PAST PERFORMANCES

Since Collide began in 2013, we’ve created 25 original storytelling dance musicals. In our cabaret series, which was introduced in 2021, we heard the stories of an all-Black cast (Our Stories: Chapter 1) and an all-queer cast (Our Stories: Chapter 2), and we celebrated the holidays (Holiday Celebration and Romance: A Candlelight Cabaret). Last season, we were proud to produce our first show with original music, written specifically for our production about a female Viking warrior (SKOL!).

We’ve presented subjects as diverse as the Los Angeles race riots of the 1940s (Zoot Suit Riots), a Prohibition-era story (Belmont Hotel), prostitution and sex trafficking (Lot of Living to Do), the capital vices (Seven Deadly Sins), bullying and coming-of-age journeys (Class of ’85 - 2014 & 2022), mental health (Wonderland - 2021 & 2022), and female empowerment (Le Petit Moulin).

We've also created comic farces (C.L.U.), true stories (Dance ‘Til You Drop, Stand By Me), and modern takes on classic stories (Romeo & Juliet - 2014 & 2020, Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Dracula - 2016 & 2017, The Great Gatsby, and The Picture of Dorian Gray). During the pandemic restrictions of 2020, we were among the first to perform a show outdoors–and in the rain! (The Café)