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FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
11/8 - 11/24/2024


Palo Alto Players presents the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof at the Lucie Stern Theater. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Copaken, with music and ...


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MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY to be Presented at TheatreWorks


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 10, 2024

TheatreWorks will present MISS BENNET: CHRISTMAS AT PEMBERLEY, a holiday play set to run in December. Experience a festive continuation of Jane Austen's beloved characters in this seasonal production. Learn how to purchase tickets....

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Begins At Palo Alto Players In November


by A.A. Cristi - October 08, 2024

Experience this beloved musical again, or for the first time! Palo Alto Players continues its 94th season by bringing the family classic FIDDLER ON THE ROOF to the Lucie Stern Theater....

Photos: THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG At San Francisco Playhouse


by A.A. Cristi - September 27, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse kicks off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. See photos from the production.  ...

Cast Set For THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG at San Francisco Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - August 13, 2024

San Francisco Playhouse will kick off its 2024-25 season with the Olivier Award-winning comedy The Play That Goes Wrong. Learn more about the cast here!...

CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY Announced At Palo Alto Players


by A.A. Cristi - August 07, 2024

Palo Alto Players kicks off its 94th season by bringing the fresh-from-Broadway hit musical CHARLIE AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY to the Lucie Stern Theater....

Line Up Set for TheatreWorks' 2024 New Works Festival This August


by Blair Ingenthron - July 13, 2024

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this August for an advance look at tomorrow's hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley's 21st Annual New Works Festival, running August 9-18. See the full lineup here!...

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival to Return in August at Potrero Stage


by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 17, 2024

PlayGround's Free-Play Festival will return in Augus at Potrero Stage, featuring 11 diverse productions by theatre artists nationwide. Enjoy a variety of performances from dance to ensemble plays. Learn how to purchase tickets. ...

MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS to be Presented at Palo Alto Players in June


by Chloe Rabinowitz - May 16, 2024

Palo Alto Players will conclude its 93rd season by bringing Ken Ludwig’s comedic adaptation of the murder mystery MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS. Learn how to purchase tickets....

BEING ALIVE: A SONDHEIM CELEBRATION to be Presented at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 29, 2024

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will close its 53rd season with the World Premiere of a new musical tribute honoring Stephen Sondheim, Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

Two World Premieres & More Set for Center REP 24-25 Season


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 17, 2024

Center Repertory Company has unveiled its 57th season—an extraordinary lineup of six works to be presented September 2024 through June 2025. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets....

Past Shows


Palo Alto Players presents the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s timeless story, bringing the whimsical world of Willy Wonka to life on stage. Under the ...

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
11/3 - 11/19/2023


Click your heels and take a journey with us down the yellow brick road! Follow The Scarecrow, The Tinman, The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy… and Toto ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
11/4 - 11/20/2022


Singing teapots and candlesticks, an evil spell, and an unlikely love story are all part of the magic of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, an ...

School of Rock
School of Rock
8/26 - 9/11/2022


Based on the hit film, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
6/10 - 6/26/2022


Orsino loves Olivia (who wont give him the time of day). Olivia loves Viola (whom she thinks is a boy). Viola loves Orsino (who doesnt ...

Allegiance
Allegiance
4/22 - 5/8/2022


Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on Star Trek), ALLEGIANCE tells the story of ...

Men on Boats
Men on Boats
2/4 - 2/20/2022


MEN ON BOATS is the tale of ten men, four boats, and two great rivers, told on stage entirely without boats, riversor men! Pack your ...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
11/5 - 11/21/2021


Sometimes, a revolution needs a womans touch. Palo Alto Players continues its 91st season with THE REVOLUTIONISTS - Lauren Gundersons irreverent, girl-powered comedy about four ...

WORKING - A Musical
WORKING - A Musical
9/17 - 10/3/2021


I hear America singing. Based on Studs Terkels 1974 best-selling book of interviews with American workers, WORKING paints a vivid musical portrait of the men ...

AREN'T YOU...?
AREN'T YOU...?
8/20 - 9/5/2021


Palo Alto Players, the Peninsulas longest running theatre company, for the first time in its recent history will premiere an original one-man show by Bay ...

Palo Alto Players 90th Anniversary Gala: Welcome Home


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, celebrates its 90th Anniversary with its first-ever hybrid gala fundraiser on Sunday, June 27th at ...

Tea for Three
Tea for Three
5/12 - 5/23/2021


What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United Statesand she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This ...

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
1/29 - 2/14/2021


Palo Alto Players continues its 90th season with the award-winning off-Broadway musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Starring real-life married couple Chris and Marah Sotelo, this ...

HOLIDAY FAMILY SING ALONG
HOLIDAY FAMILY SING ALONG
12/4 - 12/13/2020


Holiday Family Sing Along bonds the Palo Alto Players family of performers with yours during the holiday season! Regardless of how you celebrate, youre invited ...

IF YOU KNEW MY STORY
IF YOU KNEW MY STORY
11/13 - 11/22/2020


Palo Alto Players presents If You Knew My Story an inspiring and uplifting virtual cabaret that relishes in the meeting of passion, self worth, and ...

ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY
10/23 - 10/31/2020


Palo Alto Players presents a virtual Halloween-themed cabaret. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is what happens when some of your favorite Palo Alto Players ghouls ...

AN ACT OF GOD
AN ACT OF GOD
9/4 - 9/20/2020


God is coming to Palo Alto for the first time ever and Shes got a lot to say! Palo Alto Players opens its 90th anniversary ...

An Act of God
6/12 - 6/28/2020


AN ACT OF GOD reveals the mysteries of the Bible while answering the existential questions that have plagued mankind since Creation- in just 90 minutes. ...

Palo Alto Players Gala 2020: PLAY!


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fifth annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at the University ...

A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
1/17 - 2/2/2020


A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2By Lucas HnathNominated for eight Tony Awards in 2017, this sharp-witted sequel to Ibsens masterpiece begins with a knock at the ...

A Doll's House (McGuinness)
1/18 - 2/1/2020


Henrik Ibsen, adapted by Frank McGuinness Palo Alto Players...

A CHRISTMAS STORY
A CHRISTMAS STORY
11/8 - 11/24/2019


A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Book by Joseph Robinette Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the motion picture A Christmas ...

BRIGHT STAR
BRIGHT STAR
9/13 - 9/29/2019


BRIGHT STAR Music, Book & Story: Steve Martin Music, Lyrics & Story: Edie Brickell From Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning Steve Martin and Grammy Award-winning ...

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
6/14 - 6/30/2019


ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORSBy Richard BeanSongs by Grant OldingBased on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo GoldoniDirected by Patrick KleinMusical Direction by Lauren BevilacquaIts ...

FLOWER DRUM SONG
FLOWER DRUM SONG
4/26 - 5/12/2019


FLOWER DRUM SONG Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by David Henry Hwang Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein ...


'To create something new, we must first love what is old,' claims Mei-Li in Tony Award-winner David Henry Hwang's new adaptation of this Rodgers and ...

Palo Alto Players Gala 2019: East Meets West


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fourth annual gala fundraiser on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at the University ...

Airline Highway
1/18 - 2/3/2019


In the parking lot of The Hummingbird, a once-glamorous motel on New Orleans’s infamous Airline Highway, a group of friends gather. A rag-tag collection of ...

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1/18 - 2/3/2019


SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Directed by Lee Ann Payne ...

TARZAN
TARZAN
9/7 - 9/23/2018


Disney's TARZAN® Book by David Henry Hwang Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins Based on the story, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ...

The Graduate
The Graduate
6/16 - 7/2/2017


“Plastics, Ben. Plastics. Will you think about that?” Recent college graduate Benjamin has excellent grades, very proud parents and, since he helped Mrs. Robinson with ...

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
11/4 - 11/20/2016


“Wendy Kesselman's finely textured new DIARY tells a deeper story. A sensitive, stirring and thoroughly engaging new adaptation.” —NY Newsday In this transcendently powerful new ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
9/16 - 10/2/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID WHEN: September 16-October 2, 2016 Thursdays @ 7:30pm Fridays @ 8pm, no show September 30 Saturday ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE WHEN: June 10 - 26, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid ...

Into The Woods
Into The Woods
4/22 - 5/8/2016


Happily ever after sometimes isn’t… INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Patrick Klein Musical Direction by ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1/15 - 1/31/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1/15 - 1/31/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January ...

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
11/6 - 11/22/2015


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: CLYBOURNE PARK WHEN: November 6 – 22, 2015 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, November 6 Opening ...

Chicago
Chicago
9/11 - 9/27/2015


He had it coming… CHICAGO Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the play by ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
4/24 - 5/10/2015


Come meet the family. We’ll leave the lights off for you! THE ADDAMS FAMILY Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by ...

TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET


TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET by Jiréh Breon Holder ...a companion staged reading for Palo Alto Players’ production of ALL THE WAY THE STORY: In ...

Videos


Anastasia in San Francisco / Bay Area Anastasia
Hillbarn Theatre (12/5 - 12/29) Tracker
Improvised Law and Order: A Spontaneous Mockery of Justice! in San Francisco / Bay Area Improvised Law and Order: A Spontaneous Mockery of Justice!
Lesher Center for the Arts - George & Sonja Vukasin Theatre (1/16 - 1/26)
& Juliet in San Francisco / Bay Area & Juliet
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (7/1 - 7/27)
The Comedy of Errors in San Francisco / Bay Area The Comedy of Errors
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (4/22 - 5/3)
Cable Car City Tour in San Francisco / Bay Area Cable Car City Tour
The Powell and Market Cable Car Turnaround (12/20 - 12/31)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in San Francisco / Bay Area The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
San Francisco Playhouse (5/1 - 6/21)
Innovators Showcase in San Francisco / Bay Area Innovators Showcase
PlayGround (11/4 - 11/24)
Queen Nation: The Ultimate Queen Tribute – Montclair in San Francisco / Bay Area Queen Nation: The Ultimate Queen Tribute – Montclair
The Canyon – Montclair (11/30 - 11/30)
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