Upcoming Shows
The Shakespeare Conspiracy
by Andrew Shepherd, directed by Carol M. Rice
Comedy
January 9-25, 2025
Shakespeare’s characters are real, the RSC is a branch of the government (a bit like MI6 but with better costumes), Iago is trying to destroy the world, and mankind’s last hope is a travel agent named Martin. Dive into a most lamentable, epic, comic, romantic tragic comedy in a world where Shakespeare’s heroes and villains have been waging a secret war for over 400 years. If the rules of theatre are broken, it will bring about the end of the world. It all hinges on a prophecy about The Last Descendant, who has no idea about any of this until the night he meets a girl at a party…
The Hat Box
by Eric Coble, directed by Charlotte Taylor
Comedy
March 6-22, 2025
Do we ever really know our parents? Do we want to? Really? Two sisters are about to find out when they discover a hat box hidden in the back of their recently deceased father's closet. What sits inside sends them off on an impromptu road trip to visit eccentric Aunt Esther and on an increasingly wild ride down memory lane. With surprising twists and hilarious turns, this brand-new comedy of family lore revels in the bizarre and beautiful mysteries that make up a life.
One Day Only 31
April 12, 2025
Our thirty-first signature play festival: seven short plays, concept to curtain in JUST ONE DAY!
10-Minute Comedies
June 5-21, 2025
Winners of our 10-minute comedy contest. Funny stuff from playwrights all over the world!
Murder at the Orient Burlesque
by Carol M. Rice, directed by Eddy Herring
Comedy
July 31-August 16, 2025
When Russian princess Katherina Anastasia Faberge Antoinette joins the cast of the burlesque at Christie’s Orient Palace, the trouble begins, so it’s not a surprise when she turns up dead after only one performance. As Detective Red Flannegan quickly discovers, everyone has a motive, and the Czarina was not only shot, but also poisoned, stabbed, electrocuted and strangled. The question then becomes not who did it, but who did what, and is there anyone who didn’t? The return of this smash hit from seasons past!
Double Cut
by Alfred Shaugnessy, directed by Sara Jones
Thriller
September 11-27, 2025
Diamond heiress Olivia Prescott is disturbed by an enigmatic stranger arriving at her villa, claiming to be her supposedly dead brother. He seems to know every trivial detail of their past family life, his papers verify his identity, but Olivia insists with mounting hysteria that he is an imposter despite his convincing everyone around them. Is Olivia going mad...or is she concealing something? And what about the £10 million worth of diamonds that have gone missing?
The Dingdong, or Take Me, I’m Yours!
by Mark Shanahan, adapted from Le Dindon by Georges Feydeau, directed by Penny Elaine
Farce
November 6-22, 2025
Vatelin is a faithful husband – mostly. Lucy is a faithful wife – kind of. But their “fidelity” is about to be put to the test when a series of importunate suitors and femmes fatales invade their cozy little world. Dive headfirst into the misadventures of one madcap night in a Parisian hotel in this new adaptation of Feydeau’s classic farce Le Dindon, and discover how opening the wrong door in the dark of night can lead to mayhem, laughter, and a few unlikely revelations about the secret to a happy marriage.