Current Projects
HAPPY PLEASANT VALLEY: A SENIOR SEX SCANDAL MURDER MYSTERY MUSICAL
Book, Music & Lyrics by Min Kahng
CenterREP, Walnut Creek, CA
June 1 - 29, 2025
In our first co-production with TheatreWorks Silicon Valley, celebrated Bay Area composer / playwright Min Kahng (The Four Immigrants) has created a world-premiere musical that explodes everything you thought you knew about being young and successful—and old and horny.
When internet influencer Jade Park is cancelled online, she seeks redemption by taking on a precarious challenge—helping her rebellious grandmother June, who has the raised eyebrows of many in her senior residential community following a string of mysterious deaths of her lovers. When the body count starts to rise, the pressure is on Jade to solve the mystery and save her grandmother’s (sex) life! This romp of a world-premiere musical explodes the social taboos around aging by celebrating the Boomer spirit and the intergenerational connections that make family worth fighting for.
AS YOU LOVE IT
by Adam Kraar
Zeiders American Dream Theater
May - May 24, 2025
Transporting audiences to an alternate 20th-century New York, AS YOU LOVE IT follows a spirited young woman who concocts a daring scheme to impress her antiquarian father and the captivating actress who’s stolen her heart.
As Lydia pens a sequel to the beloved As You Like It, her “undiscovered Shakespeare play” takes on a life of its own. Her simple forgery captivates newspapers, scholars, and a Broadway producer, giving a new voice to what she loves most.
This new comedy exploring the complexities of love and ambition was designated a Finalist by the American Shakespeare Center for its biennial competition for plays “in conversation with Shakespeare.”
THE LIFESPAN OF A FACT
by Jeremy Kareken & David Murrrell and Gordon Farrell
Based on the Essay/Book by John D'Agata and Jim Fingal
Riverside Theatre
Iowa City, IA
April 18- 25, 2025
An eager intern at a top literary magazine is given a career-making assignment – fact-checking a new work by a celebrated essayist. The only problem is, most of the facts in the essay are embellished, adjusted, or just plain made up! Details wrestle with truth when the intern travels thousands of miles to confront the essayist, with the deadline looming.
THE BERLIN DIARIES
by Andrea Stolowitz
Theater J
Washington, DC
June 4 - 22, 2025
Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great-grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy that propels her on a search for home, heritage, and repairing her own story within the Jewish diaspora.
DOROTHY'S DICTIONARY
By E.M. Lewis
Florida Studio Theatre
July 9 - August 10, 2025
Words are powerful…books can transform. Zan doesn’t want to read to Dorothy, and she’s not too sure she wants him to! But his community service assignment is not optional. Gradually, book by book, the two of them form an unexpected friendship…Just when they need it most.
Winner of the Portland Civic Theater Guild New Play Award
THE KNOCK
Music by Aleksandra Vrebalov
LIbretto by Deborah Brevoort
Central City Opera
July 5 - August 2, 2025
A patriotic opera of heartache and hope
The Knock delves into the resilience and bravery of military spouses facing the unknown. Set in the American suburbs during the Iraq War, this regional premiere captures the strength required to endure the wait for a dreaded knock at the door.
Aleksandra Vrebalov’s music and Deborah Brevoort’s libretto offer a poignant reflection on love, sacrifice, and the courage demanded by wartime life.