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Crimes of the Heart

Crimes of the Heart

Our 548th Production

By Beth Henley 
Directed by Chris Wunder 
September: 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th, 2025 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

The tragicomedy relates the story of the three Magrath sisters, Meg, Babe, and Lenny, who reunite at Old Granddaddy’s home in Hazelhurst, Mississippi, after Babe shoots her abusive husband. The sisters were raised in a dysfunctional family with a penchant for ugly predicaments. Each has endured her share of hardship and misery. Past resentments bubble to the surface as the sisters are forced to deal with assorted relatives and past relationships while coping with Babe’s latest incident. Each sister is forced to face the consequences of the “crimes of the heart” she has committed. Warning: Contains adult themes and adult language, it is not suitable for young children. Viewer discretion is advised.


It's Only a Play

It’s Only a Play

Our 549th Production

By Terrence McNally 
Directed by Sarah Labov 
November 7th, 8th, 9th,14th, 15th, 16th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 2025 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

It’s the opening night of The Golden Egg on Broadway, and the wealthy producer Julia Budder is throwing a lavish party in her Manhattan townhouse. Downstairs the celebrities are pouring in, but the real action is upstairs in the bedroom, where a group of insiders have staked themselves out to await the reviews. The group includes the excitable playwright; the possibly unstable wunderkind director; the pill-popping leading lady, treading the boards after becoming infamous in Hollywood; and the playwright’s best friend, for whom the play was written but who passed up this production for a television series. Add to this a drama critic who’s panned the playwright in the past and a new-in-town aspiring singer, and you have a prime recipe for the narcissism, ambition, childishness, and just plain irrationality that infuse the theatre—and for comedy. But don’t worry: This play is sure to be the hit they have all been hoping for.


Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenage Blockhead

Our 550th Production

By Bert V. Royal 
Directed by Norman Burnosky 
January 9th, 10th, 11th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 2026 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

When CB’s dog dies from rabies, CB begins to question the existence of an afterlife. His best friend is too burnt out to provide any coherent speculation; his sister has gone goth; his ex-girlfriend has recently been institutionalized; and his other friends are too inebriated to give him any sort of solace. But a chance meeting with an artistic kid, the target of this group’s bullying, offers CB peace of mind and sets in motion a friendship that will push teen angst to the very limits. Warning: Contains adult themes and adult language, it is not suitable for young children. Viewer discretion is advised.


Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things

Our 551st Production

By Nia Vardalos 
Directed by Jane Jennings 
March 6th, 7th, 8th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 2026 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Based on the bestselling book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things personifies the questions and answers that “Sugar” was publishing online from 2010–2012. When the struggling writer was asked to take over the unpaid, anonymous position of advice columnist, Strayed used empathy and her personal experiences to help those seeking guidance for obstacles both large and small.


Carrie: The Musical

Carrie: The Musical

Our 552nd Production

By Lawrence D. Cohen and Michael Gore 
Directed by Josh Tull 
April 24th, 25th, 26th; May 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, 9th, 10th, 2026 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she’s ridiculed by her cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie has unique abilities and, if pushed too far, it could spell disaster for all of those around her. Based on the best-selling novel by Stephen King, Carrie: The Musical takes you through a coming of age journey like no other. Warning: Contains adult themes and adult language, it is not suitable for young children. Viewer discretion is advised.


Driving Miss Daisy

Driving Miss Daisy

Our 553rd Production

By Alfred Uhry 
Directed by Carla Childs 
June 12th, 13th, 14th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 26th, 27th, 28th, 2026 
Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 2:00 p.m.

The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice.


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