Eureka Day
by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Ed Cohn
September 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, 2026
NEW TIME: All performances at 7:30 PM
Production Sponsored by Douglas & Carol Burks
They built a community where everyone belongs. Now they have to make a decision that won’t please absolutely everybody.
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California is the kind of place that prides itself on welcoming everyone — a progressive, consensus-driven community where no one gets left behind and every voice matters. So when a mumps outbreak hits the student body, the school’s Executive Committee faces a crisis that their carefully crafted culture was never designed to handle: they actually have to make a choice.
What follows is a wildly funny, razor-sharp comedy that holds a mirror up to our fractured moment — from the paralysis of groupthink to the chaos of online discourse — and asks whether a community built on the dream of endless agreement can survive a problem that demands a real answer.
Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day made its Broadway debut at Manhattan Theatre Club and has earned raves as one of the sharpest, most timely comedies of its generation. Now, for the first time in our region, we’re proud to bring it to our stage.
- “Screamingly funny, belly-laugh funny… a profound comedy that hits on all cylinders.”
- “Topical, brilliant, and timely.”
- “So keenly observed… it hits awfully, gut-churningly close to home.”
Don’t miss the production everyone will be talking about — because chances are, you already know these people.
Cast/Crew List:
- CAST (in order of appearance):
- Meiko – Julie Locker
- Eli – David Derringer
- Suzanne – Bekka Eaton
- Don – Rick Grant
- Carina – Kyndra Jeffries
- Winter – Clint Ibele
- PRODUCTION TEAM
- Katie Ruwe – Stage Manager
- Hades Whalen – Assitant Director
- Corinne Felt – Costumes
- Faith Von Handorf – Props