Past Productions

Second Stage: Myths and Hymns

Second Stage: Myths and Hymns


In his song cycle, Myths & Hymns, Guettel paints an emotional landscape of faith and yearning that embraces a boundless spectrum of ideology and spirituality.…

SDA Community Production: Caught

Community Production: Caught


An art gallery hosts a retrospective of the work of a legendary Chinese dissident artist who was imprisoned in a Chinese detention center for a…

New Works Festival YEar 2

New Works Festival Year 2


Festival of staged readings showcasing the voices of the School’s Year 2 MFA Dramatic Writing students. Play 1: VASHTI By Eliza KuperschmidDirected by Laura Flanagan…

Second Stage: Assassins

Second Stage: Assassins


A multiple Tony Award-winning theatrical tour-de-force, Assassins combines Stephen Sondheim’s signature blend of intelligently stunning lyrics and beautiful music with a panoramic story of our…

Chavez Ravine: An LA Ghost Story

Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Ghost Story


To open the mainstage theatre in the School of Dramatic Arts’ new home, we are proud to present: Chavez Ravine: An L.A. Ghost Story. This…

Second Stage: Nicholas Nickleby

Second Stage: Nicholas Nickleby


Young Nicholas Nickleby, penniless after his father’s death, arrives in London seeking a way to care for his mother and sister. Their only hope is…

Rent

Rent


Set in the East Village of New York City in the 1990s, Jonathan Larson’s Tony- and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical follows a group of young artists…

NWF Year 3: Between Fresno and Hell


New Works Festival Year 3, showcasing the emerging voices of the School’s graduating MFA Dramatic Writing students. Play 3: Between Fresno and Hell By Joseph…

Second Stage: Richard III

Second Stage: Richard III


Guided by a lust for power and the throne, Richard III uses words and dark charm to conceal his dismantling of government and justice by…