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.
Hang out with the “Dracula” team
October 23, 2025
Find out why this show truly has bite! We sat down with director Caitlin Papp and members of our cast and design team to chat about the hilarious “Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors” by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen. The show ran in September-October 2025 at City Lights Theater, and we will continue talking in a vampire accent until the end of time.
Go-Go behind the scenes at “Head Over Heels”
August 29, 2025
Step behind the scenes with director Jeffrey Bracco and members of the “Head Over Heels cast”—including Arin Joseph Coleman, Dylan Bagwell, Gwynnevere Cristobal—as they unpack this vibrant, gender-bending musical comedy set to the iconic hits of the Go-Go’s. From rehearsal discoveries to audience reactions, costume tales to Arcadian antics, we’re covering it all.
Sweet! A Zoom talkback with the team from “The Cake”
June 6, 2025
Led by director Lisa Mallette, the team behind our production of Bekah Brunstetter’s touching dramatic comedy The Cake have so enjoyed working together. Get a taste of their talent and camaraderie.
Case closed! A Zoom talkback about “The Mousetrap”
April 6, 2025
Go behind the scenes of one of City Lights’ biggest hits ever! Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap brought together a fantastic team of talent, and we had a blast swapping stories about the show.
Backstage at “Truce”: a Zoom talkback
January 24, 2025
The director, the playwrights and the cast all get together to talk about this anniversary production.
“An Inspector Zooms”… sort of
October 18, 2024
OK, so they didn’t have Zoom in 1912. But our “An Inspector Calls” team had a fascinating time talking about the show on Oct. 16, 2024.
“The Rocky Horror Zoom Show”: An online talkback with our team
August 30, 2024
Think a Zoom is boring? Not with these fabulous artists. During our summer 2024 run of “Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show,” director Amber Smith and members of the cast and design team sat down for a backstage chat.
“Order up!” Hanging out with our “Clyde’s” artists
June 19, 2024
What’s your favorite sandwich? Director Aldo Billingslea and actors from our cast of “Clyde’s” joined us for a Zoom chat in June 2024.
“Nothing But Net”: A Zoom talkback with the “King Liz” team
April 23, 2024
On April 2, 2024, “King Liz” director Kinan Valdez and members of the cast joined City Lights’ Rebecca Wallace for a Zoom talkback.
A Doll’s Zoom: We talk about “Nora: A Doll’s House”
February 29, 2024
There’s so much to dig into with this beautiful and poignant play, and our actors brought insight, humor and real-life friendship to the stage.
“The Zoom’s Afoot”: Artist talk about a hilarious whodunit
December 14, 2023
Which turn-of-the-century Broadway star inspired the main character in “Ken Ludwig’s The Game’s Afoot”? We’ve got great trivia and much more.
“Toxic,” The story of a world premiere
October 4, 2023
Sometimes we need theater to help us talk about serious issues. We can learn, empathize and experience from the vivid stories playing out on stage, live and right in front of us.
