Our “Lights Up!” festival is June 14!
LIGHTS UP! New PLAYS & MAKERS
New plays. Unforgettable stories. And your feedback. City Lights’ annual “Lights Up!” festival is back, with dynamic staged readings of two new scripts, followed by an audience talkback where you help the playwrights shape their work. Readings are script-in-hand, but often so immersive and vivid that audiences forget the actors are holding something.
In addition, the theater hosts a maker fair with local artists, with tables and mingling before and in between the two play readings. It’s a terrific community tradition! “Lights Up!” is generously supported by Elaine Baskin and Ken Krechmer.
Join us on Sunday, June 14, starting at 1 p.m. Tickets for all the day’s events are $20 general and $10 for students.
RIDE THE CYCLONE
When a freak roller-coaster accident claims the lives of a Canadian choir group on a field trip, the teens end up in a truly bizarre purgatory. A mechanical fortune teller tells them that only one of them can be brought back to life. To win the ultimate prize, they must prove who deserves it the most…by telling their story through song. Full of edgy comedy and musical styles ranging from dance pop to vaudeville, this Off-Broadway musical has also gone viral on TikTok. Runs July 16-August 23.
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SUBSCRIBE FOR 26-27!
Our new season starts in September! Four plays and two musicals guaranteed to spark joy, stir debate, and keep the conversations going long after the lights go down: Eureka Day, The 1940s Radio Hour, Based on a Totally True Story, Arsenic and Old Lace, Dream Hou$e, and Company. If you already have a pass, you can set up your seats online. Here’s how.
