Overview

• The Pasadena Playhouse production, directed by Teddy Bergman, features Rick Holmes, Mia Barron, Nate Corddry, Cherise Boothe and Camille Chen, with performances running through Oct. 5 after opening Sept. 14.
• Jonathan Spector’s satire is set at a progressive Berkeley elementary school where a mumps outbreak and a health department vaccination requirement ignite a clash over expertise and parental choice.
• Critics highlight a virtual meeting’s live‑chat sequence as the standout comic set piece that exposes the collapse of civil discourse.
• The Los Angeles Times praises Boothe’s grounded Carina and notes Barron’s more overtly furious Suzanne, calling this staging punchier but less nuanced than Anna D. Shapiro’s Tony‑winning Broadway revival.
• The play’s renewed visibility follows a 2018 Berkeley premiere and a 2024 Best Revival Tony, with concurrent regional runs reported in the Bay Area, including a Marin Theatre remount and Raven Players in Healdsburg through Sept. 21.