The Fantasticks

This funny and romantic musical is about a boy, a girl, and their two fathers who try to keep them apart. The narrator, El Gallo, asks the audience to use their imagination and follow him into a world of moonlight and magic. The boy and the girl fall in love, grow apart and finally find their way back to each other after realizing the truth in El Gallo's words that, "without a hurt, the heart is hollow."

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas

The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas is a rollicking hootenanny of a musical, is based on the true story of a legendary Texas brothel, which operated from the 1840s to 1973.
PG-13 Advisory for mature language and themes.

A Little Talk

A collection of short pieces written by Susan C. Hunter. The pieces are for characters of all (adult) ages. Some are humorous, some very serious. PG-13 Advisory for mature language.

The Prom

Four eccentric Broadway stars are in desperate need of a new stage. So when they hear that trouble is brewing around a small-town prom, they know that it’s time to put a spotlight on the issue… and themselves. On a mission to make a difference, the Broadway stars team up with a courageous student, leading to a transformation that brings everyone together in the name of love and acceptance.

Crimes of the Heart

Warmhearted, irreverent, zany and brilliantly imaginative, Beth Henley’s Pulitzer Prize-winning play examines the plight of three young Mississippi sisters betrayed by their passions.

Play On

A theatre group tries desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script. Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal, and the final act is the actual performance, in which anything that can go wrong, does.

Noises Off

Called “the funniest farce ever written,” Noises Off presents a manic menagerie of itinerant actors rehearsing a flop called Nothing’s On. Slamming doors, on and offstage intrigue, and an errant herring all figure in the plot of this hilarious, high-energy comedy.

Murder on the Orient Express

Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers of The Orient Express rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer of an American tycoon – in case he or she decides to strike again.

AUDITIONS

AUDITION FORM

Part comedy and part drama, Robert Harling’s classic examines the bond between six women in a small southern town.

The Diary of Anne Frank

Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama winner. This staged adaptation of the posthumously published book “Diary of a Young Girl” details Anne Frank’s life in hiding in Nazi occupied Amsterdam during World War II. We are reading the play for Holocaust Remembrance Month.

Vonya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

Middle-aged siblings Vonya and Sonia share a home where they complain about the circumstances of their lives. Suddenly, their movie-star sister, Masha, swoops in with her new boy toy, Spike. Old resentments flare up leading to threats to sell the house.

Mean Girls

Consider this your invitation from Regina George herself to check out the fiercely hilarious musical from book writer Tina Fey (30 Rock), lyricist Nell Benjamin (Legally Blonde) and composer Jeff Richmond (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt). Please note: this table read is rated PG-13.

TAKE THE STAGE

Auditions Workshop

Make an impression at YOUR next audition. ACT director Melonie Carideo gives you lots of tips and tricks for standing out at auditions.

BUY TICKETS

Join us for the Mystery Maven Costume Contest! To enter, simply show up dressed as any mystery character or author, AKA “mystery maven.” Prizes will be awarded for most theatrical costume, best pair or group costume, and most unique interpretation of the theme. Tickets for this performance include catered hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar. 

The Crucible

According to the playwright, Arthur Miller, The Crucible depicts “the essential nature of one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history.” Based on historical people and real events, Miller’s drama is a searing portrait of a community engulfed by hysteria.

INTEREST MEETING

Written and directed by Cynthia McCowan, “Now We Juke-ing!” tells real-life stories of how growing up in North Mississippi juke joints shaped the cultural perspective of a young Black girl.

A DOLL’S HOUSE
PART 2: Herzog

Join us for a table read of the Tony Award Winning adaptation of “A Doll’s House” by Amy Herzog.

Nearly 150 years after Ibsen’s celebrated play thrust drama firmly into the modern age, acclaimed playwright Amy Herzog refreshes the story that shocked audiences and brought forth a new era of theatre. Herzog’s Tony Award winning thrilling play is a compact and devastatingly contemporary adaptation.

This is two-part table read. The original play by Ibsen will have been read on Tuesday Aug 26. You can attend either or both table reads.

A DOLL’S HOUSE
PART 1: Ibsen

Join us for a table read of the OG “A Doll’s House” by Henrik Ibsen.

In this 1879 play that thrust drama firmly into the modern age, several mean spirited outsiders intrude in the lives of an ordinary family. One threatens to expose a fraud. When the fraud is finally revealed, it upends the family forever.

This is two-part table read. We will read the Tony-winning 2023 adaptation by Amy Herzog on Thursday Aug 28. You can attend either or both table reads.