Plays
Stanford Shakespeare Company
Stanford University
The Winter’s Tale—Shakespeare’s comedy—though quite often known as one of his “problem plays”—about how jealousy tears apart the friendship between two rulers. May 22-May 25.
Theatre on San Pedro Square
29 N. San Pedro St, San Jose
The Last Five Years—A musical about two 20-something New Yorkers who fall in and out of love over the course of five years. May 23-June 1.
Broadway San Jose
San Jose Center for the Performing Arts, 255 Almaden Blvd, San Jose
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat—Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical about the Biblical trials and triumphs of Joseph. May 27-June 1.
CTC Summer Rep
550 E. Remington Drive, Sunnyvale
California Theatre Center’s rotating lineup of plays features the Pygmalion-like comedy Educating Rita (May 29-July 18); Shakespeare’s The Tempest (June 19-July 19) and the thriller The 39 Steps. (June 5-July 20).
City Lights Theater
529 S. Second St, San Jose
The Language Archive—Outside of work, a professional linguist has no way with words, much to the peril of his marriage. May 29-June 29.
Spamalot—We are the Knights who say “Ni!” A musical retelling of Monty Python’s retelling of King Arthur’s quest for the Holy Grail. July 24-Aug 31.
SCU Presents
Louis B. Mayer Theatre, Santa Clara University
In the Heights—A musical that tells of three days in the life of the Washington Heights neighborhood. May 30-June 7.
San Jose Stage Company
490 S. First St, San Jose
Bonnie & Clyde—Talk about a toxic relationship. The infamous couple and their crime spree is set to song in this new musical. June 4-July 27.
TheatreWorks
Mountain View Center for Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View
Marry Me a Little—A musical about love and romance featuring little-heard songs by Stephen Sondheim. June 4-29.
Water by the Spoonful—Virtual and real worlds blur in this drama about a moderator for a chat room for people in recovery. Aug 20-Sep 14.
TheatreWorks
Lucie Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
The Great Pretender—the world premiere of a comic drama that finds a children’s TV host trying to come to terms with the death of a well-loved puppeteer. This play was developed as part of TheatreWorks’ New Works Festival last summer. July 9-Aug 3.
New Works Festival—Workshops and discussions in which audiences have a chance to help develop new plays and musicals. Aug 9-17.
Dragon Productions
2120 Broadway St, Redwood City
The Birthday Party—Harold Pinter’s literally dark comedy—in which some events do actually unfold in the dark. June 5-16.
Take Me Out—A Tony winner about what happens when a baseball star decides to come out of the closet. July 11-20.
Montgomery Theater
Market and San Carlos streets, San Jose
Go to Your Room, Mother!—EnActe presents this comedy about an empty nester who must deal with unexpected guests. A benefit for Maitri. June 1.
Menopause The Musical—A musical comedy about women of a certain age facing a change. June 9-12.
San Jose Repertory Theatre
101 Paseo de San Antonio, San Jose
Landscape With Weapon—An aerospace engineer struggles with his role in creating drones. June 19-July 13.
Northside Theatre Company
848 E. William St, San Jose
Queen of Bingo—A night with the colorful regulars who come to play bingo at St. Joseph’s, including two sisters who have been keeping secrets from each other. June 19-July 13.
Pear Avenue Theatre
1220 Pear Ave, Mountain View
Pygmalion—George Bernard Shaw’s classic about a professor who bets a friend that he can transform a Cockney flower seller into a well-spoken society lady. June 20-July 13.
Dance
Smuin Ballet
Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts, 500 Castro St, Mountain View
Xxcentric—A repertory show that includes Michael Smuin’s “Dancin’ with Gershwin” a Marilyn Monroe-inspired “Do It Again” to Peter Gabriel’s rendition of “Summertime.” Plus world premieres by Amy Seiwert and Val Caniparoli. May 21-25.
Smithwick Theater
Foothill College
Foothill College Repertory Dance Company presents a show featuring every style from ballroom to hip-hop. May 30-31.
Ballet San Jose School
California Theatre, 345 S. First St, San Jose
Spring Performance—Young students from Ballet San Jose School will conclude the school year with performances. June 1.
Summer Shakespeare Festivals
Shady Shakespeare
The Taming of the Shrew
Willow Street Frank Bramhall Park, San Jose.
June 13-29.
Othello
Sanborn County Park, Saratoga.
July 13-Aug 29.
Pride and Prejudice
Sanborn County Park, Saratoga.
Aug 1-31 (runs in repertory with Othello).
Festival Theatre Ensemble
Julius Caesar
Shakespeare at Full Circle Farm, Sunnyvale.
May 31-June 27.
and
Los Gatos Shakespeare Festival
July 19-Aug 8.
Much Ado About Nothing
Shakespeare at Full Circle Farm, Sunnyvale.
June 6 -28
and
Los Gatos Shakespeare Festival
July 18 – Aug 9.
The Pirates of Port Royal
Shakespeare at Full Circle Farm, Sunnyvale.
June 13-26
and
Los Gatos Shakespeare Festival
July 20-Aug 7.
Free Shakespeare in the Park
Memorial Park Amphitheater, Cupertino.
The Taming of the Shrew, presented by the San Francisco Shakespeare Festival.
July 19-Aug 3.
