2025 Season
POETRY FOR THE PEOPLE: The June Jordan Experience
WEST COAST PREMIERE
by Raymond O. Caldwell & Adrienne Torf
Directed by Raymond O. Caldwell
Jan 27 - March 29 2026
Mixing words, music, and movement, Poetry for the People celebrates the fierce writer and activist June Jordan through powerful performance and song — from Torf’s original music to selections by John Adams and Sweet Honey in the Rock. Winner of the Helen Hayes Charles MacArthur Award for Outstanding New Play, this production also travels to Berkeley for performances in partnership with UC Berkeley and The Freight.
RETURN (Teshuvah)
WORLD PREMIERE
by Beth Kander
Directed by Hannah Wolf
APRIL 29 - JUNE 21 2026
Miriam, a brilliant geneticist, stands at the frontier of life and death — until personal ties, family, and faith collide with her scientific ambitions. A moving exploration of decay and renewal, Return (Teshuvah) invites audiences to ask: what does it truly mean to come back?
FUGARD FESTIVAL
Featuring SIZWE BANSEE IS DEAD on the Mainstage
by Athol Fugard
Directed by Simon Levy
JULY 15 - SEPTEMBER 6 2026
It's 1972 in Port Elizabeth. With only days to secure work — and avoid deportation — Sizwe Banzi uses every resource he has to fight for identity and dignity under apartheid.
WITH STAGED READINGS OF
Exits and Entrances
The Island
Statements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act
The Road to Mecca
Full Festival Calendar COMING SOON!
West Coast Premiere (TBA)
An upcoming world-class work from a celebrated contemporary playwright.
OCT 21 - DEC 13
We’re unveiling an unmissable West Coast premiere that expands Revolutions & Revelations — a story about the quiet and seismic forces that shape our lives and institutions. This production will challenge, surprise, and stay with you long after the curtain falls.
Season-Long New Play Development
Embers Borne West
by Maddox K. Pennington
A multigenerational journey of belonging, culture, and self-discovery — from 1920s Los Angeles to today — Embers Borne West crosses time and identity. Developed throughout this season, it will receive a full production in 2027.