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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.
Andy Z and Twinkle Time
October 7, 2021
Kids’ musicians Andy Z and Twinkle Time helped us celebrate Halloween with acoustic songs, girl pop, a raven puppet, and lots of dancing.
Live looping singer-songwriter Amy Obenski
July 22, 2021
Amy Obenski performs in a variety of formats, with her gripping vocals and lyrics often enhanced by live-looping technology at her feet.
Stranger than fiction
July 15, 2021
In this collaboration with the San Jose Museum of Art, explore two new artistic events: the play “Coded” and the landmark video installation “Factory of the Sun.”
Jazz keyboardist Ron Scott
July 8, 2021
The pianist, keyboardist, composer and bandleader Ron Scott has a favorite tagline: “Joins the Smooth with the Funky.” It’s perfect.
A fresh new world of theater at The Pear
July 1, 2021
Our friends at The Pear Theatre in Mountain View talk about their hybrid approach to their upcoming season: onstage and on screen.
Quiz & cocktails with Joey McDaniel
June 24, 2021
He’s a regular on Bay Area stages and hosts the podcast Drunk Broadway. It’s no surprise that Joey McDaniel is a whiz at theater trivia and mixology.
Magic and comedy with Phil Ackerly
June 17, 2021
Both magician and entertainer, Phil Ackerly puts on a show for all ages. Join us for sleight-of-hand magic, amazing illusions and great storytelling.
Veggielution talks compost, climate and community
June 10, 2021
The Veggielution team teaches us about setting up our own home composting operation, and tells us the latest on the new SoFA Pocket Park.
