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2025 Main Series

The Chinese Lady
Written by Lloyd Suh
Directed by Shinshin Yuder Tsai
Starring MIchelle Krusiec and Albert Park

REGIONAL PREMIERE

“Moving & Sharply Funny!… piercing and intimate” -- The New York Times

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May 16 — June 8
Next Performance
5/16 8:00pm
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Spring Awakening
Music by Duncan Sheik
Book & Lyrics by Steven Sater
Based on the play by Frank Wedekind
Directed by Jocelyn A. Brown
Music Directed by Robyn Manion
Choreographed by Mo Goodfellow

ORANGE COUNTY REGIONAL PREMIERE

Members can reserve tickets now by calling the Member Hotline.

Tickets go on sale to the public on May 19, 2025.

July 11 — August 10
Next Performance
6/9 5:00pm
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2025 OTR New Play Readings

and thou shalt be healed
by 2025 Resident Playwright Benjamin Benne

“ Benne is a shrewd bet for the future. ” -  Los Angeles Times

June 4 — June 8
Next Performance
6/4 7:30pm
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Visiting Companies

Sentences Presented by The Larking House Theatre Company

Members receive 50% off tickets!

May 16 — May 25
Next Performance
5/16 7:30pm
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Robert Bolton
Jennifer Ruckman & Ken Favell
Molly Mahoney, Founder – The Prepared Performer
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On The Blog

  • [PRESS] Culture OC: ‘The Chinese Lady’ at Chance Theater Explores Immigration, Division and American Dreams May 13, 2025
  • [PRESS] OC Register: Message, humor of Chance’s ‘Chinese Lady’ strives to reawaken our humanity May 13, 2025
  • [PRESS] Broadway World Los Angeles: Chance Theater To Present the OTR Staged Reading of AND THOU SHALT BE HEALED May 13, 2025
  • What “The Chinese Lady” Teaches Us About Being Seen May 1, 2025
  • The Power of Storytelling: How ‘The Chinese Lady’ Uses Storytelling to Reclaim Forgotten Histories May 1, 2025
  • Why Stories from the Past Still Matter May 1, 2025
  • Chance Theater Shines at the 2025 Orange County Theatre Guild Awards with 11 Wins April 29, 2025
  • [PHOTOS] In the rehearsal room with “The Chinese Lady” April 29, 2025
  • A Note from the Dramaturg of “The Chinese Lady” April 17, 2025
  • [PHOTOS] Take a peek at our star-studded third staged reading of 2025, “Tea for Toofi” by Ravi Kapoor! April 16, 2025
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