Shadow Lines

Pull back the curtain and see what lies beneath the surface.

Shadow Lines

Directed by Teresa Veramendi

Written by Teresa Veramendi with Devin Elizarde

Created by Aniyah Adderly-Cordy, Zachary Arvizu, Devin Elizarde, Janine Evans, Nicole Farkouh, Suzy Li, Simar Randhawa, Amira Rindegarde, Erianna Solchaga, Sam Sternstein, Teresa Veramendi, and Ashley Villeda

Performed by Yasmeen Abuayed, Aniyah Adderly-Cordy, Zachary Arvizu, Devin Elizarde, Janine Evans, Nicole Farkouh, Joaquin Miguel Gawchua, Suzy Li, Simar Randhawa, Amira Rindegarde, Erianna Solchaga, Sam Sternstein, Teresa Veramendi, and Ashley Villeda

Join us for Shadow Lines, a riveting, one-night-only immersive performance that dares to expose the unseen forces shaping our identities, our home, and closest relationships. This is not just theater — it is reckoning with the quiet boundaries that define us and celebrating the courage it takes to cross them.

In this revelatory months-long collaboration, San Jose State students and community members step into the light with stories that are tender, unflinching, and deeply human. Through movement, voice, and embodied storytelling, they confront the ways gender and cultural expectations can press against our authentic selves — revealing both the weight of those constraints and the fierce resilience required to break free.

You won’t simply sit and watch. You will journey.

Guided through a series of carefully crafted experiences, you’ll encounter intimate performances that unfold around you, dissolving the line between audience and artist. Each encounter holds a revelation. Each story pulses with vulnerability and strength. With every step, the invisible lines that shape our world become more impossible to ignore.

And then, together, we rise.

Sponsored in part by a College of Humanities and the Arts' Artistic Excellence Programming Grant.

Note on Accessibility: A standard ticket for this show will require going up and down two flights of stairs. If you prefer to use an elevator, please select an accesible ticket group.

Content Warning: This show includes the use of mature language.