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[image: An exuberant group of drag artists in full, outrageous costumes and makeup, looking ecstatic under bright pink stage light]
Fabulous entertainer Lola (Barton “Bart” Perry, center) and Lola’s angels dancing in “Kinky Boots” (2023). Photo by Christian Pizzirani.
City Lights presents an exciting mix of plays and musicals, along with the Lights & Music Concert Series; Zoom talkbacks; and the podcast Filament. Scroll down for photos and video. For more, contact marketing director Rebecca Wallace, or call 408-295-4200, Tuesdays from noon-4 p.m.

For all upcoming events, head to our Shows & Events page (scroll down for past events).

On stage from Nov. 20-Dec. 21: Joe DiPietro’s warm, witty play Over the River and Through the Woods
A single, Italian-American guy from New Jersey, Nick still sees both sets of his grandparents every Sunday for dinner. 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 schemes to keep Nick nearby. Frank, Aida, Nunzio and Emma do their level best, including bringing to dinner the lovely Caitlin O’Hare as bait. Directed by Jeffrey Bracco, who also used to have dinner every Sunday night with his Italian-American grandparents (in San Francisco).

Over the River resources:
Photos, press release, show program and dramaturgy coming soon!

Our 2025-26 season:
After closing our hit fall show Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, we bring you warmth, nostalgia, and a bit of well-meaning meddling in Over the River and Through the Woods. A deeply personal journey takes center stage in Running After Shadows, a moving solo play about the ghosts that follow us. Suspense ramps up with Dial M for Murder, a razor-sharp thriller packed with twists and turns. The season then ventures into technological territory in anthropology, an innovative new play delving into AI, memory, and the fragile threads of human connection. We wrap things up on a wildly inventive (and darkly hilarious) note with the TikTok musical favorite Ride the Cyclone.

Masks are recommended in the building, and required at select performances of each mainstage show. City Lights recommends but does not require the Covid vaccine and booster. We ask that if any patron is feeling unwell or has any concerning symptoms to please stay home. We’ll be happy to exchange tickets for another performance, free of charge. For more about City Lights’ Covid protocols, which may change at any time as the pandemic evolves, go to cltc.org/covid-protocols.

Photos and video from past shows

2025-26 season:
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors  (photos)
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (video trailer)
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors (#grwm video)

2024-25 season:
Head Over Heels  (photos)
The Cake  (photos)
The Mousetrap  (photos)
In Love and Warcraft  (photos)
In Love and Warcraft  (video)
Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War
 (photos)
Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War  (video)
An Inspector Calls  (photos)
An Inspector Calls  (video)

2023-24 season:
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show  (photos)
Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show  (video)
King Liz (photos)
Nora: A Doll’s House (photos)
Nora: A Doll’s House (rehearsal video)
Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot (photos)
Toxic (video)
Toxic (photos)

2022-23 season:
Kinky Boots (photos)
The River Bride (photos)
Blithe Spirit (photos)
Miss You Like Hell (video)
Miss You Like Hell (photos)
The Thanksgiving Play
Every Brilliant Thing (video)
Every Brilliant Thing (photos)

2021-22 season:
Coded (video)
Coded (photos)
Native Gardens
The Hollow
Vietgone
Waiting for Next
Fun Home

The Solo Pieces: New digital plays from the BIPOC community
Lola Cooked Our Food (video)

2020-21 season:
A Christmas Carol (video)

2019-20 season:
The Wolves
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
Stage Kiss
Coded

2018-19 season:
God of Carnage
Making God Laugh
Mothers and Sons
Eurydice
Silent Sky
Cabaret

2017-18 season:
Stupid Fucking Bird
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
Alabama Story
The Merchant of Venice
The Siegel
In the Heights

2016-17 season:
Other Desert Cities
Calendar Girls
Ideation
Frankenstein
Rapture, Blister, Burn
LIZZIE (photos)
LIZZIE (video)

2015-16 season:
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Handle With Care
Tigers Be Still
The Elephant Man
I and You
Green Day’s American Idiot

2014-15 season:
Art
Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War
Build
M. Butterfly
Exit, Pursued by a Bear
West Side Story

2013-14 season:
Amadeus
The Language Archive
Monty Python’s SPAMALOT

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