Upcoming Shows

Up Next: THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE

Starting July 12, 2025

By Jane Wagner
Directed by Jennifer King 

Starring Marga Gomez

 

Intimate. Infamous. Incorrigible.

Through the eyes of a lovable and eccentric bag lady with a sharp wit and a heart as vast as the cosmos she ponders, Wagner weaves a rich tapestry of interconnected stories that celebrate a mosaic of humanity in all its beauty, chaos, and contradiction. Marga Gomez plays a whole cast of quirky and unforgettable characters, revealing the invisible threads that connect us all.


“A true goosebump experience” - The New York Times



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Aurora Theatre Company and many of our Bay Area theater colleagues stand in strong support of the ACLU’s lawsuit against the National Endowments for the Arts that challenges new guidelines that deem applications for projects that appear to “promote” what the federal government deems “gender ideology” ineligible for funding.


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Aurora Theatre Company is a place where our community’s artists bring us together for a collective act of shared imagination, the conjuring of a story that can only happen right here and right now.

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Previews begin next Saturday, JULY 12!

P​ay-W​hat-Y​ou-Can tickets are available for previews and the Friday and Saturday following opening night.​ PWYC tickets are only sold in person one hour before the performance. Seating is based on availability.

Here at Aurora, we strive to make theatre accessible to everyone by offering a wide range of discounts throughout each production run.
For more info​ about discounted tickets, go to:
https://www.auroratheatre.org/index.php/box-office/discounts

Aurora Theatre Company is a finalist in the East Bay Express' 2025 Best of the East Bay Readers’ Poll in the following categories:

* Best Theater Company
* Best Small Theater Company
* Best Performing Arts Center

To CAST YOUR VOTE go to this link
https://eastbayexpress.com/best-of-ballot/#//

Final voting will end at midnight, Sunday, July 6th.

Winners will be listed in East Bay Magazine's September issue and in the East Bay Express on Sept. 3.

Marga Gomez was interviewed for the Bay Area Reporter about her upcoming starring role in Jane Wagner's THE SEARCH FOR SIGNS OF INTELLIGENT LIFE IN THE UNIVERSE, directed by Jennifer King.

"Although the play was first performed in 1985, there are elements of the show that Gomez sees as being especially relevant to our time, forty years later.

'The message of the show is about the heart, love, and the need for connection between human beings. The conversations we’re having now is that we need to talk to each other, look up from our phones, and create bonds and new family. Jane Wagner’s foreshadowing of this was very impressive,' she said."

Read the full review linked below and get your tickets booked now to see Marga in this iconic play: auroratheatre.org/search-for-signs

https://www.ebar.com/story/155416/


Marga Gomez steps into the role made famous by Lily Tomlin in “The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe,” written by Tomlin’s long-time partner Jane Wagner, at Berkeley’s Aurora Theatre Company, from July 12 through August 10.