Decidedly off the beaten path, Stray Cat is indie theatre at its best: quirky, edgy and irreverent.

Stray Cat Theatre has proudly scratched the Valley's itch for a visceral, provocative theatre experience for culture-savvy cats who crave something beyond the standard kitty chow for 23 seasons. We continue to bring you the most vital exciting contemporary theatre you'll find anywhere in the valley.

How To Defend Yourself
February 13 - February 28, 2026

Seven college students gather for a DIY self-defense workshop after a sorority sister is sexually assaulted. They learn how to “not be a victim,” how to use their bodies as weapons, how to fend off attackers. The form of self-defense becomes a channel for their rage, trauma, confusion, anxiety and desire – lots of desire. With sharp humor and brutal honesty, HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF explores what we want, how to ask for it, and how to heal in an impossibly violent world.

By Liliana Padilla

“Profound, funny and shocking.” – The Daily Beast

Content Advisory - Adult themes, language, simulated sexual activity, frank discussion of sexual violence

Angels in America (Parts 1 and 2)
May 1 - May 16, 2026

Arguably the most ambitious American play of our time: an epic that travels from earth to heaven; focuses on politics, sex and religion; transports us to Washington, the Kremlin, the South Bronx, Salt Lake City and Antarctica; switches between realism and fantasy, from the tragedy of AIDS to the camp comedy of drag queens to the death or at least the absconding of God…and we’re finally taking our swing at it. We’re doubly thrilled to announce our Associate Head Kitty Louis Farber will be taking on the role of Roy Cohn.

“A vast miraculous play … provocative, witty and deeply upsetting … a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama … PERESTROIKA is not only a stunning resolution of the rending human drama of MILLENIUM APPROACHES, but also a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style.” ⁠- New York Times

Content Advisory - Adult language, adult themes, Graphic discussion of sex, Simulated sex and violence

Part One

Part Two

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PO Box 2576
Tempe, AZ 85280-2576
(480) 227-1766 
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