Stray Cat Theatre presents THE COMEUPPANCE

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’re not careful.

THE COMEUPPANCE

by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins

directed by Seth Tucker

Te mpe Center for the Arts Studio Theatre

September 26 - October 11, 2025

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 “Multi-Ethnic Reject Group,” 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, THE COMEUPPANCE focuses on millennials and their reckoning with the world they will soon inherit.

“…truly 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.” - Broadway World

The show contains adult language and situations and would likely receive a PG-13 as a film.

WHEN: 

FRIDAY 9.26.25 at 7:30pm – OFFICIAL OPENING NIGHT

SATURDAY 9.27.25 at 7:30pm

SUNDAY 9.28.25 at 2:00pm 

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

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 - CLOSING PERFORMANCE

WHERE: Tempe Center for the Arts STUDIO THEATRE 700 W Rio Salado Parkway, Tempe, AZ  85281

PLENTY OF FREE PARKING AVAILABLE!**

**THE PARKING GARAGE RIGHT NEXT TO THE VENUE IS OPEN. ALL PATRONS WILL RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY VALIDATION.

TICKETS: $40 ADULTS

$35 SENIORS 65+

$30 STUDENTS W/ VALID, CURRENT ID

$25 GROUPS 10+

prices do not include service or convenience fees

Buy online 24/7 at http://straycattheatre.org or call 480.350.2822

CAST:

FRANCISCO - Phillip Herrington (Stray Cat’s STUPID F***ING BIRD)

EMILIO - Tanner J Conley (Stray Cat’s SWEAT, THE MINUTES, SLEEPING GIANT, and UNTIL THE FLOOD)

URSULA - Iris Huey (Stray Cat DEBUT!)

KRISTINE - Willa Eigo (Stray Cat’s GLORIA)

CAITLIN - Michelle Luz (Stray Cat’s THE MINUTES)

SIMON (Offstage)/U/S EMILIO - Noah Delgado (Stray Cat DEBUT!) - will play EMILIO on:

Sun Sept 28 @ 2pm

Sun Oct 5 @ 2pm

U/S FRANCISCO, U/S SIMON - Angel Lopez (Stray Cat DEBUT!) - will play SIMON on:

Sun Sept 28 @ 2pm

Sun Oct 5 @ 2pm

Sat Oct 11 @ 7:30pm