with music by Derek Bernard and Drew Weber

directed by Sinjin Jones

What does love look like in times like these? What does hope look like? Or comfort. This Street and the Next explores personal stories of life and love in the time of COVID-19, allowing the viewer to choose their own path through the stories. Join The Pear in streaming June 26th.

Three different options to watch:

1. See the production on June 26th for only $15!

2. See the production and how we made it happen for $30! Get access to our LIVE talkbacks, LIVE Greenroom chat, and recorded interviews, rehearsal footage, a curated show playlist from our musicians, and more! Backstage Pass content goes live once per week on Saturday!

3. Sponsor a scene and help The Pear for only $150 - have your name in the credits of a scene of your choosing, get VIP access to rehearsals and filming

Spring means Slices- a collection of original, short plays from the members of the Pear Playwrights Guild. An eclectic variety of stories and settings, rich characters and surprising plot twists will occupy the Pear stage, brought to life with a single cast of versatile actors. This annual short play showcase is a Pear audience favorite: amusing, intriguing, and inspiring.

We’re happy to present Pear Slices: Digital Edition, this year! Shelter-in-place friendly entertainment.

The cast, crew, and writers of Pear Slices have been experimenting with a new interpretation of this well-loved production! We have eight new plays and a cast and crew working hard to present in a new, all-digital format!

• Not a live stream - costume, lighting, and sound design all accomplished remotely!

• Easy access with a link and a password

FREE! We are offering this production as entertainment for our Pear Patrons, suggested donation of $15 but if you choose to donate more….

Pear Slices Backstage Pass!

Donate $30 or more when you sign up and get a  BACKSTAGE PASS!

• Exclusive videos of the rehearsal process for each Pear Slice play!

• Interviews with the writers of Pear Slices!

• Access to a pre-recorded Talk-Back.

• Invitation to a LIVE talk back with the cast and crew in May.

• And MORE!

Winner of five Tony Awards, including Best Play, and seven Olivier Awards.

Christopher Boon, a mathematically gifted boy of fifteen, sees his neighbor's dog lying dead with a garden fork sticking out of it. When he falls under suspicion for killing the dog, he sets out to identify the true culprit, which leads to an earth-shattering discovery and a journey that will change his life forever. This stunning play is both a mystery story and a fascinating glimpse into being exceptionally intelligent but ill-equipped to interpret everyday life.

Set on three floors of an old and reputedly haunted Victorian house, the stage is arranged so that the “stairs” are flat and all three floors are on a single level. Inside are assembled a hard drinking tycoon considering buying the property, his wife who is always considering leaving him, his lawyer, the builder selling the house, the tycoon's brother-in-law, and his in-law's fiancee who is possibly running away from the impending marriage...

Madame Bovary collides with a future that's female. In this witty, award-winning solo show, Emma Bovary's voracious desires war with domestic boredom, cracking her life apart. "Redd’s performance is a delight...a perfect fit for Pardo’s razor-sharp humor" (Theater is Easy). The Pear brings actress Valerie Redd to the Bay to reprise the show that won Best Solo Performance at the New York Innovative Theater Awards 2018.

Winner of the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

POLITICS IMPACT FRIENDS

As layoffs, promotions and picket lines begin to chip trust away between a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets and laughs while working together on the factory floor, they find themselves pitted against each other in a heart-wrenching fight to stay afloat.

The season opens in August with An Ideal Husband by Oscar Wilde, a classic whose themes still ring true. Sir Robert is facing potential blackmail from Mrs. Cheveley, who holds a letter proving that years ago, Robert sold Cabinet secrets to gain funds to build his current fortune. Not only would a revelation ruin his political career, it would likely end his marriage to the morally inflexible Lady Chiltern – an enemy of Mrs. Cheveley!