City Lights presents an exciting mix of plays and musicals, along with the Lights & Music Concert Series and the podcast Filament. Scroll down for photos & video. For more, contact marketing director Rebecca Wallace, or call our box office at 408-295-4200, Tuesday-Friday from noon to 4.

We’ve just announced our 2026-27 season! Our audiences have been asking for more comedy, and we are 100% delivering comedy, chaos, Company and connection. Our 44th season starts in September 2026. Read the full press release.

Meanwhile, our 2025-26 season continues from May 14 through June 7 with the high-tech thriller anthropology by acclaimed playwright Lauren Gunderson. In her immaculate Silicon Valley home office, Merril believes in patterns and systems. But her life as a hotshot coder and AI expert falls apart when her younger sister Angie vanishes on her way home from class. After the police abandon their search, Merril gathers the digital material her sister left behind — from texts and emails to online purchases and social media comments — and creates an AI composite. The virtual Angie is a comfort. Until it starts to reveal new details about the real Angie’s disappearance.

anthropology resources:

Press release
High-res photos
Show program and dramaturgy guide coming soon!

OTHER RESOURCES:

2026-27 season press release
2025-26 season press release

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