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POWERFUL PROVOCATIVE PROFOUND

BOLD NEW STORIES. AWARD-WINNING DRAMAS. MUSIC THAT WILL ROCK YOU.

Season 43 ignites with bold new works, Tony Award-winning dramas, and two powerhouse musicals.

Five bold productions that promise to thrill, move and inspire.

MCNEAL

SEP 24 — OCT 19 2025

A NEW PLAY BY AYAD AKHTAR

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright takes on power, politics, and artificial intelligence. In this provocative new play, a legendary novelist is forced to confront the machine poised to replace him — a generative AI trained on his own work.

WEST COAST PREMIERE

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

Producers

Clayton and Sandra Feldman

Associate Producers

David Chamberlain

Michael Rubin and Bernadette Vergara

MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET

 Nov 19 — Dec 14 2025

ONE NIGHT. FOUR LEGENDS.

BY COLIN ESCOTT AND FLOYD MUTRUX

Step into Sun Records Studio on December 4, 1956, when Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins came together for one legendary jam session that made rock 'n' roll history.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

Associate Producers

Cheryl Booten and Robert Mannell

Richard and Peggy James

TONY AWARD WINNER BEST PLAY

THE LEHMAN TRILOGY

FeB 4 — Mar 1, 2026

THE RISE AND FALL OF AN AMERICAN DYNASTY

WRITTEN BY STEFANO MASSINI

ADAPTED BY BEN POWER

Witness the rise and fall of an American dynasty in this sweeping theatrical epic. From immigrant peddlers to Wall Street titans, the Lehman Brothers' story spans 150 years of American capitalism, ambition, and ultimate collapse. This global sensation explores how a family's pursuit of the American Dream helped shape—and nearly destroy—the modern financial world.

PRODUCTION SPONSORS

Richard and Julie Hilovsky

THE COAST STARLIGHT

Apr 1 — 26, 2026

REGIONAL PREMIERE

A NEW PLAY BY KEITH BUNIN

Set aboard a train speeding along the West Coast, six strangers find themselves suspended between past and future. Through their intersecting stories, the play reveals the haunting weight of choices left unspoken.

WE WILL ROCK YOU

JUN 3 — 28, 2026

THE QUEEN MUSICAL

MUSIC & LYRICS BY QUEEN

STORY & SCRIPT BY BEN ELTON

The international hit musical featuring Queen’s legendary catalog. Winner of the Laurence Olivier Audience Award, this electrifying production celebrates individuality, rebellion, and the unifying power of rock. In a world where conformity rules, only rock can set you free.

WE PROUDLY ACKNOWLEDGE THE SUPPORT OF OUR Season 2025/26 Sponsors

Robert J. Bettencourt

Swenson

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