Airness, by Chelsea Marcantel
October 16-25, 2025 in the Arena Theatre
When Nina enters her first air guitar competition, she thinks winning will be easy. But as she befriends a group of charismatic nerds all committed to becoming the next champion, she discovers that there's more to this art form than playing pretend; it's about finding yourself in your favorite songs and performing with raw joy. Will Nina be able to let go and set herself free onstage? Following her mission to shred or be shredded, Airness is an exuberant reminder that everything we need to rock is already inside us. A comedy about competition, completion, and finding the airness inside yourself.
This Land, by Evangeline Ordaz
November 13-22, 2025, in the State Playhouse
Over 150 years, four families with ancestry in different parts of the world make their home on one particular plot of Southern California land now known as Watts. Their stories intertwine as a host of old curses and blessings, traditions and recipes, loves and betrayals travel down family lines from the 19th to the 21st century, forcing each successive generation to ask in times of hardship, “Should I stay, or should I go?” Los Angeles native Evangeline Ordaz crafts a rich and complex web of diverse characters who through triumph and despair discover how deeply they are rooted in the dreams of their ancestors and the land on which they stand.
Continuity, by Bess Wohl
March 12-21, 2026 Venue TBD
It’s magic hour in the New Mexico desert as an exhausted film crew races against the setting sun to shoot their blockbuster (but artsy) action movie, which takes place on an arctic (Styrofoam) ice floe, and features an ecoterrorist plotting a bombing mission to save all of humankind (supposedly). As the clock ticks and the desert sun beats down on the not-so-frozen landscape, personalities clash, artistic vision meets Hollywood demands, and the gap between fiction and science grows wider than ever. A dark but hilarious “play in six takes,” Continuity interrogates the role of storytelling in a world on the brink of actual environmental crisis.
Fiddler on the Roof, Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
April 23-May 2, 2026 in the State Playhouse
Fiddler on the Roof is a timeless classic that explores the delicate balance between tradition and change, seen through the eyes of Tevye and his five spirited daughters. Set in a small village in Tsarist Russia at the turn of the 20th century, the story unfolds in a time when violence loomed, and families once again faced the heartbreak of being forced from their homes. As Tevye struggles to uphold his religious and cultural traditions, a new generation begins to question whether those traditions are enough to hold the family—and the community—together. Rich in humor, heart, and humanity, this beloved musical is a powerful reflection on love, identity, and the enduring strength of the human spirit.