WHEN SHE HAD WINGS
by Suzan Zeder
directed by Ugho Badú
Our annual youth production
April 9-12, 2026
Mexican Heritage Plaza
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
San José, CA 95116
A story told in sound, movement and words about 9-year-old B … just plain B, like the letter, like the grade, who is about to turn 10 and is not happy about that! B knows, really knows, that before she could walk, she could fly. She is desperate to remember how before the dreaded birthday comes. In a summer thunderstorm, B's treehouse is hit by lightning, and a mysterious stranger appears. She cannot speak except in strange squawks, single words and occasionally the letters "KHAQQ" … the call letters of the plane Amelia Earhart was flying when she disappeared and was never found. Is this creature a bird, an older woman escaped from a senior care unit or could she possibly be Amelia herself? Together they must help each other remember how to fly … literally and metaphorically.
TICKETS & INFO
PERFORMANCES
April 9-12, 2026
Thursday - Saturday, April 9-11 at 7:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, April 11 and 12, at 2:00pm.
LOCATION
Mexican Heritage Plaza Theater
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
San José, CA 95116
TICKETS
Tickets are choose your own price: $10-$40. Read more about our ticket pricing policy. Seating is general admission.
Order your tickets today at www.teatrovision.org/tickets or by calling (408) 294-6621 ext. 1.
ACCESSIBILITY
When She Had Wings is performed in English with open captions in both English and Spanish.
ADA seating is available at the theater, in the main level of the audience chamber and on the balcony. There are elevators to the balcony on the right side of the theater lobby. There are no steps leading into the theater from the Plaza, which is accessible via ramps from the parking lots on both King Rd. and Alum Rock Ave.
WHEN SHE HAD WINGS
por Suzan Zeder
dirigida por Ugho Badú
Nuestra producción juvenil
9-12 de abril del 2026
Plaza de la Herencia Mexicana
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
San José, CA 95116
BOLETOS E INFORMACIÓN
FUNCIONES
9 al 12 de abril del 2026
Jueves a sábado 9, 10, 11 de abril a las 7:00pm
Sábado y domingo, 11 y 12 de abril a las 2:00pm.
LUGAR
Teatro de la Plaza de la Herencia Mexicana
1700 Alum Rock Ave.
San José, CA 95116
BOLETOS
Elija el precio de su boleto: $10-$40. Lea más sobre nuestra política de precios de boletos. Admisión general.
Ordene sus boletos visitando a www.teatrovision.org/boletos o llamando al (408) 294-6621 ext. 1.
ACCESIBILIDAD
When She Had WIngs se presenta en inglés con supertítulos en inglés y español.
Asientos que cumplen con el acceso ADA están disponibles en el teatro, en el primer nivel del auditorio y en el balcón. Hay ascensores al balcón en la parte derecha del vestíbulo del teatro. No hay escalones entre la Plaza y el teatro. La Plaza es accesible a través de rampas desde los estacionamientos en King Rd. y Alum Rock Ave.
Teatro Visión's operations and this production of When She Had Wings are made possible, in part, by a California Arts Council Arts & Youth Grant; an SV Creates Arts Access Grant; the County of Santa Clara; a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San José; the National Latinx Theater Initiative; David & Lucille Packard Foundation; Silicon Valley Community Foundation; the Kenneth Rainin Foundation; the Leo M. Shortino Family Foundation; the School of Arts and Culture at the Mexican Heritage Plaza; and Opera San José.
