March 25 – May 1
LA CAGE AUX FOLLES
Book by Harvey Fierstein
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman
Directed by Noah Haydon
Musical Direction by Armando Fox
Choreography by Leslie Waggoner
Georges is the owner of the La Cage Aux Folles nightclub, which features a drag show starring his partner and the love of his life, Albin. After twenty years of un-wedded bliss, Georges and Albin face the hardest challenge of their relationship, yet: meeting their son’s fiancée’s ultra conservative parents. Winner of 6 Tony Awards, including Best Musical.
May 27 – June 26
THE QUALITY OF LIFE
By Jane Anderson
Directed by Katina Psihos Letheule
A year after a devastating fire razed their home in the Berkeley Hills, left-leaning Jeanette and Neil are living a bohemian lifestyle in a yurt on their burned-out property. Neil’s health is deteriorating, and Jeanette’s conservative Mid-Western cousins arrive to show their support, but their dissimilarities quickly become apparent. This compelling drama is written with compassion, humor, and honesty.
August 12 – September 11
IT’S ONLY A PLAY
By Terrence McNally
Directed by Katina Psihos Letheule
It’s opening night of a Broadway show, and the wealthy producer is throwing a star-studded party in her lavish Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, as well as the playwright’s best friend. Add to this a drama critic who has panned the playwright in the past and you have a recipe for a rousing, bitingly funny comedy.
October 21 – November 20
A NICE FAMILY GATHERING
By Phil Olson
Directed by Kimberly Ridgeway
This is a story about a man who loved his wife very much but never realized, until after his death, that he hadn’t told her. Now possessed by unfinished business, he manifests as a ghost on the first Thanksgiving since his death to say what he never said in life. Unfortunately, his wife has invited a date to dinner, and the only person who can see him is his hapless son Carl.
December 9-18
AN EVENING WITH MARGARET AND JULIA
You loved them in Always, Patsy Cline and The Honky Tonk Angels. Altarena audience favorites Margaret Belton and Julie Etzel have now put together an incredible evening of song, dressing-room humor, and charismatic mayhem. Join them as they share their extraordinary talents and a peek inside their longtime friendship.