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Palo Alto Players To Present Bay Area Regional Premiere Of THE DA VINCI CODE


by A.A. Cristi - December 18, 2025

Palo Alto Players will present the Bay Area regional premiere of THE DA VINCI CODE, adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel from Dan Brown’s bestselling novel. ...

David Henry Hwang's M. BUTTERFLY to be Presented at San Francisco Playhouse


by Chloe Rabinowitz - December 17, 2025

San Francisco Playhouse will present M. Butterfly by David Henry Hwang.  Inspired by the trial of Bernard Boursicot, this drama reimagines Puccini’s opera Madama Butterfly through the story of a French diplomat’s affair with a Chinese opera singer....

Palo Alto Players to Present ANNIE at the Lucie Stern Theater


by A.A. Cristi - October 10, 2025

Palo Alto Players will present the Tony Award-winning musical Annie at the Lucie Stern Theater November 7–23, 2025. Directed and choreographed by Joey Dippel, the production features a cast of 26 and celebrates optimism with timeless songs like “Tomorrow” and “It’s a Hard Knock Life.” Tickets are av...

INTO THE WOODS to be Presented at San Francisco Playhouse


by Chloe Rabinowitz - October 02, 2025

San Francisco Playhouse will journey Into the Woods this holiday season. Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s enchanting musical interweaves fairytale favorites in an exploration of what happens after “happily ever after.”...

New Work by Robert Schenkkan and More Set for TheatreWorks' New Works Festival


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 01, 2025

Hundreds of lovers of new theatre will gather this summer for an advance look at tomorrow’s hits at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley’s 22nd Annual New Works Festival. Learn more!...

SWEAT Begins In June At Palo Alto Players


by A.A. Cristi - May 21, 2025

Palo Alto Players brings Lynn Nottage’s critically acclaimed drama SWEAT to the Lucie Stern Theater for a limited run from June 13 to 29, 2025. Tickets are on sale now....

TheatreWorks Raises More Than $550K At GALA 54: A NIGHT OF DISCO DREAMIN'


by A.A. Cristi - May 08, 2025

Donned in vibrant jumpsuits and bedecked in sequined getups harking back to the heyday of Studio 54, some 246 guests danced the night away at Palo Alto Hills Golf & Country Club to honor TheatreWorks Silicon Valley at its spring fundraiser Gala 54: A Night of Disco Dreamin', a glitzy gala full of di...

Shakina & More Set for 5 & DIME World Premiere at TheatreWorks


by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2025

TheatreWorks Silicon Valley will close its 54th season with the World Premiere musical 5 & Dime. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....

JERSEY BOYS Comes to Palo Alto Players Next Month


by Stephi Wild - March 12, 2025

Join Palo Alto Players will continue their 94th season with the true story of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons, bringing The Tony Award, Grammy Award and Olivier Award-winning Best Musical JERSEY BOYS....

FAT HAM Comes to the San Francisco Playhouse


by Stephi Wild - January 30, 2025

Playwright James Ijames turns William Shakespeare’s Hamlet on its head in this piping hot play that transports the drama to a modern-day barbecue in the American South. ...

Past Shows

ANNIE
11/7 - 11/23/2025


Palo Alto Players presents the beloved Broadway classic ANNIE, featuring a cast of 26 actors and directed by Joey Dippel. The story follows orphan Annie ...

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF
11/8 - 11/24/2024


Palo Alto Players presents the classic musical Fiddler on the Roof at the Lucie Stern Theater. Directed and choreographed by Jennifer Copaken, with music and ...


Palo Alto Players presents the musical adaptation of Roald Dahl’s timeless story, bringing the whimsical world of Willy Wonka to life on stage. Under the ...

The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz
11/3 - 11/19/2023


Click your heels and take a journey with us down the yellow brick road! Follow The Scarecrow, The Tinman, The Cowardly Lion, Dorothy… and Toto ...

Disney's Beauty and the Beast
Disney's Beauty and the Beast
11/4 - 11/20/2022


Singing teapots and candlesticks, an evil spell, and an unlikely love story are all part of the magic of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, an ...

School of Rock
School of Rock
8/26 - 9/11/2022


Based on the hit film, School of Rock follows Dewey Finn, a wannabe rock star posing as a substitute teacher who turns a class of ...

Twelfth Night
Twelfth Night
6/10 - 6/26/2022


Orsino loves Olivia (who wont give him the time of day). Olivia loves Viola (whom she thinks is a boy). Viola loves Orsino (who doesnt ...

Allegiance
Allegiance
4/22 - 5/8/2022


Inspired by the true childhood experience of TV/film actor and social media icon George Takei (Mr. Sulu on Star Trek), ALLEGIANCE tells the story of ...

Men on Boats
Men on Boats
2/4 - 2/20/2022


MEN ON BOATS is the tale of ten men, four boats, and two great rivers, told on stage entirely without boats, riversor men! Pack your ...

The Revolutionists
The Revolutionists
11/5 - 11/21/2021


Sometimes, a revolution needs a womans touch. Palo Alto Players continues its 91st season with THE REVOLUTIONISTS - Lauren Gundersons irreverent, girl-powered comedy about four ...

WORKING - A Musical
WORKING - A Musical
9/17 - 10/3/2021


I hear America singing. Based on Studs Terkels 1974 best-selling book of interviews with American workers, WORKING paints a vivid musical portrait of the men ...

AREN'T YOU...?
AREN'T YOU...?
8/20 - 9/5/2021


Palo Alto Players, the Peninsulas longest running theatre company, for the first time in its recent history will premiere an original one-man show by Bay ...

Palo Alto Players 90th Anniversary Gala: Welcome Home


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, celebrates its 90th Anniversary with its first-ever hybrid gala fundraiser on Sunday, June 27th at ...

Tea for Three
Tea for Three
5/12 - 5/23/2021


What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United Statesand she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This ...

THE LAST FIVE YEARS
THE LAST FIVE YEARS
1/29 - 2/14/2021


Palo Alto Players continues its 90th season with the award-winning off-Broadway musical THE LAST FIVE YEARS. Starring real-life married couple Chris and Marah Sotelo, this ...

HOLIDAY FAMILY SING ALONG
HOLIDAY FAMILY SING ALONG
12/4 - 12/13/2020


Holiday Family Sing Along bonds the Palo Alto Players family of performers with yours during the holiday season! Regardless of how you celebrate, youre invited ...

IF YOU KNEW MY STORY
IF YOU KNEW MY STORY
11/13 - 11/22/2020


Palo Alto Players presents If You Knew My Story an inspiring and uplifting virtual cabaret that relishes in the meeting of passion, self worth, and ...

ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY
ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY
10/23 - 10/31/2020


Palo Alto Players presents a virtual Halloween-themed cabaret. Once Upon a Midnight Dreary is what happens when some of your favorite Palo Alto Players ghouls ...

AN ACT OF GOD
AN ACT OF GOD
9/4 - 9/20/2020


God is coming to Palo Alto for the first time ever and Shes got a lot to say! Palo Alto Players opens its 90th anniversary ...

Palo Alto Players Gala 2020: PLAY!


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fifth annual gala fundraiser on Saturday, April 4, 2020 at the University ...

A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2
1/17 - 2/2/2020


A DOLL'S HOUSE, PART 2By Lucas HnathNominated for eight Tony Awards in 2017, this sharp-witted sequel to Ibsens masterpiece begins with a knock at the ...

A CHRISTMAS STORY
A CHRISTMAS STORY
11/8 - 11/24/2019


A CHRISTMAS STORY, THE MUSICAL Book by Joseph Robinette Music and lyrics by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul Based on the motion picture A Christmas ...

BRIGHT STAR
BRIGHT STAR
9/13 - 9/29/2019


BRIGHT STAR Music, Book & Story: Steve Martin Music, Lyrics & Story: Edie Brickell From Grammy, Emmy, and Academy Award-winning Steve Martin and Grammy Award-winning ...

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS
6/14 - 6/30/2019


ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORSBy Richard BeanSongs by Grant OldingBased on The Servant of Two Masters by Carlo GoldoniDirected by Patrick KleinMusical Direction by Lauren BevilacquaIts ...

FLOWER DRUM SONG
FLOWER DRUM SONG
4/26 - 5/12/2019


FLOWER DRUM SONG Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Book by David Henry Hwang Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein ...

Palo Alto Players Gala 2019: East Meets West


Palo Alto Players, the first theatre company on the Peninsula, will hold its fourth annual gala fundraiser on Sunday, March 17, 2019 at the University ...

SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE
1/18 - 2/3/2019


SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE Adapted for the stage by Lee Hall Based on the screenplay by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppard Directed by Lee Ann Payne ...

TARZAN
TARZAN
9/7 - 9/23/2018


Disney's TARZAN® Book by David Henry Hwang Music and Lyrics by Phil Collins Based on the story, Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs, ...

The Graduate
The Graduate
6/16 - 7/2/2017


“Plastics, Ben. Plastics. Will you think about that?” Recent college graduate Benjamin has excellent grades, very proud parents and, since he helped Mrs. Robinson with ...

The Diary of Anne Frank
The Diary of Anne Frank
11/4 - 11/20/2016


“Wendy Kesselman's finely textured new DIARY tells a deeper story. A sensitive, stirring and thoroughly engaging new adaptation.” —NY Newsday In this transcendently powerful new ...

Disney's The Little Mermaid
Disney's The Little Mermaid
9/16 - 10/2/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID WHEN: September 16-October 2, 2016 Thursdays @ 7:30pm Fridays @ 8pm, no show September 30 Saturday ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: VANYA AND SONIA AND MASHA AND SPIKE WHEN: June 10 - 26, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid ...

Into The Woods
Into The Woods
4/22 - 5/8/2016


Happily ever after sometimes isn’t… INTO THE WOODS Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by James Lapine Directed by Patrick Klein Musical Direction by ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1/15 - 1/31/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January ...

Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman
1/15 - 1/31/2016


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: DEATH OF A SALESMAN WHEN: January 15 – 31, 2016 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, January ...

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
11/6 - 11/22/2015


WHO: Palo Alto Players WHAT: CLYBOURNE PARK WHEN: November 6 – 22, 2015 Thursdays 7:30pm Fridays-Saturdays 8pm Sundays 2pm Paid Preview: Friday, November 6 Opening ...

Chicago
Chicago
9/11 - 9/27/2015


He had it coming… CHICAGO Book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse Music by John Kander Lyrics by Fred Ebb Based on the play by ...

The Addams Family
The Addams Family
4/24 - 5/10/2015


Come meet the family. We’ll leave the lights off for you! THE ADDAMS FAMILY Book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice Music and Lyrics by ...

TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET


TOO HEAVY FOR YOUR POCKET by Jiréh Breon Holder ...a companion staged reading for Palo Alto Players’ production of ALL THE WAY THE STORY: In ...

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