Jun. 1, 2025 to Aug. 31, 2026
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Alaska
Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: J. David Dahl
Event Date(s): Aug 15 2025 - Sep 07 2025
Type of Event: Classical Theatre
Venue: Cyrano's Theatre
City: Anchorage
Price: $30-35
Reference Link: https://www.cyranos.org
Description: Get ready for Shakespeare’s most hilarious family reunion at the Cyrano’s Theatre! In a whirlwind of mistaken identities and madcap mis-up’s, two sets of twins, separated at birth, find themselves unknowingly in the same city, setting off a cascade of confusion.
Outside Mullingar
By: John Patrick Shanley
Directed by: Michael Hood
Event Date(s): Oct 03 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Irish Romantic Theatre
Venue: Cyrano's Theatre Company
City: Anchorage
Price: $30-35
Reference Link: https://www.cyranos.org
Description: These yearning, eccentric souls fight their way towards some kind of happiness. Their journey is heartbreaking, funny as hell, and deeply moving. Outside Mullingar is a compassionate, delightful work about how it’s never too late to take a chance on love.
Hay Fever
By: Noel Coward
Directed by: Teresa K. Pond
Event Date(s): Nov 21 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Comedy Farce
Venue: Cyrano's Theatre Company
City: Anchorage
Price: $30-35
Reference Link: https://www.cyranos.org
Description: A houseful of drama waits to be ignited as misunderstandings and tempers flare. The Bliss family lives up to its name, as the “quiet weekend” comes to an exhausting and hilarious finale! Noel Coward at his most festively funny!
Arizona
Ms. Holmes and Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Marcia Milgrom Dodge
Event Date(s): Jun 14 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: Tempe Center for the Arts, 700 W Rio Salado Pkwy, Tempe, AZ 85281
City: Tempe
Price: Starting at $33
Reference Link: https://atc.org/show/ms-holmes-and-ms-watson-apt-2b/
Description: This twist on Doyle’s cherished Sherlock Holmes characters delivers non-stop laughter inside a rollicking murder mystery that promises fun for everyone.
Arkansas
God of Carnage
By: Yasmina Reza; translated by Christopher Hampton
Directed by: Zack Jordan Steele
Event Date(s): Jun 17 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Little Rock
Price: $0-$70
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/godofcarnage/
Description: Two sets of parents come together to reconcile a playground skirmish between their sons. But wine and cheese soon gives way to clashing cultures and heightened defenses, and civility goes right out the window.
Hair
By: Book & Lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado; Music by Galt MacDermot
Directed by: Christine O'Grady
Event Date(s): Jul 08 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Little Rock
Price: $0-$70
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/hair/
Description: “The Tribe” are a groovy band of young hippies, establishing identity, exploring taboos, and championing pacifism. But when one of their own is drafted for the Vietnam War, they are forced to face adulthood and a violent world.
The Amen Corner
By: James Baldwin
Directed by: Ken-Matt Martin
Event Date(s): Aug 05 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Play with music
Venue:
City: Little Rock
Price: $0-$70
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/amencorner/
Description: Harlem storefront pastor Margaret Alexander champions piety with her congregation and teenage son. But the tables are turned by the return of her estranged husband, forcing a reconciliation between her humanity and her faith.
The Glass Menagerie
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Event Date(s): Sep 02 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue:
City: Little Rock
Price: $0-$70
Reference Link: https://www.therep.org/glassmenagerie/
Description: Amanda Wingfield worries about the futures of her adult, unmarried children, all the while dreaming of her gloried debutante past. When a gentleman caller visits their cramped St. Louis apartment, he brings both hope as well as the risk of shattering illusions.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
By: Robert L. Freedman (book & lyrics), Steven Lutvak (music & lyrics)
Directed by: Amy Herzberg & James Taylor Odom
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $43-76
Reference Link: https://www.theatre2.org/gentlemans-guide
Description: Follow Monty Navarro, a low-born man who discovers he's eighth in line for an earldom in the D'Ysquith family. Featuring unforgettable music, endless laughs, and a standout performance by one actor playing all eight doomed heirs, this comedic romp guarantees an evening of fun.
The Three Musketeers
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Rick Sordelet
Event Date(s): Aug 20 2025 - Sep 07 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: TheatreSquared
City: Fayetteville
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://theatre2.org/tickets
Description: This adaptation is based on the timeless swashbuckler by Alexandre Dumas, a tale of heroism, treachery, close escapes, and above all, honor.
California
Kim’s Convenience
By: Ins Choi
Directed by: Weyni Mengesha
Event Date(s): Sep 18 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-$130
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Popularized by the hit Netflix series, Kim's Convenience is a feel-good ode to generations of immigrants who have made Canada the country that it is today.
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
By: Jane Wagner
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue:
City: Berkeley
Price: $38-61
Reference Link: https://auroratheatre.org/search-for-signs
Description: The celebrated and hilarious one-woman show that asks the biggest questions of all. One woman plays a cast of quirky and unforgettable characters in this brilliant and hilarious celebration of humanity’s beauty, chaos, and contradiction.
The Night of the Iguana
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Jessica Kubzansky
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Boston Court Pasadena
City: Pasadena
Price: $30 - 70
Reference Link: https://bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/iguana/
Description: A defrocked minister encounters inner and outer disturbances over the course of one turbulent night at the Costa Verde hotel in this rarely staged Tennessee Williams play that illuminates how much we yearn for real human connection---especially when we're at the end of our rope.
King James
By: Rajiv Joseph
Directed by: Michael Stevenson
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Capital Stage Company
City: Sacramento
Price: $30-50
Reference Link: https://capstage.org/the-plays/king-james/
Description: Shawn and Matt are in an unlikely friendship forged by fandom of LeBron James. Over 12 years, from LeBron’s rookie season to an NBA Championship, the men navigate their turbulent friendship through their shared love of basketball.
Happy Pleasant Valley
By: Min Kahng
Directed by: Jeffrey Lo
Event Date(s): Jun 01 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lesher Center for the Arts
City: Walnut Creek
Price: $70
Reference Link: https://LCATickets@lesherartscenter.org
Description: When internet influencer Jade Park is cancelled online, she seeks redemption by taking on a precarious challenge—helping her rebellious grandmother June, who has the raised eyebrows of many in her senior residential community following a string of mysterious deaths of her lovers.
Parade
By: Book by Alfred Uhry, Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown, Co-Conceived by Harold Prince
Directed by: Michael Arden
Event Date(s): Jun 17 2025 - Jul 12 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ahmanson Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: Starts at $40.25
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/shows-tickets/ahmanson/2024-25/parade/
Description: Winner of the 2023 Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical, Parade has been proclaimed as “a work of art! As commanding as any musical revival to hit Broadway in years” (Deadline). Riveting and gloriously hopeful, Parade reminds us that to love, we must truly see one another.
The Last Goat
By: Gary Graves
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 28 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: World Premiere Theatre
Venue: Central Works
City: Berkeley
Price: $1-45
Reference Link: https://centralworks.org
Description: World Premiere #77: An Odyssey Kori lives alone on an isolated Greek island with only her grandmother and a single goat. When a young man staggers into their old farmhouse claiming to have been shipwrecked, he may be the key to their salvation--or could it be their destruction?
Dada Teen Musical: The Play
By: Maury Zeff
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2025 - Nov 16 2025
Type of Event: World Premiere Theatre
Venue: Central Works
City: Berkeley
Price: $1-45
Reference Link: https://centralworks.org
Description: A new comedy about theatre, dadaism, and demagoguery! Annabelle is 17. When she hatches a scheme to do a Dadaist version of The Sound of Music to round out her college application to Harvard, she unleashes chaos into the raging hellscape of social anarchy: high school.
Spring Awakening
By: Duncan Sheik & Steven Sater
Directed by: Jocelyn A. Brown
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Cripe Stage at Bette Aitken theater arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/springawakening/
Description: Based on Frank Wedekind’s groundbreaking play, Steven Sater and Duncan Sheik’s brilliant rock score and searingly emotional book bring the story of sexual awakening, youth revolt, and self-discovery into a new century.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schreck
Directed by: Katie Chidester
Event Date(s): Oct 03 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Cripe Stage at Bette Aitken theater arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $44
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/constitution/
Description: Nominated for two Tony Awards and a Pulitzer Prize finalist, Schreck’s boundary-breaking play reimagines our founding document and considers how it will shape the next generation of Americans.
Anne of Green Gables
By: Joseph Robinette & Evelyn D. Swensson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Cripe Stage at Bette Aitken theater arts Center
City: Anaheim
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/anne2025/
Description: Generations of readers have adored Anne of Green Gables, and now you can see the classic story come to life in this musical adaptation.
Bright Star
By: Steve Martin & Eddie Brickell
Directed by: Nathan Cummings
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Warren Theater @ Sonoma State University
City: Petaluma
Price: $35-$65
Reference Link: https://www.cinnabartheater.org
Description: Bright Star is a musical written and composed by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. It is set in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina in 1945–46 with flashbacks to 1923. The musical is inspired by their Grammy-winning collaboration.
Bright Star
By: Steve Martin and Edie Brickell
Directed by: Nathan Cummings
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Sonoma State University
City: Petaluma
Price: $35-60
Reference Link: https://cinnabartheater.org/show/brightstar/
Description: Bright Star – June 13-29, 2025, at Warren Theater, Sonoma State. A moving tale of love and redemption with a Tony-nominated bluegrass score. Tickets at cinnabartheater.org.
Head Over Heels
By: Jeff Whitty and James Magruder
Directed by: Jeffrey Bracco
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: City Lights Theater Company
City: San Jose
Price: $38-63
Reference Link: https://cltc.org/event/heels/
Description: This laugh-out-loud love story is set to the infectious music of the iconic ’80s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, featuring hit songs including “Vacation” and “Our Lips Are Sealed."
limp wrist on the lever
By: Preston Choi
Directed by: Becca Wolff
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2025 - Oct 04 2025
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Potrero Stage
City: San Francisco
Price: $25+
Reference Link: https://www.crowdedfire.org/limp-wrist/
Description: A queer trio's escape plan from a conversion camp takes a left turn as they face off against a straight-laced counselor with an unusual sadistic streak.
Yankee Dawg You Die
By: Philip Kan Gotanda
Directed by: pending
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Production
Venue: David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City: Los Angeles
Price: $39-$69 (not including access $15, PWYC Night, or obstructed view $24)
Reference Link: https://https://www.eastwestplayers.org/ydyd
Description: Through the lens of an unlikely friendship between two artists, Vincent Chang and Bradley Yamashita, at different stages of their careers, Philip Kan Gotanda's masterful storytelling exposes the painful compromises actors make to succeed in the industry.
Paranormal Inside
By: Prince Gomolvilas
Directed by: Jeff Liu
Event Date(s): Oct 09 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Production
Venue: David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City: Los Angeles
Price: $39-$69 (not including access $15, PWYC Night, or obstructed view $24)
Reference Link: https://www.eastwestplayers.org/inside
Description: This sequel to The Brothers Paranormal dives back into the mysterious world of Max and Delia—two souls brought together by tragic loss. As they grapple with the depths of intergenerational trauma and ancestral influence on their lives, a malevolent spirit threatens to consume them.
Wives
By: Jacklyn Backhaus
Directed by: pending
Event Date(s): Mar 05 2026 - Mar 29 2026
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City: Los Angeles
Price: $39-$69 (not including access $15, PWYC Night, or obstructed view $24)
Reference Link: https://www.eastwestplayers.org/wives
Description: The laugh-out-loud comedy finds an immediate resonance after the recent national election, where the first South Asian American woman presidential candidate and the first South Asian American second lady found themselves in the spotlight of America’s two major political parties.
Flower Drum Song
By: Music by Richard Rodgers, Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Book by David Henry Hwang, Based on the original book by Oscar Hammerstein II and Joseph Fields, Based on the novel by C.Y. Lee
Directed by: Lily Tung Crystal
Event Date(s): May 28 2026 - Jun 21 2026
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: David Henry Hwang Theater, 120 Judge John Aiso St, Los Angeles, CA 90012
City: Los Angeles
Price: $39-$69 (not including access $15, PWYC Night, or obstructed view $24)
Reference Link: https://www.eastwestplayers.org/flower
Description: Flower Drum Song pulls back the curtain on themes of assimilation and tradition in 1950s San Francisco Chinatown as Mei-li, a young Chinese opera artist fleeing communism, arrives in America, where she is immediately drawn into the dazzling world of the Grant Avenue nightclubs.
Justice
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Jenny Sullivan
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 22 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The New Vic
City: Santa Barbara
Price: $94 - 40
Reference Link: https://etcsb.org/production/justice/
Description: Justice features the “firsts” of the Supreme Court justices, exploring the first women on the U.S. Supreme Court---Sandra Day O’Connor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Sonia Sotomayor---at the height of their power.
The Reservoir
By: Jake Brasch
Directed by: Shelley Butler
Event Date(s): Jun 18 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gil Cates Theater
City: Los Angeles
Price: $36–139
Reference Link: https://www.geffenplayhouse.org/shows/the-reservoir/
Description: Desperate for camaraderie, Josh decides to bring his four lovable grandparents on his road to recovery. Served up with outrageous humor and truth, The Reservoir reminds us that sometimes the path forward isn’t the one we expect.
Love’s Labour’s Lost
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David Melville
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
City: Los Angeles
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://iscla.org
Description: Shakespeare's dazzling treatise on the importance of authentic connection in a complex world.
Dr. Faustus
By: Christopher Marlowe
Directed by: Melissa Chalsma
Event Date(s): Jul 30 2025 - Aug 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Griffith Park Free Shakespeare Festival
City: Los Angeles
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.iscla.org
Description: Christopher Marlowe's parable for our time is biting, surprisingly funny, and profoundly imaginative.
The Angel Next Door
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed by: Cate Caplin
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: International City Theatre
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: A rollicking romantic comedy about a writer commissioned to adapt his novel, The Angel Next Door, for the stage. When it turns out that the “angel” may not be angelic, only the power of theatre can save the play, the novel, and---perhaps most importantly---the writer’s heart.
Theatre People or The Angel Next Door
By: Paul Slade Smith
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: International City Theatre
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: A rollicking romantic comedy about a writer commissioned to adapt his novel, The Angel Next Door, for the stage. When it turns out that the “angel” may not be angelic, only the power of theatre can save the play, the novel, and---perhaps most importantly---the writer’s heart.
Masala Dabba
By: Wendy Graf
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Aug 27 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: International City Theatre
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: In the newest family drama from Los Angeles-based playwright Wendy Graf, members of a mixed race family see themselves reflected in stories from the past, each inspired by a spice in their grandmother’s Indian spice box ("masala dabba").
Masala Dabba
By: Wendy Graf
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 27 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: International City Theatre
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: In the newest family drama from Los Angeles-based playwright Wendy Graf, members of a mixed race family see themselves reflected in stories from the past, each inspired by a spice in their grandmother’s Indian spice box ("masala dabba").
Indian Princesses
By: Eliana Theologides Rodriguez
Directed by: Miranda Cornell
Event Date(s): Jun 10 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: World-Premiere Play
Venue: Mandell Weiss Forum
City: San Diego
Price: Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org
Description: Both laugh-out-loud funny and delicately tender, this delightful new play delves into the quirky, messy, and magical moments of growing up, while exploring the complexities of race, heritage, and family.
The Heart
By: Based on "Réparer les Vivants" by Maylis de Kerangal; book and additional lyrics by Kait Kerrigan; Music and Lyrics by Anne Eisendrath and Ian Eisendrath
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: World-Premiere Musical
Venue: Sheila and Hughes Potiker Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: $Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org
Description: When a young surfer’s life is cut short, it means a second chance for a woman who had been making peace with her terminal illness. Over the course of 24 suspenseful hours in San Diego, we follow one precious heart on its vital, life-saving journey from donor to recipient.
All the Men Who’ve Frightened Me
By: Noah Diaz
Directed by: Kat Yen
Event Date(s): Sep 16 2025 - Oct 12 2025
Type of Event: World-Premiere Play
Venue: Mandell Weiss Forum
City: San Diego
Price: Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org
Description: The 12th play to make the jump from the DNA New Work Series to the main stage, Noah Diaz’s rich, multi-layered drama is full of shrewd insights and humor. Expect the unexpected in this wildly surprising family story with a huge heart.
Working Girl
By: Music and lyrics by Cyndi Lauper; book by Theresa Rebeck; based on the Twentieth Century Fox Motion Picture Written by Kevin Wade
Directed by: Christopher Ashley
Event Date(s): Oct 28 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: World-Premiere Musical
Venue: Mandell Weiss Theatre
City: San Diego
Price: Tickets start at $25
Reference Link: https://lajollaplayhouse.org
Description: This sharp and hilarious adaptation of the iconic 1988 film features an exhilarating original score by the legendary Cyndi Lauper, a smart, fresh book from award-winning playwright Theresa Rebeck, and direction by Playhouse artistic director Christopher Ashley.
Peril in the Alps
By: Steven Dietz
Directed by: Steven Dietz
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Mainstage Theatre Production
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $56
Reference Link: https://lagunaplayhouse.com/2024-2025-mainstage/peril-in-the-alps-a-new-hercule-poirot-comic-mystery/
Description: The thrilling follow-up to Murder on the Links makes its anticipated debut! This new Hercule Poirot story leads the famed Belgian detective on a thrilling journey into the treacherous snow-capped Alps to solve a kidnapping before it becomes a murder.
Honky Tonk Angels
By: Ted Swindley
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Jul 30 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Mainstage Theatre Production
Venue: Laguna Playhouse
City: Laguna Beach
Price: $61
Reference Link: https://lagunaplayhouse.com/2024-2025-mainstage/honky-tonk-angels/
Description: This feel-good, boot stompin’ musical celebrates the enduring power of music and friendship. Armed with only their dreams and a bus ticket, three sassy gals leave their thankless lives behind and head to Nashville to become country music singers.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: Shakespeare
Directed by: Bridgette Loriaux
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
City: San Rafael
Price: $15 - 49
Reference Link: https://www.marinshakespeare.org
Description: Shakespeare's magical comedy reimagined by Bridgette Loriaux through a musical and movement-driven contemporary lens, offers a celebration of love, connection, and the endless possibilities for transformation on this earth.
Seeds of Time Festival
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Event Date(s): Jul 19 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: A developmental festival of six plays
Venue: Marin Shakespeare Company
City: San Rafael
Price: $15 - 40
Reference Link: https://www.marinshakespeare.org
Description: In collaboration with Play On Shakespeare, this groundbreaking festival will present six teams of artists exploring and reenvisioning world classics culminating in interactive public events, inviting audiences to engage in conversations about the relevance of the classics today.
The Tempest
By: Shakespeare
Directed by: Graham Smith
Event Date(s): Aug 15 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Forest Meadows Amphitheatre
City: San Rafael
Price: $15 - 49
Reference Link: https://www.marinshakespeare.org
Description: Nationally renowned artist Matthew Graham Smith directs and adapts this profound tale of power, magic, and the possibility of second chances.
Do You Feel Anger?
By: Mara Nelson-Greenberg
Directed by: Becca Wolff
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Marin Theatre Company
City: Mill Valley
Price: $30-85
Reference Link: https://www.marintheatre.org/show-details/do-you-feel-anger
Description: An outrageous comedy that highlights the absurdity and danger of a world where some people's feelings are prioritized over others, Sofia is hired as an empathy coach at a debt collection agency, where she finds her work cut out for her.
31st Festival of New Plays
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2025 - Aug 09 2025
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: The Autry Museum of the American West
City: Los Angeles
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://www.theautry.org/NativeVoices
Description: As a cornerstone of our season, the Playwrights Retreat and Festival provide emerging and established playwrights a rigorous opportunity to shape their plays culminating in a series of staged readings performed at the Autry and La Jolla Playhouse.
Birthday Candles
By: Noah Haidle
Directed by: David Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/birthday-candles/
Description: Birthday Candles is a touching journey of the human experience, filled with laughter, tears, and moments of reflection that make up one woman’s ordinary life. The play explores the passing of time, the evolution of relationships, and the profound changes that occur in life.
A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder
By: Robert L. Freedman (book & lyrics), Steven Lutvak (music & lyrics)
Directed by: Noelle Marion
Event Date(s): Jul 16 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: North Coast Repertory Theatre
City: Solana Beach
Price: $
Reference Link: https://northcoastrep.org/production/a-gentlemans-guide-to-love-and-murder/
Description: Winner of the 2014 Tony for Best Musical, A Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder is an endlessly entertaining foray into a charming man’s relentless quest for a bountiful inheritance that will change his life forever.
Spring Awakening
By: Steven Slater and Duncan Sheik
Directed by: Gerilyn Brault
Event Date(s): Aug 29 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Sunshine Brooks Theatre
City: Oceanside
Price: $20 - 50
Reference Link: https://oceansidetheatre.org/2025-subscription-season/
Description: The powerful story of young people in 1890s Germany on the cusp of adulthood, grappling with their emerging identities, desires, and the oppressive forces around them. The musical’s blend of rock and emotional intensity explores themes of sexuality, rebellion, and self-discovery.
Waitress
By: Book Jessie Nelson, Music and Lyrics by Sara Bareilles
Directed by: Kitty Balay
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Santa Maria
Price: $25-70
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Waitress serves up a heartfelt tale of love, liberations, and the pursuit of dreams, as Jenna finds inspiration in her pies and embarks on a journey of self-discovery amidst steadfast friendship and sweet melodies.
Holmes and Watson
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by: Michael Brusasco
Event Date(s): Jun 26 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Join Dr. Watson in a twisty, tantalizing mystery as he navigates a deadly guessing game to uncover the truth behind three men claiming to be Sherlock Holmes, in Jeffrey Hatcher's gripping adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's original tale, Holmes and Watson.
Holmes and Watson
By: Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by: Michael Brusasco
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $25-70
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Join Dr. Watson in a twisty, tantalizing mystery as he navigates a deadly guessing game to uncover the truth behind three men claiming to be Sherlock Holmes, in Jeffrey Hatcher's gripping adaptation of Arthur Conan Doyle's original tale, Holmes and Watson.
Something Rotten
By: Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Directed by: Keenon Hooks and Roger DeLaurier
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Join the Bottom Brothers on a riotous quest to outshine Shakespeare in this uproariously entertaining musical romp. Something Rotten blends 16th century wit, with 21st century Broadway flair to prove that stardom requires kicking up your heels and staying true to yourself.
Something Rotten
By: Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O'Farrell, Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Directed by: Keenon Hooks and Roger DeLaurier
Event Date(s): Aug 01 2025 - Aug 23 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $25-70
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Join the Bottom Brothers on a riotous quest to outshine Shakespeare in this uproariously entertaining musical romp. Something Rotten blends 16th century wit, with 21st century Broadway flair to prove that stardom requires kicking up your heels and staying true to yourself.
Songs for Nobodies
By: By Joanna Murray-Smith, Orchestrations by Andra Velis Simon
Directed by: Rob Lindley
Event Date(s): Aug 14 2025 - Aug 23 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $25-65
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Step into the mesmerizing world of Songs for Nobodies, where the paths of some of the most legendary singers of all time intersect with those of everyday women in a tour de force of inspiration and resilience.
Songs for Nobodies
By: By Joanna Murray-Smith, Orchestrations by Andra Velis Simon
Directed by: Rob Lindley
Event Date(s): Aug 28 2025 - Sep 07 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $25-70
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: Step into the mesmerizing world of Songs for Nobodies, where the paths of some of the most legendary singers of all time intersect with those of everyday women in a tour de force of inspiration and resilience.
Rogue Machine’s 2nd Annual Playwright’s Roundtable Festival
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Event Date(s): Aug 18 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Drama/Comedy
Venue: Matrix Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://www.roguemachinetheatre.org/
Description: World premiere readings during a week-long festival that includes early to mid-career playwrights Agnes Borinsky, David Myers, Diana Burbano, Joy Gregory, Hannah Kenah, Makeda Declet, Megan Tabaque, and Rich Andrew. Writers meet twice a month, creating bold new works for stage.
Adolescent Salvation
By: Tim Venable
Directed by: Guillermo Cienfuegos
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2025 - Oct 12 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Matrix Theatre
City: Los Angeles
Price: $45 - 60
Reference Link: https://www.roguemachinetheatre.org/
Description: A searingly funny and fearlessly inquisitive play examining the moral complexity of the characters we judge most harshly. One night, through a haze of tequila, texting, and Taylor Swift, three teenagers banter, bicker, and push each other to the edge of danger---with consequences.
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown
By: Clark Gesner
Directed by: Suzy Newman
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: San Luis Obispo Repertory Theatre
City: San Luis Obispo
Price: $20-37
Reference Link: www.slorep.org
Description: Happiness is great musical theatre! With charm, wit, and heart, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown explores life through the eyes of Charlie Brown and his friends in the Peanuts gang.
The Champagne Staged Reading Series: A Black-billed Cuckoo
By: Mat Smart
Directed by: Mary Ann Rogers
Event Date(s): Jun 09 2025 - Jun 10 2025
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: Three readings for $50
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/show/champagne/
Description: Brooklyn birdwatchers unite at Prospect Park in a close-knit group that is turned upside down over a rare bird sighting. A comedy that explores the complexities of loss, the power of wonder, and how to move on after missing out.
The Magnolia Ballet
By: Terry Guest
Directed by: AeJay Antonis Marquis
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: Free - $80 (sliding scale - new this year)
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/show/magnolia/
Description: The Magnolia Ballet is a tale of four men: a son, a lover, an ancestor, and a father. With expansive poetry and whispered prose, this piece births resilience underneath the bloom of fresh magnolias.
The Champagne Staged Reading Series: Glitter in the Glass
By: R. Eric Thomas
Directed by: Elizabeth Carter
Event Date(s): Aug 04 2025 - Aug 05 2025
Type of Event: Staged Reading
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: Three readings for $50
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/show/champagne/
Description: Chelle, a Black artist, is running out of time to deliver on a grant: an artwork to replace a Confederate monument in Baltimore. As her brother plans a Juneteenth festival in the park where the monument once was, Chelle catapults on a journey between the past, present, and future.
The Motion
By: Christopher Chen
Directed by: Patrick Dooley
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2025 - Oct 12 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: Free - $80 (sliding scale - new this year)
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/show/the-motion/
Description: A heated debate on animal testing slips down a kaleidoscopic rabbit hole where the audience is not only voyeur but accomplice.
Sunday in the Park with George
By: Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by James Lapine
Directed by: Susannah Martin, Music Direction by David Möschler
Event Date(s): Nov 15 2025 - Dec 30 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ashby Stage
City: Berkeley
Price: Free - $80 (sliding scale - new this year)
Reference Link: https://shotgunplayers.org/show/sunday/
Description: Epic in scale---daring, abstract and grounded in the pursuit of love and art, this Sondheim classic is an unconventional love story that imagines the interior life of French painter Georges Seurat.
The Wizard of Oz
By: By L. Frank Baum With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg; Background Music by Herbert Stothart; Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard / Orchestration by Larry Wilcox; Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company; Based upon the Classic Motion Picture owned by Turner Entertainment Co. and distributed in all media by Warner Bros.
Directed by: Jerry Lee and Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Fallon House Theatre at Columbia State Historic Park
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://sierrarep.org
Description: We're off to see the wizard! This beloved tale, in which a Kansas farm girl travels over the rainbow to discover the magical power of home, has entertained audiences for generations.
Some Enchanted Evening – The Songs of Rodgers and Hammerstein
By: Music by Richard Rodgers; Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; Concept by Jeffrey B. Moss for Jerry Kravat Entertainment Services, Inc.
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Aug 08 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Musical Revue
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://sierrarep.org
Description: An enthralling revue of some of Rodgers & Hammerstein's most stunning compositions.
Of Mice and Men
By: By John Steinbeck
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Sep 26 2025 - Oct 25 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org
Description: The tragic story of the friendship between two migrant workers, George and Lenny, and their dream of owning a farm.
Constellations
By: Nick Payne
Directed by: Courtney Glass
Event Date(s): Oct 03 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org
Description: The chance meeting of Roland, a beekeeper, and Marianne, a physicist, and the many possibilities that unfold from that moment.
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas
By: Book by Colin Escott
Directed by: Jason Cohen
Event Date(s): Nov 14 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org
Description: Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the holidays in a knock-out holiday musical experience!
A Christmas Carol
By: By Charles Dickens; Adapted for the Stage by Richard Hellesen; Original Music, with lyrics written or adapted from traditional sources by David De Berry
Directed by: Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Dec 05 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Fallon House Theatre in Columbia State Historic Park
City: Sonora
Price: $30-55
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org
Description: It’s Christmas Eve, and the Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by three spirits who encourage him to change his miserly ways.
All’s Well That Ends Well
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Peter Francis James
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/alls-well-that-ends-well/
Description: Shakespeare's delightful comedy of love, laughter, and adventure.
The Janeiad
By: Anna Ziegler
Directed by: Tyne Rafaeli
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: World premiere
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/the-janeiad/
Description: Modern love and ancient myth converge in this moving world premiere play.
Noises Off
By: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Gordon Greenberg
Event Date(s): Jul 06 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/noises-off/
Description: A brilliant and uproarious backstage comedy that pulls back the curtain on a theatre company struggling to keep its production from falling apart.
The Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: James Vásquez
Event Date(s): Jul 27 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/the-comedy-of-errors/
Description: Double the fun and double the chaos in this classic Shakespearean comedy.
Deceived
By: By Johnna Wright and Patty Jamieson
Directed by: Delicia Turner Sonnenberg
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: West Coast premiere
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/deceived/
Description: Bella Manningham’s new husband seems the doting partner, but when she sees the gaslights dim and he claims they have not, she begins to suspect the strange occurrences aren’t just in her head.
Huzzah!
By: Book, music, and lyrics by Nell Benjamin and Laurence O’Keefe
Directed by: Annie Tippe
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: World premiere musical
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/huzzah/
Description: Two sisters, one a princess and one who works in insurance, must stop fighting to save their father’s Renaissance Faire from financial ruin (and the occasional mead-based fire).
Small
By: Robert Montano
Directed by: Jessi D. Hill
Event Date(s): Sep 27 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: West Coast premiere
Venue: The Old Globe
City: San Diego
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theoldglobe.org/pdp/25-season/small/
Description: Bullied since childhood, his small stature finally wins him respect and success on the racetrack as a jockey. But when his body begins to grow, his dreams seem to slip away, and he must decide how far he’ll go to hold on to glory.
Otherkin
By: N.T. Vandecar
Directed by: Christina Carlisi
Event Date(s): Sep 26 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue:
City: North Hollywood
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://roadtheatre.org/
Description: A long waited reunion with her birth father goes sideways when 14 year old Olive unveils she is Otherkin, identifying as a dragon tasked by strange forces to help prepare for humanities end. This revelation sends shockwaves and skepticism within the adults in Olive’s life.
Colored People’s Time
By: Leslie Lee
Directed by: Ben Guillory
Event Date(s): Oct 11 2025 - Nov 09 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Los Angeles Theatre Center
City: Los Angeles
Price: $25-40
Reference Link: https://therobeytheatrecompany.org
Description: Through a series of vignettes, Leslie Lee explores the history of Black Americans, from a group of slaves meeting in secret to discuss the Bible just before the Civil War to a couple debating the Back-to-Africa movement during the Harlem Renaissance, and more. A Black classic.
HONK! The Ugly Duckling Musical
By: Music by George Styles, Book & Lyrics by Anthony Drewe
Directed by: Donna Federico & Emily Morales-Ortiz
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical Production
Venue: Hartnell College Mainstage Theater
City: Salinas
Price: $5-30
Reference Link: https://westernstage.com
Description: A musical adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's The Ugly Duckling and the story about the rejection faced by one who is the wrong shape and color compared to others. It is a heartwarming celebration of what makes us special that won the 2000 Olivier Best Musical Award.
Humble Boy
By: Charlotte Jones
Directed by: Rebecca Haley Clark
Event Date(s): Jul 19 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Play Production
Venue: Hartnell College Studio Theater
City: Salinas
Price: $5-28
Reference Link: https://westernstage.com
Description: Inspired by Shakespeare's Hamlet, Humble Boy explores themes of grief, family dynamics, the complexities of love, the struggle to reconcile personal identity, and the impact of loss on relationships, all set against the backdrop of a dysfunctional family in rural England.
Bright Star
By: Lyrics, Book, & Story by Steve Martin, Music, Lyrics & Story by Edie Brickell
Directed by: Joe Niesen
Event Date(s): Aug 23 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Musical Production
Venue: Hartnell College Mainstage Theater
City: Salinas
Price: $5-30
Reference Link: https://westernstage.com
Description: Inspired by a true story and featuring a Tony-nominated score, Bright Star tells a sweeping tale of love and redemption with beautiful melodies and powerfully moving characters set against the rich backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and 1940s.
An Enemy of The Pueblo
By: Josefina López
Directed by: Estrella Esparza-Johnson
Event Date(s): Sep 27 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play Production
Venue: Hartnell College Studio Theater
City: Salinas
Price: $5-28
Reference Link: https://westernstage.com
Description: In this adaptation of Ibsen's An Enemy of the People, Magda, a Curandera, warns her people that their water is being poisoned by fracking but few accept her wisdom because their economic future depends on the spring's water attracting gringos back to their town of Milagros.
Bandstand
By: Music by Richard Oberacker, Book & Lyrics by Robert Taylor and Richard Oberacker
Directed by: Diane Jones & Melissa Chin-Parker
Event Date(s): Nov 01 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Musical Production
Venue: Hartnell College Mainstage Theater
City: Salinas
Price: $5-30
Reference Link: https://westernstage.com
Description: An unflinching, honest new musical about the cost of war and finding salvation in the notes of a song. PFC singer-song writer Donny Novitski joins forces with fellow veterans to form a band to become the next swing sensation and finds love and redemption along the way.
5 & Dime
By: Ashley Robinson, Dan Gillespie Sells, Shakina
Directed by: Giovanna Sardelli
Event Date(s): Jun 18 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Mountain View Center for the Performing Arts
City: Mountain View
Price: $34-115
Reference Link: https://www.theatreworks.org/
Description: Based on the play and film Come Back to the Five and Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean by Ed Graczyk, this rockin’ country musical spotlights the reunion of a James Dean fan club. As the women reminisce, they are joined by a stranger who threatens to unearth secrets.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Ellen Geer
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2025 - Sep 13 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: Beatrice and Benedick’s witty and sharp verbal jousts are pointedly calculated to wound. Yet beneath their animosity lies a mutual attraction that neither dares confess—until circumstances unite them to rescue young friends and unmask their own true love.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Willow Geer
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2025 - Sep 15 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: The surrounding Topanga woods morph into the magical forest of the Bard’s most entertaining and beguiling comedy, where comical misunderstandings and the pain of unrequited love are resolved through midsummer night revelries and the enduring power of nature.
Family Fundays – Interactive Storytelling at Theatricum
By: Christopher Gilstrap
Directed by: Christopher Gilstrap
Event Date(s): Jun 15 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Interactive Storytelling
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $20 Family Admission (Up to 5 People)
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com/family-fundays-2/
Description: Gather ’round on a Sunday morning for an hour of interactive storytelling, music, and friendship on the mainstage. Designed with kids younger than 8 and their families in mind, but open to all ages!
Strife
By: John Galsworthy
Directed by: Ellen Geer
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Oct 04 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: What compromise is possible when human dignity and health are on the line, along with a business’s survival, and the economy it supports? A corporation and its workers must consider untenable options at the climactic peak of a labor strike.
The Seagull: Malibu
By: Adapted by Ellen Geer from "The Seagull" by Anton Chekhov
Directed by: Ellen Geer
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Oct 05 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: In the aftermath of the civil rights movement, a disillusioned young writer is haunted by the rise of a consumer-driven, plasticized world and the early warning signs of climate change.
Wine in the Wilderness
By: Alice Childress
Directed by: Gerald C. Rivers
Event Date(s): Aug 24 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: In 1964, as race riots blaze on the streets outside his Harlem home, a painter works feverishly to complete a triptych depicting his vision of Black womanhood. But his artistic vision is challenged by an unexpected muse who refuses to be bound by his shallow assumptions.
Echoes of the New World
By: Marshall McDaniel
Directed by: Marshall McDaniel
Event Date(s): Oct 10 2025 - Oct 17 2025
Type of Event: Interdisciplinary Experience
Venue: Will Geer Theatricum Botanicum
City: Topanga
Price: $15-$60
Reference Link: https://theatricum.com
Description: Civilizations collide, giving way to the brilliant resilience of identity in an evocative interplay of sound, movement, and storytelling that explores the complexities of cultural legacy and reconciliation.
Colorado
The Fantasticks
By: Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones, music by Harvey Schmidt.
Directed by: Kate Gleason
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Musical, Romance
Venue: Creede Repertory Theatre - Ruth Humphreys Brown Theatre
City: Creede
Price: Tickets start at $38
Reference Link: https://creederep.org/show/thefantasticks/
Description: This classic fable about a boy, a girl, their parents, and a love that grows with each season returns to CRT for its 60th Season. The Fantasticks inspires us all to return to a time when we allowed ourselves to be overcome with hope and enchantment.
Silent Sky
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Tara Falk
Event Date(s): Jun 28 2025 - Sep 06 2025
Type of Event: Drama, STEM
Venue: Creede Repertory Theatre - Mainstage Theatre
City: Creede
Price: Tickets start at $38
Reference Link: https://creederep.org/show/silent-sky/
Description: Silent Sky follows the true story of 19th Century scientist Henrietta Leavitt, whose breakthroughs in astronomy profoundly impacted the way we see the universe. An inspirational drama bursting with smart, infectious humor.
BOOMTOWN! Improv Comedy
By: N/A
Directed by: N/A
Event Date(s): Jul 13 2025 - Sep 20 2025
Type of Event: Improvisation, Comedy
Venue: Creede Repertory Theatre - Ruth Humphreys Brown Theatre
City: Creede
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://creederep.org/show/boomtown/
Description: Get ready for pure chaos, no cap. Expect mad energy, insane moments, and a whole lotta “WTF just happened?” vibes.
Hadestown: Teen Edition
By: Anaïs Mitchell
Directed by: Shabazz Green
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Highschool Educational Program
Venue: Fine Arts Center Mainstage
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://
Description: This four-performance show is a fully staged culmination of a five-week intensive. It has both performance and design/technical tracks and provides tuition assistance.
Pride and Prejudice
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Heather Ostberg Johnson
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2025 - Jul 12 2025
Type of Event: Live performance (in person)
Venue: The Park at Columbine Health Systems
City: Fort Collins
Price: $34-39
Reference Link: https://openstage.com/show/pride-prejudice/
Description: This isn’t your great auntie’s Austen! Literature’s classic romance has never felt so full of life as it does in this effervescent adaptation. In the park and under the stars! Walk in, bike in, or drive in! Featuring nightly food trucks.
Pippin
By: Music by Stephen Schwartz, Book by Roger O. Hirsorn
Directed by: Robert Michael Sanders
Event Date(s): Aug 07 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Denver Center for the Performing Arts
City: Denver
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://phamaly.org/show/pippin/
Description: A journey of self-discovery featuring Stephen Schwartz’s unforgettable music and the timeless theme of finding your “corner of the sky.”
Promise on the Hill: A West Colfax Memory
By: Anthony J. Garcia and Max Appel
Directed by: Anthony J. Garcia
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play with music
Venue: Su Teatro Cultural and Performing Arts Center
City: Denver
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://www.suteatro.org
Description: The Fiddler's children escaped the "pograms" of Eastern Europe, bringing their hope and determination to the U.S., eventually moving to Colorado. Their children, transforming it. Philanthropist/entrepreneur Max Appel's life chronicles their dreams and contributions.
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by: Missy Moore
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Jul 30 2025
Type of Event: Play/Comedy
Venue: Theatre SilCo
City: Silverthorne
Price: $38-55
Reference Link: https://www.thesilco.org
Description: Truvy’s salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is the place for a beauty fix with a hearty side of gossip. People gather from all over as Truvy pampers her small-town clients with hairdos, manicures and all kinds of unsolicited advice.
What the Constitution Means to Me
By: Heidi Schrek
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Theatre SilCo
City:
Price: $38-55
Reference Link: https://www.thesilco.org
Description: Fifteen-year-old Heidi earned her college tuition by winning Constitutional debate competitions across the United States. In this hilarious, hopeful, and achingly human new play, she resurrects her teenage self in order to trace the profound relationship between four generations of women and the founding document that shaped their lives.
Escape to Margaritaville
By: Book by Garcia & O'Malley, music and lyrics by Jimmy Buffett
Directed by: Dir: Chris Alleman, Chor: Ian Coultur-Buford
Event Date(s): Aug 08 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theatre SilCo
City:
Price: $38-55
Reference Link: https://www.thesilco.org
Description: Imagine a place where the sun is hot, the ocean’s warm, and the drinks are as cold as they are plentiful. Welcome to Margaritaville, the island paradise where city folk gather to get away from it all and stay to find something they never expected!
Murder For Two: Holiday Edition
By: Blair & Kinsman
Directed by: Bob Walton
Event Date(s): Dec 05 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theatre SilCo
City: Silverthorne
Price: $38-55
Reference Link: https://www.thesilco.org
Description: This musical comedy, murder mystery, whodunit is set at a Christmas Eve party where Great American Novelist Arthur Whitney is discovered murdered. Every wacky guest is a suspect, and detective-wannabe Marcus Moscowicz is determined to examine all the clues and find the killer.
Flyin’ West
By: Pearl Cleage
Directed by: Marisa Hébert
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Dusty Loo Bon Vivant Theater, Ent Center for the Arts
City: Colorado Springs
Price: $30.50-49.00 including fees, limited $10 tickets
Reference Link: https://entcenterforthearts.org/events/flyn-west-theatreworks
Description: In 1890s Kansas, the homesteading Dove sisters are proud of their land and of the all-Black town of Nicodemus. Soon they find themselves contending with speculators attempting to buy up their town from outside and an unsavory brother-in-law who might break up their family.
Connecticut
Hurricane Diane
By: Madeleine George
Directed by: Zoë Golub-Sass
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hartford Stage
City: Hartford
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://www.hartfordstage.org/hurricane-diane
Description: The cosmic clock is ticking and at the eleventh hour, Diane discovers the fate of humanity is buried in a New Jersey suburb and that – oh, gods! – only the housewives can save us.
Your Name Means Dream
By: José Rivera
Directed by: José Rivera
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Subscription Play
Venue: TheaterWorks Hartford
City: Hartford
Price: $45-70
Reference Link: https://twhartford.org/portfolio-items/your-name-means-dream/
Description: An evocative new play from Academy Award nominee José Rivera. We’re in the not-too-distant future. Aislin is old and isolated in her messy New York City walk-up. She pines for a simpler analog past, when her son sends a sensational new caretaker who is not quite...human.
Delaware
Hairspray
By: Music by Marc Shaiman, lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman, book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, based on the John Waters film
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 24 2025 - Aug 30 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $38.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000H6PBMA0
Description: Tracy Turnblad may be a bigger girl than the usual teen heartthrobs who dance on the Corny Collins Show, but when she gets her chance to shine, she does more than light up the stage---she changes lives…her mother’s, her community’s, and even her own.
Beautiful The Carole King Musical
By: Words and music by Carole King, Gerry Goffin, Barry Mann, and Cynthia Weil, book by Douglas McGrath
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Aug 28 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $28.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HFHBMA4
Description: Carole King is the voice of a generation---but before she was a hit-maker and a household name, she was a spunky, young songwriter from Brooklyn with a unique voice.
Rent
By: Book, music, and lyrics by Jonathan Larsen
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 02 2025 - Aug 26 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $38
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HFNdMAO
Description: It was a moment when anything seemed possible in New York City: art, love, and fame. It was a time when young artists created the beating heart of the city, ready to find the untapped potential for joy and passion.
POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
By: Selina Fillinger
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 18 2025 - Sep 28 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $38.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HFVhMAO
Description: One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Reefer Madness
By: Book by Kevin Murphy and Dan Studney, music by Dan Studney, lyrics by Kevin Murphy
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 10 2025 - Oct 31 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $38.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HFsHMAW
Description: The greatest threat to the American way of life is here: and her name is Mary Jane. In this hysterical camp classic, follow good egg Jimmy Harper as he is drawn into the Reefer Den by the seductive power of jazz and turns into a bad apple ready to kiss his sweetheart… with tongue!
Annie
By: Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Martin Charnin, Book by Thomas Meehan
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 08 2025 - Nov 10 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $21.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HGJhMAO
Description: The Spotlight on Young Performers are at it again as they transform this perennial classic into a heartwarming fresh experience to enjoy. With equal parts pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone with her determination to find the parents who abandoned her to Miss Hannigan’s orphanage years ago.
A Christmas Carol
By: Music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Lynn Arhens, and book by Lynn Arhens and Mike Ockrent
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Dec 14 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Rehoboth Beach
Price: $38.50
Reference Link: https://clearspacetheatre.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket/patronticket__publicticketapp#/events/a0SVt000000HG6nMAG
Description: To celebrate the start of our next 20 years, we’re bringing back a classic story that defines the holiday season in a gorgeous musical production. It will take a journey through his past, present, and future to redeem the wretched old miser Ebeneezer Scrooge before it is too late. But when Christmas morning finally comes, he greets the day as a new man---to the wonder and delight of all who know him.
District Of Columbia
A Wrinkle in Time – A New Musical
By: Book by Lauren Yee Music and lyrics by Heather Christian Based on the novel written by Madeleine L'Engle
Directed by: Lee Sunday Evans
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arena Stage
City: Washington, D.C.
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.arenastage.org/wrinkle
Description: Meg Murry's father was experimenting with time travel and the fifth dimension when he mysteriously disappeared. Now, Meg, her friend Calvin, and her younger brother Charles Wallace must race to rescue him.
Columbia Heights Bolero Bar (Botiquín de boleros)
By: Rubén León
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Cabaret-style musical
Venue: GALA Hispanic Theatre
City: Washington
Price: $20-55
Reference Link: https://www.galatheatre.org/post/botiqu%C3%ADn-de-boleros
Description: In this cabaret-style immersive musical featuring famous boleros, patrons attend the reopening of a Columbia heights bar and share their stories of heartbreak. Audiences are invited to participate with their own love stories, as they enjoy beloved bolero music.
The Berlin Diaries
By: Andrea Stolowitz
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2025 - Jun 22 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Theater J
City: Washington
Price: $11.99-$49.99
Reference Link: https://www.edcjcc.org/theater-j/show/the-berlin-diaries/
Description: Oregon Book Award-winning playwright Andrea Stolowitz opens the pages of her great grandfather’s journal to discover a previously unknown genealogy that propels her on a search for home, heritage, and repairing her own story within the Jewish diaspora.
Pride Plays
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2025 - Jun 06 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company
City: Washington
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://
Description: Under the leadership of producers Sam Gravitte and Sammy Lopez, and with the support of original founders Michael Urie, Doug Nevin, and Nick Mayo, Pride Plays celebrate the rich tapestry of LGBTQIA+ experiences through the power of live theatre.
Florida
At The Wedding
By: Bryna Turner
Directed by: Andy Rogow
Event Date(s): Aug 21 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Comedy/Play
Venue: Island City Stage
City: Wilton Manors
Price: $48
Reference Link: https://www.islandcitystage.org/season-13-1
Description: You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life…but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Follow Carlo as she navigates the highs and lows of attending her ex’s wedding to a man while dealing with her own heartbreak.
Puffs Or, Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic
By:
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Straz Center
City: Tampa
Price: Single tickets start at $42
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/puffs/
Description: For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain school and conquered evil. You Know Who He Is. This is not his story, sorry, but that of those who also happened to be there, too. Puffs is a play for anyone who has never been destined to save the world!
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) [revised] [again]
By:
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Straz Center
City: Tampa
Price: Single tickets start at $42
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/shakespeare-abridged/
Description: Having shrunk Shakespeare’s wit and wisdom into manageable morsels of madness, Jobsite returns to tear around the stage in doublets and Chuck Taylor’s on a riotous romp through all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays plus the sonnets in 90 minutes.
Nat Zegree: Rock Concert
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 08 2025
Type of Event: Concert/Cabaret
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/
Description: Orlando Shakes’ annual Concert Series (formerly named Cabaret Series) features four different concerts held in three different theatres. The series has become a beloved tradition in the community, allowing audiences to experience live music in intimate and unique settings.
Nat Zegree’s The History of Rock ‘n’ Roll
By: N/A
Directed by: N/A
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 08 2025
Type of Event: Concert/Cabaret
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/show/nat-zegree/
Description: The award-winning star of Million Dollar Quartet is back with a new concert event charting the development of rock ‘n' roll in the 1940s and '50s. With his signature charm and one-of-a-kind talent, Nat takes audiences on a musical journey like no other!
Music of the Bahamas
By: N/A
Directed by: Adrian Archer, Marcel T. Sherman
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Concert/Cabaret
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/show/music-of-the-bahamas/
Description: Music of the Bahamas tells the story of the origins of Bahamian folk music from the days of slavery to the mid-20th century.
Shakespeare in Paradise: Music of the Bahamas
By: N/A
Directed by: N/A
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Concert/Cabaret
Venue: Orlando Shakespeare Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/
Description: Orlando Shakes’ annual Concert Series (formerly named Cabaret Series) features four different concerts held in three different theatres. The series has become a beloved tradition in the community, allowing audiences to experience live music in intimate and unique settings.
The Sit In Experience
By: Darryl Reuben Hall
Directed by: Darryl Reuben Hall
Event Date(s): Aug 24 2025 - Aug 28 2025
Type of Event: Immersive Theatre
Venue: Stage Aurora
City: Jacksonville
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.stageaurora.org/
Description: The Sit In Experience is an immersive reenactment of a 1960 sit-in that fuses ‘step’, rap, part script, improvisational theatre, and a cappella Negro music in remembrance of Ax Handle Saturday that occurred Aug. 27 in Jacksonville, Florida, to the desegregation of lunch counters.
Ghost: The Musical
By: Bruce Joel Rubin (book), Dave Stewart & Glen Ballard (music & lyrics)
Directed by: Mark Danni
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 15 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: TheatreZone
City: Naples
Price: $50 - 65
Reference Link: https://theatre.zone
Description: An adaptation of the 1990 hit film. Sam and Molly’s connection takes a shocking turn when Sam is killed To communicate with Molly, he turns to a storefront psychic who can communicate to Molly.
Purlie
By: Ossie Davis, Philip Rose and Peter Udell
Directed by: Nate Jacobs
Event Date(s): Oct 08 2025 - Nov 09 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
City: Sarasota
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://westcoastblacktheatre.org/
Description: The Tony- and Drama Desk-winning musical Purlie follows the adventures of a dynamic traveling preacher who returns to his small Georgie town to shake things up and change lives by opening an abandoned church and ringing the bell of freedom.
Black Nativity
By: Langston Hughes
Directed by: Nate Jacobs
Event Date(s): Nov 19 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Gospel Musical
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
City: Sarasota
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://www.westcoastblacktheatre.org/
Description: During the holiday season, Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe invites the community to celebrate with Black Nativity, an inspirational gospel musical---originally penned by poet/playwright Langston Hughes---that retells the biblical Nativity story.
Paradise Blue
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Chuck Smith
Event Date(s): Jan 07 2026 - Feb 08 2026
Type of Event: Dramatic play
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
City: Sarasota
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://www.westcoastblacktheatre.org/
Description: In Paradise Blue, written by renowned American playwright and actress Dominique Morisseau, a man named Blue struggles to keep his father’s business, Paradise Club, afloat during a push towards gentrification in a strip of Detroit known as Paradise Valley.
How I Got Over: A Gospel Revue
By: Nate Jacobs
Directed by: Nate Jacobs
Event Date(s): Feb 18 2026 - Mar 29 2026
Type of Event: Gospel Revue
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
City: Sarasota
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://www.westcoastblacktheatre.org/
Description: This high-spirited musical revue raises the rafters and celebrates the music of renowned singers like Mahalia Jackson, Aretha Franklin, Mighty Clouds of Joy, The Staple Singers, James Cleveland, and other gospel greats.
Lies, Spells and Old Wives’ Tales
By: Nate Jacobs and Michael Jacobs
Directed by: Nate Jacobs
Event Date(s): Apr 08 2026 - May 17 2026
Type of Event: Original musical
Venue: Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
City: Sarasota
Price: $TBD
Reference Link: https://www.westcoastblacktheatre.org/
Description: This world premiere original musical comedy celebrates the spirit, identity, and cultural essence of a people. The show spotlights and celebrates the sayings, beliefs, values, fables, stories, and traditions that are passed down from generation to generation.
The House of Future Memory
By: Eric Davis
Directed by: Eric Davis
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: freeFall Theatre Company
City: St Petersburg
Price: $$45-$55
Reference Link: https://freefalltheatre.com/
Description: This surprising and innovative performance will bring together the talents and imagination of the performers with the dreams, fears, and desires of the audience to create a unique evening of storytelling and theatre that can only happen once.
Georgia
A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
Directed by: Amanda Washington
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Theatre performance
Venue: 887 West Marietta Street NW
City: Atlanta
Price: $50
Reference Link: https://actors-express.com/play-page-a-strange-loop/
Description: Frustrated with his day job ushering for Broadway musicals, a young, gay, Black writer decides to write a musical about a young, gay, Black writer who decides to write a musical about a young, gay, Black writer.
A Very Special Hospital
By: Matt Hoffman
Directed by: Peter Hardy
Event Date(s): Aug 08 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: World Premiere Production
Venue: 7 Stages
City: Atlanta
Price: $25-$28
Reference Link: https://www.EssentialTheatre.com
Description: A satirical look at alternative medicine becomes a journey into the painful past of a brother and sister watching over the comatose body of their famous father. Winner of the 2025 Essential Theatre Playwriting Award (for Georgia playwrights).
Young John Lewis
By: Book and Lyrics by Psalmayene 24, music by Eugene H. Russell IV
Directed by: Thomas W. Jones III
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Theatrical Outfit
City: Atlanta
Price: $15+
Reference Link: https://www.theatricaloutfit.org/yjl/
Description: This new hip hop musical examines the 10 crucial years in the early life of the congressman, and his journey from student activist to major leader in the Civil Rights movement---all by the time he was 28. The time has come to make some good trouble!
Idaho
Noises Off
By: Michael Frayn
Directed by: Christopher Liam Moore
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jul 05 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater & Reserve
City: Boise
Price: $14-60
Reference Link: https://idahoshakespeare.org/
Description: Doors slam, sardines fly, and love triangles tangle as this award-winning farce sneaks a hysterical backstage peek at a production that teeters on the precipice of pandemonium and tests the limits of the adage “the show must go on.”
Sunday in the Park with George
By: Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Book by James Lapine. Originally directed on Broadway by James Lapine. Ochestrations by Michael Starobin
Directed by: Victoria Bussert
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater & Reserve
City: Boise
Price: $14-60
Reference Link: https://idahoshakespeare.org/
Description: Inspired by the painting, "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte" by Georges Seurat, Sondheim and Lapine’s stunning masterpiece merges past and present into beautiful, poignant truths about life, love and the creation of art.
Dial M for Murder
By: By Frederick Knott, Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
Directed by: Sara Bruner
Event Date(s): Aug 08 2025 - Aug 30 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater & Reserve
City: Boise
Price: $14-60
Reference Link: https://idahoshakespeare.org/
Description: Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both in danger, recrimination, and murder.
Peter and the Starcatcher
By: A play by Rick Elice, Music by Wayne Barker, Based on the novel by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
Directed by: Jaclyn Miller
Event Date(s): Sep 05 2025 - Sep 28 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Idaho Shakespeare Festival Amphitheater & Reserve
City: Boise
Price: $14-60
Reference Link: https://idahoshakespeare.org/
Description: Set sail to explore the Neverland you never knew with this Tony-winning prequel that charts a course through Peter’s untold escapades. A dozen actors portray over 100 unforgettable characters in this high-flying adventure bursting with imagination and ingenious stagecraft.
Illinois
An Iliad
By: Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare, adapt. from Homer, trans. by Robert Fagles
Directed by: Charles Newell
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Court Theatre
City: Chicago
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2024/2025-season/an-iliad-2025/
Description: A timely and gripping retelling of Homer’s epic poem, An Iliad returns to Court’s stage, illuminating the human cost of conflict with breathtaking urgency. Timothy Edward Kane reprises his role as the Poet.
War of the Worlds
By: John Hildreth
Directed by: Heather Currie
Event Date(s): Jun 02 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre/Play
Venue: Lifeline Theatre
City: Chicago
Price: $20-$45
Reference Link: https://lifelinetheatre.com
Description: Lifeline’s tagline, “Big Stories Up Close” will be demonstrated again by bringing H.G. Wells’ beloved and influential work to the stage. A live action sci-fi thriller set in Chicago.
Iraq, But Funny
By: Atra Asdou
Directed by: Dalia Ashurina
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: New Play
Venue:
City: Chicago
Price: $35-79
Reference Link: https://https://lookingglasstheatre.org/event/iraq-but-funny/
Description: A hilariously chaotic new satire, written by ensemble member Atra Asdou and directed by Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient Dalia Ashurina. Iraq, But Funny follows five generations of Assyrian women attempting to reclaim their story as it’s being narrated by a British Guy.
Twisted Melodies
By: Kelvin Roston Jr.
Directed by: Kelvin Roston Jr.
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: North Shore Center for the Performing Arts
City: Skokie
Price: $35-79
Reference Link: https://northlight.org/
Description: Flashback to 1979, when singer and composer Donny Hathaway was a soul music icon, known for R&B hits and his duets with Roberta Flack. This mesmerizing one-man show immerses us in a day with the brilliant artist, seeking solace in the music that has always been his salvation.
Dhaba on Devon Avenue
By: Madhuri Shekar
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Writers Theatre
City: Glencoe
Price: $35 - 85
Reference Link: https://www.timelinetheatre.com/dhaba
Description: Rich with culinary tradition and dramatic twists, this world premiere drama serves up a searing Chicago-set story of family, legacy, and survival at all costs.
Dhaba on Devon Avenue
By: Madhuri Shekar
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Alexandra C. and John D. Nichols Theatre
City: Glencoe
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.writerstheatre.org/dhaba-on-devon-avenue
Description: Rich with culinary tradition and dramatic twists, Dhaba on Devon Avenue serves up a searing Chicago-set story of family, legacy, and survival at all costs.
Indiana
The Convergence
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 12 2025 - Aug 23 2025
Type of Event: Artists Residency
Venue: Indy Convergence
City: Indianapolis
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.indyconvergence.org/programs/convergence/
Description: Experience the Convergence, a professional artists residency and creative accelerator. Designed to disrupt comfort zones and ignite transformation, it fosters artistic growth and creative risk-taking with a diverse, interdisciplinary cohort. Comprehensive funding provided!
King Lear (Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival)
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Pirronne Yousefzadeh
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
City: South Bend
Price: $
Reference Link: https://shakespeare.nd.edu/
Description: Highlighting the 25th anniversary of the Notre Dame Shakespeare Festival is the Professional Company production of King Lear, produced for the first time by NDSF and directed by Pirronne Yousefzadeh.
Iowa
Romeo and Juliet
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Adam Knight
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Riverside Theatre Festival Stage
City: Iowa City
Price: $15-39
Reference Link: https://riversidetheatre.org/rj/
Description: A story of youth, passion, and the possibility of change. In a society teeming with lovers and fighters, divided by deep, partisan rifts, two young voices dare to envision a new path forward—one built on love instead of conflict. Presented free to the public in Lower City Park.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Howard Ashman/Alan Menken
Directed by: Angie Toomsen
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theatre Cedar Rapids
City: Cedar Rapids
Price: $27-59
Reference Link: https://www.theatrecr.org/event/little-shop-of-horrors/2025-06-27/
Description: Meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II”—after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down-and-out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it…BLOOD.
Louisiana
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson – Apt. 2B
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Elizabeth Newcomer
Event Date(s): Sep 04 2025 - Sep 21 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Marquette Theater at Loyola
City: New Orleans
Price: $10-50
Reference Link: https://www.crescentcitystage.com/
Description: An irreverent, darkly comic, modern take on Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s famous sleuth and sidekick. This fast-paced romp re-examines the world’s most famous detective story with a bold new feminist lens. In this highly theatrical, small-cast escapade, oddball female roommates Sherlock Holmes & Joan Watson join forces to emerge from pandemic fog as a deeply co-dependent, quasi-dysfunctional Odd Couple adventure duo—solving mysteries and kicking butts, until they come face-to-face with a villain who seems to have all of the answers.
A Christmas Carol
By: Patrick Barlow
Directed by: Elizabeth Newcomer
Event Date(s): Dec 04 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Marquette Theater at Loyola
City: New Orleans
Price: $10-50
Reference Link: https://www.crescentcitystage.com/
Description: This thrilling adaptation uses only five actors to bring some of Dickens' most beloved characters to life.
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Augustin J Correro
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Aug 09 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Marquette Theatre
City: New Orleans
Price: $40-55
Reference Link: https://www.twtheatrenola.com
Description: Tennessee Williams’ Pulitzer-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof hits the stage summer 2025. On Big Daddy’s birthday, family tensions explode as Maggie fights for Brick to claim his throne, while Mae, Gooper, and Big Mama battle greed, denial, and the weight of truth.
Out Cry: The Two Character Play
By: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Beau Bratcher
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2025 - Sep 21 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Lower Depths Theatre
City: New Orleans
Price: $38-50
Reference Link: https://www.twtheatrenola.com
Description: Clare and Felice arrive to perform, unsure where their act ends and their lives begin. Staring into the theatre's darkness, they question if anyone is watching but press on—perhaps for the last time. Don’t miss Tennessee Williams’ poetic masterpiece.
Maine
The Rocky Horror Picture Show
By: Richard O’Brien
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue:
City: Bangor
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://www.penobscottheatre.org/
Description: The long-awaited return of this cult classic. On a stormy night, the newly engaged Brad and Janet find themselves out of gas and on the doorstep of one Dr Frank-N-Furter.
The Rocky Horror Show
By: Richard O'Brien
Directed by: Matt Hawkins
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Bangor Opera House
City: Bangor
Price: $25-50
Reference Link: https://www.penobscottheatre.org/project/rocky-horror-show/
Description: A long awaited return of this cult classic. On a stormy night, a newly engaged couple find themselves on the doorstep of one Dr Frank-N-Furter. They could never imagine the night in store, that will test their boundaries, take their innocence and teach them to do The Time Warp.
Maryland
Dory Fantasmagory
By: John Glore
Directed by: Kathryn Chase Bryer
Event Date(s): Jun 18 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: TYA show
Venue: Lerner Family Theatre
City: Bethesda
Price: $12 and up
Reference Link: https://imaginationstage.org/on-our-stages/dory-fantasmagory/
Description: Based on the popular books, the show features Dory, who, with the help of her fairy godfather, Mr. Nuggy, her monster friend, Mary, and her mighty imagination, sets out to win what she wants most: her family's attention.
The Inheritance (Parts One and Two)
By: Matthew Lopez
Directed by: Tom Story
Event Date(s): Aug 27 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Round House Theatre
City: Bethesda
Price: From $43
Description: Decades after the height of the AIDS epidemic, the two-part epic, performed in repertory, follows the intertwined lives of three generations of gay men in New York City grappling with the past and embracing the present as they search for community and belonging.
Massachusetts
In Old Age
By: Mfoniso Udofia
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 21 2026 - Apr 04 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Liebergott Black Box Theatre
City: Boston
Price: $
Reference Link: https://artsemerson.org/events/in-old-age/
Description: Abasiama Ufot, still living in the house of her deceased husband, forms an unexpected spiritual bond with Azell Abernathy, a soft-spoken, church-going carpenter. As their connection deepens, and Abasiama’s house---and soul---become clearer, she comes to understand the true nature of love, sending her off on one last journey through life.
The SpongeBob Musical | Youth Edition
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 25 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Summer Stage for Youth
Venue: Middlesex Community College’s Richard & Nancy L. Donahue Academic Arts Center
City: Lowell
Price: $
Reference Link: https://mrt.org/youngcompany
Description: When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up.
Disney’s High School Musical Jr.
By:
Directed by: Karen Oster
Event Date(s): Aug 22 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Summer Stage for Youth
Venue: Middlesex Community College’s Richard & Nancy L. Donahue Academic Arts Center
City: Lowell
Price: $
Reference Link: https://mrt.org/youngcompany
Description: Disney's High School Musical Jr. follows the story of Troy Bolton, a star basketball player, and Gabriella Montez, the new brainiac at school. The couple cause an upheaval when they decide to audition for the high school musical and attempt to break out of their status quo.
Eisenhower: This Piece of Ground
By: Richard Hellesen
Directed by: Peter Ellenstein
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2025 - Jun 08 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Barrington Stage Company
City: Pittsfield
Price: $
Reference Link: https://barringtonstageco.org/?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAn9a9BhBtEiwAbKg6fglX_P-5i1ma50POkApvzuZv0HQZnXLylGEirzkJp-2eJ6GSO9wKWBoCNCEQAvD_BwE
Description: “An historic masterpiece” starring John Rubinstein as Dwight D. Eisenhower. Ike examines his life, his presidency, the qualities of greatness, and what it means to be a good citizen. Surprising, funny, meaningful, moving, and an inspiration and tonic for our troubled times.
Rooted
By: Deborah Zoe Laufer
Directed by: Tatyana-Marie Carlo
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2025 - Jun 08 2025
Type of Event: Part of Fresh Takes Play Reading Series
Venue: Hot Plate Brewing Co.
City: Pittsfield
Price: Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://www.wamtheatre.com/showsandevents/
Description: Emery and Hazel haven't left their tiny town in all their 60-some years. When Emery's experiments become an overnight viral sensation, Hazel sees this as their opportunity to finally escape. Each reading is followed by a brief discussion with the artists.
Where We Stand
By: Donetta Lavinia Grays
Directed by: Jackie Davis
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: A Touring Solo-Community Exploration
Venue:
City: Lenox, Pittsfield, Albany (NY)
Price: Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://www.wamtheatre.com/showsandevents/
Description: A Kilroy’s List Pick and winner of the Whiting Award for Drama, this work is an epic fable of penance filled with humor, heart, and music that explores an individual pushed to the edge. Ultimately, the fate of the individual is left in the hands of the audience---mercy or justice?
Alien Girls
By: Amy Berryman
Directed by: Genée Coreno
Event Date(s): Jul 13 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Part of Fresh Takes Play Reading Series
Venue: Hot Plate Brewing Co.
City: Pittsfield
Price: $Sliding Scale
Reference Link: https://www.wamtheatre.com/showsandevents/
Description: Time traveling through decades of friendship between two writers, Alien Girls is a meta-theatrical, dark comedy about the joys and challenges of creating art, cultivating friendships, and building a life of meaning. Each reading is followed by a brief discussion with the artists.
Michigan
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
By: Book by Douglas McGrath, words and music by Gerry Goffin & Carole King, Barry Mann & Cynthia Weil
Directed by: Kathy Mulay
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Festival Playhouse at Zalamazoo College
City: Kalamazoo
Price: $15 - $55
Reference Link: https://www.farmersalleytheatre.com/shows/beautiful-the-carole-king-musical
Description: The inspiring true story of Carole King's journey from teenage songwriter to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. This Tony-winning musical phenomenon is filled with unforgettable classics like "You've Got a Friend" and "Natural Woman," woven through a story you'll never forget.
Carrie: The Musical
By: Michael Gore (music), Dean Pitchford (lyrics), Lawrence D. Cohen, adapt. from Stephen King (book)
Directed by: Derek Van Barham
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Flint Repertory Theatre
City: Flint
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://thefim.org/event/carrie/
Description: Carrie's a misfit. At school, she's bullied by the popular crowd, and is virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s at the mercy of her cruelly controlling mother. But Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it...
Incident at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
By: Katie Forgette
Directed by: Karen Sheridan
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: A Michigan Premiere
Venue: Williamston Theatre
City: Williamston
Price: $10-44
Reference Link: https://www.williamstontheatre.org/shows/2024-2025/incident-our-lady-perpetual-help
Description: This wild and tender comedy explores the foolishness of first love, the pains of Catholic guilt, and ultimately the power of family.
Minnesota
Treasure Island
By: Adapted for the stage by Stuart Paterson
Directed by: Rick Dildine
Event Date(s): Sep 09 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/treasure-island/
Description: The sea is calling! Join this swashbuckling adventure to sail the open seas as young Jim searches for buried treasure and navigates shifting alliances. Sword fights, live music, and high-seas thrills await!
Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile The Musical
By: Book and Lyrics by Suhayla El-Bushra, Music by Ahmed Abdullahi Gallab, Additional Music and Lyrics from Tom Brady
Directed by: Emily Lim
Event Date(s): Oct 01 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/the-enormous-crocodile/
Description: The Enormous Crocodile is weaving his way through the jungle with his tummy rumbling. Get to know all of the creatively puppeted creatures in the U.S. premiere of this smash U.K. hit.
Dr. Seuss’s How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
By: Book and lyrics by Timothy Mason, Music by Mel Marvin
Directed by: Dean Holt
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2025 - Jan 04 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-25-26/
Description: In this CTC holiday favorite, filled with music and Seussian rhymes, everyone’s favorite grouchy, green Grinch plots the greatest heist imaginable—stealing the very thing the joyful Whos love the most!
Go, Dog. Go! • Ve Perro ¡Ve!
By: Adapted for the stage by Allison Gregory & Steven Dietz
Directed by: Juliette Carrillo
Event Date(s): Jan 20 2026 - Feb 22 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/go-dog-go-ve-perro-ve/
Description: Dogs are everywhere! Roller-skating, playing baseball, driving race cars, and speaking—in Spanish and English! Sing along with this bilingual spectacle that makes no sense (and total sense) at the same time!
Forts! Build Your Own Adventure An Interactive Experience
By: Conceived by Julie Ritchey; Created in Collaboration with Eleanor Kahn, Jeffrey Levin, Christian Libonati, Andrew Marikis, and Carley Walker
Directed by: Conceived by Julie Ritchey; Created in Collaboration with Eleanor Kahn, Jeffrey Levin, Christian Libonati, Andrew Marikis, and Carley Walker
Event Date(s): Feb 13 2026 - Apr 05 2026
Type of Event: Interactive Experience
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $15+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/p-forts-25-26/
Description: An interactive experience! Imagine you’re surrounded by towering towers of cardboard boxes in the coolest attic you’ve ever seen. What will you build? In Forts! you make it all happen.
Dinosaur World Live
By: Derek Bond
Directed by: Derek Bond
Event Date(s): Mar 03 2026 - Apr 05 2026
Type of Event: A Prehistoric Journey
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/dinosaur-world-live/
Description: Dinosaurs take over CTC! Feel the rumble of their rawrs as a young paleontologist takes you on an up-close adventure that has wowed kids and adults all over the world.
The Wizard of Oz
By: By L. Frank Baum, With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg, Background Music by Herbert Stothart, Dance and Vocal Arrangements by Peter Howard, Adapted by John Kane for the Royal Shakespeare Company
Directed by: Rick Dildine
Event Date(s): Apr 21 2026 - Jun 14 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Children's Theatre Company
City: Minneapolis
Price: $20+
Reference Link: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/the-wizard-of-oz-2/
Description: It’s not every day that a wild tornado whizzes over your head, or the world magically shifts from black and white to technicolor! Don’t miss this grand spectacle, featuring songs from the classic film.
Lone Star Spirits
By: Josh Tobiessen
Directed by: Adrienne Sweeney
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Oct 25 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Commonweal Theatre Company
City: Lanesboro
Price: $38
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/lone-star-spirits/
Description: Join the Commonweal Theatre Company for Josh Tobiessen's small-town comedy, Lone Star Spirits. This fast-paced comedy with hairpin turns takes a sympathetic look at those who stay and those who leave their hometowns---and the ghosts that haunt us either way.
King Lear
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Amanda Rafuse
Event Date(s): Sep 13 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Commonweal Theatre Company
City: Lanesboro
Price: $38
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/king-lear/
Description: Join the Commonweal Theatre Company for William Shakespeare's legendary classic, King Lear. With a full ensemble of players and producing artistic director Hal Cropp as Lear, the company ventures forth on this legendary classic for the first time in Commonweal history.
A Sherlock Carol
By: Mark Shanahan
Directed by: Michael Bigelow Dixon
Event Date(s): Nov 08 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Commonweal Theatre Company
City: Lanesboro
Price: $38
Reference Link: https://commonwealtheatre.org/our-season/sherlock-carol/
Description: Join the Commonweal Theatre Company for Mark Shanahan's merry and mysterious mashup, A Sherlock Carol. This mysterious and merry mashup is perfect fun for the whole family!
Interact Fall Show
By:
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Oct 08 2025 - Oct 18 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Luminary Arts Center
City:
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description:
Interact Center for the Visual and Performing Arts presents our annual fall show.
WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY
By: Reid Tang
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 25 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Play Reading
Venue: Jungle Theater
City: Minneapolis
Price: Pay As You Are
Reference Link: https://www.jungletheater.org/script-reading-series
Description: A catalog of all the possible phone calls that exist. A play that is not about Amazon, not about Jeff Bezos, and certainly not about Elon Musk.
The Warroad Project (Working Title)
By: Kira Obolensky
Directed by: Michael John Garces
Event Date(s): Sep 12 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: play
Venue: Warroad River Place
City: Warroad
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://
Description: Created with/for/about the town of Warroad, Minnesota (pop. 1800), the play will adapt a classic play, reflecting the lives of concerns of local residents. The play will include first time performers acting alongside professionals.
The Pasture
By: Mark-n-Sparks
Directed by: ashley sparks
Event Date(s): Oct 10 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: play
Venue: Mixed Blood Theatre Co
City: Minneapolis
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://
Description: Asking "Where will we live when we are old?" this comedy centers on an aging congregation that converts their church into an assisted living care commune, defying greedy bankers, government inspectors, and a nosy neighbor.
Madagascar – A Musical Adventure TYA Edition
By: Kevin Del Aguila
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: 16-18
Venue: Stages Theatre Company
City: Hopkins
Price: $16-18
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/madagascar-a-musical-adventure/
Description: "Move It' into summer with Madagascar! With outlandish characters, adventures galore, and an upbeat score, Madagascar will leave you with no choice but to “Move It, Move It!”
Tell Me Your Dreams
By: Amanda Kloots
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 06 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Musical, Play
Venue: Stages Theatre Company
City: Hopkins
Price: $16-18
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/tell-me-your-dreams/
Description: Going to sleep becomes the biggest adventure yet. From soaring across clouds of vanilla ice cream to driving a train across the ocean, you can do anything! Tell Me Your Dreams is based on the book of the same name by bestselling author of Live Your Life, Amanda Kloots.
Stop Kiss
By: Diana Son
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gremlin Theatre
City: Saint Paul
Price: $Pay As You Are
Reference Link: https://theatermu.org/stop-kiss
Description: In this award-winning play, Sara and Callie's first kiss should have been the start to a new romance. Instead, their lives changed irrevocably. Jumping backward and forward in time, the two are forced to look at the little moments that built their relationship.
Missouri
Night Mother
By: Marsha Norman
Directed by: Nicole Hodges Persley
Event Date(s): Sep 18 2025 - Sep 27 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Just Off Broadway Theatre
City: Kansas City
Price: $20 - 35
Reference Link: https://kcmeltingpot.com/
Description: Marsha Norman’s Night, Mother unfolds over a single, harrowing evening as Jessie calmly tells her mother, Thelma, that she plans to end her life that night.
Death of a Salesman
By: Arthur Miller
Directed by: Ile Haggins
Event Date(s): Dec 04 2025 - Dec 13 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Just Off Broadway Theatre
City: Kansas City
Price: $20 - 35
Reference Link: https://kcmeltingpot.com/
Description: Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman is a haunting exploration of the American Dream and the cost of chasing an illusion.
Long Time Since Yesterday
By: P.J. Gibson
Directed by: Lynn King
Event Date(s): Mar 12 2026 - Mar 21 2026
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Just Off Broadway Theatre
City: Kansas City
Price: $20-35
Reference Link: https://kcmeltingpot.com/
Description: Set in suburban New Jersey in the early 1980s, this potent drama is about a reunion of former college classmates, now in their 30s, at the funeral of a friend who killed herself.
Like Six O’Clock
By: Lewis Morrow
Directed by: Harvey Williams
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2026 - Jun 26 2026
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Just Off Broadway Theatre
City: Kansas City
Price: $20-35
Reference Link: https://kcmeltingpot.com/
Description: In the wake of a nearby mass shooting, Bennie, Claudette, and Roderick find themselves locked in a tense debate as new details emerge.
Romeo & Zooliet
By: Jennifer Joan Thompson
Directed by: Tom Ridgely
Event Date(s): Jul 08 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Shakespeare in the Zoos
Venue: Saint Louis Zoo
City: Saint Louis
Price: $15.95+
Reference Link: romeoandzooliet.org
Description: Have you ever wondered what happens when the gates of the zoo close and the keepers go home for the night? What if the animals put on their own Shakespeare performance? Featuring stunning animal puppets by Michael Curry Designs in a delightfully playful take on Romeo & Juliet.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Tre'von Griffith
Event Date(s): Aug 19 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Touring Show
Venue: Various
City: Saint Louis
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://stlshakes.org/production/midsummer-tour/
Description: A Afro-Futurist, music filled remount of the 2022 A Midsummer Night’s Dream, directed by artist Tre’von Griffith. Touring to parks across the St. Louis region.
Nevada
Ride The Cyclone
By: Book, Music, & Lyrics by Jacob Richmond & Brooke Maxwell
Directed by: Mary Bennett & Rose Sambrano
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jul 19 2025
Type of Event: Musical Comedy
Venue: Bruka Theatre
City: Reno
Price: $22- 40
Reference Link: https://www.bruka.org
Description: In this hilarious and outlandish story, the lives of six teenagers from a Canadian chamber choir are cut short in a freak accident aboard a roller coaster. When they awake in limbo, a mechanical fortune teller invites each to tell a story to win a prize like no other.
New Hampshire
Boeing Boeing
By: Marc Camoletti
Directed by: Brendon Fox
Event Date(s): Jun 18 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Peterborough Players
City: Peterborough
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/
Description: This Tony-winning, fun, flirty farce is set in Paris in the 1960s. Bernard has three flight attendant fiancées, all of whom descend on his apartment at the same time—what could possibly go wrong? His life is about to hit some turbulence.
Dial M for Murder
By: Jeffrey Hatcher, from Frederick Knott
Directed by: Laura Kepley
Event Date(s): Jul 02 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Peterborough Players
City: Peterborough
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/
Description: There is malice, manipulation, and murder in this creative new spin on the celebrated mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece. Set in 1950s London, this fast-paced play has enthralling characters and electrifying dialogue is guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By: Book by Rachel Sheinkin and music & lyrics by William Finn
Directed by: Jen Wineman
Event Date(s): Jul 16 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peterborough Players
City: Peterborough
Price: $67
Reference Link: https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/
Description: A hilariously heartfelt Tony-winning musical comedy that follows an eclectic group of six pre-teens competing for the spelling championship of a lifetime. Complete with audience participation, this show is a one-of-a-kind musical theatre experience that spells F-U-N!
Native Garden
By: Karen Zacarias
Directed by: Melissa Crespo
Event Date(s): Jul 30 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Peterborough Players
City: Peterborough
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/
Description: It is a high-spirited Horti-Culture Clash in this hilarious contemporary comedy. When two very different couples become neighbors their differences in gardening esthetics and backgrounds bloom into friction and no one on either side of the fence ends up smelling like a rose.
Hay Fever
By: Noël Coward
Directed by: Brendon Fox
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2025 - Aug 24 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Peterborough Players
City: Peterborough
Price: $60
Reference Link: https://www.peterboroughplayers.org/
Description: Legendary British playwright Noël Coward wrote this luminous and entertaining comedy of bad manners. A weekend in the country, plus a series of raucous misunderstandings that only serve to underscore an unspoken but universal fact: There is no such thing as a normal family.
New Jersey
John Lloyd Young
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2025 - Sep 20 2025
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $35 to 40
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/john-lloyd-young
Description: Tony and Grammy winner John Lloyd Young interprets the spine-tingling, soul-bearing showstoppers that shaped his earliest Broadway aspirations. Songs from The Wiz, Chicago, Bye Bye Birdie, Les Miserables, and Jersey Boys, along with classics by legendary Broadway writers!
Miss Nelson Has A Field Day
By: Joan Cushing
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 25 2025 - Sep 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $10-15
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/yas-miss-nelson-has-a-field-day
Description: The Smedly Tornadoes have not only never won a football game, they have never even scored a single point! Coach Armstrong goes bonkers and Miss Nelson decides to help out. She enlists Coach Viola Swamp to whip the team into shape and save the day!
Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play
By: Anne Washburn
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 16 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Play, and Musical
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $17.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/nextstage-mr-burns
Description: After the collapse of civilization, a group of survivors share a campfire and begin to piece together the plot of The Simpsons episode "Cape Feare" entirely from memory.
Watson, The Final Problem
By: Bert Coules
Directed by: Bert Coules
Event Date(s): Nov 06 2025 - Nov 16 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price:
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/fringe-watson-the-final-problem
Description: 1894. Watson is alone. His beloved wife Mary and the great Sherlock Holmes are both gone. But London seethes with false reports and rumors. It is time to set the record straight. So Watson tells his tale…a tale of long buried secrets, betrayal, and death.
My Italy Story
By: Joseph Gallo
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 20 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $15-27.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/fringe-my-italy-story
Description: Spurred by visits from his grandmother’s ghost and by pleas from his cousin Louie to help get the family back together, Thomas DaGato quits his job as a New York account executive, and travels to the tiny Italian village of his ancestors---Vallata.
The Wizard of Oz
By: L. Frank Baum
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Dec 14 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $20-29.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/csc-the-wizard-of-oz
Description: We’re off to see the wizard! This beloved tale, in which a Kansas farm girl travels over the rainbow to discover the magical power of home, has entertained audiences for generations.
Young Performers Workshop: Winter Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 18 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: To Be Determined
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/copy-of-ypw-winter-festival-of-shows
Description: This 14-week musical theatre program has been designed to meet the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced performers ages 8-18 interested in working in the theatre. Program runs from Sept. 13 to Dec. 21. More info to be determined.
NJCYB: The Nutcracker
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 19 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: 20 to 30
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/njcyb-the-nutcracker
Description: An enchanting ballet and holiday favorite, The Nutcracker is a classic production for all ages. With the talented young dancers of the New Jersey Civic Youth Ballet, Warren County's only non-profit ballet company, and featuring professional dancers from around the world!
Chris Funk, Redefining Wonder
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2026 - Jan 10 2026
Type of Event: Concert and Magic Show
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $17.50-29.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/winter-thaw-chris-funk
Description: Redefining Wonder an engaging and visceral multimedia experience that has family audiences talking and scratching their heads for years to come. Finally, a magic show with live music!
Six One Five Collective
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2026 - Jan 17 2026
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $15-29.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/winter-thaw-six-one-five-collective
Description: The Six One Five Collective is a Grammy-nominated, award-winning group of artists that has blossomed into one of Music City's best. The Six One Five Collective is a collaborative effort and steeped in the musical mix of Country, Americana, and Pop.
Big Beat Band
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 25 2026 - Jan 25 2026
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $22.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/winter-thaw-big-beat-big-band
Description: Since its genesis in 2014, Big Beat Band has been driven by the continuous pursuit of creating music that sounds good and feels good. What else would you expect from a group of jazz geeks? Bringing modern influences from the worlds of funk, jazz, and R&B to the big band format.
Peter Pan and Wendy
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 05 2026 - Feb 09 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $17.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/nextstage-peter-pan-and-wendy
Description: Bold, budding scientist Wendy Darling dreams of earning a Nobel Prize. When Peter Pan arrives at her bedroom window, she takes a leap and leaves finishing school behind, chasing adventure among the stars.
Miss Nelson Is Missing
By: Joan Cushing
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 12 2026 - Feb 15 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $10-15
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/yas-miss-nelson-is-missing
Description: Miss Nelson's class is the worst behaved in the whole school. Spitballs flying across the room, paper airplanes sailing every which way, and uncontrollable children send gentle, long-suffering Miss Nelson over the edge.
Dial M for Murder
By: Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, original by Frederick Knott
Directed by: Carl Wallnau
Event Date(s): Feb 20 2026 - Mar 08 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $17.50-30
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/csc-dial-m-for-murder
Description: A new version of the celebrated murder mystery that inspired Hitchcock’s masterpiece! Tony is convinced that his wife Margot has been cheating on him. In his jealousy, Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both.
The Tartan Terrors
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 15 2026 - Mar 15 2026
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/concert-series-the-tartan-terrors
Description: Tartan Terrors bring their Celtic Invasion to festivals and shows across North America, blending the energy of a rock show with humor and stepdance.
Women Playwrights Series: Reading 1
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 01 2026 - Apr 01 2026
Type of Event: Script Reading
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $0-5
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/2026-wps-reading-1
Description: A reading of a play written by a female playwright that may potentially be chosen to be part of our next season of shows. Show to be determined.
Women Playwrights Series: Reading 2
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 08 2026 - Apr 08 2026
Type of Event: Script Reading
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $0-5
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/2026-wps-show-2
Description: A reading of a play written by a female playwright that may potentially be chosen to be part of our next season of shows. Show to be determined.
The Niceties
By: Eleanor Burgess
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 09 2026 - Apr 19 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $15-29.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/csc-the-niceties
Description: An accomplished Ivy League professor holds routine office hours with an ambitious young student to discuss her thesis: If history is written by the victors, who tells the story of the oppressed?
Women Playwrights Series: Reading 3
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 15 2026 - Apr 15 2026
Type of Event: Script Reading
Venue: Lackland Center, Kutz Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $0-5
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/2026-wps-show-3
Description: A reading of a play written by a female playwright that may potentially be chosen to be part of our next season of shows. Show to be determined.
Little Women
By: Allan Knee
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 23 2026 - May 03 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $17.50-27.50
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/nextstage-little-women
Description: Based on Louisa May Alcott's life, Little Women follows the adventures of sisters Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy March. Jo is trying to sell her stories for publication, but the publishers are not interested.
Young Performers Workshop: Spring Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 22 2026 - May 31 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: To Be Determined
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/copy-of-ypw-2025-winter-festival-of
Description: This 14-week musical theatre program has been designed to meet the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced performers ages 8-18 interested in working in the theatre. Program runs from Feb. 14 to May 31. More info to be determined.
Double Vision: The Foreigner Experience
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 23 2026 - May 23 2026
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Lackland Center, Sitnik Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://www.centenarystageco.org/concert-double-vision
Description: Boasting some of New York City's top professional rock musicians, Double Vision delivers the highest level of integrity and technical prowess, resulting in a legitimate tribute and authentic performance.
Young Performers Workshop: Summer Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 07 2026 - Aug 09 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centenary University, Little Theatre
City: Hackettstown
Price: To Be Determined
Description: This 14-week musical theatre program has been designed to meet the needs of beginning, intermediate, and advanced performers ages 8-18 interested in working in the theatre. Program runs from July 6 to Aug. 9. More info to be determined.
How My Grandparents Fell in Love the Musical
By: Book by Cary Gitter; Music by Neil Berg; Lyrics by Neil Berg & Cary Gitter
Directed by: SuzAnne Barabas
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance, Musical
Venue: New Jersey Repertory Company
City: Long Branch
Price: $65.00
Reference Link: https://njrep.org/show/how-my-grandparents-fell-in-love/
Description: In 1933, Charlie, a Polish-born Jew, returns to his hometown of Rovno in search of a bride. There Charlie meets Chava, who works at a hat shop and hopes to become a scholar. However, Chava’s ambitions for the future and the growing clouds of European anti-Semitism and persecution threaten both their dreams.
How My Grandparents Fell in Love
By: Neil Berg & Cary Gitter
Directed by: SuzAnne Barabas
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: New Jersey Repertory Co
City: Long Branch
Price: $65.00
Reference Link: https://njrep.org
Description: In 1933, Charlie, a Polish-born Jew, returns to his hometown of Rovno in search of a bride. There he meets Chava. However, Chava’s ambitions for the future and the growing clouds of European anti-Semitism and persecution threaten both their dreams and hopes for the future.
Can’t Run, Can’t Dance
By: Gregg Henry
Directed by: Lisa James
Event Date(s): Sep 11 2025 - Oct 05 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: New Jersey Repertory Co
City: Long Branch
Price: $65.00
Reference Link: https://njrep.org
Description: Four small-time grifters meet at an isolated cabin in Washington State to pull off a heist that has all the earmarks of a disaster-in-the-making.
The Drop Off
By: James Anthony Tyler
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Oct 30 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: New Jersey Repertory Co
City: Long Branch
Price: $65.00
Reference Link: https://njrep.org
Description: Devoted daughter Allain has the painful responsibility of dropping off her mother Delphina at the Deer Lakes Assisted Living Facility. When Delphina refuses to stay, mother and daughter must grapple with the issues that led them both to Deer Lakes in the first place.
The Mallard
By: Vincent Delaney
Directed by: John J. Wooten
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: New Play Premiere
Venue: Bauer Boucher Theatre Center
City: Union
Price: $15-$35
Reference Link: https://premierestagesatkean.com/
Description: Teachers Freya and Gillian have offended their school board and lost their jobs. Davis and Reagan are yard sale fanatics in search of a priceless duck decoy. A chance encounter ignites a fierce and funny battle over a symbol that has wildly different meanings.
The Price
By: By Arthur Miller
Directed by: Directed by Brandon J. Dirden
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Two River Theater Co
City: Red Bank
Price: Regular ticket prices range from $50-$80
Reference Link: https://tworivertheater.org/whats-on/the-price/
Description: Siblings duel in one of Arthur Miller’s (Death of A Salesman, The Crucible) most personal plays. Estranged brothers Victor and Walter must clear out the remnants of their gilded upbringing before their childhood home is torn down.
New York
Deceived
By: Johnna Wright, adapted from the play by Patrick Hamilton
Directed by: Sheryl Kaller
Event Date(s): Jun 28 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Bay Street Theater
City: Sag Harbor
Price: $49-$125
Reference Link: https://www.baystreet.org/
Description: Deceived is a gripping psychological thriller that will leave you questioning reality itself. As whispers echo through the walls and the gaslights flicker in the darkness, one woman struggles to hold onto the truth—before it slips through her fingers.
Bonnie & Clyde: The Musical
By: Music by Frank Wildhorn, Lyrics by Don Black, Book by Ivan Menchell
Directed by: Scott Schwartz
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Bay Street Theater
City: Sag Harbor
Price: $49-$125
Reference Link: https://www.baystreet.org/
Description: Passion. Danger. Fame. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were anything but ordinary. She dreamed of Hollywood, he craved a life beyond the law, and together, they became the most notorious duo of their time.
South: A Nautical Musical
By: Carmen Borgia
Directed by: Timothy Dunn
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Bridge Street Theatre
City: Catskill
Price: $20 - $40
Reference Link: https://bridgest.org/south/
Description: A rollicking musical extravaganza set in the 1860s. This tale of caffeine-dependency on the high seas features pirates, well-adjusted lesbian cannibals, a coffee-loving monk, a dealer in curious religious artifacts, and…well, we wouldn’t want to spoil it. Ride the Worthy Vessel!
The Real James Bond…Was Dominican
By: Christopher Rivas
Directed by: Daniel Banks
Event Date(s): Jul 01 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bratton Theater
City: Chautauqua
Price: $50-60
Reference Link: https://
Description: The DNAWORKS production of The Real James Bond…Was Dominican follows a Queens boy who learns the real 007 was Dominican. As he discovers Porfirio Rubirosa, his world is upended. Set to a score of live percussion, this electrifying solo show explores identity, race, and belonging.
Execution of Justice
By: Emily Mann
Directed by: Emily Mann
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Jul 25 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Bratton Theater
City: Chautauqua
Price: $50-60
Reference Link: https://tickets.chq.org
Description: In 1978 San Francisco, the murders of Mayor Moscone and Supervisor Harvey Milk shook the nation. Execution of Justice examines the trial of Dan White, whose controversial conviction sparked outrage. A powerful exploration of justice, prejudice, and systemic violence.
Tell Me You’re Dying
By: C.A. Johnson
Directed by: Jade King Carroll
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2025 - Aug 23 2025
Type of Event: World Premiere Production
Venue: Bratton Theater
City: Chautauqua
Price: $50-60
Reference Link: https://tickets.chq.org
Description: In the midst of an apocalyptic plague, five misfits find solace in a weekly support group. With dark humor and brutal honesty, Tell Me You're Dying explores the urgent need for connection in a world teetering on the edge. This production is a CTC commission and world premiere.
Packrat 2 – In Process Showing
By: Renee Philippi
Directed by: Renee Philippi
Event Date(s): Jun 26 2025 - Jun 27 2025
Type of Event: Theater/Visual Theatre
Venue: The Cherry Arts
City: Ithaca
Price: $
Reference Link: https://concretetempletheatre.com/packrat/
Description: Come join us at The Cherry Arts as we share an in-process showing of our newest piece, Packrat 2, a sequel to our critically acclaimed, Packrat.
Million Dollar Quartet
By: Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by: Jason Cohen
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jun 28 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $20 - 55
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.easy-ware-ticketing.com/eventsByMovie/A000001060
Description: On Dec. 4, 1956 an extraordinary twist of fate brought rock ‘n’ roll greats Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Elvis Presley together at Sun Record in Memphis, Tennessee, for the most legendary jam session ever.
Waitress
By: Jessie Nelson and Sara Bareilles, based on Adrienne Shelly's motion picture
Directed by: Shirley Serotsky
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Jul 19 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $20 - 55
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.org/event/waitress/
Description: When life takes an unexpected turn, Jenna, a waitress and talented baker, fears she may have to abandon her dream of opening a pie shop–until a nearby baking contest and the town’s handsome new doctor offer her the tempting possibility of a fresh start.
The Velveteen Rabbit
By: Adapted by Kevin Del Aguila based on the book by Margery Williams
Directed by: Sarah Plotkin
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.org/event/the-velveteen-rabbit/
Description: The Velveteen Rabbit is a joyous celebration of imagination, friendship, and the power of a child’s love. In this innovative take on the timeless story, an ensemble of actors brings both the playroom and the great outdoors to life with energy, creativity, and theatrical magic.
Naked Mole Rat Gets Dressed: The Rock Experience
By: Mo Willems
Directed by: Adara Alston
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.org/event/naked-mole-rat-gets-dressed-the-rock-experience/
Description: When Wilbur discovers his creative spirit and develops a love for fashion, it turns the expectations of his–well, totally naked–world upside down. With rock and roll music and unique style, Wilbur proves to everyone that the best thing you can be, is exactly who you are!
Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, Apt. 2B
By: Kate Hamill
Directed by: Jen Pearcy-Edwards
Event Date(s): Jul 26 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $20 - 55
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.org/event/ms-holmes-ms-watson-apt-2b/
Description: This fast-paced re-telling of the world’s most famous detective story brings oddball female roommates Sherlock Holmes and Joan Watson together as they join forces to solve outlandish cases in post-pandemic London.
Disney’s Frozen Jr.
By: Jennifer Lee
Directed by: Claire Gratto
Event Date(s): Aug 01 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Hangar Theatre
City: Ithaca
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://hangartheatre.org/event/disneys-frozen-jr/
Description: Frozen Jr. brings to life the emotional relationship and epic journey of Princesses Anna and Elsa. When faced with danger, the two discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood.
The Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Ryan Quinn
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Repertory
Venue: HVS Theater Tent
City: Garrison
Price: $10-100
Reference Link: https://hvshakespeare.org/
Description: With sharp wit, slapstick humor, and the special kind of heartache that comes from searching for your soulmate in a world turned upside down, The Comedy of Errors is a timeless celebration of human folly, in all its wondrous forms.
The Matchmaker
By: Thornton Wilder
Directed by: Davis McCallum
Event Date(s): Jun 08 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Repertory
Venue: HVS Theater Tent
City: Garrison
Price: $10-100
Reference Link: https://hvshakespeare.org/
Description: Thornton Wilder’s comic masterpiece is a delightful exploration of love, adventure, and the pursuit of happiness, set against the All-American backdrop of business and commerce. Don’t miss the play that inspired the musical Hello, Dolly!
Octet
By: Dave Malloy
Directed by: Amanda Dehnert
Event Date(s): Aug 11 2025 - Sep 07 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: HVS Theater Tent
City: Garrison
Price: $10-100
Reference Link: https://hvshakespeare.org/
Description: Featuring rich harmonies and intricate vocal arrangements, Octet finds compelling human drama in our middle-of-the-night anxieties about the impact of technology on the nature of our relationships. Produced by special arrangement with Plate Spinner Productions.
Chiaroscuro
By: Aishah Rahman
Directed by: abigail jean-baptiste
Event Date(s): Jun 01 2025 - Jun 22 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: The Flea Theater
City: New York
Price: $
Reference Link: https://nationalblacktheatre.org/production/chiaroscuro/
Description: The play is set on a love boat-type cruise ship for Black singles where “pretty” means light-skinned, all the men are dark, and Papa Legba, the African trickster spirit, is disguised as a ship steward.
Short New Play Festival
By: Will Eno, Anna Ziegler, others
Directed by: Zoë Adams, Evan Yionoulis
Event Date(s): Jun 23 2025 - Jun 23 2025
Type of Event: Reading – In Person Only
Venue: Sheen Center Loreto Theatre
City: New York
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.redbulltheater.com/short-new-play-festival-main
Description: Red Bull Theater’s Short New Play Festival returns in 2025. Six brand new short plays will be selected from an open-submission process and presented in live in-person staged readings alongside two new short plays by commissioned writers.
The National Pastime
By: Rogelio Martinez
Directed by: Johanna McKeon
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Syracuse Stage
City: Syracuse
Price: $30+
Reference Link: https://www.syracusestage.org/pastime
Description: Baseball and espionage are the weapons of choice in this Syracuse Stage-commissioned world premiere, filled with paranoia and post Cold War tension.
June Dance 2025
By:
Directed by: Jim Self (Curator)
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 07 2025
Type of Event: Dance, Aerial
Venue: The Cherry Arts
City: Ithaca
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://thecherry.org/
Description: The fifth anniversary of June Dance is on the subject of "Crossovers": the juxtaposition of the concrete reality of aerial dance with its grace, daring, and energy with the more ephemeral states of human movement aspires to be provocative, mysterious, and familiar all at once.
Happy Birthday, Mon Ami
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 14 2025 - Jun 14 2025
Type of Event: Puppetry
Venue: The Cherry Arts
City: Ithaca
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://thecherry.org/
Description: Award-winning puppetry for the family. The return of Cherry favorites Alex & Olmsted. Class, cultures, and expectations clash when Jacques’ American cousin Sam visits him in Paris for a birthday celebration!
PackRat 2
By: Concrete Temple
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 26 2025 - Jun 27 2025
Type of Event: Play, Puppetry, Movement
Venue: The Cherry Arts
City: Ithaca
Price: $15-65
Reference Link: https://thecherry.org/2024-2025-season/
Description: 3-week residency on PackRat 2. The brilliant Brooklyn-based movement company puts the finishing touches on their new piece—and gives us a peek!
The Hundred Acre Wood
By: Amie Brockway
Directed by: Amie Brockway
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Theater for the Very Young
Venue: The Open Eye Theater
City: Margaretville
Price: Pay What You Will
Reference Link: https://www.theopeneyetheater.org
Description: Conceived and directed by Amie Brockway, and designed by Ron Brockway, this immersive and interactive performance of stories by A.A. Milne features Winnie-the-Pooh and his friends. For children 3-6 years old and the adults who love them. Every Saturday a different story.
Summer Shortcuts XV
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Event Date(s): Jul 31 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: The Open Eye Theater
City: Margaretville
Price: $25
Reference Link: https://www.theopeneyetheater.org
Description: Six new 10-minute plays will presented as part of the 15th season of Summer Shortcuts at the Open Eye Theater in Margaretville, New York. Submitted from around the globe, the plays give this Catskill Mountain community the opportunity to learn what writers are thinking.
Free Shakespeare in the Park’s ‘Twelfth Night’
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Saheem Ali
Event Date(s): Aug 07 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Delacorte Theater
City: New York
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/fsitp/twelfth-night/
Description: Join us to revel in the midsummer madness as twins Sebastian and Viola survive shipwreck, revenge plots, and the trick doors of love. Be there when the stage lights turn on again at The Delacorte with this high-powered production of the Bard’s classic comedy.
Public Works’ ‘Pericles’
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Carl Cofield
Event Date(s): Aug 28 2025 - Sep 01 2025
Type of Event: Choral Adaptation
Venue: The Cathedral of St. John the Divine (1047 Amsterdam Ave)
City: New York
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2425/public-works/public-works-pericles/
Description: Reconceived by playwright and songwriter Troy Anthony, this magnificent new production performed by Public Works community members from all over New York City celebrates life, love, and transformation, inspired by Gospel music and the rousing power of the Black church.
Barnum
By: Music by Cy Coleman, Lyrics by Michael Stewart, Book by Mark Bramble
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
City: Auburn
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.therevtheatre.com
Description: The story of the world’s greatest showman! Step right up and enter the dazzling world of P.T. Barnum, where imagination and ambition know no bounds. Hand-in-hand with wife Charity, explore Barnum’s life and career twists as he dreams and schemes his way to bigger heights.
Irving Berlin’s Top Hat
By: Music & Lyrics by Irving Berlin, Based on RKO's Motion Picture, Book by Matthew White & Howard Jacques
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2025 - Sep 02 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
City: Auburn
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.therevtheatre.com
Description: Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’s tap dancing musical comedy comes to life on stage! Packed with Irving Berlin’s greatest hits including, “Cheek to Cheek,” “Top Hat,” “Let’s Face the Music & Dance,” and “Puttin’ on the Ritz,” Top Hat is an exhilarating celebration of 1930s dance!
Bonnie & Clyde
By: Music by Frank Wildhorn, Lyrics by Dan Black, Book by Ivan Menchell
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 24 2025 - Oct 11 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
City: Auburn
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.therevtheatre.com
Description: A musical so good it’s criminal! Two small-town kids from the middle of nowhere, craving escape and adventure, became two of the most notorious folk heroes of all time. Discover the electrifying story of love, adventure, and crime that captured the attention of an entire nation.
Bonnie & Clyde
By: Book by Ivan Menchell, Lyrics by Don Black, Music by Frank Wildhorn
Directed by: Brett Smock
Event Date(s): Sep 24 2025 - Oct 11 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Merry-Go-Round Playhouse
City: Auburn
Price: $
Reference Link: https://bit.ly/4jn7Ssr
Description: A musical so good it’s criminal. Set to a riveting score combining rockabilly, blues, and gospel music, Bonnie & Clyde is an unmissable, action-packed musical about grabbing the spotlight any way you can.
Prosperous Fools
By: Taylor Mac
Directed by: Darko Tresnjak
Event Date(s): Jun 01 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Polonsky Shakespeare Center
City: New York
Price: $20-125
Reference Link: https://tfana.org/events/prosperous-fools
Description: World premiere written by and starring the MacArthur genius Taylor Mac. Prosperous Fools, inspired by Moliere’s Le Bourgeois gentilhomme, is a brilliant and courageous exploration of philanthropy and its hypocrisies---a retooled comedy of manners for an age with no manners.
North Carolina
The Last Wide Open
By: Audrey Cefaly with music by Matthew M. Nielson
Directed by: Charlie Flynn-McIver
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: North Carolina Stage Company
City: Asheville
Price: $24-48
Reference Link: https://www.ncstage.org/productions/the-last-wide-open/
Description: Late one night after closing the restaurant where they work, Lina and Roberto find themselves in conversation. This exquisite play renders the near hits and misses that are the reality of life for this waitress and immigrant dishwasher as we watch three realities unfold.
Ohio
Where The Mountain Meets The Sea
By: Jeff Augustin
Directed by: Timothy Douglas
Event Date(s): Aug 30 2025 - Sep 28 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/where-the-mountain-meets-the-sea
Description: Lyrical storytelling and live folk music weave an emotional tale of rediscovering love and the everlasting bond between a son and his Haitian immigrant father.
Mythic
By: Marcus Stevens
Directed by: Kathleen Marshall
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/mythic
Description: A new pop-rock musical comedy with Broadway ambitions, Mythic makes its U.S. premiere in Cincinnati. The ancient Greek myth of Persephone is turned on its ear, with the gods as chart-topping pop stars, power hungry politicians, and attention-seeking influencers.
The Heart Sellers
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Desdemona Chiang
Event Date(s): Oct 25 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/the-heart-sellers
Description: In this funny and moving new comedy, Asian immigrants Luna and Jane find friendship while preparing a turkey for their first American Thanksgiving in 1973.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Bridget Leak
Event Date(s): Nov 21 2025 - Dec 28 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/a-christmas-carol-25
Description: The holiday story you love unfolds with dazzling set, costume, and lighting designs to create a magical experience for your family!
Because You’re Mine
By: Matt Cusack and Allison Kelly
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2025 - Dec 23 2025
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/because-youre-mine
Description: A celebration of the great loves and love songs of country music featuring songs from Johnny and June, George and Tammy, and so many more!
Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women
By: Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by: Joanie Schultz
Event Date(s): Jan 17 2026 - Feb 15 2026
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/little-women
Description: Experience the classic novel you adore as it’s being written in this playful and theatrical new adaptation that puts the author in the spotlight.
Mary’s Wedding
By: Stephen Massicotte
Directed by: Blake Robison
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2026 - Mar 08 2026
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/marys-wedding
Description: In this poetic romantic drama, a young couple discovers the thrill of first love on the eve of World War I.
Mrs. Christie
By: Heidi Armbruster
Directed by: Joanie Schultz
Event Date(s): Feb 28 2026 - Mar 29 2026
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/mrs-christie
Description: The curious, real-life disappearance of Agatha Christie in 1926 sets the stage for this charming mystery as a devoted superfan tries to solve the case 100 years later.
Tenderly: The Rosemary Clooney Musical
By: Janet Yates Vogt and Mark Friedman
Directed by: Michael Marotta
Event Date(s): Mar 21 2026 - May 17 2026
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/tenderly--the-rosemary-clooney-musical
Description: This exhilarating and inspiring musical biography features many signature songs and offers a personal portrait of one of the most beloved entertainers of all time.
August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Lou Bellamy
Event Date(s): Apr 11 2026 - May 03 2026
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park
City: Cincinnati
Price: Starting at $35
Reference Link: https://www.cincyplay.com/productions/the-piano-lesson
Description: A clash over the fate of a family’s heirloom piano sets the stage for this explosive Pulitzer and Tony-winning masterpiece.
King James
By: Rajiv Joseph
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Sep 12 2025 - Sep 27 2025
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati
Price: $15-38
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/
Description: A clever comedy about connection, King James is an intimate exploration of the place that sports occupy in our lives and relationships.
Die Hard is a Christmas Movie
By: A.J. Baldwin & Alexx Rouse
Directed by: Tatiana Godfrey
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati
Price: $15-38
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/
Description: This holiday season, one family will risk it all to make it to Christmas morning together…or die hard trying.
Constellations
By: Nick Payne
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 06 2026 - Feb 21 2026
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati
Price: $15-38
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/
Description: One relationship. Infinite possibilities. Constellations is a play about free will and friendship; it's about quantum multiverse theory, love, and honey.
The Ravenside Occurrence
By: Derek J. Snow
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 27 2026 - Apr 18 2026
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati
Price: $15-38
Reference Link: https://www.knowtheatre.com/
Description: A play about a ghost?
The 23rd Annual Cincinnati Fringe Festival
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): May 29 2026 - Jun 13 2026
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: Know Theatre of Cincinnati
City: Cincinnati
Price: $20
Reference Link: https://cincyfringe.com
Description: Cincinnati’s summer theatre party.
Waitress
By: Sara Bareilles
Directed by: Dionysia Williams
Event Date(s): Jul 10 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
American Idiot
By: Green Day
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Event Date(s): Sep 04 2025 - Sep 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
The Rocky Horror Show
By: Richard K. O'Brein
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Event Date(s): Oct 16 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $2075
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
The Wiz
By: Charlie Smalls
Directed by: Lisa Glover
Event Date(s): Nov 20 2025 - Dec 28 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
A Christmas Carol
By: Thom Christopher Warren/ Tom Albert
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Nov 30 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Ohio Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-50
Reference Link: https://Capa.com
Description: Holiday play with music.
Come From Away
By: Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Directed by: Dionysia Williams
Event Date(s): Jan 22 2026 - Feb 15 2026
Type of Event: Broadway Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
Miss Saigon
By: Boubil/ Schoenberg
Directed by: Chari Arespocachaga/ Edward Carignan
Event Date(s): Mar 19 2026 - Apr 19 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
By: William Finn
Directed by: Edward Carignan
Event Date(s): May 14 2026 - Jun 07 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Garden Theater
City: Columbus
Price: $20-75
Reference Link: https://ShortNorthStage.org
Description: Broadway musical.
Oregon
Quixote Nuevo
By: Octavio Solis
Directed by: Lisa Portes
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Oct 24 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Thomas Theatre
City: Ashland
Price: $36-89
Reference Link: https://www.osfashland.org/en/productions/2025-plays/quixote-nuevo.aspx
Description: A brilliant professor is battling dementia—but he won’t go into assisted living without a fight. Octavio Solis’s comic adaptation infuses Don Quixote with Tejano culture and vibrant music.
Shane
By: Karen Zacarías
Directed by: Blake Robison
Event Date(s): Jul 31 2025 - Oct 25 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Angus Bowmer Theatre
City: Ashland
Price: $36-112
Reference Link: https://www.osfashland.org/en/productions/2025-plays/shane.aspx
Description: This culturally authentic adaptation challenges what we think we know about the American West: its people, values, myths—and our own perceptions of good and evil.
Mother Russia
By: Lauren Yee
Directed by: Josh Hecht
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 22 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Artists Repertory Theatre
City: Portland
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://profiletheatre.org/mother-russia/
Description: 1990's St. Petersburg. Government surveillance workers Euvgeny and Dmitri find themselves lost in their strange new world of glasnost, perestroika, and McDonald’s. When they’re assigned to track a pop-star, a love triangle and some really shoddy espionage is set in motion.
That’s No Lady
By: Donnie (book & lyrics), w/ additional book & lyrics by Storm Large, Tom Grant, Jonathan Quesenberry, and Marv & Rindy Ross
Directed by: Brandon Wooley
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: biographical musical
Venue: The Sanctuary at Sandy Plaza
City: Portland
Price: $20-$40
Reference Link: https://www.trianglepro.org/darcelle-thats-no-lady
Description: True story of a run-down tavern on Skid Row becoming a renowned, world-class drag performance venue, and of the world's oldest female impersonator and the venue being honored by being the first Oregon LGBTQ business on the National Register. Dedicated to Walter W Cole/Dracelle.
Pennsylvania
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Beatles vs. Stones, A Musical Showdown
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Bristol Riverside Theatre
City: Philadelphia
Price: $20-63
Reference Link: https://brtstage.org/shows/beatles-vs-stones/
Description: The British Invasion brought us the two most popular rock groups of all time, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, as well as the liveliest debate in rock history---which band is the greatest? These two legendary bands will engage in a musical “shoot out of the hits”
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Purple Xperience
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 16 2025 - Jul 20 2025
Type of Event: Concert
Venue: Bristol Riverside Theatre
City: Bristol
Price: $20-63
Reference Link: https://brtstage.org/shows/purple-xperience/
Description: Calling all Prince fans! Celebrated Minneapolis all-star band, Marshall Charloff & The Purple Xperience, is the world’s premier tribute to Prince. Marshall has dominated the world stage as the most authentic Prince tribute artist!
Bristol Riverside Theatre presents Oy Vey! It’s The Calamari Sisters
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 23 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Bristol Riverside Theatre
City: Bristol
Price: $15-57
Reference Link: https://brtstage.org/shows/oy-vey-its-the-calamari-sisters/
Description: When Delphine and Carmela Calamari are hired to cater an event at a Jewish funeral home there’s no telling what they’ll whip up in their kitchen. From matzah balls to meatballs, challah bread to pizza dough, and gefilte fish to baccala, the girls try desperately to bridge the cultural gap.
Dream on the Farm
By: Farm Arts Collective
Directed by: Tannis Kowalchuk
Event Date(s): Aug 07 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Dream on the Farm
Venue: Farm Arts Collective Inc
City: Damascus
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://www.farmartscollective.org/calendar
Description: Play #6 of Dream on the Farm, a decade-long series of performances about climate change. Staged at the new Agri-Cultural Center on Willow Wisp Organic Farm. Created collectively and performed by the artists, farmers, activists, and musicians of Farm Arts Collective.
Love’s Labour’s Lost
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: J. Clark Nicholson
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 21 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Gamut Theatre Group
City: Harrisburg
Price: free
Reference Link: https://gamuttheatre.org
Description: The King of Navarre and his three companions swear a very public oath to study together and to renounce women for three years. Their honor is immediately put to the test by the arrival of the Princess of France and her three lovely companions.
On My Deen
By: Antu Yacob
Directed by: Amina Robinson
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Proscenium Theatre at the Drake
City: Philadelphia
Price: $40
Reference Link: https://https://ci.ovationtix.com/35072/production/1195109
Description: West Philly, 1962. Faye Ann has just joined the Nation of Islam. Her best friend, Michael, would like to be a lot more than friends, but over the passing decades, personal circumstances and cultural upheavals keep them apart. Can these would-be lovers find each other?
The Producers
By: Mel Brooks (music & lyrics), Mel Brooks & Thomas Meehan (book)
Directed by: Jennifer Childs
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $25 - 75
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: The hit musical returns.
A Raisin in the Sun
By: Lorraine Hansberry
Directed by: Akeem Davis
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $25 - 75
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: Lorraine Hansberry's groundbreaking drama, a searing and timeless portrait of a family on Chicago's South Side, is an American classic.
Hamlet
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Lindsay Smiling
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue:
City: Center Valley
Price: $25 - 75
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: Shakespeare's classic tragedy of identity and revenge.
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
By: Tom Stoppard
Directed by: Jason King Jones
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $25 - 75
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: The fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm's-eye view of the bewildered Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare's play.
Shakespeare for Kids: Hamlet
By: Erin Sheffield, adapt. from Shakespeare
Directed by: Matt Pfeiffer
Event Date(s): Jul 22 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $11-13
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: A high-energy one-hour production designed for children ages 4 to 10 to actively experience Shakespeare’s vibrant language and characters.
Timon of Athens
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Extreme Shakespeare
Event Date(s): Jul 23 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theatre Performance
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $25 - 75
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: “Extreme Shakespeare.” This production will be rehearsed akin to the way Shakespeare’s company would have: Actors arrive with their lines learned, rehearse on their own, wear what they can find, and open in a matter of days. No directors. Just great actors.
The Princess and the Frog Prince
By: adapt. from Grimms
Directed by: Jessica Bedford
Event Date(s): Jul 25 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Children's Theatre
Venue: Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival
City: Center Valley
Price: $14-18
Reference Link: https://pashakespeare.org/
Description: Based on Grimms’ fairy tales.
Little Shop of Horrors
By: Howard Ashman (book & lyrics), Alan Menken (music)
Directed by: Molly Rosa Houlahan
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: musical
Venue: People's Light
City: Malvern
Price: $52
Reference Link: https://tickets.peopleslight.org/overview/90388
Description: Celebrate the summer with a wickedly delightful musical masterpiece centering around a hapless florist manipulated by a man-eating plant with a killer voice in this camp classic.
Small Ball
By: Mickle Maher
Directed by: Taibi Magar & Tyler Dobrowsky
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Suzanne Roberts Theatre (480 South Broad Street, Philadelphia, PA 19146)
City: Philadelphia
Price: $25-75
Reference Link: https://philadelphiatheatrecompany.org/small-ball/
Description: Philadelphia loves sports, so why not a sports-themed musical? Step into the surreal, magical world of Small Ball, where melancholy journeyman basketball player Michael Jordan (no, not that Michael Jordan) has recently started playing in the international league!
Franklin’s Key
By:
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 03 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Plays & Players Theatre
City: Philadelphia
Price: $35-65
Reference Link: https://www.franklinskey.com
Description: Pig Iron Theatre Company presents the world premiere of Franklin's Key, a thrilling sci-fi adventure reimagining Benjamin Franklin’s legacy in an alternate universe where science and magic collide.
Public Works Twelfth Night
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Marya Sea Kaminski
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Limited Engagement
Venue: Pittsburgh Public Theater
City: Pittsburgh
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://ppt.org/production/94489/public-works-twelfth-night
Description: Shakespeare’s beloved comedy gets a musical twist! When Viola disguises herself as Cesario, a hilarious love triangle unfolds in Illyria. With a catchy pop score and Pittsburgh’s Public Works program, this enchanting production celebrates love, laughter, and community like never before.
A Summer Day
By: Jon Fosse
Directed by: Yury Urnov
Event Date(s): Jun 10 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Wilma Theater
City: Philadelphia
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Experience the haunting beauty of Norwegian playwright Jon Fosse’s A Summer Day, directed by inventive co-artistic director Yury Urnov (Mr. Burns, Minor Character, Twelfth Night) in a production that delves into the depths of human connection, memory, and existential longing.
Rhode Island
FringePVD: The 12th Annual Providence Fringe Festival
By: Various
Directed by: Various
Event Date(s): Jul 13 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Fringe Festival
Venue: The Wilbury Theatre Group
City: Providence
Price: $0 - $20
Reference Link: https://www.fringepvd.org
Description: Founded in 2014 by Wilbury Theatre Group, FringePVD brings together more than three hundred individual theatre, music, dance, multimedia, and performing artists for two weeks of performances in and around the Valley neighborhood of Providence, as well as streaming performances.
South Carolina
Summer: The Donna Summer Musical
By: Colman Domingo, Robert Cary, and Des McAnuff
Directed by: Patdro Harris
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Arts Center of Coastal Carolina
City: Hilton Head Is
Price: $63
Reference Link: https://www.artshhi.com/theater-series
Description: A Boston girl with a voice from heaven, Donna Summer soared to the stars from her beginnings in her church gospel choir to the pinnacle of fame as a dance floor diva. The Summer score, featuring more than 20 classic hits, is a moving tribute to the Queen of Disco!
Murder, Plain and Simple
By: Meghan Reimers
Directed by: Amy Dunlap
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Centre Stage - South Carolina
City: Greenville
Price: $30
Reference Link: https://centrestage.org/murderplainandsimple/
Description: The winner of our 21st Annual New Play Festival, this production is making South Carolina history! Join us for the world premiere of Murder, Plain and Simple by local playwright, Meghan Reimers.
Million Dollar Quartet
By:
Directed by: Connor Vetter
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Centre Stage
City: Greenville
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://centrestage.org/milliondollarquartet/
Description: A Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, four legends gathered at the Sun Record recording studio in Memphis, Tennessee, where they’d launched their careers.
The Roommate
By: Jen Silverman
Directed by: Whitaker Gannon
Event Date(s): Oct 30 2025 - Nov 09 2025
Type of Event: theater
Venue: HHPS Main Street Theater
City: Hilton Head Island
Price: $1-50
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description: Sharon has never had a roommate before. But after her divorce, she needs a housemate to pay the bills. That’s when Robyn arrives. The Roommate is about an unexpected, life-changing friendship that’s both funny and deeply moving.
Pictures from Home
By: Sharr White
Directed by: Peggy Trecker White
Event Date(s): Dec 11 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: theater
Venue: HHPS Main Street Theater
City: Hilton Head Island
Price: $1-50
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description: Set in the late 1980s, photographer Larry Sultan turns the lens on his parents to ferret out the truths beneath their home movies. This deeply intimate and comic portrait of a mother, a father, and their son explores the question: Who gets to depict the family story?
Tea at 5
By: Matthew Lombardo
Directed by: Libby Ricardo
Event Date(s): Jan 23 2026 - Feb 01 2026
Type of Event: theater
Venue: HHPS SoundWaves
City: Hilton Head Island
Price: $1-50
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description: Ensconced in her beloved Fenwick home, Katharine Hepburn reflects on the dizzying heights and emotional lows of her upbringing, her adventures in show business, and her heartbreaking romance with Spencer Tracy.
The White Chip
By: Sean Daniels
Directed by: Blake White
Event Date(s): Mar 19 2026 - Mar 29 2026
Type of Event: theater
Venue: HHPS Main Street Theatre
City: Hilton Head Island
Price: $1-50
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description: Steven is on top of the world: He’s married, has good friends, and is steps away from his dream job running one of the hottest theatres in the country. He also happens to be an alcoholic spinning out of control. Follow his life from first sip to first love.
The Shark Is Broken
By: Ian Shaw & Joseph Nixon
Directed by: Jay Briggs
Event Date(s): May 14 2026 - May 24 2026
Type of Event: theater
Venue: HHPS Main Street Theatre
City: Hilton Head Island, SC
Price: $1-50
Reference Link: https://leanensemble.org
Description: The open ocean, 1974. Filming is delayed...again. The lead actors—theatre veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star.
Zelda In The Backyard
By: Elyzabeth Gregory Wilder
Directed by: Miles Bionest
Event Date(s): Jul 24 2025 - Aug 16 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: PURE Theatre
City: Charleston
Price: $47 - 53
Reference Link: https://puretheatre.org/zelda-in-the-backyard/
Description: In this funny, big-hearted new play, a wrecked Rolls-Royce named Zelda sends Libby on an unforgettable journey through family secrets, Alabama roots, and the messy road to forgiveness.
Aida
By: Tim Rice and Elton John
Directed by: Jessica Francis-Fichter
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Trustus Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-40
Reference Link: https://trustus.org/event/elton-john-and-tim-rices-aida/
Description: An enslaved Nubian princess, Aida, finds her heart entangled with Radames, an Egyptian soldier who is betrothed to the Pharaoh’s daughter, Amneris. Aida is forced to weigh her heart against the responsibility that she faces as the leader of her people.
Texas
The Heart Sellers
By: Lloyd Suh
Directed by: Shyama Nithiananda
Event Date(s): Aug 01 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: play
Venue: Amphibian Stage Productions
City: Fort Worth
Price: $15-60
Reference Link: https://amphibianstage.com/shows/the-heart-sellers/
Description: A chance meeting, a frozen turkey, and plenty of laughter---finding friendship in unexpected places.
The Birds
By: Conor McPherson, adapt. from Daphne du Maurier
Directed by: Jay Duffer
Event Date(s): Oct 17 2025 - Nov 09 2025
Type of Event: play
Venue: Amphibian Stage Productions
City: Fort Worth
Price: $15-60
Reference Link: https://amphibianstage.com/shows/the-birds/
Description: The skies darken and the birds attack. It's not just a classic thriller---it's a fight for survival.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: Ben Wolfe
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Austin Playhouse West Campus
City: Austin
Price: $21-$46
Reference Link: https://www.austinplayhouse.com
Description: This uproariously funny, Pulitzer Prize-winning new play is a modern revamp of Shakespeare’s Hamlet. Fat Ham follows Juicy, a queer, pensive, young Black man finding his way in the world when the ghost of his father demands that Juicy avenge his murder.
A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 12 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Circle Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $40-50
Reference Link: https://buy.ticketstothecity.com/venue.php?org_id=703
Description: A Strange Loop offers a bold and exhilarating dive into the life of Usher, a Black queer musical theatre writer navigating his identity, creativity, and personal challenges as he crafts a show about his own complex journey.
The Last Five Years
By: Jason Robert Brown
Directed by: Ashley White
Event Date(s): Aug 14 2025 - Sep 06 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Circle Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $40-50
Reference Link: https://buy.ticketstothecity.com/venue.php?org_id=703
Description: The Last Five Years captivates its audiences with its innovative storytelling and beloved score. A powerful piece that speaks to the universal experience of love and loss, delving into the five-year romance between two aspiring artists, Cathy and Jamie.
Mac Beth
By: Erica Schmidt
Directed by: Sasha Maya Ada
Event Date(s): Oct 09 2025 - Nov 01 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Circle Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $40-50
Reference Link: https://buy.ticketstothecity.com/venue.php?org_id=703
Description: An exhilarating adaptation revitalizing Shakespeare’s classic tragedy, infusing the tale of ambition and madness with a vibrant, contemporary energy. Seven teenage girls convene in an abandoned lot after school, they drop their backpacks, and dive into a DIY retelling of Macbeth.
Joseph and The Technicolor Dreamcoat
By: Tim Rice (lyrics), Andrew Lloyd Webber (music)
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Theater Musical
Venue: Dee & Charles Wyly Theatre
City: Dallas
Price: $40-$99
Reference Link: https://dallastheatercenter.org/shows/joseph-and-the-amazing-technicolor-dreamcoat/
Description: The Broadway classic by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, based on the Bible’s Book of Genesis, tells the story of Joseph, son of Jacob, his 12 brothers, and his coat of many colors. Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is a story told through music, dance, and family.
Parade
By: Jason Rober Brown
Directed by: Lisa Scheps
Event Date(s): Dec 04 2025 - Dec 20 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Ground Floor Theatre
City: Austin
Price: $0 - $50
Reference Link: https://www.groundfloortheatre.org/2025season
Description: Set in 1913 Georgia, Parade tells the true story of Leo Frank, a Jewish man wrongfully convicted of the murder of a young girl. The show explores themes of injustice, prejudice, and the power of public opinion, blending historical events with an amazing score.
The Happiness Gym
By: Ken Weitzman
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 14 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: live theatre
Venue: Kitchen Dog Theater 4774 Algiers St, Dallas, TX 75207
City: Dallas
Price: $10-30
Reference Link: https://www.kitchendogtheater.org/the-happiness-gym
Description: The Happiness Gym is a joyous, experiential event based on the science of well-being. Participants take part in a curated theatrical experience, all throughout KDT's new space, meant to boost their sense of happiness, joy, and feelings of connection.
Dragons Love Tacos
By: By Ernie Nolan
Directed by: Anthony Runfola
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Magik Theatre
City: San Antonio
Price: $30-$35
Reference Link: https://www.magiktheatre.org/dragons-love-tacos/
Description: Dragons Love Tacos is a fun-filled production adapted from the New York Times Best Selling book. A sizzling story full of fiery fun for the entire family! Based on the book by Adam Rubin and illustrated by Daniel Salmieri.
The Snowy Day and Other Stories by Ezra Jack Keats
By: Jerome Hairston, adapt. from Ezra Jack Keats
Directed by: Daria Allen
Event Date(s): Jun 09 2025 - Jun 14 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Main Street Theater @ the MATCH
City: Houston
Price: $24 - $34
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/snowy-day/
Description: The wonder of a fresh snowfall, the delight of whistling for the first time, the awe in finding a special treasure…Follow Peter as he explores life while he grows up! Join us as we celebrate the 2025 Fade To Black Festival with these beautiful calming yet vibrant stories.
The 39 Steps
By: Patrick Barlow, adapt. from John Buchan
Directed by: Kara Greenberg
Event Date(s): Jul 12 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Main Street Theater - Rice Village
City: Houston
Price: $45 - $64
Reference Link: https://mainstreettheater.com/the-39-steps/
Description: Hitchcock masterpiece + juicy spy novel + a dash of Monty Python = The 39 Steps, a fast-paced whodunit about a man with a boring life who meets a woman who says she’s a spy---who then gets murdered! Now a mysterious organization, “The 39 Steps,” is hot on the man's trail...
Anton Chekhov Is a Tasty Snack
By: Jenny Connell Davis
Directed by: Liz Fisher
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 28 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Penfold Theatre
City: Round Rock
Price: $19-39
Reference Link: https://www.penfoldtheatre.org/event/anton-chekhov-is-a-tasty-snack-2/2025-06-28/
Description: The world premiere of a hilarious new comedy adapted loosely from Anton Chekhov's The Seagull about the beauty of theatre and the ridiculous people who make it.
Anton Chekhov Is a Tasty Snack
By: Jenny Connell Davis
Directed by: Liz Fisher
Event Date(s): Jun 06 2025 - Jun 28 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Penfold Theatre
City: Round Rock
Price: $19-39
Reference Link: https://www.penfoldtheatre.org/event/anton-chekhov-is-a-tasty-snack-2/2025-06-28/
Description: Penfold Theatre presents Anton Chekhov Is a Tasty Snack, a world premiere comedy by Austin playwright Jenny Connell Davis. When an overly ambitious theatre director decides to mount a production of The Seagull on a shoestring budget, life imitates art...in all the wrong ways.
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
By: Tony Kushner
Directed by: Matt Hune and Sophia Watt
Event Date(s): Nov 05 2025 - Dec 17 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Rec Room Arts
City: Houston
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://www.recroomarts.org/angels-in-america
Description: New York during the '80s, the Reagan years. A mosaic of stories about people struggling with love, sexuality, and the disastrous consequences of AIDS. Angels in America is in two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, and will be presented on alternating evenings in rep.
Angels in America: Perestroika
By: Tony Kushner
Directed by: Matt Hune and Sophia Watt
Event Date(s): Nov 12 2025 - Dec 20 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Rec Room Arts
City: Houston
Price: $20-45
Reference Link: https://www.recroomarts.org/angels-in-america
Description: New York during the '80s, the Reagan years. A mosaic of stories about people struggling with love, sexuality and the disastrous consequences of AIDS. Angels in America is in two parts, Millennium Approaches and Perestroika, and will be presented on alternating evenings in rep.
Ain’t No Mo
By: Jordan E. Cooper
Directed by: Guinea Bennett-Price and Ashley Oliver
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 08 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Kalita Humphrey
City: Dallas
Price: $20-35
Reference Link: https://www.soulrep.org/our-season-20242025
Description: This unpredictable comedy speeds through the turbulent skies of being Black in today's America. A kaleidoscope of moments surrounding a great exodus are told by an ensemble cast featuring Peaches, a larger-than-life flight agent boarding the final plane leaving the United States.
Ted Shine New Play Festival
By: Various
Directed by: Dee Hunter-Smith
Event Date(s): Aug 21 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: New Play Festival
Venue: South Dallas Cultural Center
City: Dallas
Price: $20-30
Reference Link: https://www.soulrep.org
Description: The Ted Shine New Play Festival, part of Soul Rep Theatre’s 30th Anniversary Season, spotlights emerging HBCU playwrights! The night consists of 10-minute one-act plays of varying genres. Join us to celebrate the emerging voice in our community!
Sherlock Holmes and the Adventure of the Fallen Soufflé
By: David MacGregor
Directed by: Jay Duffer
Event Date(s): Jun 12 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Stage West Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $35 - 50
Reference Link: https://stagewest.org/sherlock-holmes-souffle
Description: It’s the eve of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, but her son, the playboy Prince of Wales, and French chef Auguste Escoffier have just turned up at 221B Baker Street in the thick of scandal. Royal vice, priceless gems, and gourmet food abound in this new action-packed whodunit.
Fat Ham
By: James Ijames
Directed by: vickie washington
Event Date(s): Aug 28 2025 - Sep 14 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Stage West Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $35 - 50
Reference Link: https://stagewest.org/fat-ham
Description: Juicy’s got a lot on his plate: His mom just married his uncle. All he wants is to make his own way as a queer Black man in a Southern family. But here’s the rub: His father’s ghost just turned up at a backyard barbecue demanding vengeance.
Entre Paginas
By: Jorge Cogollo
Directed by: Alexandra Hernandez
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Jun 28 2025
Type of Event: Live Performances
Venue: Latino Cultural Center
City: Dallas
Price: $15
Reference Link: https://teatrodallas.org
Description:
This is a musical for children and teens. Actors on stage give life to the story of a girl who loses the final page of a story. In search of her happy ending, she embarks on a magical journey in the library trying to find a writer to help her complete the end of the story.
Another Ding-Dang Tamarie Show
By: Tamarie Cooper & Patrick Reynolds
Directed by: Tamarie Cooper
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: MATCH - Midtown Arts & Theater Center Houston
City: Houston
Price: Pay-What-You-Can! ($35 suggested)
Reference Link: https://catastrophictheatre.com/production/another-ding-dang-tamarie-show/
Description: For 28 straight years, Tamarie Cooper has created all-new smash-hit musicals. How does she do it? This year Tamarie’s taking you behind the scenes and sharing all her secrets about how the tap-dancing sausage gets made. Think of it as Catastrophic’s Noises Off.
Amadeus
By: Peter Shaffer
Directed by: J. Robert “Jimmy” Moore
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Classic Theatre at the San Pedro Playhouse
City: San Antonio
Price: $20 - 50
Reference Link: https://www.sanpedroplayhouse.org/shows/amadeus/
Description: Enter the dazzling world of genius and envy with a gripping tale of rivalry, obsession, and the pursuit of artistic excellence set against the backdrop of 18th-century Vienna.
The Tap Dance Kid
By: Charles Blackwell, Henry Krieger, and Robert Lorick
Directed by: Kathryn Ervin
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Live Performance
Venue: The Ensemble Theatre Houston
City: Houston
Price: $40-$55
Reference Link: https://ensemblehouston.com/
Description: The Tap Dance Kid concerns a 10-year-old African-American kid named Willa who doesn't want to be a lawyer like her father. Willa dreams of becoming a dancer like her Uncle Dipsey who is an aspiring Broadway choreographer. Imagining stardom keeps us tapping along!
Jinkies! or the (currently) Untitled Dog Play
By: Josiah Thomas Turner
Directed by: Jacqui Calloway
Event Date(s): Jul 18 2025 - Jul 26 2025
Type of Event: New Play
Venue: The VORTEX
City: Austin
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://the-vortex.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/
Description: This campy, Scooby Doo-style whodunnit is infused with political commentary on gentrification and corruption; race, class, and power; intersectional feminism; justice reform; and environmentalism.
Syntax Error: The Quickening of AI
By: Heather Barfield and the Ensemble
Directed by: Heather Barfield
Event Date(s): Sep 19 2025 - Oct 04 2025
Type of Event: World Premiere play
Venue: The VORTEX
City: Austin
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://the-vortex.my.salesforce-sites.com/ticket#/
Description: Devised theatre on AI, humanity, and the near end of everything we know...maybe.
Xanadu
By: Book by Douglas Carter, music and lyrics by Jeff Lynne and John Farrar
Directed by: Joel Ferrell
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Theatre Three
City: Dallas
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.theatre3dallas.com/shows-tickets/
Description: The 1980 cult film live at T3! Set in Venice Beach, California, Sonny Malone, a struggling artist, encounters Kira, a beautiful Greek muse. With her guidance and a touch of divine inspiration, they embark on a mission to revive a rundown roller disco and reignite Sonny's artistic passion!
Waitress
By: Jessie Nelson (book), Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics)
Directed by: Cassie Abate
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jul 13 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ZACH Theatre
City: Austin
Price: $start at $25
Reference Link: http://zachtheatre.org/waitress
Description: Jenna is caught in a dead-end marriage and a dead-end job, where making pies is her one source of joy. An unexpected pregnancy jolts her into action, and she starts making big changes. Jenna bakes a new life, one pound of butter, sugar, and flour at a time.
The Wizard of Oz
By: Jim Eiler (book), Jeanne Bargy and Jim Eiler (music), & Jim Eiler (lyrics); Adapted from the book by L. Frank Baum
Directed by: directed by Dave Steakley
Event Date(s): Aug 13 2025 - Sep 21 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ZACH Theatre
City: Austin
Price: $start at $25
Reference Link: https://www.zachtheatre.org/oz
Description: Step into the immersive world of ZACH360, where yellow brick roads wind through the Topfer Theatre, guiding you on a journey unlike any other. In this this imaginative musical, audience members will be whisked away on a reinvention of the most beloved story of all time.
Vermont
The Revolutionists
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Katie Genzer
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 15 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Lost Nation Theater, 39 Main St, Montpelier, VT 05602
City: Montpelier
Price: $14 - $34
Reference Link: https://lostnationtheater.org/the-2025-season-at-lnt/
Description: Is the pen mightier than the sword? This grand and dream-tweaked comedy is about violence and legacy, art and activism, feminism and terrorism, compatriots and chosen sisters, and how we actually go about changing the world. It’s a true story. Or total fiction. Abby Paige stars!
The Drowsy Chaperone
By: Music & lyrics: Lisa Lambert & Greg Morrison; book: Bob Martin & Don McKella
Directed by: Eric Love
Event Date(s): Jul 17 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Musical Theatre
Venue: Lost Nation Theater
City: Montpelier
Price: $19 - $39
Reference Link: https://lostnationtheater.org/the-2025-season-at-lnt/
Description: It's one show-stopping number after another! Eric Love is back to direct and star in this award-winning spectacular! Taryn Noelle choreographs and stars! When a die-hard theatre fan plays his favorite cast album, the characters come to life in this hilarious musical farce!
Next to Normal
By: Brian Yorkey and Tom Kitt
Directed by: Joanne Greenberg
Event Date(s): Oct 02 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Drama/Musical Theater
Venue: Lost Nation Theater, 39 Main St, Montpelier, VT 05602
City: Montpelier
Price: $19 - $39
Reference Link: https://lostnationtheater.org/the-2025-season-at-lnt/
Description: Featuring Kathleen Keenan! A soaring rock opera as exhilarating as it is haunting. The story centers on a mother’s struggle with worsening bipolar disorder and the aftershocks her illness has on the entire family as they all search for "normalcy." An emotional powerhouse.
Come From Away
By: Irene Sankhoff & David Hein
Directed by: Carol Dunne
Event Date(s): Sep 23 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: The Byrne Theater in the Barrette Center for the Arts
City: White River Junction
Price: $28-100
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/come-from-away/
Description: When the world stood still, a small town stepped up. Based on a remarkable true story and told through humor, heart, and a soaring score, this critically acclaimed musical is a moving, uplifting reminder of how, even in the darkest times, we can find light in each other.
Peter & Wendy
By: Eric Love
Directed by: Eric Love
Event Date(s): Dec 03 2025 - Jan 01 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts
City: White River Junction
Price: $28-100
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/peter-wendy/
Description: This fresh new adaptation of J.M. Barrie’s beloved Peter Pan takes audiences on an unforgettable journey to Neverland. Featuring professional actors and emerging young talent, this reimagining of this beloved classic will spark imagination and delight in audiences of all ages!
The World Is Not Silent
By: Don Nguyen
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Feb 04 2026 - Feb 22 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts
City: White River Junction
Price: $28-100
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/world-not-silent/
Description: A father. A son. A lifetime of words unspoken. Don never learned his father’s native Vietnamese, so when Dau begins to lose his hearing, their already fragile connection is tested further. This play explores the unifying power of language, and how love finds a way to be heard.
The Children
By: Lucy Kirkwood
Directed by: Sarah Elizabeth Wansley
Event Date(s): Mar 25 2026 - Apr 12 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts
City: White River Junction
Price: $28-100
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/the-children/
Description: In a remote cottage on the lonely British coast, three retired nuclear scientists must confront the choices of their past and the moral dilemmas of their future. The Children is an urgent and haunting exploration of environmental responsibility, legacy, and the price of survival.
Wonder! A Woman Keeps A Secret
By: Talene Monahon
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): May 13 2026 - May 31 2026
Type of Event: Play; World Premiere
Venue: The Byrne Theater at the Barrette Center for the Arts
City: White River Junction
Price: $28-100
Reference Link: https://northernstage.org/wonder/
Description: A family vacation on the high seas goes awry when a famous painting is discovered missing and the culprit is suspected to be one of the passengers aboard the Aqua Royale. Set sail for a side-splitting, laugh-’til-you cry adventure, based on Susanna Centlivre's 1714 farce.
Almost Heaven: John Denver’s America
By: Book by Peter Glazer, conceived by Harold Thau
Directed by: Sherry Lutken
Event Date(s): Jun 11 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Walker Farm Theater
City: Weston
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://westontheater.org
Description: From the Rocky Mountain highs to the Green Mountains of Vermont, this uplifting tribute brings John Denver's iconic music to life with heart and harmony. A celebration of melodies that inspire us to dream of new peaks.
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus: The Musical
By: Script and lyrics by Mo Willems and Mr Warburton, music by Deborah Wicks La Puma
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 17 2025 - Jun 29 2025
Type of Event: TYA Musical
Venue: Walker Farm & Touring Southern Vermont
City: Weston
Price: $0
Reference Link: https://westontheater.org
Description: Dive into high-energy hilarity as Pigeon tries every trick in the book to get behind the wheel. Packed with catchy tunes and plenty of laughs, this fun-filled show based on the stories and characters by Mo Willems invites audiences of all ages to help stop Pigeon’s wild antics.
White Christmas
By: Irving Berlin
Directed by: Susanna Gellert
Event Date(s): Jul 16 2025 - Aug 10 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Walker Farm Theater
City: Weston
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://westontheater.org
Description: Celebrate Christmas in Weston this July as new friends band together to save a struggling Vermont inn. This heartwarming classic is filled with laughter, romance, and holiday magic. A timeless musical that will have you dreaming of a white Christmas—even in summer!
A Distinct Society
By: Kareem Fahmy
Directed by: Kareem Fahmy
Event Date(s): Aug 20 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Walker Farm Theater
City: Weston
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://westontheater.org
Description: Love beyond lines. In the heart of Vermont, two families divided by borders and cultures discover that stories can bridge any divide. With humor, heart, and a touch of the unexpected, this poignant drama explores identity, belonging, and the unbreakable ties that connect us.
The Twelfth Night Show
By: Jacob Brandt and Megumi Nakamura
Directed by: Megumi Nakamura
Event Date(s): Sep 26 2025 - Oct 12 2025
Type of Event: Play with Music
Venue: Walker Farm Theater
City: Weston
Price: $25-79
Reference Link: https://westontheater.org
Description: Mistaken identities, romantic misadventures, and nonstop laughs abound as four underemployed actors attempt to stage a one-of-a-kind production of Twelfth Night. Featuring original music and a fresh, wildly entertaining take on Shakespeare, this comedy proves the show must go on.
Virginia
The Piano Lesson
By: August Wilson
Directed by: Danielle A. Drakes
Event Date(s): Jun 05 2025 - Jun 22 2025
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage Theatre (1524 Spring Hill Rd, Tysons, VA 22102)
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/the-piano-lesson
Description: Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, this haunting, luminous play is fourth in Wilson’s famous American Century Cycle. “Like other Wilson plays, it seems to sing even when it is talking.” –The New York Times
Fair Play
By: Ella Road
Directed by: Deidra LaWan Starnes
Event Date(s): Oct 16 2025 - Nov 02 2025
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage Theatre
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/fair-play
Description: The clocks are set. The line is drawn. As Ann and Sophie's very identities are pulled into public scrutiny, does being exceptional come at too high a price? A gripping exploration of the underside of women's athletics from "the most promising young playwright in Britain."
Birthday Candles
By: Noah Haidle
Directed by: Alex Levy
Event Date(s): Dec 04 2025 - Dec 21 2025
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage Theater
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/birthday-candles
Description: Ernestine Ashworth spends her 17th birthday agonizing over her insignificance in the universe. Soon enough, it’s her 18th birthday. Even sooner, her 41st. Her 70th. Her 101st. Five generations, an infinity of dreams, and one cake baked over a century. A funny and poignant play.
Between Riverside and Crazy
By: Stephen Adly Guirgis
Directed by: José Carrasquillo
Event Date(s): Feb 19 2026 - Mar 08 2026
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/riverside
Description: Winner of the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. When the struggle to keep one of New York City’s last great rent-stabilized apartments collides with old wounds, sketchy new houseguests, and a final ultimatum, it seems that the old days may be dead and gone.
Real Women Have Curves
By: Josefina López
Directed by: Nadia Guevara
Event Date(s): Apr 09 2026 - Apr 26 2026
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/real-women-have-curves
Description: The outrageously funny story of five full-figured Mexican-American women who are racing to meet nearly impossible production deadlines in order to keep their tiny sewing factory from going under.
Indecent
By: Paula Vogel
Directed by: Alex Levy
Event Date(s): Jun 04 2026 - Jun 21 2026
Type of Event: Performance
Venue: 1st Stage
City: Tysons
Price: $25 - $55
Reference Link: https://1ststage.org/indecent
Description: From Pulitzer-winning playwright Paula Vogel, a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance—a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel.
The Winter’s Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Raphael Massie
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Blackfriars Playhouse
City: Staunton
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: Discover Shakespeare’s tale of jealousy and redemption in The Winter’s Tale, a story that spans realms and time. Witness the journey from tragedy to forgiveness in a production that will leave you moved by the power of love and reconciliation.
A Strange Loop
By: Michael R. Jackson
Directed by: Katrinah Carol Lewis
Event Date(s): Jun 25 2025 - Aug 02 2025
Type of Event: Play; Musical
Venue: RTP's Robert B. Moss Theatre
City: Richmond
Price: $15-55
Reference Link: https://www.rtriangle.org
Description: The ground-breaking and critically acclaimed winner of every "Best Musical" award on Broadway, plus the Pulitzer Prize, is a heartfelt and thought-provoking masterwork that uses humor and honesty to explore themes around race and sexuality.
Waitress
By: Jessie Nelson (book), Sara Bareilles (music & lyrics)
Directed by: Rick Hammerly
Event Date(s): Jun 21 2025 - Aug 03 2026
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Marjorie Arenstein Stage at The Sara Belle and Neil November Theatre
City: Richmond
Price: $39-58
Reference Link: https://va-rep.org/season_signature.html
Description: Jenna, a waitress and expert pie maker, finds herself stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a nearby baking contest offers her the chance of escape, Jenna begins to find the courage to take her long-abandoned dream off the shelf.
Washington
Rent
By: Jonathan Larson
Directed by: Aaron Lamb
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: State Theater
City: Olympia
Price: $53
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/
Description: Set in the East Village of New York City during the previous pandemic, Rent is about falling in love, finding your voice and living for today.
POTUS (Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive)
By: Selina Fillinger
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 22 2025 - Sep 07 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: State Theater
City: Olympia
Price: $48
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/
Description: When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.
Murder on the Orient Express
By: Agatha Christie, adapt. by Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Scott Nolte
Event Date(s): Oct 03 2025 - Oct 26 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: State Theater
City: Olympia
Price: $48
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/
Description: Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed a dozen times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, detective Hercule Poirot must identify the murderer.
A Christmas Carol
By: Aaron Lamb, adapt. from Dickens
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Nov 28 2025 - Dec 24 2025
Type of Event: Holiday
Venue: State Theater
City: Olympia
Price: $57
Reference Link: https://harlequinproductions.org/
Description: Hailed as the greatest ghost story ever told, Charles Dickens’s classic story of transformation, absolution, and grace continues our holiday tradition at Harlequin.
Much Ado About Nothing
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Chad Kinsman
Event Date(s): Jul 18 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Outdoor Theater
Venue: Island Shakespeare Festival, 5476 Maxwelton Road, Langley, WA
City: Langley
Price: Pay What You Will/or reserve a seat for $36
Reference Link: https://www.islandshakespearefest.org/index.html
Description: A war of whispers, wits, and hearts takes center stage in Much Ado About Nothing, the early Shakespearean comedy that explores a woman’s personal capacity for unbridled passion in the face of public scorn and scrutiny. As the poet Shania Twain once said, “let’s go girls!”
Anima (or Her Soul)
By: Amelia Pincherle Rosselli
Directed by: Emily Lyon
Event Date(s): Jul 26 2025 - Aug 30 2025
Type of Event: Outdoor Theater
Venue: Island Shakespeare Festival, 5476 Maxwelton Road, Langley WA
City: Langley
Price: Pay What You Will, or reserve a seat for $36
Reference Link: https://www.islandshakespearefest.org/index.html
Description: If you put The Seagull, A Doll’s House, and Mrs. Warren’s Profession in a blender…you get this thoughtful dramedy about a woman’s true value. Step into this quirky, disarming, and award-winning play for an examination of who we’re really seeking to love.
The Humans
By: Stephen Karam
Directed by: Teresa Thuman
Event Date(s): Oct 30 2025 - Nov 22 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: The Center Theatre at Seattle Center Armory
City: Seattle
Price: $5-75
Reference Link: https://soundtheatrecompany.org/2025-season/
Description: The Humans tells the story of the quintessential family reunion. A group of people who love each other but still wrestle with basic human fears: old age, abandonment, poverty, and death.
Murder on the Links
By: Stephen Dietz, adapt. from Agatha Christie
Directed by: Karen Lund
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Aug 09 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Taproot Theatre Company
City: Seattle
Price: $20-62
Reference Link: https://taproottheatre.org
Description: After receiving an urgent plea from a stranger, Hercule Poirot whisks himself to the French seaside, only to arrive a day too late. Paul Renauld has been found dead, the scene of the crime a golf course. Poirot uncovers a web of deception, hidden identities, and old grudges.
The Importance of Being Earnest
By: Oscar Wilde
Directed by: Bretteney Beverly
Event Date(s): Sep 17 2025 - Oct 18 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Taproot Theatre Company
City: Seattle
Price: $20-62
Reference Link: https://taproottheatre.org
Description: In this dazzling display of deception and desire, two charming bachelors bumble through a maze of mistaken identities and appetites. Sharp, smart, and satirical, this is Wilde's most popular work, which he called “a trivial comedy for serious people.”
West Virginia
Did My Grandfather Kill My Grandfather?
By: Cody LeRoy Wilson
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Contemporary American Theater Festival
City: Shepherdstown
Price: $40-70
Reference Link: https://
Description: Cody tells the unlikely journey of his blended family from Vietnam to Plum Rum, West Virginia. In this compelling tale, he examines what it means to be Asian American, to love one family while embracing the unknown, and ultimately to question his own identity.
Happy Fall: A Queer Stunt Spectacular
By: Lisa Sanaye Dring
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Contemporary American Theater Festival
City: Shepherdstown
Price: $40-70
Reference Link: https://
Description: Two queer Hollywood stuntmen navigate the dangers of exposing their love. Based on true life events and told through live stunts, video, puppetry, and cinematic illusions, this story is a fun, raucous tribute to the resiliency of the LGBTQIA+ community.
Kevin Kling: Unraveled
By: Kevin Kling
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Contemporary American Theater Festival
City: Shepherdstown
Price: $40-70
Reference Link: https://
Description: Kevin Kling is a weaver of stories. He is constantly looking for patterns, connections, and unexpected intersections that connect us to one another and to the world. With abundant humor and offbeat insights, with an ode to love and apologies to the gods, Kling unravels threads.
Magdalene
By: Mark St. Germain
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theater Performance
Venue: Contemporary American Theater Festival
City: Shepherdstown
Price: $40-70
Reference Link: https://
Description: Eighteen years after the crucifixion, Peter reconnects with the banished Mary Magdalene. After casting her out, he now seeks her advice and counsel. Questions erupt as they recall different versions of Jesus. Whose stories will stand the test of time?
Side Effects May Include…
By: Lisa Loomer
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jul 11 2025 - Aug 03 2025
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Contemporary American Theater Festival
City: Shepherdstown
Price: $40-70
Reference Link: https://
Description: After a series of diagnoses, a mother leads us through her son’s search for wellness, a Kafkaesque journey through the world of psychiatry. Written with humor and fury, the story explores the side effects of fighting through illness with the ones we love.
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
By: Carole King, Gerry Goffman, Cynthia Weil, Barry Mann, Douglas McGrath
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jun 27 2025 - Jul 12 2025
Type of Event: Producition
Venue: Greenbrier Valley Theatre
City: Lewisburg
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://www.gvtheatre.org/
Description: From songwriter for musical icons such as Aretha Franklin, to her own place in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Carole King stands out in history as one of the greatest singer/songwriters of the 20th century, with hit songs like "Will You Love Me Tomorrow” and “One Fine Day.”
A Closer Walk with Patsy Cline
By: Dean Regan
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 29 2025 - Sep 13 2025
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Greenbrier Valley Theatre
City: Lewisburg
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://www.gvtheatre.org/
Description: Country music queen Patsy Cline takes the stage to tell her story, starting in Winchester, Virginia, and making it all the way to New York City’s Carnegie Hall. The show features great hits like “Walkin’ After Midnight,” "Sweet Dreams," and “Crazy".
The Burnt Part Boys
By: Chris Miller, Nathan Tyson, Mariana Elder
Directed by: Paul Stancato
Event Date(s): Oct 17 2025 - Nov 01 2025
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Greenbrier Valley Theatre
City: Lewisburg
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://www.gvtheatre.org/
Description: After The Burnt Part mine explosion kills four men, and leaves three children fatherless, Pickaway Coal Company shuts down the mine. Set in the mountains of West Virginia, this bluegrass-inspired musical masterpiece resonates with audiences of all ages.
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
By: Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
Directed by: Dana Ianuzzi
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2025 - Dec 13 2025
Type of Event: Production
Venue: Greenbrier Valley Theatre
City: Lewisburg
Price: $39
Reference Link: https://www.gvtheatre.org/
Description: The Bennet sisters’ escapades continue, in this holiday sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. Christmas has arrived in the Bennet household, and middle sister Mary is growing weary watching her sisters’ romantic lives bloom, when an intriguing guest arrives unexpectedly.
Wisconsin
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: David Daniel
Event Date(s): Jun 07 2025 - Oct 05 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $66-109
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/a-midsummer-nights-dream
Description: Love weaves a tangled web in this iconic Shakespearean fairy tale. A sparkling and poetic pop-up book, bursting across the Hill stage, propelled by magic, romance, and the very best kind of mischief. Bring your kids, your kin, and your fun-loving friends. Partake, and be merry.
Art
By: Yasmina Reza
Directed by: Jackson Gay
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Sep 28 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $76 - 104
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/art
Description: Three long-time friends ponder art, class, and love; fraught and funny discussions sparked by an extravagant purchase of a painting. As the conversation progresses, cracks form in the men’s relationships as they question whether they are who they think they are.
Fallen Angels
By: Noël Coward
Directed by: Shannon Cochran
Event Date(s): Jun 13 2025 - Oct 03 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $66 - 109
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/fallen-angels
Description: Jane and Julia are happily married to charming men when a message arrives from a former flame, sending their perfect lives into a tizzy. As the husbands golf, the ladies plot and plan over copious glasses of champagne, with some “help” from a very worldly housekeeper.
Picnic
By: William Inge
Directed by: Brenda DeVita
Event Date(s): Jun 20 2025 - Sep 13 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $66 – 109
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/picnic
Description: A sleepy Midwestern town hums with simmering tensions, when the arrival of a provocative stranger sets it all ablaze. Hearts will be filled and broken in this play about desire, expectations, and the sacrifices and settlements people make when it comes to love.
The Death of Chuck Brown
By: Gavin Dillon Lawrence
Directed by: Gavin Dillon Lawrence
Event Date(s): Jun 24 2025 - Sep 25 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $76 - 104
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/the-death-of-chuck-brown
Description: A local icon’s death signals the end of an era and the beginning of a new look for a once-predominantly African-American neighborhood in Washington, D.C. A funny, touching, and devastating world-premiere from APT Core Company Member Gavin Dillon Lawrence.
Anna in the Tropics
By: Nilo Cruz
Directed by: Robert Ramirez
Event Date(s): Aug 01 2025 - Sep 26 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $66 – 109
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/anna-in-the-tropics
Description: In the heat of Florida, a Cuban-American family spends long days rolling cigars for a factory. An alluring new lector has arrived in their midst like a match in a powder keg. As desires ignite and loyalties are tested, each lyrical passage pulls them closer to an explosive end.
Tribes
By: Nina Raine
Directed by: John Langs
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2025 - Sep 27 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $76 - 104
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/tribes
Description: Billy is the sole deaf member of his hearing family. The family made the decision long ago that Billy should not learn sign language, and instead learn to read lips. But when Billy meets Sylvia, his world opens up as she teaches him to sign. A funny, biting family drama.
The Winter’s Tale
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Shana Cooper
Event Date(s): Aug 08 2025 - Oct 04 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Hill Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $66 – 109
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/the-winters-tale
Description: When King Leontes suspects his pregnant wife Hermione of having an affair with his good friend, a string of tragedies unfurls. But all may not be as dire as it first appears, setting in motion a series of events that opens paths to forgiveness, love, and redemption.
The 39 Steps
By: Patrick Barlow
Directed by: John Taylor Phillips
Event Date(s): Oct 22 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Touchstone Theatre
City: Spring Green
Price: $76 - 104
Reference Link: https://americanplayers.org/plays/the-39-steps
Description: A charming everyman is swept up in romance and ridiculous twists in this seductive spy story based on all the best noir, with a hearty comic twist. A theatrical and hilarious send up of Hitchcockian thrillers, with four actors playing every character.
Gutenberg! The Musical!
By: Scott Brown & Anthony King
Directed by: Jen Uphoff Gray
Event Date(s): Nov 06 2025 - Nov 23 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Overture Center for the Performing Arts
City: Madison
Price: $20-59
Reference Link: https://forwardtheater.com/show/gutenberg-the-musical
Description: With nothing but trucker hats, a piano, and relentless optimism, two lovable underdogs play the entire cast of characters in a laugh-out-loud love letter to musicals. A chaotic and hilarious celebration of big dreams, bad ideas, and the magic of live theatre.
Primary Trust
By: Eboni Booth
Directed by: Mikael Burke
Event Date(s): Sep 04 2025 - Sep 21 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Overture Center for the Performing Arts
City: Madison
Price: $20-59
Reference Link: https://forwardtheater.com/show/primary-trust
Description: A man that is forced to step beyond the familiar and into the unknown discovers a world richer and more expansive than he ever imagined. A whimsical new comedy that reminds us that sometimes, the smallest steps lead to the most extraordinary transformations.
Ironbound
By: Martyna Majok
Directed by: Marcella Kearns
Event Date(s): Jan 29 2026 - Feb 15 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Overture Center for the Performing Arts
City: Madison
Price: $20-59
Reference Link: https://forwardtheater.com/show/ironbound
Description: It takes work to dream...especially at a bus stop in New Jersey. An immigrant fighting for a better life learns what’s fleeting and what lasts, in this clear-eyed and darkly funny portrait spanning 22 years. Ironbound is a meditation on hope, love, and staying human.
Lady Disdain
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Jen Uphoff Gray
Event Date(s): Apr 09 2026 - Apr 19 2026
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Overture Center for the Performing Arts
City: Madison
Price: $20-59
Reference Link: https://forwardtheater.com/show/lady-disdain
Description: Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing gets a makeover---and Beatrice and Benedick a do-over---in this fierce and sexy comedy about the hottest romantasy books on the market and standing up for those you love---including yourself.
Barefoot in the Park
By: Neil Simon
Directed by: Linda Fortunato
Event Date(s): Jun 19 2025 - Jul 06 2025
Type of Event: comedy
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
City: Fish Creek
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://peninsulaplayers.com/shows/barefoot-in-the-park/
Description: A classic comedy brimming with love and laughter that opens Peninsula Players Theatre's 90th season. Carefree Corie and pragmatic Paul are newlyweds who are hilariously navigating life in their first quirky apartment. While Paul worries over the lack of heat and a hole in the skylight, Corie longs to run barefoot in the park.
Misery
By: William Goldman
Directed by: Georgette Verdin
Event Date(s): Jul 09 2025 - Jul 27 2025
Type of Event: Thriller
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
City: Fish Creek
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://peninsulaplayers.com/shows/misery/
Description: A captivating thriller that grips you until the very end. Based on the novel by Stephen King.
Little Women The Broadway Musical
By: Allan Knee, Jason Howland, and Mindi Dickstein
Directed by: Stephen Schellhardt
Event Date(s): Jul 30 2025 - Aug 17 2025
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
City: Fish Creek
Price: $59
Reference Link: https://peninsulaplayers.com/shows/little-women-the-broadway-musical/
Description: Adapted from Louisa May Alcott’s beloved novel, Little Women is a delightful musical with soaring melodies and sweeping emotions.
Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise
By: Ken Ludwig
Directed by: Scott Weinstein
Event Date(s): Aug 20 2025 - Aug 31 2025
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
City: Fish Creek
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://peninsulaplayers.com/shows/dear-jack-dear-louise/
Description: A joyous story of a heartwarming courtship. This amusing and poignant love story is based on the real-life courtship of Ludwig’s parents. Shy and steady, Jack is a military doctor stationed far from home. Nudged by his matchmaking parents, Jack strikes up a correspondence with
Steel Magnolias
By: Robert Harling
Directed by: Melanie Keller
Event Date(s): Sep 03 2025 - Oct 19 2025
Type of Event: Comedy
Venue: Peninsula Players Theatre
City: Fish Creek
Price: $51
Reference Link: https://peninsulaplayers.com/shows/steel-magnolias/
Description: A hilarious celebration of friendship, heartache, and hairdos! This beloved and moving comedy chronicles the lives and friendships of six marvelously different women who support each other through triumphs and tragedies.
