News from: CVREP

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY has announced its 2025-2026 Season of audience pleasers and new arrivals to the Coachella Valley theatre scene: the regional premiere of six-time Tony® Award winner DEAR EVAN HANSEN (December 3-21, 2025); the ingenious Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics award-winning comic retelling of The Servant of Two Masters, ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS (January 14-February 1, 2026); the iconic stage and film masterpiece, GUYS AND DOLLS (February 25-March 15, 2026); and ERNEST SHAKELTON LOVES ME (April 22-May 10, 2026), the stylish new musical comedy that takes us on a funny and romantic adventure. Each show will have a three-week run.

CVRep Executive Artistic Director Adam Karsten said, “The generosity and graciousness of our patrons, donors, and media inspire us to plan seasons that are entertaining, intriguing, and produced with the highest standards of professionalism and creativity. For our 2025-2026 Season, we have decided to present four shows, each running three weeks. Dear Evan Hansen; One Man, Two Guvnors; Guys and Dolls, and Ernest Shakelton Loves Me are unique and affecting in their individual ways. We look forward to sharing this season’s adventures with theatre veterans, newbies and young and not as young. It’s all good!”

Season subscriptions are $250-$370; renewals and new subscriptions are available now. Single ticket prices are $60-$110 and will go on sale August 1. Discounted subscriptions and tickets are available for the 2 p.m. and         7 p.m. Sneak Preview performances on the first Wednesdays of each show. Free post-performance Talk Backs are offered after the second and third Thursday performances of each show, which provide informative and insightful discussions with the casts, directors and creative team.

Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online at www.cvrep.org, by calling (760) 296-2966, ext. 101, or at the CVRep box office located at 68510 East Palm Canyon Dr., Cathedral City. Summer Box Office hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 p.m. – 4 p.m. and one hour prior to performances in the CVRep Summer Cabaret Series. To better serve audiences, patrons requesting accessibility assistance are encouraged to speak to a ticket representative while purchasing their season subscriptions.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTRORY

2025-2026 SEASON

DEAR EVAN HANSEN │ Regional Premier

“One of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.” – The Washington Post

CVRep begins its 2025-2026 Season with the the Regional Premiere of DEAR EVAN HANSEN, winner of six Tony• Awards, including Best Musical, the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album, and an Olivier Award for Best Musical. DEAR EVAN HANSEN is a deeply personal and tremendously moving story about a socially anxious high school senior who fabricate a friendship with a deceased classmate in order to create a world for himself in which he ‘is someone’ and counts for somethng. As he becomes entangled in his web of lies, Hansen’s feeling of isolation grows worse. Eventually, he is forced to face the consequences of his actions and lies. This brilliant contemporary musical will be experienced in a new and intimate way on the CVRep stage.

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS │ CVRep Premiere

Only a Brit would have the cheek to reimagine Carlo Goldoni’s 1743 classic Italian comedy, The Servant of Two Masters and succeed so brilliantly as Richard Bean did with his ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS. The Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics prize-winning play includes songs and music by Grant Olding. Comedy and farce are high on the agenda, along with sex, food and money. ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS follows Francis Henshall, recently sacked from his skiffle band. He becomes a minder to two people: the gangster, Roscoe Crabbe (who is actually Rachel, Roscoe’s twin sister in disguise since Roscoe was murdered by Stanley Stubbers) – and personal assistant to Stanley himself (who is Francis’s sister’s boyfriend). And that’s barely the half of this thoroughly funny and delightfully improbable romp that does, assuredly, have a happy ending. ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS is complicated and convoluted – a genuine wild and crazy ride that will be remembered often with smiles and chuckles.

GUYS AND DOLLS │

“In all departments, Guys and Dolls is a perfect musical comedy” – John Chapman, New York Daily News

GUYS AND DOLLS ran for 1,200 performances when it opened on Broadway in 1950. Considered by many to be the perfect musical comedy, the show has won a bevy of awards, including Tony Awards, Drama Desks and Oliviers. It will be an entirely new experience at CVRep as you enter the den of thieves and Prohibition. Gambling will be what you do when you enter Damon Runyon’s mythical New York City; the CVRep production of Guys and Dolls  will show you just how tough you had to be to get by as night club dancer, illegal craps game organizer, high roller, and missionary. This CVRep version of this oddball romantic comedy will be like none you have seen before. Be part of the action as 1. Nathan Detroit tries to find the cash to set up the biggest craps game in town while the authorities breathe down his neck and 2, his girlfriend and nightclub performer, Adelaide, laments that they’ve been engaged for 14 years. Nathan turns to fellow gambler, Sky Masterson, for the dough, and Sky ends up chasing the strait-laced missionary, Sarah Brown, instead. Place your luck with a sure winner: CVRep’s GUYS AND DOLLS. No one looses with this award-winning Broadway classic..

ERNEST SHACKELTON LOVES ME │

“… this is a love story that will bring hope to all.”  – Alan Bresloff, Around The Town Chicago

For those who loved CVRep’s production of The 39 Steps, this is a must-see! This stylish, critically acclaimed new musical comedy with a tongue-in-cheek script by Tony Award winner Joe DiPietro (Nice Work If You Can Get It – another CVRep hit!) takes the CVRep stage for a Coachella Valley Regional Premiere. In this wildly inventive and romantic adventure, a sleep-deprived single mom who makes her living as a video game music composer is contacted across space and time by Sir Ernest Shackleton, the famous early 20th century polar explorer, via a crossed connection on her cellphone while he is stranded on an iceberg in the Antarctic. Inspired by her music, he shares his epic journey with her. Together, they overcome the odds in a timeless, and very funny, musical romance for the ages. This show will transport you on the journey of a lifetime.

COACHELLA VALLEY REPERTORY is a non-profit, professional regional theater. It is the only theater in California’s Coachella Valley that has Small Professional Theatre (SPT) status with Actor’s Equity.

CVRep produces professional theater and educational programs that present thought provoking theatre of substance. It also offers professional level theatre training for young people and adults in its Conservatory, Writing Competition, and other meaningful, socially, and culturally relevant children’s outreach programs. As a member of the Coachella Valley community, CVRep is committed to enriching the quality of life for all residents and providing memorable experiences for the Valley’s many visitors.

2025-2026 SEASON

DEAR EVAN HANSEN

Music & Lyrics by Benj Pasek & Justin Paul

Book by Steve Levenson

December 3-21, 2025

ONE MAN, TWO GUVNORS

By Richard Bean

January 14-February 1, 2026

GUYS AND DOLLS

Music & Lyrics by Frank Loesser

Book by Swerling and Abe Burrows

February 25-March 15, 2026

ERNEST SHAKELTON LOVES ME

Book by Joe Pietro

Music by Brendan Milburn

Lyrics by Valarie Vigoda

April 22-May 10, 2026