4 Peninsula theater corporations are scheduled to open new productions within the subsequent few weeks, beginning with Hillbarn Theatre in Foster Metropolis, the place the four-person musical “I Love You, You’re Excellent, Now Change” runs April 22-Could 8.
“Excellent” is a recent have a look at navigating relationships, from relationship to being married with kids to the empty nest days. The musical additionally pays tribute to those that have cherished and misplaced, and those that’ve fallen on their face throughout courtship and romance.
Tickets are $30-$60 at www.hillbarntheatre.org or by calling 650-349-6411.
On Saturday, April 23, Palo Alto Gamers opens its manufacturing of “Allegiance” at Lucie Stern Theater in Palo Alto. “Allegiance” is impressed by the childhood experiences actor George Takei, finest identified for his position as Mr. Sulu on “Star Trek.” After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Takei’s household was compelled to hitch the 120,000 Japanese-American households who have been despatched to internment camps throughout World Conflict II.
In “Allegiance,” members of the Kimura household react very in another way to this indignity. A son enlists within the service, whereas a daughter joins a gaggle protesting the best way her household and different Japanese-American households have been handled.
“Allegiance” runs by Could 8. Tickets are $27-$57 at www.paplayers.org or by calling 650-329-0891. Digital entry is offered Could 5-8 for $20.
Pear Theatre in Mountain View, along side its Pear Playwrights Guild, will current the 2022 Recent Baked Pear One-Act Pageant as a free digital program April 22-Could 8.
Now in its second 12 months, the Recent Baked Pear One-Act Pageant is a group of 10 one-act performs by Bay Space playwrights Violet Elisandre, Christine C. Hsu, Francheska Johanna Loy, Andrew Mo, Vicky Pham, Kimberly Ridgeway, Ayelet Schrek, Sanjit Sengupta, Kaz Valtchev and Tiffany Walters.
These playwrights signify marginalized populations together with Black, Indigenous and Individuals of Shade (BIPOC), LGBTQ+ and the disabled, who all wrote one-act performs particularly for the competition. Six native administrators and greater than two dozen actors took half in recording these performs for streaming.
Though the applications are free, donations are welcome. Make reservations at www.thepear.org/freshbaked or by contacting Barry Slater at freshbaked@thepear.org.
Los Altos Stage Firm opens “Ruthless” for a nine-show run Could 5-15. “Ruthless” tells the story of an 8-year-old lady who's a cross between Little Orphan Annie and Rhoda from “The Dangerous Seed.” Tina who is for certain she was born to play Pippi Longstocking in her college’s musical and can use any means essential to get the half. The plot spoofs traditional musicals and campy movies and loved a protracted off-Broadway run.
Tickets are $23-$43 at www.losaltosstage.org or 650-941-0551, or on the field workplace, situated at 97 Hillview Avenue, Los Altos, Wednesday-Friday, 3-6 p.m.