Michael Smuin’s wonderfully adaptable toast to the holidays features new works this year by Julia Adam Dance director Julia Adam, Artistic Director Amy Seiwert, and San Francisco Ballet Soloist Myles Thatcher. In addition to beloved Michael Smuin classics, look for favorite numbers by Val Caniparoli, Nicole Haskins, Ben Needham-Wood, and Rex Wheeler. And, of course, Santa Baby will be there too, sauntering across the stage and inviting you to join her—and us—in celebrating everything magical about the season.

Run time is approximately 2 hours, including 1 intermission.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Described performance

Ticket price(s): $25-$105

Event Information Link: http://www.smuinballet.org/audio-described-performances-2/

Box Office telephone: 510 647-2949 Tue–Sun, noon–7 pm

In 1898, on Angel Island, Eddie Loi faces deportation amid America’s tightening immigration laws. A century later, her great-grandson Braulio inadvertently conjures her spirit — unleashing a witty, opinionated ancestor. By 2063, their descendants embark on a perilous journey seeking sanctuary. From detention to diaspora, Mother of Exiles follows a single family’s century-and-a-half odyssey. Jessica Huang’s multigenerational triptych blends historical drama with supernatural encounters, weaving moments of humor into a powerful portrait of belonging and resilience.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description provided by GRAVITY Access Services

Ticket price(s): $22-140

Event Information Link: https://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/mother-of-exiles

Box Office telephone: 510 647-2949 Tue–Sun, noon–7 pm

First presented in La Plata, Argentina, in 2023—and now for the first time in the United States—this play focuses on the chasms. What happens when the worlds of two very different generations collide? Amalia and Martina discover that some connections transcend time and technology. Two generations unite, and the lines between reality and imagination blur in this coming-of-age story.

In Spanish with English supertitles. Suitable for all ages.
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Presentada por primera vez en La Plata (Argentina) en 2023 —y ahora por primera vez en los Estados Unidos—, esta obra pone el foco en los abismos. ¿Qué pasa cuando los mundos de dos generaciones muy diferentes chocan? Amalia y Martina descubren que algunas conexiones trascienden el tiempo y la tecnología. Dos generaciones se unen y la frontera entre lo real y lo imaginario se difumina en esta historia de transición a la edad adulta.

En español con supertítulos en inglés. Apta para todo público.

This venue is ADA accessible

Haptic tour at 3, Live Audio Described performance at 4 (all in Spanish)

Ticket price(s): $25 - $100

Access Service Provider and Contact Info: Access Service Provider and Contact Info: Please call (628) 207-2006 to pre-register BY NOVEMBER 19 and reserve a headset.// Llame al (628) 207-2006 para preinscribirse ANTES DEL 19 DE NOVIEMBRE y reservar sus auriculares.

Event Information Link: https://www.lalengua.org/event-details-registration/amalia-y-la-vida-de-las-cosas-by-maricel-santin

Box Office Link, telephone, TTY etc.: 628-207-2006

Inspired by French painter Georges Seurat and his iconic 1884 masterpiece A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte, this groundbreaking musical brings the artist’s world to life, as the figures of Seurat’s park step out of the canvas and into the theater, moving, singing, and breathing in color and light. In Act I, George revolutionizes painting with an avant-garde technique. In Act II, his great-grandson attempts to push his art into the age of technology. Across a century, both wrestle with creation, connection, and what we leave behind when everything else changes. Epic in scale, daring, and abstract, this Stephen Sondheim classic is an unflinching and deeply human look at the art of making art.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description Provided by GRAVITY Access Services

Ticket price(s): $25-$90

Access Service Provider and Contact Info: GRAVITY Access Services

Event Information Link: http://www.shotgunplayers.org/show/sunday/
Box Office number: 628-207-2006

Playwright Jez Butterworth (The Ferryman, Jerusalem) weaves the compelling tale of the Webb sisters’ return to their childhood home. Their mother trained them for a singing career like The Andrews Sisters, and now, past and present collide as memories resurface with haunting clarity. The Hills of California explores sibling bonds, and how songs of youth echo through life. Loretta Greco directs the West Coast debut of this masterwork, following its West End and Broadway productions.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description Provided by GRAVITY Access Services

Ticket price(s): $25-142

Event Information Link: http://www.berkeleyrep.org/shows/the-hills-of-california

Box Office telephone: 510 647-2949 Tue–Sun, noon–7 pm

Blending illusion and acrobatics with a sense of whimsy and wonder, Alice features the bold athleticism and theatrical flair of MOMIX’s celebrated dancers as they traverse a series of absurdist vignettes inspired by Carroll’s characters that just get curiouser and curiouser!

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description provided

Ticket price(s): $40-92

Doors for the pre-show Haptic Tour will open at 12:45pm for check-in. We recommend arriving early as the tour will begin promptly at 1pm (15 minutes).

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio description headsets will be distributed at 1:20pm
The audio-described performance will start at 2pm

Concessions will be available before the show starting at 1:20pm

Run time is about 2 hours and 30 minutes (including one 15-minute intermission)

Ticket price(s): Tickets: $25.00 (plus $3.95 handling fee)

Sutra explores the Shaolin kung fu tradition in the context of contemporary culture, inviting a cadre of modern-day practitioners to lend their skills—the flying kicks, backflips, and shadow-boxing practiced as part of their spiritual discipline—to a humorous fable about a European outsider learning about their monastery. The chamber music score by Brzóska is performed live.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description provided

Ticket price(s): $48-120

Mx. Antoine Hunter and Urban Jazz Dance Company invite you to our home season October 24 - 26, 2025 with three amazing programs at CounterPulse!
Program A – Friday, October. 24th, 7:30pm
The Power of Shuffling Through Deaf Education
Followed by Post-Show Panel
Program B – Saturday, October 25th, 7:30pm
The Power of Shuffling Through Deaf Education
Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible
Program C – Sunday, October 26th, 3:00pm
Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible only

“The Power of Shuffling Through Deaf Education” full-length work addresses the ongoing lack of access to education for Deaf, BIPOC, and disabled children. The piece is inspired by true stories shared by parents, educators, lawyers, and others who have fought for equity in schools. There will be a post-show panel discussion on Friday October 24th moderated by Julie Rems-Smario that includes parents of Deaf child(ren) and Deaf community leaders who have lived these experiences firsthand.
Urban Jazz Dance Company is collaborating with Guerilla Opera to present the San Francisco premiere of Ululations and Gurgles of the Invisible on Saturday October 25th and Sunday October 26th. This chamber opera, composed by Elisabet Curbelo, is a groundbreaking work that blends experimental music, contemporary dance, and American Sign Language. The leading star is the spectacular Zahna Simon, and Artists with UJDC’s dancers!

This venue is ADA accessible

10/25 performance has AD and ASL interpreters

Ticket price(s): $15-$35

Event Information Link: https://www.realurbanjazzdance.com/2025-home-season-show.html

Steeped in a ballet tradition that dates to the court of Louis XIV, the dancers of the Paris Opera Ballet meet the visceral and emotive choreography of London-based choreographer Hofesh Shechter in the North American premiere of a new evening-length work. Shechter creates vivid, urgent cinematic tableaus in his works, and his new creation has been envisioned especially for the Paris Opera Ballet.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio Description provided

Ticket price(s): $55 - $145

Extremely Close by Alejandro Cerrudo - Company Premiere
Partita by Justin Peck - Company Premiere
A Long Night by Amy Seiwert - Company Premiere
A trio of Smuin premieres by three award-winning choreographers featuring the music of Caroline Shaw, Phillip Glass, a Tom Waits cover, and more.
September 26 – October 5, San Francisco.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio-described live performance.

Ticket price(s): $25+

*Snap snap* Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia.

Everything will change for the entire family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents. Inspired by the popular TV and film series, The Addams Family musical is a spooky good time for all ages and a hilarious send-up of family quirks, being true to oneself, and celebrating love in all its forms.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description and Haptic Access Tour provided.
Please RSVP by 9/20

*Audio headsets are limited; reservations are required– we may not be able to accommodate requests at the door

Ticket price(s): Tickets: $25.00 (plus $3.95 handling fee)

For more tickets and more info, click here.

A heated debate on animal testing slips down a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole where the audience is not only voyeur but accomplice. Welcome to “Intelligence Cubed,” immersed in the world of Christopher Chen’s The Motion, where the line between performance and participation is blurred and the fate of two lovers hangs in the balance.

This is an Audio Described Performance with a Haptic Tour

Ticket price(s): $25-$80

For more tickets and more info, click here.

Welcome to DANCE HOUSE the club experience of your dreams created by a community of 4 black queer drag/dance artists! Join us for the ultimate night out where movement becomes a form of resistance, care, and collective liberation. Fusing modern dance, drag, aerial movement, and nightlife spectacle to celebrate radical self-expression and joy.

This venue is ADA accessible

Audio-described live performance provided by GRAVITY Access Services

Ticket price(s): $20 - $40 (notaflof)

Regarded by many as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’ success – while secretly yearning for her own. Suggested by the memoirs of Gypsy Rose Lee, set all across America in the 1920s and 30s, when vaudeville was dying and burlesque was born. Gypsy is a thrilling exploration of ambition, family, and the pursuit of fame.

This is an ADA accessible venue.

ASL Interpretation provided.

Ticket price(s): $20-63

For more tickets and more info, click here.

2025 marks 25 years of Gravity! Join us to celebrate the past, present, and future of Gravity on Jess’s birthday, September 16. The night will feature cabaret performances, a raffle (with a cash prize for YOU), silent auction, dancing, cake, and drinks. Thank you to everyone who has supported Gravity over the past quarter-century. Join us in kickstarting the next 25!

Featured performers include Fauxnique, Maria Silk, Abby Crain, Sara Shelton Mann, Clarissa Rivera Dyas, Keith Hennessy, and DJ Mama Celeste.

Dress for celebration! Think sexy, sultry, festive, and fun. Extra points for extra skin! Optional, but encouraged, dress as your best Jess for a chance to win a surprise.

Your ticket includes 1 drink ticket. Additional drink tickets are available for purchase online and on site!

Image by Sven Hagolani

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description will be provided during the performances.

Ticket price(s): $25 - $175

For more tickets and more info, click here.

Based on the film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion, My Fair Lady is a beautiful musical about transformation, patronage, gender politics and class. Acclaimed phonetician Henry Higgins makes a wager that in six months he can pass off Eliza Doolittle, a Cockney flower girl, as a duchess at an embassy ball. But through arduous training, day and night, this innocuous bet turns into something much more.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description provided by Gravity Access Services.
Haptic tour begins at 1pm, performance begins at 2 pm.
Click here to sign up for the haptic tour.

Tickets: $30-$130

The Bay Area International Deaf Dance Festival (BAIDDF) is an annual event produced by Urban Jazz Dance company that consists of performances and workshops that highlight the important contributions that Deaf and Hard of Hearing (HoH) artists make to our community.

The Festival features amazing local, Bay Area talent, as well as artists from Washington DC, South America, New York, and more!

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description, Live Captions, and ASL Interpretation provided.

Ticket price(s): $25-$40

For more tickets and more info, click here.

Poster for The Magnolia Ballet by Terry Guest, Directed by AeJay Antonis Marquis

Set beneath the shadow of a magnolia tree, The Magnolia Ballet follows Z, a young, Black queer teen growing up in small-town Georgia. While exploring a deeper love with his white friend, Danny, Z experiences a melee of memory, dance, and surrealism as the ghosts of elders past – and their secrets – roam. With tenderness and unflinching honesty, the play follows a boy’s discovery of untold truths amidst a journey into his own expression of love.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

AD provided by Gravity Access Services

Ticket price(s): $25-$80

For more tickets and more info, click here.

Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, the Pulitzer Prize-winning Sweat tells the story of a group of friends who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs while working together on the factory floor in industrial Pennsylvania.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Haptic Tour begins at 1 PM (approximately 20 minutes)
Audio Described Performance begins at 2 PM
Seats marked with an “i” symbol offer “AD” ticket types, enabling purchasers to register that user for an Audio Description headset. You may also contact the box office to reserve an audio headset, let us know you’re bringing a guide dog, or get more information about this performance.

Ticket price(s): $20-63
Use code ADSWT50 for 50% off tickets for the Audio Described performance on 6/21.

A multimedia performance experience where the legends of Hip Hop take the stage, raw and unfiltered. For two nights only during Juneteenth weekend—June 20–21, 2025 in The Forum at YBCA—audiences will experience the music, movement, and stories that gave rise to one of the most influential art forms of our time.

Directed by Joanna Haigood, this work features Hip Hop pioneers Grandmaster Caz, Grandwizzard Theodore, MC SHA-ROCK, Grandmaster Melle Mel*, Graffiti Artist BG183, BGirl Rokafella, BBoy Kwikstep, and photography by Joe Conzo, Jr. The Bronx Revolution and the Birth of Hip Hop transports audiences to the streets of 1970s Bronx, where a cultural revolution was born.

*Grandmaster Melle Mel contributes through a powerful pre-recorded video performance, created specifically for this work.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Live Audio Description and Haptic Access Tour provided by Mylo Cardona of Gravity Access Services. ASL interpreters coordinated through Urban Jazz Dance Company’s Access Services.

Haptic tour begins at 6:30, performance begins at 7:30 pm.

Tickets: $30-$56

Veera fuses Opera & Carnatic music to tell the story of a community that lost its bravery...and how it learned to find strength again.

Featuring signature Modern Natya fusion choreography and live music, this groundbreaking new production honors Bharatanatyam and Carnatic traditions while ushering in a new era of innovation for contemporary South Asian-American arts.

Join us for a joyful, thought-provoking evening under the open skies. Free, family-friendly, and open to all.

Seating is an open-lawn amphitheater - please pack a picnic blanket or reserve a yoga mat in advance (limited quantities available).
For any questions or accessibility requests, please contact us at team@swetha.productions

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

ASL Interpretation provided.

Tickets: Free

Click here for event info

In the summer, an old man and an old woman sit on a park bench, talk about the birds, and bet on the rain…but things aren’t as simple as they may seem. With humor and tenderness, the singular imagination and innovative style of acclaimed playwright Jiehae Park turn the ordinary into the extraordinary as the seasons shift. A play about memory, forgiveness, and the possibility of becoming at any age.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio described performance.

Tickets: $47-134

It is 7 minutes after midnight, and Christopher stands beside his neighbor’s dead dog, Wellington, who has been speared with a garden fork. Finding himself under suspicion, Christopher is determined to solve the mystery of who murdered Wellington, and he carefully records each fact of the crime. Winner of the Olivier Award for Best New Play, Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play, Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding New Broadway Play, and the Tony Award for Best Play.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description provided by Gravity Access Services.
Haptic tour begins at 1pm, performance begins at 2 pm.
Click here to sign up for haptic tour.

Tickets: $30-$130

Shotgun Players Presents YELLOW FACE by David Henry Hwang & Directed by Daniel J Eslick. This sharp-witted, semi-autobiographical comedy follows playwright DHH as he accidentally casts a white actor in an Asian role. Inspired by the real-life controversy over the casting of Broadway’s Miss Saigon, and blending satire with faux-documentary flair, Yellow Face unpacks identity, hypocrisy, and the complexity of representation in America—with hilarious and poignant results.⁠

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description provided by Gravity Access Services.
Haptic tour begins at 1pm, performance begins at 2 pm.

Tickets: $25-$40

Kinematic/Kinesthetic is a groundbreaking work that integrates emerging and existing technologies to expand movement potential for both disabled and non-disabled dancers. Watch as AXIS Dance Company pushes the boundaries of dance technology through the use of dynamic mobility devices, including telescoping crutches and robotic hexapod legs developed by engineering students at Carnegie Mellon and University of Maryland working with multidisciplinary artist Ben Levine. Journey to the intersection of art, disability, and access technology in this captivating performance.

This presentation of Kinematic/Kinesthetic features special performance by choreographer & roboticist Dr. Catie Cuan. Following the performances will bea panel discussion moderated by Sydney Skybetter, director of Brown Arts Institute and associate professor of Theatre Arts and Performance Studies (TAPS).

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description and ASL interpretation.

Tickets: $16 - $68

Box office/questions: bingboxoffice@stanford.edu or 650.724.2464.

Mark Morris Dance Group presents its romp through the Beatles’ groundbreaking concept album, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. Bursting with energy and creativity, neon costumes, and ensemble numbers, the playful and often poignant production features a score of Beatles arrangements plus originals by longtime Morris musical collaborator Ethan Iverson for an ensemble of voice, theremin, soprano sax, trombone, and keyboards.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Description provided by Gravity Access Services.
Stay tuned for details about the Haptic Tour.
Access Services Provider Contact: Guillermo Cornejo, gcornejo@calperformances.org, 510-642-9988

Tickets: $42–$148 (prices subject to change)
UC Berkeley students can access exclusive discounts, including half-price tickets in all sections of the theater. Learn more about student discounts and other discounts.

Click here for more information.

Journey to the intersection of art, disability, and access technology.

A groundbreaking work from AXIS Dance Company that integrates emerging and existing technologies, Kinematic/Kinesthetic expands movement potential for both disabled and non-disabled dancers. Using dynamic mobility devices, including telescoping crutches and robotic hexapod legs, the performers challenge the boundaries of both dance and technology.

Created with funding from a Hewlett Foundation 50 Arts Commission

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Audio Described performance.

Access Service Provider and Contact Info: Exploratorium Reservations Office at 415-528-4407

Tickets: $22.95 - $39.95 [price varies by date]

For more info and to purchase tickets, click here.

Exciting premieres and old favorites define Dance Series 2. Artistic Director Amy Seiwert creates a World Premiere, her 13th ballet for the Company. Trey McIntyre returns to Smuin with the Bay Area premiere of his Wild Sweet Love, an ode to the ups and downs of love set to a range of music from Mendelssohn to Queen. McIntyre’s “fertility of invention and modernity of spirit” (The New York Times) is no stranger to Smuin, and we’re delighted to add another of his ballets to our repertory. Completing the program is a pair of favorites: Michael Smuin’s Rodin-inspired The Eternal Idol, originally choreographed for American Ballet Theatre superstars Cynthia Gregory and Ivan Nagy and Smuin Alum Rex Wheeler’s spritely, springy Sinfonietta.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Haptic Access Tour begins at 1:45 PM for the 2:00 PM Live Audio description and performance.

Tickets: $25 - $89

For more info and to purchase tickets, click here.

Jersey Boys takes you behind the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons to discover the secrets of a 40-year friendship as the foursome work their way from the streets of New Jersey to the heights of stardom. With electrifying performances of chart-topping hits including “Sherry,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Dawn,” and “My Eyes Adored You,” audiences love the electric Jersey Boys.

This is an ADA-accessible venue.

Live Audio Description and Haptic Access Tour, by a Gravity Access Services
Haptic Tour (approximately 20 minutes duration) begins at 1 PM, one hour before the 2:00 performance.

Seats marked with an “i” symbol offer “AD” ticket types, enabling purchasers to register that user for an Audio Description headset. You may also contact the box office to reserve an audio headset, let us know you’re bringing a guide dog, or get more information about this performance.

Tickets: $20 - $63

For more info and to purchase tickets, click here.