Artistic Director’s Reflections on English
Sanaz Toossi’s innovative play does such a brilliant job capturing the experience of learning a language as well as highlighting the hopes and dreams of the students as they navigate their various futures. Continue reading→
Standing Ovation: 10 Memorable Alley Theatre Moments of 2025
A Year of Global Premieres, New Leadership, and the “Alley All New” Spirit.Continue reading→
The Cost of Fashion in Real Women Have Curves
Set in 1987, just after the passage of the Immigration Reform and Control Act (IRCA), the play captures the grueling conditions many immigrant women in the Los Angeles garment industry have endured and continue to face today.Continue reading→
Alley Theatre Starts the New Year with Real Women Have Curves
It’s a famous movie with America Ferrera and even more recently a Broadway musical.Continue reading→
Managing Director’s Reflections
I am delighted to welcome you to the Alley for this important and moving production. Continue reading→
Alley Theatre Receives Edgerton Foundation New Play Award for Dear Alien
I’m delighted to introduce myself as the Alley Theatre’s new Managing Director! Continue reading→
Plays that feel like Winter
Almost, Maine by John Cariani This cozy meditation on love and human connection, set against the backdrop of a snowy fictional town in Maine, feels like a warm embrace on a cold winter night. Winter Solstice by Roland Schimmelpfennig This piece by one of Germany’s most frequently produced playwrights turns a stereotypical holiday narrative on its head,…Continue reading→
Managing Director Reflection on A Christmas Carol
I’m delighted to introduce myself as the Alley Theatre’s new Managing Director! Continue reading→
A Christmas Carol and the Social Crisis of 1843
More than a festive fable, Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was born out of a period of immense social upheaval. Continue reading→
Meet the Playwrights for the Alley All New Festival
Mark Bedard: A Loco-Motive for Murder Hometown: I was born in Garden Grove, California and I was pretty much trapped in its gravitational pull until I embarked out into the world as a professional actor. What is the best advice you’ve ever received? All comedy is rooted in truth and pain. Was there a play…Continue reading→