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We started our streaming and video series The Next Stage in the dark days of April 2020, featuring performances and discussions with actors, musicians and other artists.
These days, with the theater reopened (thankfully!), The Next Stage has become a series of Zoom talkbacks that complement our mainstage shows.
We love hanging out with our directors, actors, designers and other artists online and getting the scoop on making theater!
Missed a Zoom talkback? Or want to watch the performances, discussions and classes we streamed during the Covid shutdown? No problem: we archive recordings of all our broadcasts. Watch each video via City Lights’ YouTube in the windows below.
Fun with our “Thanksgiving Play” team
December 9, 2022
Every comedy needs a cast that can have fun together. We had a blast with our fabulous actors and director Roneet Aliza Rahamim from Larissa FastHorse’s delicious satire “The Thanksgiving Play.”
The thing about “Every Brilliant Thing”
October 12, 2022
The dream team of actors Tasi Alabastro & Dane K. Lentz and director Lisa Mallette join City Lights’ Rebecca Wallace on The Next Stage for a lively chat about their show “Every Brilliant Thing.”
Backstage at Lights Up! 2022
September 15, 2022
“Lights Up,” our podcast festival of new plays, has a crossover episode on The Next Stage as guest hosts Carol Diaz-Arrastía and Ivette Deltoro interview the festival artists.
Making a world premiere
June 15, 2022
As Jeffrey Lo’s beautiful play “Waiting for Next” was running on our mainstage, we invited the show team into the Zoom room to talk about how they got there.
The Music Behind the Musical with Katie Coleman
April 12, 2022
Music Director, and talented musician, Katie Coleman, stops by The Next Stage to talk about her past work, and give us a preview of her new work.
Backstage with the “Vietgone” team
March 30, 2022
Qui Nguyen’s audacious comedy was the topic of the night when we spoke with “Vietgone” director Jeffrey Lo and actors Jomar Tagatac, Amanda Le Nguyen, Tasi Alabastro and Vivienne Truong. This cast was hilarious!
Tales & Treats from “The Hollow”
February 9, 2022
We lived longer in the world of Agatha Christie’s “The Hollow” when director Doll Piccotto and props designer Karen S. Leonard joined us for a Zoom talkback and demo.
Backstage at “Native Gardens”
November 30, 2021
A Zoom talkback with artists from our current play “Native Gardens”: Melinda Marks, Ivette Deltoro, Ron Gasparinetti, Jessica Osegueda & Kyle Smith.
