Though it is illegal for pranksters to shout about non-existent fires in a theater, shrieking after an encounter with an underseat gum wad is permissible. Shout about what's on stage instead with today's Groupon: for $10, you get one ticket to any main-stage show through August 29, 2011 at City Lights Theater Company (up to a $28 value).

City Lights is an innovative, intimate (100 seats), nonprofit theater company that produces six main-stage plays per year. Each play runs for a five-week period with four shows per week. Coming up in the current season is a production of Billy Aronson's First Day of School, a farcical look at the behavior of suburbanites in autumn (September 23–October 24); an irreverent, interactive, and totally historically accurate play titled Abraham Lincoln's Big, Gay Dance Party (November 24–December 19); and the horseplay of the drama Equus (March 17–April 17), the winner of the 1975 Tony for Best Play and a favorite of horse whisperers and hoarse whisperers everywhere.

Show up early, because seats at City Lights are first-come, first-served. Bring friends or a parole officer and enjoy some quality theater from up-and-coming actors and directors. Get your Groupon for the perfect holiday excursion or to culture the part of your brain that stores culture.

Not valid for Gala shows.

Reviews

City Lights productions have been reviewed by the Mercury News. Yelpers give it a 4.5-star rating:

• This is a GREAT little theater. The staff is friendly, the venue is small so you get to be really close to the actors which is just so exciting. – Sarah S., Yelp
• City Lights Theater is the epitome of local theater and has brought back all the old fond memories! – Jeremy G., Yelp