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Review: Remarkable New Production of RENT Takes Up Residence at Anaheim's Chance Theater

Featuring distinctively intuitive direction from Matthew McCray, and an amazing, youthful ensemble cast that are consistently giving it their all, this latest OC iteration of Jonathan Larson's Tony-winning 1996 rock opera is much more impactful than even past stagings that have toured---and is one of the best stage musicals they've ever produced.

Chance Theater Sets LGBTQIA+ Community Night For RENT

Chance Theater, Anaheim’s official resident theater company, has announced a special LGBTQIA+ Community Night for the revolutionary Pulitzer and Tony Award winning musical “RENT,” directed by Matthew McCray. 

RENT Comes to the Chance Theater in July

Chance Theater, Anaheim’s official resident theater company,  has announced the Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, “Rent” as the fourth show in its 25th Anniversary Season.

Nominations Announced For the OC Theatre Guild Awards

On Saturday, January 21, 2023 during OC Theatre Guild’s membership meeting, the nominees for the second annual OCTG Theatre Awards were officially announced to the public. The awards ceremony, in which the winners will be revealed, has been scheduled for the evening of Monday, April 17, 2023 at the Samueli Theater at Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.

Pulitzer Prize-Winning NEXT TO NORMAL Kicks Off Chance Theater's 24th Anniversary Season

Chance Theater, Anaheim's official resident theater company, proudly presents the groundbreaking musical, “Next to Normal” as the first show in its 24th Anniversary Season. Directed by Matthew McCray with music direction by Stephen Hulsey, “Next to Normal” will run January 28 - February 27, 2022 on the Cripe Stage at the Bette Aitken theater arts Center. 

BWW Review: THE STORY OF MY LIFE at Chance Theatre

There are two forces that can change the world, friendship, and love.  Theatre is high up on that world-changing list (if you ask me), so it’s a lovely thing that all three have come together in Chance Theatre’s sweet musical THE STORY OF MY LIFE. THE STORY OF MY LIFE is playing through June 6th.

THE STORY OF MY LIFE to Have Orange County Premiere

Chance Theater has announced that the Orange County premiere of Neil Bertram and Brian Hill’s musical, The Story of My Life will be the first show in their 23rd Anniversary Season. The musical is directed by Matthew McCray (The Other Place), with music direction by Robyn Manion (Ragtime).

Chance Theater Announces Season 23

Chance Theater is making a commitment to the Southern California community in 2021 -- it will produce five shows with local artists during its 23rd Anniversary Season. There will be no cancellations. The shows will be performed either in-person or on a virtual platform. Therefore… “No Risk. All Chance.”

Open Fist Theatre Company Celebrates 30 Years of Theater with RORSCHACH FEST

Perception is everything. Open Fist Theatre Company opens its 30th anniversary season with three programs of short works, performed in rotating repertory, by playwrights renowned for pushing the boundaries of theatrical invention. Rorshach Fest, featuring seminal work by John O'Keefe, Daniel MacIvor, Harold Pinter and Caryl Churchill, opens Feb. 14 at Atwater Village Theatre, where performances continue through April 5. Pay-What-You-Want previews begin Feb. 11.

Chance Theater Announces 22nd Anniversary Season

Chance Theater announces its 22nd Anniversary Season, which will be the sixth to employ both stages in its home at the Bette Aitken theater arts Center. Next year will feature eight fully-staged productions. 

DIAVOLO: ARCHITECTURE IN MOTION Comes To Musco Center, 9/21

Chapman University's Musco Center for the Arts will kick off its 2019-2020 Season on Saturday, September 21, when Diavolo: Architecture in Motion, the internationally acclaimed dance troupe performs three powerful dance pieces including the premiere of an Orange County based installment of its evolving Veterans Project.

West Coast Debuts Multimedia Production Of THE ANIMAL MONOLOGUES At Bootleg Theater

Solo Queens Fest 2 at Bootleg Theater is pleased to announce the participation of Best of Son Of Semele Theatre Company's Solo Creation Festival 2017, "The Animal Monologues" by Amy Raasch. The expanded version of this new multimedia show, directed by Matthew McCray, opens in Los Angeles October 25 through November 18, 2018.  Tickets on sale through at www.TheAnimalMonologues.com

Amy Raasch's THE ANIMAL MONOLOGUES Comes to Bootleg Theater

Winner of Son of Semele Theatre Company's Solo Creation Festival 2017, media installation artist Amy Raasch follows her recent NYC debut with a handful of timely new characters in a freshly-expanded version of her new multimedia show, "The Animal Monologues," opening at the Bootleg Theater as part of the Solo Queens Festival in Los Angeles October 25.

BWW Review: Intense Drama THE OTHER PLACE Stirs at OC's Chance Theater

In award-winning playwright Sharr White's intriguing 2011 psychological drama THE OTHER PLACE, the play's compelling central figure, 52-year-old laboratory scientist turned drug company marketing exec Juliana Smithton, narrates her own fascinating story directly for the audience. For its stirring Orange County Premiere production currently on stage at Chance Theater in Anaheim through October 21, Juliana is played with powerful, intense ferocity by Jacqueline Wright, in what will surely be noted as one of the season's most memorable dramatic performances you will long remember this year.

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