About the Theatre
Center REP is the resident professional theatre company of the Lesher Center for the Arts. Our season consists of six productions a year — a variety of musicals, dramas and comedies, both classic and contemporary, that continually strive to reach new levels of artistic excellence and professional standards. Our mission is to celebrate the power of the human imagination by producing emotionally engaging, intellectually involving, and visually astonishing live theatre, and through Outreach and Education programs, to enrich and advance the cultural life of the communities we serve.RELATED STORIES
Lynne Kaufman's World Premiere of EXTREME ACTS to Play at The Marsh SF
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 02, 2024
The Marsh San Francisco will present the world premiere of Extreme Acts, the thought-provoking latest work by award-winning playwright Lynne Kaufman, directed by Molly Noble. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets....
A STRANGE LOOP & More Lead San Francisco / Bay Area's April 2024 Top Theatre Shows
by Team BWW - April 01, 2024
San Francisco / Bay Area is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2024 include A Strange Loop and more!...
Review: THE GREAT LEAP at Center Repertory Company
by Steve Murray - March 21, 2024
What did our critic think of THE GREAT LEAP at Center Repertory Company? Center Rep tackles Playwright Lauren Yee’s basketball/cultural drama and with a well-crafted staging of her 2017 powerhouse The Great Leap. Renowned for deftly combining her San Francisco roots, Chinese culture and global polit...
San Francisco Playhouse to Present THE GLASS MENAGERIE This Spring
by Blair Ingenthron - March 20, 2024
This spring, San Francisco Playhouse will stage Tennessee Williams' seminal masterpiece The Glass Menagerie, directed by in-demand Bay Area theatre artist Jeffrey Lo. Learn more about the production here!...
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley Presents TIGER STYLE! A Claws-Out Comedy About Tiger ParentIng
by A.A. Cristi - February 23, 2024
Don't miss 'Tiger Style!' at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley - a claws-out comedy about tiger parenting by Mike Lew, directed by Jeffrey Lo. Running from April 6-28, 2024 at the Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts....
Review: MYSTIC PIZZA at Lesher Center For The Arts
by Steve Murray - February 18, 2024
What did our critic think of MYSTIC PIZZA at Lesher Center For The Arts?...
Photos: Get a First Look at MYSTIC PIZZA at Center Repertory Company
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 24, 2024
Get a first look at Mystic Pizza at Center Repertory Company ...
San Francisco Playhouse to Present THE 39 STEPS This Spring
by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 22, 2024
SAN FRANCISCO PLAYHOUSE presents a riotous, rip-roaring riff on Hitchcock's thriller 'The 39 Steps' from March 7 - April 20, 2024....
Center Repertory Company presents "Mystic Pizza" musical
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024
Center Repertory Company presents Mystic Pizza, a piping hot musical based on the beloved Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romantic comedy that starred Julia Roberts, Lili Taylor, and Annabeth Gish. See photos from the production.
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Photos: Center Repertory Company Presents EVERY BRILLIANT THING
by A.A. Cristi - January 12, 2024
Center Repertory Company will ring in the new year with the remarkable, resplendent hit solo performance Every Brilliant Thing. See photos from the production!
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Past Shows
Every Brilliant Thing
1/6 - 1/28/2024
Center Repertory Company will ring in the new year with the remarkable, resplendent hit solo performance “Every Brilliant Thing”. Making a list of things that ...
You’re six years old. Mum’s in hospital. Dad says she’s “done something stupid.” She finds it hard to be happy. So you start to make ...
He’s young, he’s broke, his landlord’s knocking at the door, and he’s just found out his wife is going to have a baby. To make ...
Crowns
9/9
A moving and celebratory musical play in which hats become a springboard for an exploration of Black history and identity as seen through the eyes ...
In the Heights
5/27 - 6/24/2023
Center Repertory Company kicks off the summer with Lin-Manuel Miranda and Quiara Alegria Hudes’ exuberant Tony Award-winning Broadway musical “In the Heights.” From the creator ...
Sweat
3/24 - 4/16/2023
Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, SWEAT tells the story of a group of friends who ...
Always...Patsy Cline
9/9 - 9/25/2022
Created and originally directed by Ted Swindley - based on a true storyDirected by Karen LundMusic Supervisor Claire MarxMore than a tribute to the legendary ...
Beehive, the 60s Musical
5/27 - 6/26/2022
From solo powerhouses like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin to glamorous girl groups such as The Supremes and TheShirelles, Beehive the 60's Musical ...
Every Brilliant Thing
9/10 - 9/27/2020
Duncan Macmillan, with Jonny Donahoe Center Repertory Company...
Pride and Prejudice
3/27 - 4/26/2020
Kate Hamill, based on the novel by Jane Austen Center Repertory Company...
The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith
1/24 - 2/22/2020
Margaret Lesher Theatre: The Devil's Music: The Life and Blues of Bessie Smith...
A Christmas Carol
12/12 - 12/22/2019
From tiny tots to young-at-heart seniors, for a lot of North Texans it just wouldn’t be the holidays without DTC’s festive production of the Dickens ...
Native Gardens
10/18 - 11/16/2019
Gardens and cultures clash, turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this funny world premiere by the author of The Book Club Play. Pablo, a ...
Murder for Two
8/30 - 10/6/2019
book: Kellen Blair, Joe Kinosian; lyrics: Kellen Blair; music: Joe Kinosian; dir: Paul Mason Barnes....
Woody Sez: The Life & Music of Woody Guthrie
5/17 - 6/23/2019
Margaret Lesher Theatre: Nick Corley, Darcie Deaville, David M. Lutken, Helen J. Russell, Andy Teirstein; dir: Nick Corley....
The Diary of Anne Frank
3/29 - 4/28/2019
Margaret Lesher Theatre: adapt: Wendy Kesselman from Frances Goodrich, Albert Hackett; dir: Timothy Near....
Communicating Doors
1/25 - 2/23/2019
Margaret Lesher Theatre: Alan Ayckbourn; dir: Michael Butler....
Dancing Lessons
10/19 - 11/17/2018
DANCING LESSONS centers on Ever, a young man with Asperger’s syndrome, who seeks the instruction of a Broadway dancer to learn enough dancing to survive ...
Mamma Mia!
8/31 - 10/7/2018
book: Catherine Johnson; lyrics: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus; music: Benny Andersson, Bjorn Ulvaeus; dir: Marc Jacobs....
Shirley Valentine
3/30 - 4/29/2018
Willy Russell; dir: George Maguire. Margaret Lesher Theatre:...
Red Speedo
1/26 - 2/24/2018
Lucas Hnath; dir: Lila Neugebauer....
The Liar
10/20 - 11/18/2017
David Ives; dir: Michael Butler....
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
9/1 - 10/8/2017
Million Dollar Quartet is a musical inspired by the December 4, 1956 recording session that brought together Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and ...
Sisters Matsumoto
3/31 - 4/29/2017
Philip Kan Gotanda; dir: Mina Morita. Margaret Lesher Theatre:...
Women in Jeopardy!
1/27 - 2/25/2017
Thelma and Louise meets The First Wives Club in this fun and flirtatious new comedy by Rochester-born playwright Wendy MacLeod. Divorcees Mary and Jo are ...
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
10/21 - 11/19/2016
Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most ...
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
10/21 - 11/19/2016
Get your deerstalker cap on — the play’s afoot! From multi-award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig comes a fast-paced adventure about everyone’s favorite detective solving his most ...
It Shoulda Been You
9/2 - 10/8/2016
A world where nothing is what it seems, religions collide, Machiavellian plots are revealed, promises are broken, secrets are exposed and hope springs from the ...
It Shoulda Been You
9/2 - 10/8/2016
A world where nothing is what it seems, religions collide, Machiavellian plots are revealed, promises are broken, secrets are exposed and hope springs from the ...
Rock of Ages
5/20 - 6/25/2016
In 1987 on the Sunset Strip, a small town girl met a big city rocker and in LA's most famous rock club, they fell in ...
Art
4/1 - 4/30/2016
Yazmina Reza; trans: Chistopher Hampton; dir: Michael Butler....
Born Yesterday
1/29 - 2/27/2016
Ex-show girl and mistress, Billie Dawn, gets a new lesson on life and love when her corrupt and uncouth junk czar boyfriend hires a newspaper ...
TENDERLY
9/4 - 10/10/2015
Anything Goes
5/22 - 6/27/2015
book: Timothy Crouse & John Weidman; lyrics: Cole Porter; music: Cole Porter; dir: Michael Butler....
Mistress of the Inn
4/3 - 5/2/2015
adapt: Timothy Near from Carlo Goldini; trans: Lisa Gottreich; dir: Timothy Near....
Improv Playhouse
3/19 - 3/29/2015
The Book Club Play
1/30 - 2/28/2015
Ana is a Type A personality living in a letter-perfect world: a husband who adores her, the perfect job, and her greatest passion, Book Club. ...
The Real Housewives of Walnut Creek: The Musical
4/17 - 5/4/2014
Molly Bell; dir: Michael Butler. World Premiere...
Sleuth
3/28 - 4/26/2014
Sleuth has all the ingredients of a top-class thriller - a plot whose twists and turns are breathtakingly audacious and fiendishly cunning; suspense and excitement ...
Clybourne Park
1/31 - 3/1/2014
Home is where the heart—and history—is in Clybourne Park, a "buzz-saw sharp new comedy" (The Washington Post) that cleverly spins the events of A Raisin ...
A Christmas Carol
12/12 - 12/22/2013
Hofmann Theatre: adapt: Cynthia Caywood, Richard L. James from Charles Dickens; dir: Scott Denison....
Don't Dress for Dinner
10/25 - 11/23/2013
Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his chic Parisian mistress in his charming converted French farmhouse, whilst his wife, Jacqueline, is away. He has ...
Ella the Musical
9/6 - 10/12/2013
The Queen of Jazz. The First Lady of Song. The great Ella Fitzgerald. It's a life lived out loud in this exhilarating new musical that ...
Xanadu
5/18 - 6/23/2012
Spring Awakening
4/19 - 5/6/2012
Rumors
3/30 - 4/28/2012
The host has injured himself, his wife is missing and four couples are about to experience a severe attack of farce. As the rumors escalate, ...
Arms and the Man
1/27 - 2/25/2012
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Everybody’s Talking About Jamie
Ray of Light Theatre (6/1 - 6/23) LIMITED TICKETS REMAIN NEW MUSICAL | |
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A Strange Loop
American Conservatory Theater (4/18 - 5/12)
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Mrs. Doubtfire
Orpheum Theatre San Francisco (7/2 - 7/28) | |
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As You Like It
Audrey Stanley Grove in DeLaveaga Park (7/13 - 9/1) | |
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The Glass Menagerie
San Francisco Playhouse (5/2 - 6/15) | |
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The Marsh Berkeley presents “The Waiting Period”
The Marsh Berkeley (6/23 - 6/23) | |
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A Strange Loop
The Toni Rembe Theater (formerly The Geary Theater) (4/18 - 5/12) | |
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Mary Poppins
Saratoga Civic Theater (5/18 - 6/8) | |
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Parade
Curran Theater (5/13 - 6/8) | |
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