The Staircase at South Coast Repertory

The Staircase

South Coast Repertory
655 Town Center Drive Costa Mesa

Mother and Son spend their evenings playing cards and retelling stories of Hawaiian legend. Better those than their own, which lurk below the surface. When Son's former sweetheart resurfaces, both he and Mother must choose how they will embrace the future. A mysterious tale about holding on, letting go and the curious force that pulls us back home.

Thru - May 18, 2025

Wed, May 14: 7:45pm

Thu, May 15: 7:45pm

Fri, May 16: 7:45pm

Sat, May 17: 2:00pm & 7:45pm

Sun, May 18: 2:00pm

Show Type: Drama

Box Office: 714-708-5555

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The Staircase Reviews

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Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

"...In the hands of Noa Gardner, this first-time playwright turns weather into something far denser than atmosphere. The rain becomes weight. It becomes memory, generational and unresolved. Nothing in this play simply happens. Everything returns. Gardner doesn't write scenes so much as carve out a space: close, rhythmic, disorientingly familiar. Time is slippery here, repeating itself with just enough difference to make you question whether it's memory or haunting. Under Gaye Taylor Upchurch's careful and quietly muscular direction at South Coast Rep, the show doesn't unfold. It tightens. Each repeated line, each echo, each silence left hanging too long isn't just mood. It's a trapdoor. You find yourself falling through it."

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- Michael M. Landman-Karny

Nerds Of Color - Somewhat Recommended

"...Though its intense slow burn approach seriously hampers the pace of the play, this is a commendable first professional production for Gardner and a fantastic way to launch this young playwright's career."

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- Edward Hong

Broadway World - Recommended

"...And while I genuinely enjoyed the overall narrative and the performances of its ensemble (including the haunting live Hawaiian interludes provided by musician Blaze Kainui Whiting) and the play's top-notch production values (Tony Award winner Rachel Hauck's set is a sublime mash-up of lived-in authenticity and theatrical magic), the play occasionally finds itself mired in long, drawn-out monologues that many might find too wordy or off-putting (as several post-show discussions I had with others confirmed), particularly because so much can already be gleaned by context clues without the need for such extended stretches of speeches."

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- Michael Quintos

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The Staircase Reviews

Stage and Cinema - Highly Recommended

Nerds Of Color - Somewhat Recommended

Broadway World - Recommended

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