In this memory play, Ben returns to the hot Galveston summer of his thirteenth year when a complicated and dangerous teenaged girl, Fresca, moved in with him and his mom. As he and Fresca become friends, Ben grows up and learns to appreciate the difficult greyness of life, including the sacrifices and challenges faced by his single mother who is raising him. ABOUT OUR 2026 RESIDENT PLAYWRIGHT: Enid Graham Enid Graham is a writer and actress living in New York City where she is a 2022 graduate of the Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Program at Juilliard. Most recently, Tenderness and Gratitude Number Four was seen as part of the Scripts in Hand series at the Westport Country Playhouse. Her play A Long Time Ago in a Dark Yard at Night was performed in a 2022 reading series at the Hudson Stage Company, and her short play for Zoom, Do Not Go, My Love was performed in an online reading series, also at Hudson Stage. Golden was presented in audio format for The Falconworks Theater Company. What Martha Did received a preview production in the Launch Pad series at UCSB. Her play Ruth was chosen for the National Playwrights Conference at the O’Neill Center and the New TACTics New Play Festival in NYC. What Martha Did was a finalist for the National Playwrights’ Conference and a semi-finalist in the Blue Ink Playwriting Festival in Chicago. Other plays include: Smoke (2022 NPC finalist), Pathological Venus (2020 finalist NPC), Something Unrecognizable, The Plans I Have for You, and Saint Vegas. As an actress, her credits include numerous Broadway and off-Broadway productions such as The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and Honour (Tony Award nomination), and Television/Film including The Sinner, Boardwalk Empire, Margaret, Dawn in HBO’s Mare of Easttown, and Jo Madi in Rabbit Hole for Paramount Plus.
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Once (1/23/26-3/1/26)
OTR: A Long Time Ago in a Dark Yard at Night (2/11/26-2/11/26)
The Messenger (3/27/26-4/19/26)
OTR: A Punk AF (4/8/26-4/8/26)
Sanctuary City (5/1/26-5/24/26)
Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill: The Musical (7/10/26-8/9/26)
OTR: Provenance (7/29/26-7/29/26)
The Bed Trick (9/11/26-10/3/26)
Chance Theater is at 5522 E. La Palma Ave., Anaheim, CA.
Fancy Nancy Splendiferous Christmas (12/5/25-12/21/25)
Scrooge! The Musical (11/28/25-12/21/25)
NUCLEAR (10/22/25-10/22/25)
What the Constitution Means to Me (10/3/25-10/26/25)
Next To Normal (1/28/22-2/27/22)
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Louisa Gillis
North Coast Repertory Theatre (1/14 - 2/8) | |
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Ann Hampton Callaway - Here's to Life
Feinstein's at the Nikko (1/31 - 1/31)
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An Iliad
Lyric Hyperion (1/23 - 1/24)
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Black History Month Performance and Community Event
Forest Lawn (1/31 - 1/31) | |
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Brahms: Symphony No. 4
Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall (3/29 - 3/29) | |
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The Messenger
Chance Theater (3/27 - 4/19) | |
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Thủy Vân Dance Company Showcases Vietnamese Dance on Lunar New Year Series at Sierra Madre Playhouse, 2/22
Sierra Madre Playhouse (2/22 - 2/22) | |
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Three Coconuts
Miles Memorial Playhouse (2/6 - 3/29) | |
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Juan Diego Flórez in Recital
Dorothy Chandler Pavilion (2/10 - 2/10) | |
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Jeremy Jordan
The Soraya (4/11 - 4/11) | |
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