529 S 2nd St
San Jose, CA 95112
City Lights Theater Company is a theatre in San Jose, CA.
It’s December 21, 1942, and The Mutual Manhattan Variety Cavalcade is broadcasting live from the Hotel Astor. Join the studio audience for a delightful, musical trip back in time, featuring “Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy,” “I’ll Be Seeing You” and other ‘40s favorites. All the while...
What’s as wonderful as 12 days of Christmas? The 12th annual “Ren’s Winter Wonderland” concert at City Lights. One of our favorite seasonal traditions is welcoming jazz singer & songwriter Ren Geisick to our stage with her band. You’ll enjoy a warm, family-friendly evening of...
Meet Ethan Keene, a struggling young playwright whose day job is writing The Flash for DC Comics. Then his world flips upside down when a Hollywood producer wants to turn one of his plays into a big-budget horror movie. With that tasty carrot clouding his vision, Ethan struggles...
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. It turns out Abby and Martha already knew about the dead man in their parlor: They put him there. Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a...
Two Latina sisters are appearing on a reality show to sell their family home, hoping to capitalize on the gentrification in their neighborhood. As they perform for the camera, this comedy with a twist starts to slip into the surreal. One sister grapples with turmoil in their...
Confirmed bachelor Bobby is turning 35. During a series of dinners, drinks and even a wedding, his friends show him the ups and downs of commitment until he is forced to reexamine his own path. What is truly being alive? This groundbreaking comedy won six Tony Awards, and...
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A child requests her favorite fairy tale, and The Narrator puts out a call for the players to assemble on set to re-enact the story verbatim, as it’s been told since inception, no changes.…
What did our critic think of A CASE FOR THE EXISTENCE OF GOD at New Conservatory Theatre Center?…
What happens when one of America's most recognizable First Ladies becomes a foul-mouthed, cabaret-obsessed, and completely unhinged theatrical sensation?…
A weary Donte Coleman sits in his Western Addition family home that he’s just listed for sale. In this well constructed memory play, scenes from his childhood burst to life in SFBATCO’s homage to the golden age of 1950’s San Francisco’s Fillmore district. Local legend Daryl V. Jones is the e…
What did our critic think of DRACULA at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley?…
What did our critic think of PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at Broadway San Jose?…
What did our critic think of GUTENBERG! THE MUSICAL! at Hillbarn Theatre?…
THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST by Actors Ensemble of Berkeley fills the Live Oak Theater with cheeky humor. As the characters treat serious matters like frippery, and trivial items with seriousness, the tone is set early for a romping good time.…
Co-founder and producing director Susi Damilano is at it again. Her previous comic stagings include Noises Off, Clue, The 39 Steps and the successful predecessor of this show, The Play That Goes Wrong back in 2024.…
Transformative, innovative, and hauntingly memorable. These words encapsulate the reaction to Oakland Theater Project’s production of KING LEAR. The story leaps to life with a flourish of energy and grace.…
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In a sprawling mansion of her own design, Sarah Winchester navigates a complex legacy of guns, grief, and ghosts. She’s lost everything of value — her husband, her child — and gained a fortune. Her net worth can be measured in dollars… or blood. The confounding splendor of her...
We had so much fun that we’re doing it again! City Lights is once again teaming up with Nineteen , San Jose’s professional Big Band, to present a concert benefitting the theater. This time, we’re putting on a Valentine’s Day show — so the program is all love songs. Last...
Meet Evie, a college senior and gamer who’s a master at both online role-playing and real-life ghostwriting — her side hustle is writing love letters for other people. But she’s navigating the complexities of love and sex without firsthand experience. As she becomes drawn to one...
In 2014, City Lights marked the 100-year anniversary of the World War I “Christmas Truce” with a world premiere that drew crowds and raves. Now Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War is back with a mix of returning and new artists. Set in the trenches of France, this story...
It’s time for the 10th annual Ren’s Winter Wonderland shows at City Lights! Whether you have made this a yearly tradition or are discovering this concert series for the first time, come get in the spirit of the season with Ren and her band. Ren’s Winter Wonderland features your...
Our friends from Nineteen, San Jose’s professional Big Band, are throwing a fundraising concert to benefit City Lights! On Tuesday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m., join us at the theater. You’ll enjoy favorite holiday carols sung by City Lights favorites — including actors from Richard...
As the well-to-do Birlings celebrate an engagement in the family, the festive evening is suddenly punctured by an uninvited visitor: an inspector looking into the death of a young woman. Questions multiply and guilt mounts, and Inspector Goole’s grim revelations begin to crack...
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through...
Back onstage for the first time since the Covid outbreak, our annual “Lights Up!” festival of new plays returns on Sunday, Aug. 4. The lineup features some of the South Bay’s top talent, including acclaimed Equity actors Mark Anderson Phillips and George Psarras. In 2020, City...
Join us on Sunday, June 16, at 7 p.m. for a special Father’s Day concert with father and daughter recording artists Cory Cullinan and Riley Max! The two return to their native Bay Area for an evening of songs and storytelling from each of their albums about life, family and...
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The Madness of Lady Bright Venue: iMPACt Center for Art & Dance (11/06-11/15) |
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Gutenberg! The Musical! Hillbarn Theatre (10/08-11/01) |
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Lena Hall: In Concert Feinstein's at the Nikko (11/06-11/07) |
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The Secret Garden Marin Shakespeare Company’s Downtown Theatre (11/27-12/20) |
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Knockoff Broadway: The Improvised Musical All Out Comedy Theater (7/25-12/26) |
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BEAVER BAUER: FROM STREET TO STAGE San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) Main Library (11/05-4/11) |
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Shrek the Musical Berkeley Playhouse (5/21-6/20) |
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William Shakespeare's Antony+Cleopatra Red Morton Park (8/15-8/31) |
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Disney's Frozen Berkeley Playhouse (11/13-12/23) |
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The 2026 GLIDE Holiday Jam: Turn It Up and Turn It Out The Warfield (11/05-11/05) |
