Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman has announced the Mainstage offerings for the Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 Season. Pas Playhouse is the official State Theater of California and recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award.
The Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 Mainstage Season kicks off with an all-new Pas Playhouse production of Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s chilling classic The Visit. Adapted by Maurice Valency, and directed by Tony Award-winner Darko Tresnjak, The Visit stars Tony Award-winner Jefferson Mays. It also features some of the amazing creative team behind this season’s critically acclaimed production of Amadeus.
Next is the Los Angeles premiere of the Tony Award-winning rock musical Passing Strange, directed by Tony Award-nominee Zhailon Levingston. Then, the first post-Broadway production of the lauded Real Women Have Curves: The Musical. Also, a new production of the Tennessee Williams masterpiece Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, directed by Jessica Kubzansky and starring three-time Tony Award-nominee Alfred Molina.
The Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 season will also feature one more Mainstage production. Additionally, Youth and Family Programming will be announced at a later date.
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“I wanted to create a season that meets the moment we’re living in. The ground keeps shifting under us and there’s so much noise that it can be hard to hear. This season cuts through that. From the haunting question at the center of The Visit, the searching spirit of Passing Strange, the heart and humor of Real Women Have Curves, and the combustible tensions of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. This season is all about bold, thrilling stories that make for unforgettable nights in the theater.” –Danny Feldman, Pasadena Playhouse Producing Artistic Director
Memberships are now available at pasadenaplayhouse.org, or by calling 626-356-7529. Creative teams and casting will be announced at a later date.
Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 MainStage Productions:
The Visit (September 9 – October 4, 2026)
by FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT
adapted by MAURICE VALENCY
directed by DARKO TRESNJAK
starring JEFFERSON MAYS
A DESPERATE TOWN. A DETERMINED WOMAN. AN IMPOSSIBLE OFFER.
When the richest woman in the world returns to her struggling hometown, she’s ready and willing to rescue it from ruin… on one condition. In this haunting, twisted, and truly grotesque comedy, an entire community is forced to confront an unthinkable question: how far are you willing to go for a billion dollars?
Following the triumphant run of Amadeus, Tony Award-winners JEFFERSON MAYS and DARKO TRESNJAK return to the Playhouse for another gripping and truly unmissable theatrical event.
The Visit is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
Passing Strange (November 4 – November 29, 2026)
book and lyrics by STEW
music by STEW and HEIDI RODEWALD
created in collaboration with ANNIE DORSEN
directed by ZHAILON LEVINGSTON
A YOUNG REBEL. A WILD RIDE. A STORY THAT ROCKS.
Stew is searching for the real but he can’t seem to find it at home in South Central LA. He sets out on a cross-continential journey of self-discovery full of sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll in search of a life that’s bigger, louder, and entirely his own.
Celebrating 20 years since its world premiere, Passing Strange – the Tony Award-winning Broadway sensation based on the life of singer-songwriter STEW – finally makes its long-awaited LA premiere. Directed by Tony Award-nominee ZHAILON LEVINGSTON (Cats: The Jellicle Ball), this electrifying journey pulses with raw emotion, humor, and a revelatory score. It’s a full volume coming-of-age story you won’t want to turn down.
Passing Strange is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals. www.concordtheatricals.com
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical (April 14 – May 16, 2027)
music & lyrics by JOY HUERTA & BENJAMIN VELEZ
book by LISA LOOMER with NELL BENJAMIN
based on the play by JOSEFINA LÓPEZ
and HBO’s Real Women Have Curves screenplay by JOSEFINA LÓPEZ & GEORGE LAVOO
BIG DREAMS. EAST LA ROOTS. WITH AMOR Y MUSICA.
In 1987 Boyle Heights, Ana Garcia is torn between her own ambitions, her family’s expectations, and the vibrant community of women whose love has shaped her. Full of heart, humor, and irresistible music, Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is a joyful celebration of life’s unexpected curves and the resilient corazon of Latina women.
Based on the play by LA playwright JOSEFINA LÓPEZ – staged at Pasadena Playhouse in 2015 – this unforgettable musical features a Tony-nominated score by Grammy® Award-winning songwriter JOY HUERTA (Jesse & Joy) and BENJAMIN VELEZ (Kiss My Aztec), and a book by LISA LOOMER (Girl, Interrupted) with NELL BENJAMIN (Mean Girls).
Real Women Have Curves: The Musical is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (June 16 – July 11, 2027)
by TENNESSEE WILLIAMS
Directed by JESSICA KUBZANSKY
Starring ALFRED MOLINA
A FAMILY IN CRISIS. SECRETS SIMMER. BOURBON FLOWS.
Join the Pollitts on the eve of Big Daddy’s birthday, on a sweltering night at their southern estate, as they come together to fall apart. In TENNESSEE WILLIAMS’S Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, greed, morality, and true desires erupt as the truth fractures everything and consumes everyone.
Returning to the Playhouse after showtopping performances in The Father and Inherit the Wind, ALFRED MOLINA stars as Big Daddy under the direction of JESSICA KUBZANSKY in an American Classic at its most explosive.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com
+1 MORE SHOW TO BE ANNOUNCED
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Traditional Subscription/Classic Memberships: Receive tickets to all 5 Mainstage productions with preassigned seats for the entire season. Packages start at $375.
Dynamic Memberships: Prepaid access to all 5 Mainstage productions, allowing you to pick your seats and dates as you go (before tickets are available to the general public). Packages start at $325.
More information on these Pasadena Playhouse 2026-27 packages, and higher-level Memberships, can be found at pasadenaplayhouse.org/membership.
ABOUT PASADENA PLAYHOUSE
Pasadena Playhouse, the official State Theater of California and the recipient of the 2023 Regional Theatre Tony Award. It is internationally recognized for its significant role in the development of American theater. One of the most prolific theaters in the country, the Playhouse has staged thousands of original productions since its founding in 1917 including premieres of works by Tennessee Williams, Eugene O’Neill, Suzan-Lori Parks, Gloria Calderon Kellett and hundreds more.
For decades, its pioneering School for Theater Arts was a training ground for actors and theatermakers who went on to make significant contributions to the entertainment industry. Under the leadership of Producing Artistic Director Danny Feldman since 2016, Pasadena Playhouse’s productions and community programs are centered on its founding idea of being a living force in its community, making theater for everyone. Today, the Playhouse continues to advance the American theater. It serves as a hub for the top theatermakers of our time.