The Pear Theatre

08/27/2026

You’re Invited, Bay Area! 📣 Join us at The Pear on Saturday, September 12th from 1:30 - 3:30 pm for our official (albeit casual) Season 25 Launch Party!

🚨Please RSVP by 9/9/26, here: tinyurl.com/4c7w2cax

🎉What’s in store: lite bites, beverages, and exclusive insight on Season 25!

🍐Season subscriptions will also be made available to purchase on the day of the event.

We hope you can join us! 💚
Questions? Email us at [email protected] or call 650.254.1148

📍This FREE, one day event will take place at The Pear Theatre, located at 1110 La Avenida, Suite A, Mountain View, CA 94043.

08/22/2026

We are delighted to announce the cast of ‘Private Lives’ by Noël Coward! Directed by Dennis M. Lickteig. Playing Sept. 25 thru Oct. 11.

CAST
• Lysander Abadia........Andrew
• Charles Anthony......…Victor
• Paul Araquistain.........Elyot
• Helen Kim...................Louise
• Amanda Korkunis.......Sybil  

💥❤️🥂It’s no secret - this is not your conventional take on ‘Private Lives.’ Witness this classic piece through a fresh, contemporary, q***r lens (more on that, below). You really don’t want to miss this one!

🎟️Tickets on sale now at thepear.org/whats-playing

🗣️A special note from Director Dennis M. Lickteig:

“In the case of Noël Coward (often referred as the “Neil Simon” of the 1930s), it has been interesting to discover how daring his writing was for his time period, with much coded language and situations. 

I made the decision to alter the gender of one of the characters and the sexual orientation of three of them. I feel this will make the play seem more relevant and accessible to a modern, Bay Area audience. In doing so, I have discovered that the issues that the heterosexual couples experience are no different for same sex or blended couples. I truly think Coward would approve and applaud the modification.

The audience can expect a very amusing show with sophisticated language and characters that have extraordinary chemistry, wit, and sexual attraction, but when they are together for any length of time, they become destructive. Watching these parlor games makes for a very entertaining evening. 

I truly hope that the play will resonate with Pear’s audiences and that they find both escape and possibly self-discovery in the process.”

08/22/2026

“…Pear’s 25th season comes together to tell the story of nonconformity while championing inclusion and representation on stage.”

Our thanks to Los Altos Town Crier for the excellent article on our exciting Season 25 lineup!

Featuring interview excerpts with Pear Artistic Director (and ‘Book of Will’ dir.) Sara K. Dean, and Artistic Associate (and ‘Guys and Dolls’ dir.) Lysander Abadia!

Whether through subversive takes on classic musicals or adaptations of recent blockbusters, The Pear Theatre in Mountain View looks to celebrate its own persistence and defiance in its 25th season,

08/18/2026

✨kinda chic to hop on the trend a little late✨

Bold representation. 😍
Underdog resiliency. 💪
Intimate, independent theatre. 🎭

We’re just getting started. 😌
There is a seat for you here. 💚

Season 25 subscriptions on sale at thepear.org/season25

Thank you for your support, Pear fam. 🫶
We can’t wait to see you again, soon!

08/09/2026

We are so thrilled to announce auditions for 'Underdog: The Other Other Brontë' by Sarah Gordon! Directed by Wynne Chan.

🚨Audition instructions, link to submit, rehearsal calendar, character descriptions and more available at thepear.org/work

🎬 Audition by virtual submission only.
Submission deadline: Thursday, August 20 at 5:00 pm.

Please email [email protected] with any questions.

Callbacks (by invitation only) will be held on August 23, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm at The Pear Theatre - 1110 La Avenida, Suite A, Mountain View, CA.

Pay: All performers are volunteers. A $300 stipend is available.

Performance Dates: November 6 - 22, 2026.
Rehearsals begin Saturday, October 3, 2026.

The Pear Theatre is committed to inclusive casting and encourages performers of all races, ethnicities, gender identities and expressions, body types, abilities, and lived experiences to audition.

About the show: Anne Brontë steps out from the long shadow of her famous sisters in this inventive and sharp play. As she confronts the literary machinery that elevates some voices while silencing others, Anne wrestles with ambition, legacy, and the cost of being overlooked.

Blending humor with pointed insight, this work reclaims a narrative often left untold, inviting us to reconsider who gets remembered and why. Charlotte Brontë serves as a brilliant but deeply ambitious narrator whose efforts to secure her own literary immortality sometimes come at the expense of Anne's reputation.

This play had its premiere at the National Theatre in the UK in 2024, and this production will be its regional premiere.

Break a leg! 💚

08/07/2026

🔥 Meet our fierce directors leading the incredible creative teams in Season 25! 🔥

😍Learn more about these artistic powerhouses at thepear.org/directors25

08/04/2026

Please join us in welcoming Lysander Abadia to The Pear as Artistic Associate!

We are thrilled to have Lysander on board. He brings a wealth of artistic knowledge and experience, and we look forward to seeing him thrive and blossom with us. Lysander will also be directing our Season 25 production of ‘Guys and Dolls’ which we know will be nothing short of brilliant.

LYSANDER ABADIA (he/him) last choreographed My Fair Lady at the Pear. He was also the Assistant Director for Come From Away at Theatreworks. Lysander has also directed Pippin, All Shook Up, and Triumph of Love for West Valley Light Opera, as well as Everybody’s Talking About Jamie and Starmites for Playful People. He was also the choreographer for Kinky Boots at City Lights. South Bay audiences have seen him onstage as Walter in Los Altos Stage’s Elf, Trevor in Palo Alto Players’ The Play That Goes Wrong, and Angel in Ohlone Summerfest’s Rent. His upcoming projects include directing Joseph... Dreamcoat for Los Altos Stage and choreographing for Theatreworks’ next season.

07/31/2026

Happy Closing to the incredible cast, crew, and creative team of 'Pear Slices'! 👏🏼👏🏼😍

🍐Thank you for keeping our time-honored new works festival fun, fabulous, and fresh as ever!

💚Our special thanks to Pear patrons for their unparalleled support, to this year's beautiful, talented cast, and to our visionary directors, designers, crew, and members of The Pear Playwrights' Guild* for all of their exquisite work. Congratulations, Pear fam!

Photography by Mikenzie Gilbert.

*The Pear Playwrights’ Guild is a long running writers’ group of Bay Area playwrights affiliated with The Pear Theatre. The Guild meets primarily online every two weeks to discuss ongoing works of the member playwrights and share playwriting information. Plays written by Guild playwrights are performed in the Pear Theatre's annual Pear Slices short play event, the Fresh Produce developmental readings, and occasionally on the Pear Mainstage.

We solicit submissions from local playwrights to join The Pear Playwrights Guild roughly once a year. Submissions are judged by Guild members and selected applicants are invited to join the Guild.

If you are interested in learning more about The Guild, email Greg Lam at [email protected]

07/23/2026

“…Pear Slices fest offers eight 10-minute plays, and the range of the buffet is pretty impressive.” - Michael J. Vaughn, The Almanac (The Almanac).

🍐Read the full review at tinyurl.com/muj62yyd

😍Our fresh batch of new short plays is ripe with critical acclaim, and back onstage this weekend!

🚨Only 5 performances left!
🎟️Purchase tickets at thepear.org/whats-playing

🗣️What audiences are saying:
• “Delightfully entertaining!” - Pear Patron
• “These plays hit all the feels - comedy and drama.” - Pear Patron”
• “Inventive and creative stories, with wonderful performers.” - Pear Patron