Up Comedy
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $27-40
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Come for an uproarious night of laughs! ECTC presents some of the Southeast’s most hilarious comedians. Hosted by resident funny guy Jason Hedden.
Mother Goose on the Loose
By:
Directed by: Heath Carroll
Event Date(s): Apr 04 2024 - Apr 07 2024
Type of Event: Theatre For Very Young Audiences
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $12-20
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Join her children as they try to find their beloved Mother Goose and sing and dance along the way! It's an "ECTC Theatre for the Very Young TM" production. Big fun for the very little! We'll see you on the stage!
Mary Poppins
By:
Directed by: Nathanael Fisher
Event Date(s): May 03 2024 - May 12 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Emerald Coast Theatre Company
City: Miramar Beach
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36093
Description: Sprinkle a spoonful of sugar on your spring with the delightful and enchanting Mary Poppins! This show is “practically perfect in every way” for all ages and feels like a “jolly holiday” with friends and family. Don’t miss this supercalifragilisticexpialidocious show!
Beguiled Again
By: Music by Richard Rodgers | Lyrics by Lorenz Hart | Conceived by J. Barry Lewis, Lynnette Barkley, and Craig D. Ames
Directed by: Michael Marotta
Event Date(s): Sep 19 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ArtStage Studio Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/beguiled-again/
Description: “Touches musical heaven! Rodgers and Hart’s work is beautiful and bewitching.” -Miami Herald
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman | Music by Alan Menken
Directed by: Monique Caldwell
Event Date(s): Sep 28 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://floridarepeducation.org/little-shop-of-horrors/
Description: Get ready for a hilarious and captivating musical adventure with Little Shop of Horrors! Prepare for toe-tapping tunes, outrageous antics, and a man-eating plant that steals the spotlight. Don’t miss this must-see show! A production of Florida Rep Education.
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Jason Parrish
Event Date(s): Oct 24 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/the-legend-of-georgia-mcbride/
Description: A big-hearted and music-filled comedy! “Stitch-in-your-side funny! Full of sass and good spirits!”- NY Times
A Sherlock Carol
By: Mark Shanahan
Directed by: Jeffrey Binder
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Triller
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/a-sherlock-carol/
Description: Chosen from the 2020 PlayLab and fresh off runs in New York and London! “A clever, crowd-pleasing holiday comedy!” ---NY Times
The Mountaintop
By: Katori Hall
Directed by: Ansley Valentine
Event Date(s): Dec 12 2023 - Jan 14 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: ArtStage Studio Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/the-mountaintop/
Description: “The Mountaintop crackles with theatricality and a humanity more moving than sainthood.”- NY Newsday
Beehive: The ’60s Musical
By: Larry Gallagher
Directed by: Greg Longenhagen
Event Date(s): Jan 09 2024 - Jan 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/beehive-the-60s-musical/
Description: From Aretha Franklin to Janis Joplin, countless powerful female voices left their unforgettable mark on the turbulent 1960s! Beehive: The '60s Musical is a non-stop, energetic celebration of these iconic women and the music that became a soundtrack for a decade of change.
The Gin Game
By: D.L. Coburn
Directed by: Maureen Heffernan
Event Date(s): Jan 30 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: ArtStage Studio Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/the-gin-game/
Description: “Extremely intelligent…A fine bittersweet comedy…Funny, sad, profane, eloquent, touching, beautiful.” ---WABC-TV
A Comedy of Tenors
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Chris Clavelli
Event Date(s): Feb 13 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Comdey
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/ken-ludwigs-a-comedy-of-tenors/
Description: Prepare for an uproarious ride, full of mistaken identities, bedroom hijinks, and madcap delight. A side-splitting sequel to Lend Me a Tenor! “Playwright Ken Ludwig has hit the jackpot again with his fast-paced, over-the-top farce.” ---Beacon Journal
Hank Williams: Lost Highway
By: Randal Myler & Mark Harelik
Directed by: Jason Parrish
Event Date(s): Mar 19 2024 - Apr 14 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Historic Arcade Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/hank-williams-lost-highway/
Description: Follow Williams’ rise from humble beginnings on the Louisiana Hayride to triumphs on the Grand Ole Opry---and his eventual self-destruction at the age of 29. “The best example of a musician’s bio put on stage that I’ve ever seen. Wonderful…delightful…marvelous!” ---New York Post
Oleanna
By: David Mamet
Directed by: Chris Clavelli
Event Date(s): Apr 16 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: ArtStage Studio Theatre
City: Fort Myers
Price: $65
Reference Link: https://www.floridarep.org/show/oleanna/
Description: Florida Rep takes on Pulitzer-winning playwright David Mamet, with his most controversial drama! “Oleanna is likely to provoke more arguments than any play this year!” ---NY Times
A Comedy of Tenors
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Sean Daniels
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/2023-summer-mainstage/a-comedy-of-tenors/
Description: It’s 1930s Paris and the stage is set for the concert of the century. But love affairs, mistaken identities, and opening-night chaos have producer Henry Saunders desperate to try just about anything to ensure that the show goes on.
Creedence Clearwater Remixed!
By: Created by Vaden Thurgood
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Aug 22 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: FST's Goldstein Cabaret
City: Sarasota
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/2022-23-summer-cabaret/creedence-clearwater-remixed/
Description: Featuring hit songs like “Proud Mary,” “Fortunate Son,” “Bad Moon Rising,” and “Have You Ever Seen The Rain?,” this rousing revue celebrates music’s pioneers of country rock.
Up on the Roof
By: Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins with Musical Arrangements by Jim Prosser
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Oct 10 2023 - Feb 04 2024
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
City:
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://
Description: In the '50s and ‘60s, chart-topping songs burst out of Midtown Manhattan, creating the iconic “Brill Sound.” Featuring songs like “A Teenager in Love,” “One Fine Day,” “River Deep, Mountain High,” and many more.
The Velveteen Rabbit: A Toy Story
By: Patrick Flynn. Based on the book by Margery Williams
Directed by: Sean Daniels
Event Date(s): Oct 14 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/childrens-theatre-series-2023-24/the-velveteen-rabbit/
Description: Margery Williams’s classic story springs to magical life in this brand new adaptation.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman. Music by Alan Menken.
Directed by: Sean Daniels
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2023 - Jan 07 2024
Type of Event: Mainstage Musical
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $29-49
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-mainstage-series-2023-24/little-shop-of-horrors/
Description: A hapless flower shop assistant, Seymour stumbles across a new breed of plant with out-of-this-world origins and a man-eating appetite for global domination.
Deck the Halls
By: Caroline Saldivar and Sarah Durham with Jeremy Weinstein and Dellan Short. Music Arrangements by Jeremy Weinstein and Jim Prosser
Directed by: Caroline Saldivar
Event Date(s): Nov 25 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
City:
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/childrens-theatre-series-2023-24/deck-the-halls/
Description: A celebration of what makes the holidays special, Florida style!
Take It to the Limit
By: Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins, and Sarah Durham. Musical Arrangements by Jim Prosser.
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Apr 07 2024
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: FST's Goldstein Cabaret
City: Sarasota
Price: $18-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-cabaret-series-2023-24/take-it-to-the-limit/
Description: A tribute to the music of the 1970s rock 'n' roll rebels who skillfully fused folk, country, and R&B to create a fresh new sound. Featuring songs such as “When Will I Be Loved,” “Ramblin’ Man,” “Landslide,” and “Hotel California.”
Pictures From Home
By: Sharr White. Based on the photo memoir by Larry Sultan.
Directed by: Kate Alexander
Event Date(s): Dec 13 2023 - Feb 18 2024
Type of Event: Mainstage Play
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-mainstage-series-2023-24/pictures-from-home/
Description: A moving and comedic portrait of a family that evokes recollections of childhood, parenthood, and the ever-changing nature of familial bonds.
Red Riding Hood
By: Allison Gregory
Directed by: Ben Liebert
Event Date(s): Jan 07 2024 - Feb 10 2024
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/childrens-theatre-series-2023-24/red-riding-hood/
Description: A wildly inventive adaptation that puts a spin on the popular fairy tale.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini. Adapted by Ben Power.
Directed by: Richard Hopkins
Event Date(s): Jan 31 2024 - Mar 24 2024
Type of Event: Mainstage Play
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-mainstage-series-2023-24/the-lehman-trilogy/
Description: Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play. The story of the Lehman brothers, whose company dramatically crumbled into bankruptcy, sparking the largest financial crisis in human history.
The Flip Side
By: Rebecca Hopkins and Richard Hopkins. Musical Arrangements by Jim Prosser.
Directed by: Catherine Randazzo
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Jun 16 2024
Type of Event: Cabaret
Venue: FST's Court Cabaret
City: Sarasota
Price: $18-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-cabaret-series-2023-24/the-flip-side/
Description: Sardonic, ironic, and even histrionic, these witty tunes are full of moronic characters and sophisticated lyrics that reveal the present state of our world—the good, the bad, and the funny. Featuring songs like “I’m My Own Grandpa” and “Still Gonna Die."
The Power of Peanut Butter & Other Winning Plays
By: Winning Young Playwrights
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2024 - May 04 2024
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: FST's Keating Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $5-10
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/childrens-theatre-series-2023-24/the-power-of-peanut-butter-and-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.
Troubadour
By: Story By Janece Shaffer. With Original Music by Sugarland’s Kristian Bush
Directed by: Kate Alexander
Event Date(s): Apr 03 2024 - May 19 2024
Type of Event: Mainstage Musical
Venue: FST's Gompertz Theatre
City: Sarasota
Price: $25-39
Reference Link: https://www.floridastudiotheatre.org/events-and-tickets/winter-mainstage-series-2023-24/troubadour/
Description: Florida premiere. Country music legend Billy Mason is on the eve of his retirement. Can his soft-spoken son, Joe, step into the spotlight and carry on his legacy?
How I Learned What I Learned
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Casey Hart
Event Date(s): Sep 29 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Historic Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables
City: Coral Gables
Price: $35-65
Reference Link: https://
Description: In this autobiographical tour de force, the late Pulitzer winner takes audiences on a life-changing voyage from being a young poet in Pittsburgh’s Hill District to his encounters with racism, music, love, and transformative friendships.
The Thanksgiving Play
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by: Bari Newport
Event Date(s): Nov 17 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Historic Biltmore Hotel, Coral Gables
City: Coral Gables
Price: $35-65
Reference Link: https://https://ci.ovationtix.com/473
Description: Hot off its Broadway run, this shocking satire flips the bird on one of America’s most prolific myths. When a troupe of well-meaning theatre artists attempt to put on a culturally sensitive Thanksgiving school pageant, things get messy.
Love! Valour! Compassion
By: Terrence McNally
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 12 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Terrence McNally's Tony Award & Drama Desk Award winning play about eight gay friends who spend the holidays over one summer at one's beautiful hundred-year-old house in upstate New York. Love, laughs, betrayal & life set the pace for this hilarious dramedy.
Which Way to the Stage
By: Ana Nogueira
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 18 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: A playful yet profound comedy about friendship, ambition, and what happens when dreams fall just out of reach.
Pulp
By: Patiricia Kane, music by Amy Warren & Andre Pluess
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 11 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: July 1956. A hot and humid Chicago. Enter Terry Logan-tough-talking, rebellious, seductive. When she takes up residence at The Well, a club run by women who love women, the trouble really begins. Nominated for four Joseph Jefferson Awards including Best New Work.
Skintight
By: Joshua Harmon
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 30 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Reeling from her ex-husband’s engagement to a much younger woman, Jodi Isaac turns to her famous fashion-designer dad for support. Instead, she finds him wrapped up in his West Village townhouse with Trey. Who’s twenty. And not necessarily gay. But probably an adult film star.
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
By: Anna Deavere Smith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 16 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Straz Center for the Performing Arts
City: Tampa
Price: $39.50
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/twilight-los-angeles-1992/
Description: Artistic associate Andresia Moseley takes on 27 characters in this “living newspaper” the LA Times called “the most comprehensive literary response” to the “cacophony of voices at the city’s heart” following the verdict in the Rodney King trial.
Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2023 - Oct 08 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Straz Center, Shimberg Playhouse
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/rosencrantz-and-guildenstern/
Description: Hamlet, absurdly retold from the point of view of two bumbling support players. The entire world is a stage, and Rosencrantz and Guildenstern play their part, finding themselves unwitting pawns in history’s greatest tragedy. Featuring the cast of Jobsite's 2023 Hamlet.
Frankenstein
By: Nick Dear
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Straz Center, Shimberg Playhouse
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/frankenstein/
Description: Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein’s bewildered creature (Paul J. Potenza) is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker (Giles Davies).
Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2024 - Feb 11 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Straz Center, Jaeb Theater
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/twelfth-night/
Description: “If music be the food of love, play on!” Jobsite’s Shakespeare tradition has become an annual centerpiece of the region’s cultural offerings. “No one ‘Rocks the Bard’ as hard, as daring, or as relevant as Jobsite and their players,” according to BroadwayWorld.
The Beauty Queen of Leenance
By: Martin McDonagh
Directed by: Paul J. Potenza
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Apr 07 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Straz Center, Shimberg Playhouse
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/beauty-queen-of-leenane/
Description: Set in a small town in the mountains of Connemara, County Galway, The Beauty Queen of Leenane tells the darkly comic tale of Maureen Folan, a woman who feels like anything but a beauty queen.
El Maleficio de la Mariposa
By: A spectacle based on the work by Federico Garcia Lorca
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Event Date(s): May 15 2024 - Jun 09 2024
Type of Event: Musical cabaret
Venue: Straz Center, Shimberg Playhouse
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/el-maleficio-de-la-mariposa/
Description: Following in the footsteps of Jobsite's Alice and Shockheaded Peter, the company fuses theatre, dance, aerial and circus arts, puppetry, and good ol' fashioned theatre magic in an evening audience's won't soon forget.
The Rocky Horror Show
By: Richard O'Brien
Directed by: David M. Jenkins
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2024 - Aug 04 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Straz Center, Jaeb Theater
City: Tampa
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/rocky-horror/
Description: The antici…pation is over for Jobsite’s spin on the OG kitschy rock ‘n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical! Straightlaced Brad Majors and Janet Weiss, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter as they look for a phone to call for help.
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 29 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Jupiter
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: All aboard the exotic and mysterious Orient Express as it takes off with a train full of larger-than-life suspects, each with a motive and an alibi. This clever adaptation of the Agatha Christie classic boasts all the glamour, intrigue and suspense, with a healthy dose of humor.
A Christmas Carol
By: Paul Carlin, adapted from Charles Dickens
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2023 - Dec 10 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Jupiter
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: The magic of the yuletide season comes to life in Charles Dickens masterpiece, A Christmas Carol. This reimagined concept of the classic story of redemption is interwoven with dazzling special effects, traditional songs, strolling carolers and musicians.
Beautiful — The Carole King Musical
By: Book by Douglas McGrath, words and music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 09 2024 - Jan 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Jupiter
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Follow the inspiring true story of Carole King’s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history.
Plaza Suite
By: Neil Simon
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 11 2024 - Feb 25 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Jupiter
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Check into suite 719 at New York’s Plaza Hotel in the swinging 1960s and meet three comical couples.
42nd Street
By: Music by Harry Warren, lyrics by Al Dubin, book by Michael Stewart and Mark Bramble
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 12 2024 - Mar 31 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Jupiter
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: This love letter to Broadway is the ultimate showbiz fairy tale of the chorus kid who becomes an overnight star. A 1930s backstage musical packed with plenty of pizazz, it will set your heart pounding with its rhythmically tapping feet and a hit parade of songs.
Las Aventuras de Juan Planchard
By: based on the Bestselling Novel by Jonathan Jakubowicz
Directed by: Moisés Kaufman
Event Date(s): Oct 17 2023 - Nov 12 2023
Type of Event: World Premiere Play
Venue: The Colony Theatre
City: Miami Beach
Price: $46.50 - 76.50
Reference Link: https://miaminewdrama.org/JP
Description: This transformative production is set to captivate audiences with its adrenaline-fueled narrative, exploring the greed and corruption that shook the very foundations of Venezuela while shedding light on the state of democracy worldwide. A co-production with Tectonic Theater Project. (In Spanish with English supertitles.)
Million Dollar Quartet
By: Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $39-72
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: It was Dec. 4, 1956, and Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tenn., was about to become the mecca of music for a magical moment in music history. Be witness to this true-to-life jam session---credited by many to be a direct influence on rock ’n’ roll in the late ’50s and ’60s.
Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Jim Helsinger
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Set during the revelries of Mardi Gras and featuring New Orleans jazz, zydeco, and Delta blues music, Shakespeare’s non-stop hilarious farce of love, mistaken identity, and two sets of twins separated as babies gets swept up in the carnival celebrations. Bring your Mardi Gras beads!
Boulevard of Bold Dreams
By: LaDarrion Williams
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Goldman Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: A dynamic story about the night Hattie McDaniel (Gone With the Wind) made Hollywood history by becoming the first Black artist to win an Oscar.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
By: Book and lyrics by Robert Kauzlaric | Based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 11 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $22
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: There are two sides to every story, and when the Big Bad Wolf takes the stand in the Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say. But whether he’ll get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court is anyone’s guess!
PlayFest 2023
By: Various Playwrights
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 27 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play Reading
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $14
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: A two-weekend festival of new plays features several readings of raw, unproduced works. PlayFest gives audiences the opportunity to be involved with the creative process by giving feedback in real time and mingling with the playwrights, actors, and directors.
A Christmas Carol
By: By Charles Dickens | Adapted by Jim Helsinger
Directed by: Jim Helsinger
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: The miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge greets each Christmas with a “bah, humbug!” until he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Witness the classic, heartwarming story of Orlando Shakes’ holiday tradition, in a magical spectacle.
Henry VI Part I: Joan of Arc
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: In this raw “Bare Bard," the world whirls out of control in the thrilling tale of France’s Joan of Arc, the English warrior Talbot, and the young King Henry VI. Shakespeare’s epic, powerful beginning of the Wars of the Roses is riveting storytelling that never lets up.
Venus in Fur
By: David Ives
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mandell Studio Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Sexy. Provocative. Hilarious. Hailed as “seriously smart and very funny” by The New York Times, Venus in Fur is a laugh-out-loud study of the politics of sex and power that’s guaranteed to charm and mesmerize.
Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey
By: Debra Ann Byrd
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Mar 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mandell Studio Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Interspersed with verses from Othello and dynamic multimedia elements, this show has Byrd baring her soul in a vulnerable, personal, and resonant story of perseverance, discovery, and unconditional love.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
By: Conceived by Murray Horwitz and Richard Malby, Jr.
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 10 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Edyth Bush Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $39-72
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: This Tony-winning Best Musical also won the Drama Desk award for Outstanding Musical. A sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music---songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages.
Million Dollar Quartet
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: It was Dec. 4, 1956, and Sun Record Studios in Memphis was about to become the mecca of music for a magical moment in music history. Be witness to this true-to-life jam session---credited by many to be the direct influence of rock ‘n' roll in the late '50s and '60s.
The Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theatre
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: Set during the revelries of Mardi Gras and featuring New Orleans jazz, zydeco, and Delta blues music, Shakespeare’s non-stop hilarious farce of love, mistaken identity, and two sets of twins separated as babies gets swept up in the carnival celebrations.
Boulevard of Bold Dreams
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: A dynamic story about the night Hattie McDaniel made Hollywood history by becoming the first Black artist to win an Oscar. When Hattie stops at a bar and decides not to attend the awards ceremony, the bartender, Arthur, and the maid, Dottie, try to convince her to claim her win.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 11 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: There are two sides to every story, and when the Big Bad Wolf takes the stand in the Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say. But whether he’ll get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court is anyone’s guess! Enter the jury box and decide the fate of Big ‘n’ Bad!
A Christmas Carol – 2023
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: The miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge greets each Christmas with a “bah humbug,” until he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Witness the classic, heartwarming story of Orlando Shakes’ holiday tradition, in a magical and musical spectacle.
Henry VI, Part 1: Joan of Arc
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $Varies
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/upcoming-events/
Description: The world whirls out of control in the thrilling tale of France’s Joan of Arc, the English warrior Talbot, and the young King Henry VI. Shakespeare’s epic, powerful beginning of the Wars of the Roses is riveting storytelling that never lets up.
Venus in Fur
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Mar