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City Lights Theater
Comment on Facebook City Lights Theater is located in the heart of downtown San Jose’s SoFA Entertainment District. Many fine dining establishments, such as the four-star French restaurant Emile’s, are within easy walking distance. City-operated parking structures, many of which are free after 6 p.m. and on weekends, are also nearby. This theater is home to City Lights Theater Company, a nonprofit organization which produces a season of six plays per year in this intimate 108-seat venue.
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City Lights Theater
529 S. 2nd Street
San Jose, CA 95112
Phone: 408-295-4200 | Fax: 408-295-8318 | Email |
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Current Events
05/17/12-
06/17/12 |
In the Next Room
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
May 17-June 17, 2012
The vibrator was used as a therapeutic device? Step back into the 1880's--the dawning of the electric age--when Victorian physicians used the vibrator as a treatment for "hysteria." Truth is stranger than fiction, and fiction yields surprising truths, in this provocative, touching, and wickedly funny exploration of archaic, repressive, and still all-too-prevalent attitudes about women, about marriage, about desire, and about love. Unimagined ignorance is spun into comic gold this...
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Upcoming Events
| 06/24/12 |
Anton Schwartz Quartet - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
June 24, 2012
Jazz saxophonist Anton Schwartz has been drawing listeners in with the power, spirit and subtle complexity of his music since he bounded onto the San Francisco jazz scene in 1995. In the years since, Anton has won over listeners and critics at high-profile jazz venues across the country, including the Blue Note in New York, Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. His appearances at Yoshi's in San Francisco and Oakland draw sellout crowds; one such concert was broadcast...
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07/19/12-
08/26/12 |
Chicago - City Lights Theatre Company
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
July 19-August 26, 2012
At last City Lights brings you Chicago! It's the roaring twenties, and vaudeville hopeful Roxie Hart kills her lover and convinces hapless hubby Amos to take the rap--until he finds out he's been duped. Once in prison, Roxie and "Merry Murderess" Velma Kelly vie for the spotlight and the headlines, joining forces with unscrupulous lawyer Billy Flynn to bamboozle the public, win their freedom, and rise to fame and fortune on the vaudeville circuit. The winner of numerous Tony and...
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| 08/07/12 |
Bones - New Play Series
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
August 7, 2012
Bones, written by Ross Peter Nelson, follows Daniel Patterson who has just met and fallen for Kim, a pretty marine biologist. The anxiety of this new relationship triggers a breakdown in which Daniel is forced to confront his past. It appears before him in the form of Claire, whose sexual initiation of Daniel threw him into turmoil of emotions about her and his best friend Corey, who was also Claire's brother. When Daniel's behavior frightens Kim away, his friend Julie attempts to...
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09/20/12-
10/21/12 |
44 Plays For 44 Presidents
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
September 20-October 21, 2012
Just in time for the election, City Lights is kicking off its season with a fun, fast-paced look at the forty-four men who have led this country through its greatest successes and its most humiliating defeats, through its proudest moments and its toughest times. City Lights will cover the complete history of the Oval Office, from Washington to Obama--and still get you home in time for The Daily Show!
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| 09/23/12 |
Jessica Johnson Group - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
September 23, 2012
San Jose native Jessica Johnson has been turning heads and ears with her smooth and soulful brand of jazz infused R&B, earning more praise and awards than most musicians twice her age receive in a lifetime. At twenty years old, what Johnson may lack in professional experience is made up for with a voice as strong and bright as a young Aretha Franklin. Her debut CD, Till It Happens, is a dynamic collection of R&B treasures that span from Stevie Wonder's You and I to...
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| 10/07/12 |
Primary Colors with Nate Pruitt - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
October 7, 2012
Vocalist Nate Pruitt and guitarist Rick Vandivier are Primary Colors, a jazz and blues duo that often features additional accomplished musicians from the Bay Area. Their music, although primarily jazz and blues, also includes elements of swing, soul, pop, spiritual, and Latin styles--even a trademark deep Southern yodel.
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| 10/14/12 |
Amy Dabalos and Company and Brooke Dabalos - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
October 14, 2012
Come enjoy a blend of jazz and neo-soul, complemented by the sultry vocals of Amy Dabalos and a company of some of the South Bay's finest. Joining her in a double bill will be Brooke Dabalos.
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11/29/12-
12/23/12 |
Christmas Shorts
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
November 29-December 23, 2012
Tired of seeing the same holiday show every December? In the spirit of last year's The Santaland Diaries, City Lights is putting together five fun, dirty little comedies in one hilarious evening. Exposing both the glorious and the gratuitous of the holiday season, from the family dinner to the sperm bank, these are five holiday plays you won't soon forget!
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Current &
Upcoming Events
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Current Events
05/17/12-
06/17/12 |
In the Next Room
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
May 17-June 17, 2012
The vibrator was used as a therapeutic device? Step back into the 1880's--the dawning of the electric age--when Victorian physicians used the vibrator as a treatment for "hysteria." Truth is stranger than fiction, and fiction yields surprising truths, in this provocative, touching, and wickedly funny exploration of archaic, repressive, and still all-too-prevalent attitudes about women, about marriage, about desire, and about love. Unimagined ignorance is spun into comic gold this...
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Upcoming Events
| 06/24/12 |
Anton Schwartz Quartet - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
June 24, 2012
Jazz saxophonist Anton Schwartz has been drawing listeners in with the power, spirit and subtle complexity of his music since he bounded onto the San Francisco jazz scene in 1995. In the years since, Anton has won over listeners and critics at high-profile jazz venues across the country, including the Blue Note in New York, Washington D.C.'s Blues Alley, and the Monterey Jazz Festival. His appearances at Yoshi's in San Francisco and Oakland draw sellout crowds; one such concert was broadcast...
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07/19/12-
08/26/12 |
Chicago - City Lights Theatre Company
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
July 19-August 26, 2012
At last City Lights brings you Chicago! It's the roaring twenties, and vaudeville hopeful Roxie Hart kills her lover and convinces hapless hubby Amos to take the rap--until he finds out he's been duped. Once in prison, Roxie and "Merry Murderess" Velma Kelly vie for the spotlight and the headlines, joining forces with unscrupulous lawyer Billy Flynn to bamboozle the public, win their freedom, and rise to fame and fortune on the vaudeville circuit. The winner of numerous Tony and...
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| 08/07/12 |
Bones - New Play Series
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
August 7, 2012
Bones, written by Ross Peter Nelson, follows Daniel Patterson who has just met and fallen for Kim, a pretty marine biologist. The anxiety of this new relationship triggers a breakdown in which Daniel is forced to confront his past. It appears before him in the form of Claire, whose sexual initiation of Daniel threw him into turmoil of emotions about her and his best friend Corey, who was also Claire's brother. When Daniel's behavior frightens Kim away, his friend Julie attempts to...
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09/20/12-
10/21/12 |
44 Plays For 44 Presidents
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
September 20-October 21, 2012
Just in time for the election, City Lights is kicking off its season with a fun, fast-paced look at the forty-four men who have led this country through its greatest successes and its most humiliating defeats, through its proudest moments and its toughest times. City Lights will cover the complete history of the Oval Office, from Washington to Obama--and still get you home in time for The Daily Show!
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| 09/23/12 |
Jessica Johnson Group - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
September 23, 2012
San Jose native Jessica Johnson has been turning heads and ears with her smooth and soulful brand of jazz infused R&B, earning more praise and awards than most musicians twice her age receive in a lifetime. At twenty years old, what Johnson may lack in professional experience is made up for with a voice as strong and bright as a young Aretha Franklin. Her debut CD, Till It Happens, is a dynamic collection of R&B treasures that span from Stevie Wonder's You and I to...
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| 10/07/12 |
Primary Colors with Nate Pruitt - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
October 7, 2012
Vocalist Nate Pruitt and guitarist Rick Vandivier are Primary Colors, a jazz and blues duo that often features additional accomplished musicians from the Bay Area. Their music, although primarily jazz and blues, also includes elements of swing, soul, pop, spiritual, and Latin styles--even a trademark deep Southern yodel.
|
| 10/14/12 |
Amy Dabalos and Company and Brooke Dabalos - Music at City Lights
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
October 14, 2012
Come enjoy a blend of jazz and neo-soul, complemented by the sultry vocals of Amy Dabalos and a company of some of the South Bay's finest. Joining her in a double bill will be Brooke Dabalos.
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11/29/12-
12/23/12 |
Christmas Shorts
City Lights Theater
Presented by City Lights Theater Company
at City Lights Theater
November 29-December 23, 2012
Tired of seeing the same holiday show every December? In the spirit of last year's The Santaland Diaries, City Lights is putting together five fun, dirty little comedies in one hilarious evening. Exposing both the glorious and the gratuitous of the holiday season, from the family dinner to the sperm bank, these are five holiday plays you won't soon forget!
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