80 Years Young and Just Getting Started
This July, SLO REP will raise the curtain on our landmark 80th Season and we’re celebrating in style! For eight decades, we’ve been telling stories that spark laughter, conversation, and connection, and our upcoming 2026-2027 Season is no exception. From crowd-pleasing favorites to bold new experiences, there’s something for everyone waiting in the wings.
Step into the Spotlight – Sponsor a Show!
A few sponsorship opportunities are still available for those who want to take center stage in supporting this unforgettable year. Please contact Patty Thayer at [email protected] for all the details.
Season Tickets go on sale JUNE 3
Join us as we celebrate 80 years of theatre magic!
Mainstage Season Subscription Shows
The Father: A Tragic Farce
AUG 28–SEP 13, 2026
By Florian Zeller
Translated by Christopher Hampton
“One of those plays that makes your brain hum with the unique potential of theatre.” – The Independent
Now 80 years old, André was once a tap dancer. He lives with his daughter, Anne, and her husband, Antoine. Or was André an engineer, whose daughter Anne lives in London with her new lover, Pierre? The thing is, he is still wearing his pajamas, and he can’t find his watch. He is starting to wonder if he’s losing control.
One Show Sponsorship available.
Gutenberg! The Musical!
OCT 9–NOV 8, 2026
By Anthony King and Scott Brown
“Brilliantly realized and side-splitting!” –New York Magazine
In Gutenberg! The Musical!, two wildly overconfident writers stage a shoestring backers’ audition for their ridiculous new show about printing press pioneer Johann Gutenberg. With boundless enthusiasm and zero budget, they sing every song and play every role, hoping a deep-pocketed producer will turn their absurd dream into a Broadway hit.
Two Show sponsorships & One Choreography sponsorship still available.
Seminar
APR 2–18, 2027
by Theresa Rebeck
“Big laughs… an authentic rush of pleasure.”
In Seminar, four ambitious young writers pay top dollar for a private workshop with a legendary novelist whose teaching style is as brutal as it is brilliant. As rivalries flare, secrets surface, and the critique turns personal, they’re forced to confront a dangerous question: how far will you go to succeed as an artist? Wickedly funny, sharp, and a little bit scandalous, this Broadway hit takes a biting look at ambition, ego, and the price of great writing.
One Show sponsorship & One Show Director sponsorship still available.
Three Tall Women
MAY 7–23, 2027
by Edward Albee
“One of America’s finest playwrights. Edward Albee offers a play so good it can only exist on the stage. A perfect illustration of why theater is an indispensable art.” – The New York Times
“Beautiful and enduring. Three Tall Women…earned Albee his third, and most deserved, Pulitzer Prize.” – The New Yorker
Three Tall Women is a Pulitzer Prize–winning drama that explores aging, memory, and the complicated truths we carry about our own lives. Set in the bedroom of a formidable 92-year-old woman, the play unfolds with biting wit and emotional candor as three women reflect on love, ambition, regret, and the cost of independence. By turns sharp, funny, and deeply moving, Albee’s masterwork is an intimate and unflinching portrait of a life examined.
One Show Director sponsorship still available.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
JUN 11–JUL 3, 2027
Music and Lyrics by William Finn
Book by Rachel Sheinkin
Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
Additional Material by Jay Weiss
Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine
“TENDER, JOYOUS, BITTERSWEET, and VERY, VERY FUNNY. Spelling Bee is the gift we desperately need.” – The New York Times
Winner of the Tony and Drama Desk Awards for Best Book, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee is a fast, funny, and surprisingly touching musical comedy. Six quirky tweens compete for the spelling crown, sharing hilarious and heartfelt stories along the way. Only one will be champion—but everyone gets a juice box.
Two Show sponsorships, One Musical Director sponsorship & One Choreography sponsorship still available.
Special Event Musical
Forever Plaid
FEB 12–MAR 14, 2027
Written & Originally Choreographed by Stuart Ross
Musical Continuity, Supervision & Arrangements by James Raitt
Originally Produced by Gene Wolsk
“A deliciously fun revue chock-full of classic barbershop quartet harmonies and pitch-perfect melodies!”
On their way to the biggest gig of their careers, four hopeful singers’ lives are cut short by a sudden bus crash—only to return from the afterlife for one last shot at the spotlight. Bursting with 1950s classics, sharp suits, and heartfelt hilarity, Forever Plaid is a nostalgic, laugh-filled celebration of second chances. Singing in 4-part harmony and executing their charmingly outlandish choreography with overzealous precision, the “Plaids” are a guaranteed smash, with a program of beloved songs and delightful patter that will keep you rolling in the aisles when you’re not humming along to some of the great nostalgic pop hits of the 1950s.
Featuring beloved favorites such as Three Coins in the Fountain, Catch a Falling Star, Sixteen Tons, Day-O and Love Is a Many‑Splendored Thing, Forever Plaid is warm, witty, irresistibly tuneful and a feel-good celebration of friendship, nostalgia, and the timeless power of great music.
Two Show Sponsorships & One Choreography Sponsorship still available.
Holiday Show
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
NOV 20–DEC 20, 2026
Book by COLIN ESCOTT
Originally developed and produced by Madison Wells Live
Originally developed at The Phoenix Theatre Company, Michael Barnard, Producing Artistic Director
The Legends are back in a brand-new Holiday Spectacular!
From the creators of MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET, your favorite Rock ‘n’ Roll legends return to the stage this Christmas for a brand-new holiday musical experience. Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the holidays at Sun Records studio, filled to the brim with Christmas cheer and enough musical talent to power a city grid. Jam-packed with the sounds of the season, the gang is up to their usual antics as we journey through stories of Christmas past, present, and future.
This show is fully sponsored!
Academy of Creative Theatre Mainstage Shows
Disney & Pixar’s
Finding Nemo
JUL 10–19, 2026
Book, Music & Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Book adapted by Lindsay Anderson
Music & Orchestrations Adapted and Arranged by Myrna Conn
Based on the 2003 Disney/Pixar film Finding Nemo written by
Andrew Stanton, Bob Peterson, David Reynolds, and directed by Andrew Stanton
Explore the big blue world with this lively new stage musical
based on the beloved film!
It’s a big ocean out there and for young Nemo, a clownfish with an adventurous spirit, it’s calling his name. But when he ventures too far from home and is captured by a scuba diver, his anxious and overprotective father Marlin must face his deepest fears and cross an entire ocean to bring him back.
With the help of the forgetful but irrepressibly optimistic Dory, the laid-back sea turtle Crush, and the scrappy Tank Gang, father and son each discover that the greatest adventure isn’t just finding each other — it’s finding themselves.
Based on the beloved Pixar film, this Theatre for Young Audiences adaptation features music by the award-winning songwriting team behind Frozen, Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez.
One Show Sponsorship, One Show Director Sponsorship & One Choreography Sponsorship still available.
Number the Stars
JAN 15–24, 2027
Based on the book by Lois Lowry
Adapted by Dr. Douglas W. Larche
With educational and editorial assistance from Susan Elliott Larche
“Number the Stars takes us to the very heart of Annemarie’s experience, and, through her eyes, we come to understand the true meaning of bravery.”
It’s 1943, and life in Copenhagen is shadowed by Nazi soldiers, food shortages, and fear. When young Annemarie Johansen and her sister, Kirstie, learn that the Jewish people of Denmark are being “relocated” to concentration camps, their best friend Ellen Rosen comes to stay — pretending to be one of the family. But when soldiers come knocking in the night, Annemarie discovers that hiding Ellen is only the beginning. What follows is a race against time, as Danish freedom fighters of all ages risk everything to rescue friends and strangers. Annemarie will face soldiers, fierce dogs, and her own deepest fears as she is called upon to take on a dangerous mission — one that will test her courage, her faith, and even her fledgling acting skills.
Based on Lois Lowry’s beloved Newbery Award-winning novel, this stirring and powerful adaptation brings to life one of the most inspiring episodes in human history — a story of ordinary people who, in the face of terror and impossible odds, chose to do the extraordinary.
One Show Show Director Sponsorship still available.
Ubu’s Other Shoe Staged Readings
Season 22
Michael Siebrass, Artistic Director
The Designated Mourner
AUG 7-8, 2026
By Wallace Shawn
”Strange names and even stranger play, but one which worms its way into the consciousness long after the performance is over…“ —Time Out New York.
Wallace Shawn’s 1996 play explores the relationship of three intellectuals — a poet (Howard), his daughter (Judy), and her husband (Jack.) The three exist in a near-future, authoritarian state where culture is suppressed. Told through three interwoven monologues, the play chronicles the parallel decline of Jack and Judy’s marriage and the country’s descent into fascism, exploring themes of art, politics, and survival as the characters grapple with their changing world and their own values.
One Show sponsorship still available.
The Vertical Hour
SEP 18 – 19, 2026
By David Hare
“…richly stimulating…Hare’s play engages the heart and mind.” —The Guardian
A thought-provoking exploration of how the political can sometimes intersect, collide with and ultimately dismantle the personal. The play centers on a debate between an American Yale professor and former war correspondent, Nadia, and her boyfriend’s father, a British doctor, during a weekend in the English countryside, exploring the clash between American idealism and British pragmatism, particularly concerning the Iraq War.
One Show sponsorship still available.
The Guys
JAN 29 – 30, 2027
By Anne Nelson
“The Guys is not an ordinary night in the theater…What comes through is that humanity can be exalted by expression as well as the other way around.” —The New York Times
After the attacks and destruction of 9/11, a fire captain enlists a writer to help him write eulogies for the men he lost, exploring themes of grief, connection, and the hidden depths of ordinary people.
Fully Sponsored.
Incognito
MAR 19 – 20, 2027
By Nick Payne
“One of [Payne’s] great gifts is the ability to poignantly meld complicated philosophic and scientific tenets with simpler human struggles.” —The Guardian
A pathologist steals the brain of Albert Einstein; a neuropsychologist embarks on her first romance with another woman; a seizure patient forgets everything but how much he loves his girlfriend. INCOGNITO braids these mysterious stories into one breathtaking whole that asks whether memory and identity are nothing but illusions.
Fully Sponsored.
Nickel and Dimed
APR 23 – 24, 2027
By Joan Holden
“A revealing commentary on class inequality in the US.” —Goodreads
In 1998, journalist Barbara Ehrenreich went undercover for Harper’s Magazine to see how the other half really lived. The result was her book, Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America. Playwright Joan Holden has transformed her book into a humorous and touching tale of the working poor.
Fully Sponsored.
