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Upcoming Events
Running After Shadows
Runs Jan 22 - Feb 8, 2026
Written by:Vincent Terrell Durham
Directed by:Aldo Billingslea
Supported by:Producers Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch, Elaine Baskin & Ken Krechmer, Nan Ho & Gary Miner, and Sandra Moll
World premiere!
Winner of Theatre Bay Area's Rella Lossy Award!
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Morgan Collins used to buy his cookware at the 99-cent store, and is now a budding gourmet and an America’s Test Kitchen devotee. But today, as he unboxes his new garlic press live on Instagram, he also opens something completely unexpected. This box brings him face to face with childhood memories and the pain left by his absentee father.
Dial M For Murder
Runs Mar 12 - Apr 12, 2026
Adapted by:Jeffrey Hatcher
From the original by:Frederick Knott
Directed by:Mark Anderson Phillips
Supported by:Producers Connie & Paul Boulay, and Producers Karen S. Leonard & Cheryl Lander
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Jeffrey Hatcher brings us a new version of a famed mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Tony believes his wife Margot has been cheating on him with Maxine. In his jealousy, he spins a web of deception that will ensnare them in danger, recrimination and murder.
anthropology
Runs May 14 - Jun 7, 2026
Written by:Lauren Gunderson
Directed by:Lisa Mallette
Assistant director:Chloë Angst
Supported by:Executive Producers Feroze Taraporevala & Anita Kapadia, Producer Sandra Moll, Producers Jonathan Karpf & Kathie Zaretsky, and producers who wish to remain anonymous
Regional premiere!
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In her pristine Silicon Valley home office, coder and AI expert Merril relies on patterns and systems. But when her sister Angie vanishes and the police give up, Merril uses digital clues to build an AI version of her. Virtual Angie offers comfort — until it starts revealing unsettling truths about the real Angie's disappearance.
Ride the Cyclone
Runs Jul 16 - Aug 23, 2026
Book, music and lyrics by:Jacob Richmond and Brooke Maxwell
Directed by:Kimberly Ridgeway
Supported by:Producers Christy Martin & Cindy Melter, and Producer Charlie McCollum
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When a roller-coaster accident claims the lives of a choir group, the teens end up in a truly bizarre purgatory. A mechanical fortune teller says that only one of them can be brought back to life. To win the prize, they must prove who deserves it the most…by telling their story through song. Full of edgy comedy and music ranging from dance pop to vaudeville, this Off-Broadway musical has also gone viral on TikTok.
Past Events
Over The River And Through The Woods
Runs Nov 20 - Dec 21, 2025
Written by:Joe DiPietro
Directed by:Jeffrey Bracco
Supported by:Producer Toggle Hagan
Nick still sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner in New Jersey. Then he’s offered a dream job thousands of miles away in Seattle. This news doesn’t go over well with his grandparents. Thus begins a series of (well-intentioned) schemes to keep Nick nearby.
Zoom & Ziti: Meet the 'Over the River' team
Nov 9, 2025
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More fun than a bowl of pasta! Pull up a chair and enjoy an online chat with "Over the River and Through the Woods" director Jeffrey Bracco and this fabulous cast: Karen DeHart, John Mannion, Deb Anderson, Joseph "Joe" Walters, Filip Hofman and Delaney Bantillo.
Spooky Lights Live
Oct 12, 2025
Spooky Lights Live: An evening of eerie short plays. Expect snacks, drinks, Halloween party favors, and a costume contest! Frights, festivities, and fun guaranteed.
Transylvania After Dark
Oct 7, 2025
Step behind the velvet curtain with director Caitlin Lawrence Papp and members of the Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors cast, including actor Maria Marquis (who plays Lucy), as they unpack the whirlwind of quick-changes, pop-culture punchlines, and blood-curdling laughs that make this gothic spoof a scream.
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Runs Sep 25 - Oct 19, 2025
Written by:Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen
Directed by:Caitlin Lawrence Papp
Supported by:Producers Marv & Bonnie Bamburg, and Producer Dan Hill
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Take Bram Stoker’s legendary vampire story and pop it into a blender with Mel Brooks, Monty Python and "The 39 Steps." Then enjoy this lightning-fast, gender-bending comedy featuring lots of wordplay and five actors playing over a dozen roles.
