WestFest 2025

4 weekends of new theatre to provoke your mind and stimulate your heart

Dates: September 26 thru October 19, 2025

Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays at 8:00pm • Sundays at 3:00pm

Location: Theatre West

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Poster for WestFest 2025: colorful abstract festival letters with peace and compass symbols, running September 26 to October 19, 2025.

Week One: September 26–28

Home Depot
Written and directed by Clara Rodriguez
With Bonnie Kalisher Dukes, Donald Moore, and Seemah Wilder

There’s no place like Home Depot, except maybe for Lowe’s.

Tequila Sunrise
Written and directed by Clara Rodriguez
With Bonnie Kalisher Dukes and Donald Moore

When is the next downtown train coming? None of your business.

Let the Sun Shine In
Directed by Victoria Lavan
The artists of Theatre West’s Musical Theatre Workshop

Come dance in the aisles and sing along with our vocalists as they perform the songs of the 60s and 70s.

Week Two: October 3–5

Clive and Cecily Face the Music and Dance
Written by Tom Walla
Directed by Michael Van Duzer
With Connie Mellors, Michael Van Duzer, Jeanine Anderson, David Mingrino, Beto Ruiz

Dire circumstances force an English aristocratic couple to embrace a highly unusual plan of action.

In whose Eyes?
Written by George Kappaz
Directed by Bill Sehres
With George Kappaz, Meagan Truxal, Dan Frischman, Walter Rodriguez, Anibal Siklveyra, and Kathy Barnes

A man stands trial for the actions of his life and faces an eternity of consequences.

Week Three: October 10–12

Amanda Doesn’t Date Much Anymore
Written by Steve Nevil
Directed by Elayne Heilveil
With Danielle Weeks and Daniel Korth

Welcome to a night when 'Save the Date’ may have a whole other meaning.

Hence the Confusion
Written by Jeanine Anderson
Directed by Bill Sehres
With Jeanine Anderson, Bryan Siu, and Meg Lin

A play about a son, two mamas, confusion, and rice.

Current Resident
Written by Ben Scuglia
Directed by Charlie Mount
With Alan Schack and David Mingrino

I will make a big pile of everything single thing you own in the middle of the nearest park and set it ablaze and dance naked around it…

Shadow of Thunder
Written by Monika Vidakovic
Directed by Thomas Mendola
With Monika Vidakovic, Peter D. Michael, Paula K. Long, Lily Cadot, and Mustafa Hamoudeh

After the Battle of Kosovo in 1389, Serbian princess Olivera is sent to marry Sultan Bayezid... Torn between vengeance and duty, she enters his harem.

Week Four: October 17–19

The Loan
Written by Mark Wilding
Directed by Michael Van Duzer
With Connie Mellors, Dina Morrone, and George Tovar

It’s do or die for Caroline Morgan as she begs her humorless and extremely devout sister for a loan...

Table for Three
Written and directed by Tom Walla
With Anne Leyden, George Tovar, Matthew Gademske, and Meg Lin

The course of true love never runs smoothly but this is ridiculous.

The Heartbreaker
Written by Bryan Siu
Directed by Angela Bruning
With Artin Karimi and Apurv Khanna

Breaking up is hard to do…especially when that’s your job.

That Time of Life
Written and directed by Elayne Heilveil
With Fox Carney and Judy Nazemetz

After years together, a woman and her husband each decides to tell it like it is…But who’s listening?

Leaky Brain Syndrome
Written and directed by Clara Rodriguez
With John Combs and Clara Rodriguez

A brain leak is the least of Maggie’s problems.