A bitter, aging couple, fueled by alcohol and mutual resentment, use a young couple to engage in a bloody emotional battle from which there is no going back. George and Martha's hatred toward one another is provoked by an enormous personal sadness that they have vowed to keep to themselves. In the end, the mystery in which the distressed George and Martha have taken refuge is exposed, revealing once and for all the devastating mess they have made of their lives.

With exuberance, warmth, and humor, best-selling author Firoozeh Dumas continues to amuse us with her new book, Laughing Without an Accent: Adventures of an Iranian America. At home and abroad, despite language barriers, culture shock, and the blending of traditions with her French husband, Dumas has found that many of our commonalities with one another often outweigh perceived differences.

The Best Little Whorehouse is back to the South Bay Area for the first time in 20 years! Based on the true story of the 1973 closing of the famed Chicken Ranch Brothel in Texas, this beloved 1978 Tony Award-nominated musical includes a live country band and plenty of sass and sizzle. For mature audiences.

From the author of Dragon's critically acclaimed 2007 production As Bees in Honey Drown, Douglas Beane’s fork-tongued comedy, The Country Club provides an acaustic foray into the WASP nest of an exclusive Pennsylvania country club.

An ambivalent Cinderella? A blood-thirsty Little Red Riding Hood? A Prince Charming with a roving eye? A witch...who raps? They're all among the cockeyed characters in James Lapine and Stephen Sondheim's fractured fairy tale. When a baker and his wife learn they've been cursed with childlessness by the witch next door, they embark on a quest for the special objects required to break the spell. Everyone's wish is granted at the end of Act One, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. CMTSJ's Mainstage production of Into the Woods is supported by the National Endowment for the Arts in honor of American musical master, Stephen Sondheim.

Set in ancient Egypt, Aida is the passionate tale of a captured Nubian princess taken as a slave to Egypt, where she becomes involved in a love triangle with her captor and the daughter of the Pharaoh. This contemporary Aida is a story of love, devotion, and betrayal spanning lifetimes, featuring a score by two of music's most extraordinary and revered artists and composers of The Lion King, Tim Rice and Elton John.

California Theatre Center (CTC) presents their Summer Repertory, Thursdays-Sundays, June 5-July 27,2008 and this is your last chance for one week ONLY to get a subscription for thier exciting season half off! Included in your subscription purchase are this season shows Mary's Wedding, a soaring love story that examines the enduring, painful cost of war playing as a double bill with The Dock Brief, a dark comedy depicting an unsuccessful aging barrister asked to represent a wife murderer, Liberty Inn, Carlo Goldoni's great Italian comedy reset in America during the Revolutionary War and The Matchmaker, an enduring farce, circa 1880, on which the hit musical Hello Dolly! was based. Only a limited number of season subscriptions are available on a first-come-first-served basis. Act now to lock in a great summer of theatre!

The Peninsula Symphony present its final event for the season, featuring the 2007 Irving M. Klein International String Competition. The Symphony No. 5 by Gustav Mahler was written in 1901 and 1902, mostly during the summer months at Mahler's cottage at Maiernigg. It is arguably the best known Mahler symphony. Among its most distinctive landmarks are the funereal trumpet solo that opens the work and the frequently performed F major Adagietto. The musical canvas and emotional scope of the work are huge not to be missed.

Written by the creator of The West Wing, this award-winning play about the trial of two Marines accused of killing one of their own at Guantanamo Bay sizzles on stage. Culminating in a riveting courtroom confrontation, A Few Good Men has never been more timely as it asks the question “Who is really in charge—the military, or the people it serves?”

Chef Ayers spent six years at the executive chef at Google where he served 4,000 meals a day and created a new standard of “fine food for the fast crowd.” His impressive culinary resume includes cooking for former President Jimmy Carter, members of the Grateful Dead, and actor Robin Williams. Food 2.0 is a mantra of flavorful, innovative, and healthy breakfast, lunch, and dinner recipes perfect for the Internet generation. Chef Ayers also discusses the basics behind foods that can transform your mind and body.

Experience entertainment like never before: personal, immersive, and addictive. Whether it's a film you watch right now or a masterpiece you broadcast to the world, the online video revolution is delivering content everywhere and in every form you desire. Be in the audience when sense is made of this fragmented market, and explore ways in which fans are finding favorites and filmmakers are finding fame and fortune in the long tail of digital distribution. Panel will include Steve Nelson, Director of Product Management, Netflix Instant Viewing, Jonathan Shambroom, SVP & General Manager, Crackle, Inc., Scott Roesch, VP General Manager, MTV's AtomFilms, Angela Gyetvan, VP Marketing & Content, Revver Faisal Galaria, General Manager & VP Corporate Development, and Jaman Martine Paris, Strategic Content Partnerships will serve as  moderator.

Learn how one of the artists in Awareables: Conscious Clothing came to bring their wearables to life with the imaginative application of technology. Speaker is Barbara Layne, the maker of garments with flexible LED arrays that present text that react when their wearers touch them.

Join this illustrated discussion with Lisa Lee Peterson,  featured artist  of the museum's current exhibit, that traces the history of the Jacquard loom, to the computer and back to the loom again. Come learn more about the exciting art of digital Jacquard weaving, an expressive artform that combines the latest technology with traditional weaving.