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Two Gentlemen of Verona

June 23, 2026

While modern audiences sometimes have trouble swallowing some of the more unrealistic and disquieting aspects of the play, Silicon Valley Shakespeare under the wildly imaginative and insightful direction of Thomas Gough cleverly plops the action in the neon and glow of the 1980s with an ongoing soundtrack of the decade’s hits that ensures its “Two Gentlemen of Verona” is a modern-day update that totally works for an evening of laugh-out-loud entertainment.

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Arab Spring

June 23, 2026

The co-production by Golden Thread and SFBATCO of Denmo Ibrahim’s “Arab Spring” is nothing short of a must-see in a world premiere that hopefully will have a long life on stages coast-to-coast.

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God of Carnage

June 22, 2026

The Pear ends its 24th season with a sharply pointed jab at educated, middle-class people who want to appear civil and civilized but who have lurking just under the surface a primal, savage instinct that soon overtakes social etiquette and rational thought, the “God of Carnage” in us all.

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The Cottage

June 17, 2026

Fast and furious concoction of surprise and slapstick that makes Palo Alto Players’ Bay Area premiere of Sandy Rustin’s “The Cottage” a summer-time, must-see rom-com of n

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We Will Rock You

June 14, 2026

San Jose Stage Company opens an electrifying, foot-stomping, and heart-pounding “We Will Rock You” as its summer-time, sure-fire sizzler.

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The Toxic Avenger

June 14, 2026

As a summer of super-hero, action-packed, and silly comedy movies is just beginning, what better way to get all of those in one night of live theatre by grabbing a ticket to Los Altos Stage Company’s “The Toxic Avenger.”

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