FIVE BOLD STORIES. ONE STAGE.
Season 44 features work from Tony Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning artists alongside a killer comedy, a big-hearted musical and an internationally acclaimed stage adaptation.
Five productions that promise to thrill, surprise and move.
BARCELONA
SEPT 23 — OCT 18, 2026
BAY AREA PREMIERE
WRITTEN BY BESS WOHL
From Tony Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Bess Wohl comes a seductive, psychologically charged drama that unfolds over the course of a single night. Funny, intimate and full of unexpected turns, Barcelona draws two strangers into an increasingly complicated encounter as the personal and political begin to collide.
“The playwright stays one step ahead of theatergoers—not to trick them, but to hold out for deeper truth.”— Los Angeles Times
CLUE
NOV 18 — DEC 20, 2026
WRITTEN BY SANDY RUSTIN
BASED ON THE SCREENPLAY BY JONATHAN LYNN
ADDITIONAL MATERIAL BY HUNTER FOSTER & ERIC PRICE
It’s a dark and stormy night at Boddy Manor. Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock and Mustard arrive for a very unusual dinner party where the host is, well, dead—and nothing and no one are quite what they seem. Add one suspicious butler, a house full of suspects and an alarming assortment of weapons, and you’ve got CLUE, a madcap murder mystery packed with mayhem, mischief and plenty of laughs. As the body count stacks up and suspicions run wild, everyone is racing to uncover the killer before they become the next victim.
“It’s funny and frothy and light, the kind of breezy night at the theater that most audiences would kill for.” — Entertainment Weekly
THE FULL MONTY
FEB 3 — 23, 2027
BOOK BY TERRENCE MCNALLY | MUSIC & LYRICS BY DAVID YAZBEK
Six unemployed Buffalo steelworkers decide the quickest way back on their feet may be to take everything off. Their unlikely striptease scheme soon exposes far more than skin, as friendship, pride and self-worth are all put on the line. Based on the hit comedy film, The Full Monty is a raucous, big-hearted musical filled with humor, heart and an irresistible score.
“Hilarious and Sexy, The Full Monty is a crowd pleaser.” — Chicago Critic
TOPDOG/UNDERDOG
MAR 31 — APR 25, 2027
PULITZER PRIZE & TONY AWARD-WINNING | WRITTEN BY SUZAN LORI PARKS
Brothers Lincoln and Booth are dealt a bad hand before the game even begins. Their names—a cruel joke from their father—carry the weight of American history, turning an already volatile brotherhood into a contest over who gets to define himself. Haunted by their past and obsessed with the street con hustle of three-card monte, they turn every encounter into a battle of wits, sharp humor and high stakes. But some games you can't afford to lose.
“It vibrates with the clamor of big ideas, audaciously and exuberantly expressed.” — The New York Times
NETWORK
JUNE 2 — 27, 2027
ADAPTED FOR THE STAGE BY LEE HALL
BASED ON THE ACADEMY AWARD-WINNING FILM BY PADDY CHAYEFSKY
Veteran news anchor Howard Beale goes off script and becomes a “mad-as-hell” populist prophet of the airwaves. When his on-air breakdown sends ratings soaring, programming chief Diana Christensen turns outrage into market share and sensationalism into programming. But once spectacle takes hold, who is really in control? Adapted by Lee Hall from Paddy Chayefsky’s Academy Award-winning film, Network depicts a media landscape where corporate power shapes the message, opinion outruns fact and spectacle is king.
“This is a piece about now—and about us.” — What’s OnStage
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