2026-2027 Season
The Soman prides itself on bringing thought-provoking and inclusive live performances to our community.
We encourage you to gather with friends and neighbors to enjoy this seasons stories on stage.
Spring Season
Beloved, India
The bloody events following partition are over and communities work to rebuild while searching for the bodies of their loved ones. Two unclaimed women - one Hindu, one Muslim - lay side by side in a city morgue. Atul and Mohan, officers from different generations, must retrace their steps to find out where they belong while ignoring how they died. Together these men grapple with age old traditions and future possibilities.
Summer Season
William Walter Elliot
In this lively adaptation of Jane Austen's Persuasion, William Walter Elliot conceals his identity as a notorious international smuggler being pursued by none other than Captain Fredrick Wentworth.
Fall Season
The Seamstress
After the death of a high ranking Japanese offical it is revealed that an ordinary palace seamstress is a Korean spy. Her story of devestating loss and capture are slowly revealed through her sham trial and her discussions with her young, inexperienced, and ambitious lawyer.
Winter Season
The Spice Man
A once multi-cultural California negihborhood has become a smart city that no longer relies on open air markets or their merchants, but one man with his small parcel refuses to be bought up and turned into a solar farm. Through conversations and disagreements with neighbors we learn what we gain and what we lose with modernization and advancement.