City Lights Theater Company

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529 S 2nd St, San Jose , CA
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(408) 295-4200
Web
City Lights Theater Company Website
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City Lights Theater Company creates provocative live productions that engage, inspire, and challenge audiences and artists alike through innovative concepts, intimate staging, and uncompromising storytelling.

City Lights Theater Company (a non-profit organization) produces a season of 6 plays per year in the Company's intimate 108-seat venue, and is committed to presenting exhilarating, thought-provoking plays that speak strongly to our audiences. The Company actively develops and produces new plays through our New Play Readers Series, some of which become a part of a regular season. We also encourage the growth of smaller "nomad" theatre companies through our Spotlight Series, in which a diverse group of performing artists are hosted in our theatre and provided with publicity and box office services for their productions. The Company also offers a Youth and Education Program which offers ticket discount, free Study Guides and other opportunities. In addition, City Lights is widely regarded as a nurturing space in which many up-and-coming actors, directors, designers and technicians are given an opportunity to develop their theatre skills alongside seasoned professionals.

2009 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - Second Place

Best Local Theater Company

2008 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - Second Place

Best Theater Company

-- Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 24, 2008

2007 BEST OF SILICON VALLEY Reader Survey Winner - Second Place

Best Local Theater Company

-- Metro, Silicon Valley's Weekly Newspaper, September 26, 2007

Articles

  • ‘Rent’ at City Lights

    City Lights’ ‘Rent’ pays off with talented, energetic cast
    08/23/2010 by Steve Palopoli

    CONSIDERING it was one of the top 10 longest-running shows on Broadway, and on endless national tours for almost 15 years, I’m probably the rare theatergoer who hadn’t seen Rent before its current run...  More »

  • Second Weekend in September

    City Lights Theater Company of San Jose presents a powerful gay love story
    06/07/2010 by Ben Marks

    PLAYWRIGHT Andrew Black is quick to acknowledge the debt his play Second Weekend in September, now at City Lights Theater Company, owes to Same Time, Next Year, among other predecessors. But Michael (...  More »

  • Review: Cyrano

    City Lights Theater Company bores into the essence of the famous romantic in 'Frank Langella's Cyrano'
    03/24/2010 by Jessica Fromm

    CITY LIGHTS Theater Company’s latest production, Frank Langella’s Cyrano, may be light on the costuming, but it’s heavy on the drama. Last season, City Light’s version of The Three Musket...  More »

  • Review: 'Dead Man Walking'

    City Lights Theater Company and Notre Dame High School collaborate on Tim Robbins' powerful play about the death penalty
    01/28/2010 by Staff

    IT HELPS to know going in to see Dead Man Walking at City Lights Theatre Company that the play has a very specific point of view to get across. Written by Tim Robbins as “a study into the nat...  More »

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