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Chanticleers Theatre - The Golden Bay Times

    Tuesday July 21, 2026

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Chanticleers Theatre • 3683 Quail Ave, Castro Valley, CA 94546

Plays • Musicals • Opera • Dance

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                Upcoming Production


SEP 18 - OCT 04, 2026
Our Town / Play
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This quiet, deeply human piece turns ordinary life into something almost sacred, following the daily rhythms of a small New Hampshire community where breakfast smells, school bells, neighborly gossip, first love, family routines, and passing seasons become the real drama. Instead of leaning on flashy twists or melodrama, the story invites the audience to notice the tiny moments people usually rush past: a parent calling from the kitchen, a young couple discovering tenderness, a milkman making his rounds, a town waking up before the world has finished stretching. The beauty is in the simplicity. Characters grow, stumble, dream, and cling to each other while time keeps moving with that old, stubborn clockwork none of us can stop. There is humor here, but it is gentle; there is sadness too, but it arrives with grace rather than spectacle. The play feels like opening a family photo album and suddenly realizing the background details mattered more than anyone knew.











                Coming Soon

• OPENS NOV 6, 2026
First Day in December / Play

First Day in December is a gripping period drama that takes place on December 1, 1969, inside a college fraternity house where five young men gather to listen to the national broadcast of the first U.S. draft lottery for the Vietnam War. The calm study room quickly turns tense as each birth date called on the radio could alter a life forever, and the weight of destiny settles heavily over the group. Fear mixes with loyalty as friendships are tested, identities are questioned, and the future becomes something none of them can predict or control. The story blends the intimacy of character driven drama with the real world intensity of historical events, creating a documentary like tone without feeling clinical. Through sharp dialogue and rising emotion, the play examines duty, pressure, and the uneasy shift from youth to adulthood that comes when the world makes choices for you. It is an evocative and thought provoking work that invites the audience to sit inside a moment where everything could change with a single number.

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