2019 Season
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Lizzie, The Musical
REGIONAL PREMIERE! This rock musical brings to life the bloody legend of America’s favorite axe-wielding double-murderess, Lizzie Borden. Get ready to kick off our 21st Season with a rockin’ grrrrrl beat!
Skylight
TONY & OLIVIER AWARD WINNER! This smart, moving, and wonderfully funny play from one of our greatest living playwrights is about a young school teacher who receives an unexpected visit from her former lover.
Tigers Be Still
REGIONAL PREMIERE! This ferocious comedy centers on Sherry, and her struggles to get her mother to come downstairs, her sister off the couch, and her boss to leave his gun at home. Oh, and then there’s the tiger that’s on the loose.
Ragtime
TONY & DRAMA DESK AWARD-WINNER! Famous historical characters and a rich score propel Ragtime through a spectacular re-creation of turn-of-the-20th-century New York…
The Vandal
WEST COAST PREMIERE! Hamish Linklater’s first play is an eerie and spooky story about two people, seemingly just waiting for a bus on a cold night. However, one has an ulterior motive that could change both their destinies.
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Anne of Green Gables
CLASSIC STORY COME TO LIFE! Follow the misadventures of the tempestuous and irrepressible red-haired orphan, who always spells her name with an “E” at the end. A musical delight for the whole family!
A Charlie Brown Christmas (2019)
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! The classic animated television special A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS comes to life in this faithful stage adaptation, in which Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and the rest of the Peanuts Gang discover the true meaning of Christmas.
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Transmissions in Advance of the Second Great Dying OTR Staged Reading
One night only staged reading of a new play by our 2019 Resident Playwright, Jessica Huang,
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Roald Dahl’s James and the Giant Peach
BACK BY POPULAR DEMAND! James Henry Trotter lives with his two ghastly aunts — until he escapes their clutches into a world that defies imagination.
Goosebumps the Musical Phantom of the Auditorium
FROM THE COMPOSER OF “FANCY NANCY”! Everyone’s favorite spooky book series is now a musical treat for audiences of all ages… and just in time for Halloween, too!
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Follow Hunter, Jeff and their friends on their journey through the gauntlet of creative self-expression. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show at the festival and learn lessons about themselves as people, friends and artists. [title of show] is, above all, a love letter to the musical theatre—a uniquely American art form—and to the joy of collaboration.
Orange County Playwrights Alliance Staged Readings
Orange County Playwrights Alliance will present a staged reading on Saturday, November 2 at 2:30pm at the esteemed Chance Theater in Anaheim Hills, of Siblings, a new full-length comedy from Karen Fix Curry. Rose London directs, and the cast features Sara LaFrambroise, Glenn Koppel, Joan Meissenburg,…
Adventure Theater Presents Vengeance and Veritas
Adventure Theater Presents Vengeance and Veritas Adventure Theater is a new style of entertainment combining roleplaying games and Improv together for an interactive experience. The audience participates in creating the story, playing the monsters that the Story Adventurers have to…