Aug. 1, 2023 to Jul. 30, 2024
California
Hippest Trip—The Soul Train Musical
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Kamilah Forbes
Event Date(s): Aug 25 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/soul-train/
Description: Hippest Trip—The Soul Train Musical is the Broadway-bound musical based on the iconic TV show that brought Black music, dance, and style into every living room in America.
Soul Train
By: Dominique Morisseau
Directed by: Kamilah Forbes
Event Date(s): Aug 25 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Geary Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $25-110
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org
Description: Get ready for “the hippest trip in America” with the world premiere of Soul Train, the Broadway-bound musical based on the iconic TV show that brought Black music, dance, and style into every living room in America.
A Christmas Carol
By: Charles Dickens
Directed by: Peter J. Kuo
Event Date(s): Dec 06 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/a-christmas-carol/
Description: Returning for the holiday season for the last time in its current version, ACT will present its celebrated production of the Charles Dickens classic A Christmas Carol.
Big Data
By: Kate Attwell
Directed by: Pam MacKinnon
Event Date(s): Feb 15 2024 - Mar 10 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/big-data/
Description: ACT artistic director Pam MacKinnon and playwright Kate Attwell reunite to realize the world premiere of this revolutionary piece, inspired by Attwell’s experience touring Mozilla’s “Glass Room” pop-up interactive exhibit in San Francisco.
Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord
By: Kristina Wong
Directed by: Chay Yew
Event Date(s): Mar 30 2024 - May 05 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Strand Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/kristina-wong-sweatshop-overlord/
Description: 2022 Pulitzer Prize finalist Kristina Wong will bring her award–winning solo show, Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord, to ACT.
The Lehman Trilogy
By: Stefano Massini, adapted by Ben Power
Directed by: Sam Mendes
Event Date(s): May 25 2024 - Jun 23 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Toni Rembe Theater
City: San Francisco
Price: $
Reference Link: https://www.act-sf.org/whats-on/2023-24-season/the-lehman-trilogy/
Description: ACT will close out their 2023/24 season with the National Theatre and Neal Street Productions’ critically acclaimed, five-time Tony-winning production of The Lehman Trilogy.
Fake It Until You Make It
By: Larissa FastHorse
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Sep 03 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Mark Taper Forum
City: Los Angeles
Price: $35-120
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/mark-taper-forum/2021-2/fake-it-until-you-make-it/
Description: A bold world premiere comedy from Los Angeles-based Native playwright Larissa FastHorse, about being whoever you want to be, even when it’s not who you are.
Our Dear Dead Drug Lord
By: Alexis Scheer
Directed by: Lindsay Allbaugh
Event Date(s): Aug 20 2023 - Sep 17 2024
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Kirk Douglas Theatre
City: Culver City
Price: TBD
Reference Link: https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/kirk-douglas-theatre/2022-23/our-dear-dead-drug-lord/
Description: In this fierce and feverish world premiere comedy from breakout playwright Alexis Scheer, a gang of teenage girls gathers in an abandoned treehouse to summon the ghost of Pablo Escobar. A rollercoaster ride through the danger and damage of girlhood.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
By: Simon Stephens
Directed by: Darryl B. Hovis
Event Date(s): Sep 22 2023 - Oct 22 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $29-36
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/curious-incident/
Description: After being falsely accused of killing a neighbor’s dog, Christopher—who is brilliant but has difficulty dealing with the sounds and stresses of everyday life—decides to investigate the crime. The secrets he unearths prompt him to leave his hometown for a life-changing train trip.
The Secret Garden, The Musical
By: Marsha Norman & Lucy Simon
Directed by: Casey Long & KC Wilkerson
Event Date(s): Nov 24 2023 - Dec 23 2023
Type of Event: Live Theater
Venue: Chance Theater
City: Anaheim
Price: $39-46
Reference Link: https://chancetheater.com/production/garden2023/?referrer=27773
Description: Based on the popular children’s book of the same name, The Secret Garden is a heartwarming story of forgiveness and renewal. Follow the story of Mary Lennox—and a host of ghosts and lost souls inhabiting Mary’s new home as they uncover the mystery of the manor’s magical garden.
Exit Wounds
By: Wendy Graf
Directed by: TBA
Event Date(s): Aug 23 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: A world premiere. A story of healing, hope, and compassion that looks behind the “ripped from the headlines” sensationalist story of a horrific tragedy to explore its effect on three generations of the perpetrator’s family. How do you find redemption when someone you love has committed a terrible crime?
Deathtrap
By: Ira levin
Directed by: Jamie Torcellini
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Theater Production
Venue: Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center
City: Long Beach
Price: $37-$52
Reference Link: https://ictlongbeach.org/
Description: In this Tony-nominated, gasp-inducing comedy thriller, Sidney Bruhl is a playwright desperately in need of a hit. Just in time, a former student sends him the manuscript of his first play, a murder mystery. Sidney smells a hit…but he’s never been that fond of sharing credit.
American Mariachi
By: Jose Cruz Gonzalez
Directed by: TBD
Event Date(s): Aug 04 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $15-59
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: An all-girl mariachi band? In the '70s, when women can't be mariachis? We'll just see about that! American Mariachi is an uplifting comedy about family, the freedom to go after your dreams, and the music that unites us---played live onstage!
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Emily Trask
Event Date(s): Aug 17 2023 - Aug 26 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Marian Theatre
City: Santa Maria
Price: $15-49
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: William Shakespeare is dead. Bad Hamlet knock-offs and children's acting troupes litter the stages of Elizabethan London. Rooted in real events, The Book of Will is the witty and wonderful battle of how the Bard's legacy came to be.
The Book of Will
By: Lauren Gunderson
Directed by: Emily Trask
Event Date(s): Aug 31 2023 - Sep 10 2023
Type of Event: Drama
Venue: Solvang Festival Theater
City: Solvang
Price: $15-59
Reference Link: https://pcpa.org
Description: William Shakespeare is dead. Bad Hamlet knock-offs and children's acting troupes litter the stages of Elizabethan London. Rooted in real events, The Book of Will is the witty and wonderful battle of how the Bard's legacy came to be.
Misery
By: William Goldman; from the novel by Stephen King
Directed by: Scott Viets
Event Date(s): Aug 26 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Play; Thriller
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/misery/
Description: Romance novelist Paul Sheldon has been rescued from a car accident by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. It doesn’t take long for Paul to realize that if Annie isn’t happy, then nobody’s happy.
The Graduate
By: adapted by Terry Johnson; from the novel by Charles Webb and the screenplay by Calder Willingham and Buck Henry
Directed by: Scott Viets and Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Sep 30 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play; Comedy
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/the-graduate/
Description: Mrs. Robinson will seduce Benjamin and audiences alike in The Graduate, a surprising comedy based on the classic 1967 motion picture.
Cinderella
By: music by Richard Rodgers; lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II; book by Douglas Carter Beane
Directed by: Jerry Lee
Event Date(s): Nov 04 2023 - Dec 17 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Fairy Tale
Venue: East Sonora Theatre
City: Sonora
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/rodgers-hammersteins-cinderella/
Description: The Prince is giving a ball and you’re invited to attend! This brand-new version of the classic story follows Cinderella as she rises from the ashes to learn that she only needs to be herself to find true happiness.
Sh-Boom! A Christmas Miracle
By: written and created by Roger Bean
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Dec 02 2023 - Dec 22 2023
Type of Event: Musical; Comedy; Jukebox Musical
Venue: Fallon House Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $35-$48
Reference Link: https://www.sierrarep.org/events/sh-boom-a-christmas-miracle/
Description: World premiere! Revisit Denny and the Dreamers in this brand new Christmas edition of Sh-Boom!
Florida
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992
By: Anna Deavere Smith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 16 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Straz Center for the Performing Arts
City: Tampa
Price: $39.50
Reference Link: https://www.jobsitetheater.org/twilight-los-angeles-1992/
Description: Artistic associate Andresia Moseley takes on 27 characters in this “living newspaper” the LA Times called “the most comprehensive literary response” to the “cacophony of voices at the city’s heart” following the verdict in the Rodney King trial.
Million Dollar Quartet
By: Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $39-72
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: It was Dec. 4, 1956, and Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tenn., was about to become the mecca of music for a magical moment in music history. Be witness to this true-to-life jam session---credited by many to be a direct influence on rock ’n’ roll in the late ’50s and ’60s.
Comedy of Errors
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Jim Helsinger
Event Date(s): Sep 06 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Set during the revelries of Mardi Gras and featuring New Orleans jazz, zydeco, and Delta blues music, Shakespeare’s non-stop hilarious farce of love, mistaken identity, and two sets of twins separated as babies gets swept up in the carnival celebrations. Bring your Mardi Gras beads!
Boulevard of Bold Dreams
By: LaDarrion Williams
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 04 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Goldman Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: A dynamic story about the night Hattie McDaniel (Gone With the Wind) made Hollywood history by becoming the first Black artist to win an Oscar.
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs!
By: Book and lyrics by Robert Kauzlaric | Based on the book by Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 18 2023 - Nov 11 2023
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $22
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: There are two sides to every story, and when the Big Bad Wolf takes the stand in the Trial of the Century, he finally gets his say. But whether he’ll get a fair trial in a corrupt piggy court is anyone’s guess!
PlayFest 2023
By: Various Playwrights
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Oct 27 2023 - Nov 05 2023
Type of Event: Play Reading
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $14
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: A two-weekend festival of new plays features several readings of raw, unproduced works. PlayFest gives audiences the opportunity to be involved with the creative process by giving feedback in real time and mingling with the playwrights, actors, and directors.
A Christmas Carol
By: By Charles Dickens | Adapted by Jim Helsinger
Directed by: Jim Helsinger
Event Date(s): Nov 29 2023 - Dec 24 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: The miserly and miserable Ebenezer Scrooge greets each Christmas with a “bah, humbug!” until he is visited by the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. Witness the classic, heartwarming story of Orlando Shakes’ holiday tradition, in a magical spectacle.
Henry VI Part I: Joan of Arc
By: William Shakespeare
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Jan 10 2024 - Jan 21 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Margeson Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: In this raw “Bare Bard," the world whirls out of control in the thrilling tale of France’s Joan of Arc, the English warrior Talbot, and the young King Henry VI. Shakespeare’s epic, powerful beginning of the Wars of the Roses is riveting storytelling that never lets up.
Venus in Fur
By: David Ives
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Feb 07 2024 - Mar 03 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mandell Studio Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Sexy. Provocative. Hilarious. Hailed as “seriously smart and very funny” by The New York Times, Venus in Fur is a laugh-out-loud study of the politics of sex and power that’s guaranteed to charm and mesmerize.
Becoming Othello: A Black Girl’s Journey
By: Debra Ann Byrd
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Mar 13 2024 - Mar 30 2024
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Mandell Studio Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $35-58
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: Interspersed with verses from Othello and dynamic multimedia elements, this show has Byrd baring her soul in a vulnerable, personal, and resonant story of perseverance, discovery, and unconditional love.
Ain’t Misbehavin’
By: Conceived by Murray Horwitz and Richard Malby, Jr.
Directed by:
Event Date(s): Apr 10 2024 - Apr 28 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: Edyth Bush Theater
City: Orlando
Price: $39-72
Reference Link: https://www.orlandoshakes.org/2023/03/10/35thseasonannouncement/
Description: This Tony-winning Best Musical also won the Drama Desk award for Outstanding Musical. A sizzling celebration of Fats Waller’s music---songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages.
Georgia
cullud wattah
By: Erika Dickerson-Despenza
Directed by: Amanda Washington
Event Date(s): Sep 21 2023 - Oct 15 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Actor's Express
City: Atlanta
Price: $35
Reference Link: https://actors-express.com/
Description: How do we choose between the dangers of a truth and the security of a lie? This powerful play about the choices we make for the sake of survival was the winner of the 2021 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize.
Massachusetts
The Ding Dongs
By: Brenda Withers
Directed by: Rebecca Bradshaw
Event Date(s): Aug 11 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Theater
Venue: Gloucester Stage Theatre
City: Gloucester
Price: $25-67
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/ding-dongs/
Description: A comedic thriller by Cape Cod playwright Brenda Withers, directed by incoming artistic director Rebecca Bradshaw, this witty comedy is a lesson in how power evolves and intimidation works as strangers at the door turn out to be not only strange but dangerous.
Tall Tales from Blackburn Tavern
By: John Minigan
Directed by: Bryn Boice
Event Date(s): Sep 01 2023 - Sep 24 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Gloucester Stage Theatre
City: Gloucester
Price: $25-67
Reference Link: https://gloucesterstage.com/tall-tales-blackburn-tavern/
Description: A world premiere, this play brings to life the infamous Gloucester Sea Serpent, the unheard-of Ghost Army fought off by Ebenezer Babson, and the secrets from the Witches of Dogtown. Employing projections and puppetry to tell these larger-than-life fish tales. For ages 13-plus.
Minnesota
Galactic Wonders: A Space Adventure
By: Stages Theatre Company
Directed by: Melonie Salmon-Peterson
Event Date(s): Aug 02 2023 - Aug 20 2023
Type of Event: Theatre for the Very Young
Venue: Stages Theatre Company
City: Hopkins
Price: $14-16
Reference Link: https://www.stagestheatre.org/galactic-wonders/
Description: Blast off into the wonders of space! Suit up for an interactive galactic adventure! Discover comets, planets, shooting stars, and other celestial surprises in this immersive, multi-sensory production created for our youngest patrons.
Oregon
Where We Belong
By: Madeline Sayet
Directed by: Mei Ann Teo
Event Date(s): Aug 29 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Thomas Theatre
City: Ashland
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In 2015, Mohegan theatremaker Madeline Sayet moved to England to pursue a Ph.D. in Shakespeare, grappling with the question of what it means to remain or leave, as the Brexit vote threatens to further disengage the U.K. from the wider world.
Yerma
By: Federico Garcia Lorca
Directed by: Evren Odcikin
Event Date(s): Aug 29 2023 - Oct 29 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Angus Bowmer Theatre
City: Ashland
Price: $
Reference Link: https://
Description: In Lorca’s achingly powerful masterpiece, in a poetic adaptation by Cuban American playwright Caridad Svich, a young woman stuck in a loveless marriage is driven to the unthinkable by her desperate desire for love and yearning for a child.
South Carolina
Down in the Holler
By: Val Dunn
Directed by: Dewey Scott-Wiley
Event Date(s): Aug 18 2023 - Aug 26 2023
Type of Event: Play
Venue: Trustus Theatre
City: Columbia
Price: $23-28
Reference Link: https://trustus.org
Description: 2020 winner of the Trustus Playwright’s Festival. Deep in a holler of the Shenandoah Valley, Juniper prepares to spend a perfect life in a perfect cabin with her perfect partner, Blake. Telling tall tales and crooning high lonesomes, Maeve beguiles Juniper returns to Gin.
Texas
One Year in Egypt
By: Camika Spencer
Directed by: Tonya Holloway
Event Date(s): Aug 10 2023 - Aug 27 2023
Type of Event: Theater Performance
Venue: Bishop Arts Theatre Center
City: Dallas
Price: $18-30
Reference Link: https://ci.ovationtix.com/36177/production/1126732
Description: The world premiere of One Year in Egypt details the journey of writer and Oak Cliff native Camika Spencer during her first time abroad as a middle school ESL teacher in Al Giza, Egypt, during the same year she turned 50.
Grand Horizons
By: Bess Wohl
Directed by: Dana Schultes
Event Date(s): Aug 31 2023 - Oct 01 2023
Type of Event: Live Theatre
Venue: Jerry Russell Theatre
City: Fort Worth
Price: $45
Reference Link: https://stagewest.org/our44thseason
Description: Bill and Nancy are 50 years into their marriage. They can anticipate each other’s every sigh, snore, and sneeze. But just as they settle comfortably into a new senior living community, the unthinkable happens: Nancy wants out.
Head Over Heels
By: Music and Lyrics by The Go-Go’s; Conceived and Original Book by Jeff Whitty; Adapted by James Magruder; Based on The Countess of Pembroke’s Arcadia by Sir Philip Sidney
Directed by: Dave Steakley
Event Date(s): Aug 09 2023 - Sep 10 2024
Type of Event: Musical
Venue: ZACH360 on The Topfer at ZACH
City: Austin
Price: starting at $25
Reference Link: https://zachtheatre.org/headoverheels
Description: This laugh-out-loud love story about the outrageous escapades of a royal family is set to the music of the iconic 1980s all-female rock band The Go-Go’s, in a ZACH360 immersive dance party experience, including the hit songs, “We Got the Beat,” “Our Lips Are Sealed,” and “Vacation."
Washington
Last Drive to Dodge
By: Andrew Lee Creech
Directed by: Valerie Curtis-Newton
Event Date(s): Sep 20 2023 - Oct 21 2023
Type of Event: Theatre
Venue: Taproot Theatre
City: Seattle
Price: $
Reference Link: https://taproottheatre.org/shows/2023/last-drive-to-dodge/
Description: Wolrd premiere. Prophet and Ro are chasing dreams faintly whispered on the wind that sweeps the dusty Texas plain. Set at the end of the Cowboy Golden Age, Last Drive to Dodge examines race, love, and legacy in a time when everyone is scrambling for their piece of the American Dream.
