Our 18th Season
Green Room Theatre Company is thrilled to unveil its 18th season. A bold, vibrant lineup that brings live performance to life across the Coachella Valley. This season promises an inspiring mix of theatrical productions, Ballet Folklórico performances, and impactful educational programming, reaching audiences in Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, La Quinta, Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage and Palm Springs.
Last Lists of My Mad Mother
- November 13, 14, 15
- November 20, 21, 22
The story centers on Dot, a daughter who has put her own life on hold to care for her mother, Ma, whose memory is fading rapidly. Ma is a strong-willed , detail-oriented woman who cares about ribbons, bows, grammar rules, and strict schedules. Dot uses her sharp wit to navigate the confusion and disorientation of her mother’s mind.
While Dot and Ma struggle with Ma’s decline, Sisoffers advice from afar over the phone, trying to help but also feeling helpless. The play moves between moments of sharp humor, dreamscapes, and poignant realism, showing how the women retrace paths they’ve traveled many times, to finally find themselves in a place of unexpected comfort
Menil & Her Heart
- February 5, 6, 7
- February 12, 13, 14
When Menil disappears and local law enforcement offers no help, Nesune becomes determined to find her. Her search is complicated by grief, family estrangement, and a series of visions that manifest as migraines. Guided by her grandfather and an enigmatic figure called Dreamwalker, Nesune ventures into a hot spring and is transported to an interdimensional world rooted in Cahuilla cosmology and ancestral stories
In this parallel realm, the Cahuilla narratives that Nesune had long forgotten becoming real. She must navigate this ancient world, using its wisdom to decide whether to stay with her sister in the other dimension or return to the present to fight for justice for other missing women in her community.
Newish Shakespeare Festival
The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet
- March 12, 13, 14
- March 19, 20, 21
- March 26, 27, 28
The Seussification of Romeo and Juliet is a whimsical adaptation of Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, reimagined in the playful, nonsensical style of Dr. Seuss. Written by Peter Bloedel, it blends the grandeur of Elizabethan drama with the absurd, colorful world of Seussian storytelling.
Two Gentlemen of Verona in One Hour
- March 12, 13, 14
- March 19, 20, 21
- March 26, 27, 28
Valentine leaves for Milan with his servant Speed, hoping Proteus will join him. Proteus stays behind to be with his beloved Julia, but his father sends him to Milan in spite of his wishes. , The two lovers swear eternal love and exchange rings. In Milan, Valentine falls in love with the Duke’s daughter, Silvia, while Proteus, upon seeing Julia, quickly abandons her to and pursue Silvia.
Proteus betrays Valentine’s plan to elope with Silvia to the Duke, leading to Valentine’s banishment. In the wilderness, Valentine is elected leader of a band of outlaws. Julia disguises herself as the boy Sebastian and follows to find Proteus. She joins Proteus’s service.. In the forest, Silvia escapes to join Valentine, but Proteus attempts to force himself on her, prompting Valentine’s intervention.
The play ends with reconciliation between Valentine and Proteus, Julia returns to Proteus, and there is a double wedding between Valentine–Silvia and Proteus–Julia.
Four 10-Minute Plays Focusing on Difficult Dialogues
- April 30, May 1, 2
- May 7, 8, 9
The Painting at the Met – Max’s father, a board member of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, has come to the museum after his daughter Max, who has been working as a museum guard, has been detained for participating in a climate change protest in which a significant painting was targeted. Can they understand one another, or are they hopelessly unable to communicate? And will this father ever remember that his nonbinary offspring is MAX, not Margaret, not Maggie but Max.
Prayer Meeting – The time is the late sixties. Black-white trouble in a large US city. The scene is Black. Someone is searching in this darkness with a flash-light. Talking to himself, angrily, in whispered tones. He bumps into an object and curses.
The Ice Confession – At rise, Armando is sitting center stage in a chair. He is a man of color, anywhere in age from early 20’s to late 30’s. Perhaps there is a suggestion of a wall next to his chair, to indicate that he is in a confessional. Perhaps, not. But a confessional, it is. We hear the voice of a priest in response, off stage. Armando is dressed in casual work clothes, hearty construction boots, maybe a camo jacket. He has on a mask. We sit in uncomfortable silence with him for a bit, while he tries to summon up the courage to speak.
Fourth Production – TBD
Our Lady of the Tortilla
- May 14, 15, 16
- May 21, 22 23
Nelson’s flamboyant mother, Dahlia, is consumed by a mission to retrieve her husband from his new girlfriend.Dahlia’s younger son Nelson brings his WASP girlfriend to visit. Meanwhile, Eddie, the eldest son, arrives with his pregnant girlfriend, adding to the domestic chaos. A turning point comes when Aunt Dolores, sweet but long-suffering, sees the face of the Holy Virgin in a tortilla she is cooking. This miracle draws a crowd of believers and to the family’s doorstep, with a throng of reporters camped out on their lawn.
As the family navigates cultural clashes, religious fervor, and personal conflicts, the play usesfarce and humor to explore themes of family love, identity, and the enduring bond that holds loved ones together.