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Fellow Traveler,

The Pear is once again preparing to redefine South Bay theatre for what is perhaps our most important and adventurous season yet. Stories you know and people you’ve heard of - presented in ways you’ve never seen before. The daring. The defiant. The dazzling. And YOU - an integral part of it all.

Will you BE TRANSPORTED with us in Season 23?

This season will be everything that you know and love about The Pear taken to the next level. And we need your help now more than ever.

• MAKE IT CLEAR that you love the unique theatrical experiences that you have – time after time – at The Pear.

• PROVE that The Pear is a vital part of the artistic community of the South Bay.

• HELP US transport you to seven new mainstage adventures and countless community events.

Be part of a journey that will ignite your passions, challenge your perspectives, and leave you breathless with the sheer force of the human spirit, in all its glorious, messy, undeniable power.

It’s time to be transported.

SEPT. 13 - OCT. 13, 2024

Be transported to an isle pulsating with passion, young love and fantastically fusing folkloric and Broadway beats.

Once on This Island
by Lynn Ahrens | Music by Stephen Flaherty

Ti Moune, a peasant girl, rescues Daniel, a wealthy boy from the other side of the island, with whom she falls in love. Unbeknownst to Ti Moune, the pompous gods who preside over the island make a bet with one another over which is stronger - love or death. The stakes? Ti Moune's life.

Tony Award® Nominee
Best Musical | 1991
Best Book of a Musical | 1991

Tony Award® Winner
Best Revival of a Musical | 2017

“… a joyous marriage of the slick and the folkloric, of the hard-nosed sophistication of Broadway musical theater and the indigenous culture of a tropical isle… [you are] likely to emerge from the theater ready to dance down the street.” – The New York Times

NOV. 22 - DEC. 15, 2024

Be transported to an historical era testing the riveting bond between two powerhouse political revolutionaries.

The Agitators
by Mat Smart

The Agitators tells of the enduring but tempestuous friendship of Susan B. Anthony and Frederick Douglass. Great allies? Yes. And at times, great adversaries. Young abolitionists when they met in Rochester in the 1840s, they were full of hopes, dreams, and a common purpose. As they grew to become the cultural icons we know today, their movements collided and their friendship was severely tested.

This is the story of that forty-five year friendship: from its beginning in Rochester, through a civil war, and to the highest halls of government. They agitated the nation, they agitated each other, and, in doing so, they helped shape the Constitution and the course of American history.

“…a compelling portrait of two flawed but inspiring agents of change.” – Pioneer Press

IN REPERTORY | FEB. 21 - MAR. 16, 2025

Be transported to worlds where deities and Death descend and dish out laughs.

The Gods of Comedy
by Ken Ludwig

Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that is sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously wrong, and Daphne cries out in a panic, "Save me, gods of ancient Greece!" And the gods actually appear! The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounters the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption.

“A charming, clever comedy!” – Phindie.com
"A very funny, Mel-Brooksian romp through academia, Greek mythology, and personal empowerment." – Broadway Street Review

Everybody
by Branden Jacob-Jenkins

This modern riff on the fifteenth-century morality play Everyman follows Everybody (chosen from amongst the cast by lottery at each performance) as they journey through life’s greatest mystery - the meaning of living.

“…[a] very meta and saucy adaptation…” – Time Out New York
“EVERYBODY… is not only provocative and involving, it is also funny. Wildly funny, in fact.” – Huffington Post

IN REPERTORY | APR. 18 - MAY 18, 2025

Be transported to eras where worlds collide, the cunning thrive and only the ambitious survive.

Henry V
by William Shakespeare

After an insult from the French Dauphin, King Henry V of England invades France to claim the throne he believes should be his. Henry stops an assassination plot, gives powerful speeches, and wins battles against the odds. In the end, he woos and marries the Princess of France, linking the two nations.

She Who Dared
by members of The Pear Playwrights’ Guild
WORLD PREMIERE

Join us on an immersive journey exploring the paths of great female leaders of history; what we know about them, what we do not, and what stories that have been left untold.

JUN. 27 - JUL. 20, 2025

Be transported to a multiverse where love, science and tragedy align in unpredictable ways.

Constellations
by Nick Payne

Roland, a bee keeper, and Marianne, a theoretical physicist, meet at a party. In that single moment, an unfathomable multitude of possibilities unfold. Their chance meeting might blossom into a meaningful relationship or a brief affair - it might lead to nothing at all. What happens next defies the boundaries of the world we think we know—delving into the infinite possibilities of their relationship and raising questions about the difference between choice and destiny.

“Who knew that higher physics could be so sexy, so accessible—and so emotionally devastating? This story of parallel universes is universal in every sense of the word.”– The New York Times