Sweeney Todd is largely considered one of Stephen Sondheim's masterpieces. With it, he aimed to create a musical that could “scare the hell out of everyone,” and yet, somehow, be funny.

The story centers around Sweeney Todd, an unjustly exiled barber who returns to London, seeking vengeance against the lecherous judge who framed him and ravaged his young wife. The road to revenge leads Todd to Mrs. Lovett, a resourceful proprietress of a failing pie shop, above which, he opens a new barber practice. Mrs. Lovett’s luck sharply shifts when Todd’s thirst for blood inspires the integration of an ingredient into her meat pies that has the people of 19th Century London lining up…and the carnage has only just begun!

What happens when a struggling young lawyer is accidentally nominated to fill a vacancy on the United States Supreme Court? Reminiscent of the films of the great Frank Capra, Joe Goes Courting is a political comedy with brains, wit, and a heart!

Join us at the Cloverdale Performing Arts Center for a free staged reading of this new play. Wine, beverages, and snacks will be available. You’re also invited to stay for the post-show discussion to share your impressions of the play with the cast, actors, and playwright Evan Laughlin, who will be in attendance.

ScripTease is the new works program of the Raven Players. For more information about the program, please visit the ScripTease page.

With multiple #1 albums and singles on the iTunes World Music charts and Top 5 Billboard New Age placements, SIMRIT moves effortlessly beyond genre - offering an evocative and transportive experience riding on a hypnotic, deep-pocket groove. With a transcendental voice and a sound that feels both timeless and fresh, she fills theaters and concert halls worldwide, captivating audiences. Drawing upon her influences of traditional Greek, North African and American folk, Roots Reggae, R&B, Motown, Psychedelic music and Rock with decades of study in Naad Yoga - the ancient science of sound and consciousness - Simrit’s music carries a vibrational power that resonates deeply with her fans. Whether you’re drawn by her unique story, her radiant voice and presence, or the soul-stirring synergy of her band, a SIMRIT concert is a transformational experience.

Mostly Kosher, the Los Angeles-based Klezmer/Rock band, radically reconstructs Judaic and American cultural music through ravenous klezmer beats and arresting Yiddish refrains. The acclaimed ensemble is a musical feast that explodes into a global food-fight of Jazz, Latin, Rock, and Folk. In response to the poetry and folk music of Judaic roots, their original voice resounds with themes of social justice, human dignity, and mutual understanding. Led by front man Leeav Sofer, one of Jewish Journal’s "30 under 30" most accomplished professionals in the Southern California Jewish diaspora, Mostly Kosher is comprised of some of the highest regarded Los Angeles musicians: violinist Janice Mautner Markham, drummer Eric Hagstrom, bassist Adam Levy, guitarist Nadav Peled and Ben Tevik on clarinet and sax.

An outrageously funny New Year's Eve returns to the Raven!

The San Francisco Comedy Competition is one of the most prestigious comedy events in North America, launching the careers of people like Patton Oswalt, Robin Williams and Ellen DeGeneres. The Raven's 2026 New Year's Eve show brings the SF Comedy Competition back. This is a New Year's that standup comedy lovers won't want to miss!

What price is paid for fighting the good fight? Dom Costello and his family winery are Sonoma County legends, well loved and respected for decades. That status is threatened when Dom raises environmental and health concerns about a new resort, certain to bring an influx of people, publicity, and money to his beloved town. Inspired by Henrik Iben’s classic, An Enemy of the People, the play takes a hard look at the profits and perils of over-tourism. A Raven premiere from our new works program, ScripTease.

Meet Diane, a permaculture gardener dripping with butch charm. She’s got supernatural abilities owing to her true identity—the Greek god Dionysus—and she's returned to the modern world to gather mortal followers and restore the Earth to its natural state. Where better to begin than with four housewives in a suburban New Jersey cul-de-sac? In this Obie-winning comedy with a twist, Pulitzer Prize finalist Madeleine George pens a hilarious evisceration of the blind eye we all turn to climate change and the bacchanalian catharsis that awaits us, even in our own backyards.

J2B2 is an all-star bluegrass supergroup featuring four legendary, award-winning musicians: John Jorgenson on acoustic guitar, mandolin, and vocals; Herb Pedersen on banjo, acoustic guitar, and vocals; Mark Fain on bass; and Patrick Sauber on acoustic guitar and vocals. Known for delivering bluegrass like no one has ever heard it before, the band’s live shows have received stellar reviews and have the bluegrass world buzzing with a spot-on union of impeccable musicianship, incomparable songwriting, incredible harmony vocals (a fresh twist combining bluegrass with elements of West Coast folk rock), and seasoned showmanship. This is the “high lonesome sound” of American roots music at its finest.

This clever and inventive play “never goes more than a minute without a laugh” (Nerdist) giving you a new look at a familiar adventure from the perspective of three potential heroes just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a thing for badgers “who are so lovable and relatable, you’ll leave the theater wishing they were in the stories all along” (Hollywood Life). Their “hilariously heartfelt!” (Metro) and epic journey takes the classic story to new places and reimagines what a boy wizard hero can be.

Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order? By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. But when Cady and her friends devise a "Revenge Party" to end Regina’s reign, she learns the hard way that you can’t cross a queen bee without getting stung.