John Proctor Is the Villain, Oh, Mary!, Fiddler in Yiddish, and More Announced for CTG Season

Center Theatre Group artistic director Snehal Desai, in partnership with managing director / CEO Meghan Pressman, along with producing director Douglas C. Baker, has announced 12 productions for the 2026-27 season, including a world premiere musical, classics, and Tony-winning plays.

The Mark Taper Forum season kicks off with the world premiere folk-infused original musical, The Turning (September 2-October 11). Set in a secluded wellness retreat in the California wilderness, the musical is written by Zack Zadek (book, music, and lyrics) and directed by and developed with Drama Desk Award winner  Sammi Cannold.

The Taper season continues with Destiny of Desire (November 11-December 20), a comedic telenovela play by Karen Zacarías, and a new production of Kimberly Belflower’s Tony-nominated play John Proctor Is the Villain (March 17, 2027-April 25, 2027) directed by Jess McLeod, a collaboration with Settle Repertory Theatre and American Conservatory Theater.

The Taper season concludes with a new production of August Wilson’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences (May 26, 2027-July 3, 2027). This production completes CTG’s the Century Cycle, with CTG having previously staged the other nine plays written by Wilson.

The 2026-27 season at the Ahmanson Theatre begins with Pulitzer finalist Oh, Mary! (November 10-December 6), written by Cole Escola and directed by Sam Pinkleton, who won the Tony Award for Best Direction of a Play.

The Ahmanson season continues with the North American premiere of Christmas Carol Goes Wrong (December 12-January 10, 2027), the latest comedy from the Mischief Comedy team in which the Cornley Amateur Drama Society tackle the Charles Dickens classic, and National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene’s Drama Desk Award-winning Fiddler on the Roof (February 13, 2027-March 14, 2027), directed by Joel Grey, performed in Yiddish with English and Russian supertitles. Steven Skybell will reprise his performance as Tevye.

The Ahmanson season concludes with Boop! The Musical (July 6, 2027-August 1, 2027), directed and choreographed by Tony Award winner Jerry Mitchell, with a score by Grammy Award winner David Foster, lyrics by Tony Award nominee Susan Birkenhead, and a book by Tony Award winner Bob Martin.

The 2026-27 season also includes CTG:FWD programming: Riverdance 30 – The New Generation (April 13-18, 2027), Clue (September 8-12), Meredith Willson’s The Music Man (October 27-November 8), and the return of Dog Man: The Musical (September 12-October 18), based on the bestselling book series by Dav Pilkey.

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