During the Covid shutdown and for a few years afterward, City Lights produced regular Zoom programming showcasing our wonderful artists. While we were all sheltering in place, we hosted actors, musicians, designers, dancers and other creative friends. Later, we offered Zoom talkbacks for our mainstage shows. Today, we focus on our in-person events, and we hope you’ll join us at the theater. In the meantime, we have years of recorded Zoom broadcasts for your viewing pleasure!
Watch each video via City Lights’ YouTube in the windows below.
Dial Z for Zoom
May 1, 2026
What’s more fun than Cary Grant being chased through a field by an airplane? Well, probably many more things. But we all enjoyed ourselves on April 8, 2026, chatting about City Lights’ production of Jeffrey Hatcher’s “Dial M for Murder.” Moderated by City Lights marketing director Rebecca Wallace, the discussion included Hitchcock, matches that won’t light, and the joys of playing a villain.
A ZOOM CHAT ABOUT “RUNNING AFTER SHADOWS”
February 2, 2026
On Jan. 26, 2026, we had a delightful behind-the-scenes talk with playwright Vincent Terrell Durham, director Aldo Billingslea, actor James Arthur M., and video designer Maxwell Bowman. “Running After Shadows” is our latest world premiere, and a City Lights commission. We’re so honored and proud to share it with you.
Zoom & ZIti
December 3, 2025
In December 2025, our Zoom room was cozier than ever, when we talked grandparenting, pasta and warm Sunday dinners with the “Over the River and Through the Woods” team.
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.
