Here is Our 2026 - 2027 Season!
We are proud to present you our 26th Season, which will open with our 200th Production! There’s something for everyone and we can’t wait to share it all with you!
Playing in The Nickelson Auditorium
September 12 – October 11, 2026
Mel Brooks’ THE PRODUCERS
music and lyrics by Mel Brooks, book by Thomas Meehan & Mel Brooks
Directed by Bernie Cardell
Winner of a Record 12 Tony Awards! Washed up Theatre producer Max Bialystock and timid account Leo Bloom are polar opposites, but by chance they meet and share a find it’s more lucrative to produce a flop than a hit! They scheme to get rich by raising millions of dollars for a deliberately terrible show and fleeing with the leftover money when it instantly closes. The joke takes an unexpected turn when the show accidentally becomes a massive hit!
November 21, 2026 – December 20, 2026
SENSE AND SENSIBILITY
Based on the novel by Jane Austen, adapted by Kate Hamill
Directed by Dana Hart Wright
Kate Hamill's energetic, highly theatrical adaptation of Sense and Sensibility follows the Dashwood sisters—pragmatic, sensible Elinor and impulsive, passionate Marianne—after their father's death leaves them destitute. Navigating the gossip-obsessed, reputation-driven strictures of Regency England, the sisters must balance head and heart to secure their futures.
February 20 – March 21, 2027
COME FROM AWAY
Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff & David Hein
Directed by Jennifer Schmitz & Bryan Bell
Following the 9/11 attacks, 38 planes carrying 7,000 stranded passengers were diverted to the small Canadian town. The musical depicts how locals doubled their town's population overnight to provide shelter, food, and compassion to the global travelers. A life affirming story about the triumph of the human spirit, Come From Away shares how much more we all have in common than we truly think.
May 8 – June 6, 2027
RENT
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama! Based on the opera La Boheme and set in 1980s New York City's East Village, a group of impoverished bohemians are struggling to survive, make art, and of course… pay their RENT
Playing in The Bond-Trimble Theatre
October 24 – November 22, 2026
DR. JEKYLL & MR. HYDE
Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, based on the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson
Directed by Kathryn Gourley
Robert Louis Stephenson’s classic tale of horror is brought to life with a fiendishly clever, imaginative, innovative new adaptation featuring four actors playing Mr. Hyde. Dr. Henry Jekyll is a highly respected, intelligent scientist who becomes obsessed with the idea that the human mind is fractured into two opposing forces: good and evil.
January 16 – February 14, 2027
ORDINARY DAYS
Music, Lyrics and Book by Adam Gwon
Directed by Carter Edward Smith
A captivating story of what happens when frazzled and uptight graduate student Deb loses the notebook that contains all of her notes for her thesis somewhere on the streets of New York. Little does she know that Warren, the struggling artist and professional cat sitter who finds and returns the notebook to her, will have such a profound effect on her life. And meanwhile, their actions affect Jason and Claire, a couple inching toward marriage who ultimately can’t seem to completely figure each other out because of an unspeakable tragedy from years ago.
March 20 – April 18, 2027
DINNER WITH FRIENDS
by Donald Margulies
Part One Directed by Bernie Cardell
Part Two Directed by Troy Lakey
Gabe and Karen’s marriage appears ideal, and Tom and Beth, their longtime best friends. During a quiet dinner at Gabe and Karen's home, Beth tearfully reveals that she and Tom are getting a divorce after 12 years of marriage. Shocked, Karen and Gabe initially side with Beth and react with righteous indignation at Tom's infidelity. Ultimately, the story asks a difficult question: how much does the dissolution of a close friend's relationship alter the foundation of your own life?
June 5 – July 3, 2027
THE HOT WING KING
by Katori Hall
Cordell is a culinary wizard whose specialty flavored chicken wings are set to win the top prize at a Memphis food festival with his team, aptly named “The New Wing Order.” But family, romance and navigating hardships all come to light when a troubled family member appears.
Special Engagements!
playing on the Berg-Young cabaret stage
September 28 – October 21, 2026
[TITLE OF SHOW]
Book by Hunter Bell, Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Directed by Nick Martinez
Jeff and Hunter, two self-confessed nobodies in New York, make a pact: They will write an original musical and submit it to a festival. The only catch? The deadline is in three weeks! They gather their two actress friends, Susan and Heidi, and their accompanist and music director, Larry, on the keys. With the full team assembled, Jeff and Hunter hit another roadblock-- what should they write about? Jeff and Hunter decide to follow the old adage, “write what you know,” and set off on a unique musical adventure: writing a musical about writing a musical!
December 1 - 21, 2026
THE NIGHT SHIFT BEFORE CHRISTMAS
by Isaac Gomez. Directed by Brandon Lopez
This new holiday classic follows Margot, a cynical Tejana working a lonely Christmas Eve overnight shift at a Texas burger joint. When her late best friend visits to warn her of impending ghosts, Margot is forced to confront her inner Scrooge.
April 5 - 21, 2026
Becoming Dr. Ruth
by Mark St. Germain
Directed by Lorraine Scott
Starring Deb Persoff! Everyone knows Dr. Ruth Westheimer from her career as a pioneering radio and television sex therapist. Few, however, know the incredible journey that preceded it. From fleeing the Nazis in the Kindertransport and joining the Haganah in Jerusalem as a sniper, to her struggle to succeed as a single mother newly-arrived in America, Mark St. Germain deftly illuminates this remarkable woman's untold story. BECOMING DR. RUTH is filled with the humor, honesty, and life-affirming spirit of Karola Ruth Siegel, the girl who became “Dr. Ruth,” America’s most famous sex therapist.