GCRC in 26/27: A Season of Comedy & Romance
Step into a season where laughter sparkles, romance blooms, and joy takes center stage. This year’s productions celebrate the delightful chaos of love and the comedy that follows when hearts, plans, and identities collide. From tender moments and hopeful beginnings to outrageous mishaps and sharp-witted satire, each show invites you to revel in the absurd, the heartfelt, and the unexpectedly profound. Whether it’s love found, love tested, or love hilariously misunderstood, this season promises clever humor, irresistible charm, and plenty of reasons to smile; reminding us that sometimes the best way to understand the world is to laugh at it together.
The 26/27 GCRC season is presented by Beard Land & Investment Co.
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Ticket purchases are non-refundable. Exchanges may be made for 26/27 Gallo Center-presented shows only.
The Play That Goes Wrong
OCT 9–18, 2026
On opening night of the Cornley Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor, everything that shouldn’t happen… does. Props misbehave, scenery collapses, cues vanish, and the performers struggle heroically to keep the show afloat—even as the actors trip over both furniture and their lines...
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She Loves Me
DEC 4–13, 2026
Set in a charming 1930s European perfumery, She Loves Me follows clerks Amalia and Georg, whose daily bickering hides the truth that they’ve unknowingly fallen for each other through anonymous “lonely hearts” letters. With a cozy score from the team that gave us Fiddler On the Roof, this beloved romantic comedy is celebrated for its warmth, wit, and old-world elegance...
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The Importance of Being Earnest
MAR 12–21, 2027
Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest is a brilliantly witty comedy of manners that lampoons Victorian society with sparkling dialogue, sharp satire, and irresistible charm. The play follows Jack Worthing and Algernon Moncrieff, two young gentlemen who invent alter egos—both conveniently named “Ernest”—to escape social obligations and pursue romance...
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Urinetown: The Musical
MAY 7–16, 2027
Urinetown is a hilariously sharp, Tony Award–winning musical that blends satirical bite with unforgettable humor. In a dystopian future where a severe water shortage has outlawed private toilets, citizens must pay to use government-controlled public amenities run by a corrupt corporation. A rebellion spearheaded by young idealist Bobby Strong leads to chaos, romance, and unexpected twists...
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PARTNERING WITH SANKOFA THEATRE COMPANY
Founded in 2012 with support from the Gallo Center for the Arts, the Central Valley's only African American theatre company's mission is to showcase Black history, life and culture through the performing and visual arts.
For the 25/26 Season, Sankofa Theatre Company presented PURLIE VICTORIOUS by Ossie Davis. Subtitled "A Non-Confederate Romp Through the Cotton Patch," PURLIE VICTORIOUS tells the story of dynamic traveling preacher Purlie Victorious Judson as returns to his small Georgia town hoping to save Big Bethel, the community’s church, and emancipate the cotton pickers who work on oppressive Ol’ Cap’n Cotchipee’s plantation. This hilarious comedy was recently produced on Broadway starring Leslie Odom Jr. - now see it performed by the Central Valley’s only African American theatre organization!
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PARTNERING WITH SANKOFA THEATRE COMPANY
Founded in 2012 with support from the Gallo Center for the Arts, the Central Valley's only African American theatre company's mission is to showcase Black history, life and culture through the performing and visual arts.
For the 26/27 Season, Sankofa Theatre Company returns to THE AMERICAN CENTURY CYCLE by presenting one of August Wilson's powerful plays. Set in Pittsburgh in 1911 during a pivotal era of migration and transformation, Joe Turner’s Come and Gone centers on Seth and Bertha Holly who run a warm, orderly boardinghouse for those navigating uncertain paths. But when a mysterious man named Herald Loomis arrives with his young daughter, the stillness of the house begins to shift. This timeless American classic, another exploration of August Wilson’s genius by the Central Valley’s only African American theatre company, is a profoundly moving story of personal awakening, collective memory, and the quiet power of human connection.
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