Lights Up! 2026 at City Lights Theater Company at City Lights Theater Company

New plays. Unforgettable stories. And your feedback. City Lights Theater Company's annual “Lights Up!” festival is back, with dynamic staged readings of two new scripts, followed by an audience talkback where you help the playwrights shape their work. Readings are script-in-hand, but often so immersive and vivid that audiences forget the actors are holding something. In addition, the theater hosts a maker fair with local artists, with tables and mingling before and in between the play readings. This year's plays: "Breadcrumbs, Honey, & Bone" by Lauren Doyle; and "The Great Gatsby" from the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald, adapted by Kit Wilder and directed by Mark Anderson Phillips.

Doors open at 1 p.m. for all to enjoy the maker fair. The first play reading begins at 2 p.m., followed by the audience talkback. Then stay with us for a spaghetti feed (with vegetarian and non-vegetarian options) and more time at the fair. The second play reading starts at 5:30, followed by the second audience talkback. “Lights Up!” is generously supported by Elaine Baskin and Ken Krechmer.