Theatre in Milpitas and Silicon Valley
The 2024-2025 theatre season in Milpitas and the San Jose-Fremont, Palo Alto, South Bay Area amateur, professional theaters, and colleges are back to full production with lots of shows to choose from.
Children’s Theatre
Comedy Clubs
General Theatre
Musical Theatre
Shakespeare
Ticket Sales
Children’s Theatre
Milpitas Community Theatre
Milpitas Community Center. A youth theatre program for ages 8-18. Center Stage Performing Arts is the contracted youth theatre program for ages 8 and up. Our young performers produce several shows throughout the year.
August 1-4, 2024: Madagascar Jr.
November 2-5, 2024: Matilda Jr. The Musical
Children’s Musical Theatre San Jose
We produce a full season of shows, ranging from classical Broadway fare to exciting new hits and original works seen by an audience of more than 42,000 annually.
Montgomery Theater (CMT)
271 S. Market St, San Jose
6/27/2024 – 6/30/2024: Madagascar Jr.
7/12/2024 – 7/21/2024: Crazy For You
Milpitas High School Theatre (Facebook)
Keep tuned in by “Liking” this page.
Check after school back in session in September.
Palo Alto Children’s Theatre
1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto CA 94301
June 18, 2023: Summer Hot Dog Production: Pippi Longstocking
Star Struck
A non-profit organization dedicated to providing excellent, accessible theatre training for youth, with high-quality performances for families and the entire community at the Ohlone College Smith Center. See link for acting classes for kids.
July 19 – August 4, 2024: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Comedy Clubs
ComedySportz
Competitive, team improvisational comedy, played just like a sport. 288 S. Second St., San Jose. (the old Camera 3 theaters). Show times are Fridays at 9p and 11p, and Saturdays at 7p and 9p.
Made Up Theatre
Made Up Theatre is BACK! Join us for live improv comedy shows featuring YOUR suggestions. That’s right! You provide the inspiration for unscripted scenes, games, and musicals that are sure to keep you laughing your butts off! You can watch our shows live and in-person, or you can enjoy them from the comfort of your own homes with a Virtual Viewing Ticket.
San Jose Improv
Check Twitter for upcoming acts. Sign up for the San Jose Improv newsletter to receive show announcements, presale codes and special offers!
62 S. Second Street
San Jose
408-280-7475
General Theatre
This Week’s Top Events in the San Jose Metro Area
Mercury news listings from talks and exhibits to ballet and opera.
City Lights Theater Company of San Jose
Jul 18 – Aug 25, 2024: Richard O’Brien’s The Rocky Horror Show
Sep 26 – Oct 20, 2024: An Inspector Calls
Nov 21 – Dec 22, 2024: Truce: A Christmas Wish from the Great War
Jan 16 – Feb 9, 2025: In Love and Warcraft
Mar 13 – Apr 6, 2025: The Mousetrap
May 15 – Jun 8, 2025: The Cake
Jul 17 – Aug 24, 2025: Head Over Heels
May 16 – Jun 9, 2024: Clyde’s
Hillbarn Theatre
AUGUST 22 – SEPTEMBER 15, 2024: ALWAYS… PATSY CLINE
OCTOBER 17 – NOVEMBER 3 2024: WAIT UNTIL DARK
DECEMBER 5 – DECEMBER 29 2024: ANASTASIA
JANUARY 23 – FEBRUARY 9 2025: DAISY
MARCH 6 – MARCH 23, 2025: FLY BY NIGHT
APRIL 17 – MAY 4, 2025: WRITING FRAGMENTS HOME
MAY 22 – MAY 25, 2025: ALICE BY HEART
Los Altos Stage Company
A professionally managed, community based theatre company that serves Los Altos and the greater South-Bay area. Most LASC Mainstage productions contain adult-themed material and are recommended for mature audiences.
97 Hillview Avenue
Los Altos, CA 94022
May 30 – June 23, 2024: Young Frankenstein
September 5 – 29, 2024: Waiting for Godot
November 29 – December 22, 2024: A Christmas Story: The Musical
January 23 – February 16, 2025: The Glass Menagerie
April 10 – May 4, 2025: Cyrano
May 29 – June 22, 2025: Twelfth Night
Naatak
Bay Area Indian Theatre with presentations at the India Community Center and other venues.
Cubberley Theater, 4120 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto
June 14, 2024 – June 23, 2024 | Palo Alto: पहली पहली मारुति
Palo Alto Players
Perform at the Lucy Stern Theatre, 1305 Middlefield Road, Palo Alto, right off of Embarcadero about one block. The theme of our 91st season is “Reconnecting.” After a long intermission, we are back to in-person theater once again, ready to share experiences and stories that will inspire, entertain, and enrich you.
June 10 – 26, 2022, Twelfth Night
Aug 26 – Sep 11, 2022: School of Rock – The Musical
Nov 4 – Nov 20, 2022: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
Jan 20 – Feb 5, 2023: The Play That Goes Wrong
Apr 28 – May 14, 2023: The SpongeBob Musical
The Pear Avenue Theatre
The Pear offers audiences a theatrical alternative–intimate, startling productions that prove you can work wonders on a shoestring, as long as your spirit is willing and your imagination wide. 1220 Pear Avenue, Unit K, Mountain View. 650-254-1148.
Jun 14 – Jun 30, 2024: Murder On the Orient Express
Sep 6 – Sep 22, 2024, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Nov 8 – Nov 24, 2024: Fiddler on the Roof
Jan 17 – Feb 2, 2025: Noises Off
Apr 18 – May 4, 2025: 2024-25 Season Show #4 TBA
The Stage
Producing plays that address truth and illusion. 2024-2025 not avail when this page published.
TheatreWorks Silicon Valley
Shows at either the Lucie Stern Theatre in Palo Alto or the Mountain View Center For the Performing Arts.
Jun 5–30, 2024: Being Alive: A Sondheim Celebration
October 9 – November 3, 2024, KING JAMES
December 4 – 29, 2024, MISS BENNET: Christmas at Pemberley
January 10 – February 9, 2025: Rachmaninoff and the Tsar
March 5 – 30, 2025: HAPPY PLEASANT VALLEY:A Senior Sex Scandal Murder Mystery Musical
April 2 – 27, 2025: THE HEART SELLERS
June 18 – July 13, 2025: 5 & DIME
Smith Center
A fine and performing arts center located at Ohlone College in Fremont. All performances will be presented in Jackson Theatre, unless otherwise noted.
JULY 5, 6, 7, 11*, 12, 13, 2024: Grease
Performance Calendar
Musical Theatre
Lyric Theatre The Gilbert & Sullivan Society of San Jose
HAMMER THEATRE CENTER
101 Paseo De San Antonio
In downtown San José
Lyric Theatre presents a summer festival with 13 performances of 3 shows over a 3 weekend period from July 20 through August 4, 2024.
Fiddler on the Roof
The Best of Cole Porter
The Red Mill
Opera San Jose
Maintaining a resident company of principal artists, this company specializes in showcasing the finest young professional singers in the nation. California Theatre, 345 South First Street, San Jose.
September 14 – September 29, 2024: The Magic Flute
November 16 – December 1, 2024: La Bohème
February 15 – March 2, 2025: Bluebeard’s Castle
April 19 – May 4, 2025: Zorro
Shakespeare
Silicon Valley Shakespeare
Performances held at Sanborn-Skyline County Park outside of Saratoga, CA., Thursdays-Sundays at 7:00pm.
June 7–23, 2024: All’s Well That Ends Well, San José, CA
July 26–August 30, 2024: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Saratoga, CA
August 2–September 1, 2024: The Comedy of Errors, Saratoga, CA
San Francisco Shakespeare Festival
Shakespeare on tour. Book to have them come to your venue.
FEBRUARY – MAY 2025: Romeo and Juliet.
Santa Cruz Shakespeare
All Santa Cruz Shakespeare performances are at The Audrey Stanley Grove at DeLaveaga Park.
As You Like It by William Shakespeare ‒ July 13 – Sept. 1
Hamlet by William Shakespeare ‒ July 31 – Aug. 31
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde ‒ July 14 through Sept. 7
The Glass Menagerie by Tennessee Williams ‒ Sept. 11‒28
Ticket Sales
Theatre Bay Area
Half-price tickets available for shows from Carmel to Mill Valley. A great way to get tickets “tonight!”