Contra Costa Civic Theatre

Covering The San Francisco Bay Area & Sacramento Valley Since 2001

Contra Costa Civic Theatre • 951 Pomona Ave, El Cerrito, CA 94530

Plays • Musicals • Opera • Dance

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• JUN 6-21, 2026 •

A Chorus Line / Musical

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A Chorus Line is a musical, part drama and part dance showcase, that pulls back the curtain on what it really takes to fight for a place on a Broadway stage. The entire story unfolds during a tense audition where a group of dancers compete for only a few spots in the chorus. One by one, they step forward and reveal pieces of their pasts, sharing the moments that shaped them, the obstacles that pushed them, and the dreams that refuse to let them go. The stage becomes a place where ambition mixes with fear, pride meets vulnerability, and every performer struggles to stand out while also trying to hold themselves together. What makes the show so compelling is how everyday stories become powerful when paired with music and movement, creating an emotional rhythm that keeps the audience leaning in. A Chorus Line celebrates the grit behind the glamour, showing how hard people work just to earn the chance to be part of something bigger than themselves.

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• OPENS SEP 11, 2026 • Eureka Day / Play A progressive private school prides itself on kindness, consensus, and saying the right thing in exactly the right tone, until a public health scare turns its polite community meeting into a verbal bumper-car ride. Parents, administrators, and well-meaning idealists gather with the best intentions, but the room keeps getting hotter as personal belief, public responsibility, and social niceties collide. The comedy comes from watching smart people try desperately to remain enlightened while their patience quietly packs a suitcase and leaves town. No one arrives twirling a villain mustache; that is what makes the chaos so delicious. Everyone believes they are protecting children, truth, freedom, or decency, and somehow those noble goals keep crashing into each other like shopping carts in a crowded aisle. The play is fast, pointed, and painfully recognizable, especially in an age when every disagreement can become a moral referendum. Beneath the laughs is a sly look at how fragile agreement can be when real stakes enter the room and the group hug suddenly needs a referee. It is campus comedy with a scalpel tucked under the meeting agenda, and nobody escapes completely clean.
• OPENS DEC 12, 2026 • A Year with Frog and Toad / Musical Two best friends move through the seasons with gentle humor, small worries, and the kind of loyalty that makes ordinary days feel like tiny adventures. One is cheerful, patient, and steady; the other is dramatic, fussy, and wonderfully suspicious of anything that requires too much effort before breakfast. Together they plant gardens, go swimming, rake leaves, tell stories, face little fears, and discover that friendship is often built from simple acts: waiting, helping, forgiving, and showing up again tomorrow. The musical has a storybook glow without turning sugary, balancing childlike wonder with jokes adults can enjoy, and it treats small emotions as something worth singing about. The songs skip, stroll, and sparkle through spring, summer, fall, and winter, giving the whole piece the warmth of a picture book opened on a rainy afternoon. It is cozy, funny, and sweet in the old-fashioned way, reminding audiences that a good friend can turn even a lost button or a nervous day into something worth remembering. It is gentle enough for families, but never empty; its charm comes from making kindness feel active, funny, and beautifully necessary.