Welcome to City Lights!
Since 1982, we’ve been inspiring, challenging and connecting with audiences through live theater. Starting in September: Our exciting new season of plays and musicals! Buy your season pass now to experience our full vision for 2023-24, and get the best savings on ticket prices.
See below for more about shows and tickets. We can’t wait to welcome you to the theater.
-Lisa Mallette, executive artistic director
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.
Eureka Day
Runs Sep 24 - Oct 18, 2026
Written by:Jonathan Spector
Directed by:Lisa Mallette
Supported by:Executive Producers Feroze Taraporevala & Anita Kapadia
A Tony Award-winning satire about truth, chaos and consensus.
The 1940s Radio Hour
Runs Nov 19 - Dec 20, 2026
Book by:Walton Jones
Music by:Various composers
Directed by:Jeffrey Bracco
Music direction by:Katie Coleman
Supported by:Producers Nancy B. Coleman & Paul M. Resch
Strike up the band with a hilarious, nostalgic holiday show!
Based on a Totally True Story
Runs Jan 21 - Feb 14, 2027
Written by:Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Directed by:Will Detlefsen
Supported by:Executive Producer Sandra Moll
A whirlwind rom‐com about a young comic book writer and aspiring playwright from New York.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Runs Mar 11 - Apr 11, 2027
Written by:Joseph Kesselring
Directed by:Doll Piccotto
Supported by:Producers Connie & Paul Boulay
A classic dark comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
Dream Hou$e
Runs May 13 - Jun 6, 2027
Written by:Eliana Pipes
Directed by:Ivette Deltoro
A comedy with a theatrical twist about two Latina sisters who are appearing on a reality show to sell their family home. South Bay premiere!
Company
Runs Jul 15 - Aug 22, 2027
Music and lyrics by:Stephen Sondheim
Book by:George Furth
Originally Produced and directed on Broadway by:Harold Prince
Orchestrations by:Jonathan Tunick
Supported by:Producer Charlie McCollum
Directed by:Mark Anderson Phillips
Music direction by:Katie Coleman
A beloved Sondheim musical about love, partnership and growing up.
