Stray Cat proudly opens season 24 with the latest play from Pulitzer and Tony Award Winning playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins. We invite you to join the pre-game party 20 years in the making in THE COMEUPPANCE – a stinging post-Covid look at a group of friends reuniting for the first time with a stark reminder hovering over the proceedings that Death eventually comes for us all – and he often robs us while he waits if we\u2019re not carefu<\/p>\n
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
THE COMEUPPANCE
by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins
directed by Seth Tucker
Tempe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre
September 26 – October 11, 2025<\/p>\n
From the author of GLORIA and the current Broadway hit PURPOSE – When a group of old classmates meet to pre-game their twentieth high school reunion, everyone is nervous for the night ahead. As alcohol and pot help the self-declared \u201cMulti-Ethnic Reject Group,\u201d let their guards down, they begin to reminisce about their teenage selves and reveal how their lives have unfolded since graduation. Brilliantly witty, theatrical, and moving,\u00a0THE COMEUPPANCE\u00a0focuses on millennials and their reckoning with the world they will soon inherit.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u2026truly takes us to a new theatrical level in content as well as form. This penetrating work explores so many layers that it is best to let the experience take you where it will.\u201d –\u00a0Broadway World<\/p>\n
The show contains adult language and situations and would likely receive a PG-13 as a film.<\/p>\n
WHEN:\u00a0<\/p>\n
FRIDAY 9.26.25 at 7:30pm\u00a0\u2013 OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT
SATURDAY 9.27.25 at 7:30pm
SUNDAY 9.28.25 at 2:00pm\u00a0<\/p>\n
THURSDAY 10.2.25 at 7:30pm
FRIDAY 10.3.25 at 7:30pm
SATURDAY 10.4.25 at 7:30pm
SUNDAY 10.5.25 at 2:00pm<\/p>\n
WEDNESDAY 10.8.25 at 7:30pm
THURSDAY 10.9.25 at 7:30pm
FRIDAY 10.10.25 at 7:30pm
SATURDAY 10.11.25 at 7:30pm\u00a0– CLOSING PERFORMANCE<\/p>\n
WHERE:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
Tempe Center for the Arts
STUDIO THEATRE\u00a0
700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ\u00a0 85281
PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE!*?<\/p>\n
**THE PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE IS OPEN.\u00a0ALL PATRONS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY VALIDATION.<\/p>\n
TICKETS:\u00a0
$40 ADULTS
$35 SENIORS 65+
$30 STUDENTS W\/ VALID, CURRENT ID
$25 GROUPS 10+<\/p>\n
prices do not include service or convenience fees<\/p>\n