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
The Mousetrap
Runs Mar 13 - Apr 6, 2025
Written by:Agatha Christie
Directed by:Doll Piccotto
Supported by:Producer Clint Moore, Producer Charlie McCollum and Producer Dan Hill
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Trapped in Monkswell Manor by a snowstorm, a sundry group are also ensnared in a web of fear after a local woman is murdered. A police detective arrives to interrogate the suspects, but can the murderer be found in time?
Mrs. Winchester, or, A Gun in the First Act
Mar 23, 2025
![[image: Three images, one of an actor looking darkly at the camera, one a publicity poster for the play, and one a historic photo of a proper 19th-century woman]](https://cltc.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Winchester-trio-web.jpg)
Guns. Grief. Ghosts. The stories of San Jose's Winchester Mystery House come to life again in this compelling one-artist show presented by actor Lisa Morse and playwright Joe Christiano.
Case Closed!
Apr 1, 2025
Join director Doll Piccotto and cast members for a lively, free Zoom talkback as we unravel the mystery behind "The Mousetrap" and explore the art of bringing this classic whodunit to life.
The Cake
Runs May 15 - Jun 8, 2025
Written by:Bekah Brunstetter
Directed by:Lisa Mallette
Supported by:Executive Producer Sandra Moll and Producers Jonathan Karpf & Kathleen Zaretsky
![[image: Figurines of two brides, one white with long hair and one black with an updo, perched atop an elaborate white wedding cake against a brown background]](https://cltc.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/TheCake_Sept11-1.jpg)
Della and her North Carolina bakery are renowned for their cakes. So it’s no surprise that when the girl Della helped raise returns to the South, she asks Della to make her wedding cake. The surprise? There are two brides. Now, even as Della’s life is complicated by the chance to be on a reality baking show, she questions her beliefs – and the true meaning of family, faith and frosting.
Head Over Heels
Runs Jul 17 - Aug 24, 2025
Songs by:The Go-Go's
Based on:"The Arcadia" by Sir Philip Sidney
Conceived and original book by:Jeff Whitty
Adapted by:James Magruder
Directed by:Jeffrey Bracco
Supported by:Producers Richard & Peggy James, Nan Ho & Gary Miner, and Christy Martin & Cindy Melter
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This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the infectious music of the all-female rock band The Go-Go's. Led by the free-spirited Princess Pamela, the royal family journeys to save their beloved kingdom of Arcadia from extinction. The results: a wild adventure filled with mistaken identities, forbidden romances and unexpected twists,