It Can’t Happen Here

A cautionary dark satire about the fragility of democracy and how fascism can take hold even in the land of liberty. IT CAN’T HAPPEN HERE follows the ascent of a demagogue who becomes president of the United States by promising to return the country to greatness. Witnessing the new president’s tyranny from the sidelines is […]

Passage

Inspired by E.M. Forster’s A Passage to India, PASSAGE is set in the fictional Country X, which is a neocolonial client of Country Y.  A local doctor and teacher begin to forge a friendship that is challenged after a fateful trip to a local attraction. PASSAGE explores how power imbalances affect personal and interpersonal dynamics across […]

The Crucible

Widely considered a masterpiece, this timeless classic challenges American ideas of power, intolerance, and justice. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts, a servant girl accuses a farmer’s wife of witchcraft. One accusation spirals into many, uncovering a web of bigotry and deceit that changes their lives forever. THE CRUCIBLE is both a gripping historical […]

She Kills Monsters

She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. […]

Witness For The Prosecution

Leonard Vole stands accused of murdering a rich widow. The stakes are high with shocking witness testimony, impassioned outbursts from the dock and a young man’s fight to escape the hangman’s noose. Generally regarded as one of Christie’s most accomplished plays, this suspenseful thriller keeps audiences guessing until the very end. [Not a valid template]

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

15-year-old Christopher has an extraordinary brain: He is exceptional at mathematics but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life. He has never ventured alone beyond the end of his road, he detests being touched, and he distrusts strangers. Now it is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been […]

Three Sisters

Olga, Irina, and Masha are restless. Trapped in menial jobs and uninspiring relationships, these sisters yearn for more than what their small provincial town has to offer — the cosmopolitan and sophisticated life of Moscow. This adaptation of Chekhov’s classic play passionately retells the three women’s attempts to rise above their dictated circumstances and examines […]

[Dreamer] Project: An Undocuplay

[Dreamer] Project: An Undocuplay is a verbatim theatre piece created from interviews with San Jose State University undocumented students. The interviews took place from January 2017 to August 2019 and focus on the continuing journeys of these students from Mexico and Central America, and the issues surrounding them as they seek to find a home […]

The Bad Seed

The scene is a small Southern town where Colonel and Christine Penmark live with their daughter, Rhoda. On the surface, Rhoda is sweet, charming, full of old-fashioned graces, loved by her parents, admired by all her elders. But Rhoda’s mother has an uneasy feeling about her. When one of Rhoda’s schoolmates is mysteriously drowned at […]

The Farnsworth Invention

It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key to the greatest innovation of the 20th century? The ruthless media mogul? Or […]