August 21, 2026 – September 6, 2026

WOMAN BEFORE A GLASS by Lanie Robertson
Directed by Doug Knoop
Featuring: Pat Haines-Ainsworth
Step inside the intoxicating, scandalous world of the 20th century's most defiant art icon: Peggy Guggenheim. Confined to her beloved Venetian palazzo, an aging Peggy looks back at her life as a self-proclaimed "art addict," fierce champion of the avant-garde, and lover of the world’s greatest creative minds—from Jackson Pollock to Samuel Beckett. This vibrant, witty, and deeply intimate one-woman powerhouse production strips away the public myth to reveal a vulnerable, lonely trailblazer who traded everything to reshape modern art history.

 

September 25, 2026 – October 11, 2026

LINDA VISTA by Tracy Letts
Directed by Mark Kuntz
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of August: Osage County comes a sharp, fiercely cynical, and brutally funny look at midlife regression. Meet Wheeler: a misanthropic, 50-year-old former photographer deflated into a bitter camera repairman. Newly divorced and crashing headfirst into a severe existential crisis, he moves into San Diego’s Linda Vista neighborhood to start over. What follows is an unfiltered, hilarious, and unapologetic portrait of self-sabotage, toxic masculinity, and a man who is desperately—and messily—fighting his own worst instincts to finally grow up.

 

November 6, 2026 – November 22, 2026

BAKERSFIELD MIST by Stephen Sachs
Directed by Eric Lewis
Featuring: Ingrid Sanai Buron and JAG
Inspired by true events, this quick-witted and thoroughly entertaining comedy-drama asks a fascinating question: Who gets to decide what art is truly worth? Maude Gutman, a foul-mouthed, unemployed bartender living in a cluttered California trailer park, buys a hideous painting at a thrift store for three dollars, only to become convinced it's an undiscovered Jackson Pollock masterpiece worth millions. When a deeply elitist, world-class art expert flies in from New York to authenticate it, a high-stakes, hilarious battle of wits explodes—pitting high-brow academia against low-brow grit.

SHOW SPONSOR: Melody Mistlin

 

December 4, 2026 – December 20, 2026

ALMOST, MAINE by John Cariani
Directed by Yvonne Williams
Welcome to Almost, Maine—a town so far north it "almost" doesn't exist on a map. On one deeply cold, clear Friday night in the dead of winter, the Northern Lights hover overhead as the town’s quirky residents find themselves falling in and out of love in the most unexpected, magical ways. Written as a series of nine interconnected, whimsical vignettes, this deeply heartfelt romantic comedy turns emotional metaphors into literal, physical realities. It’s an enchanting, bittersweet evening of theater that will warm your heart and remind you of the immense vulnerability it takes to love someone.

 

January 8, 2027 – January 24, 2027

EVERY BRILLIANT THING

by Duncan Macmillan and Jonny Donahoe
Directed by Alicia Mendez
1. Ice cream. 2. Water fights. 3. Staying up past your bedtime. When a seven-year-old’s mother is hospitalized with chronic depression, the child begins a list of every single magnificent thing about the world that makes life worth living. As the narrator grows into adulthood, the list reaches a million entries, tracking the incredible lengths we will go for those we love. This heart-bursting, interactive theatrical experience tackles heavy subjects with profound joy, resilience, and life-affirming wit. Guided by a single performer and fueled by gentle audience participation, it is a beautiful reminder to celebrate the small details we so often take for granted.

 

February 12, 2027 – March 7, 2027

THE COTTAGE by Sandy Ruskin

Co-produced with Circle of Fire Theatre
Directed by Ken Michels
A glamorous, fast-paced, and laugh-out-loud bedroom farce that breathes hilarious new life into the classic 1920s drawing-room comedies of Noël Coward. Set in a picturesque English countryside cottage in 1923, Sylvia Van Kipness decides to expose her once-a-year, passionate affair with her husband’s brother by sending a telegram to everyone involved. When the spouses—and a few other unexpected lovers—arrive at the door, the cottage explodes into a whirlwind of shifting allegiances, scandalous secrets, and high-stakes physical comedy, all wrapped up in a sharp, modern feminist twist.

 

March 26, 2027 – April 11, 2027
HURRICANE DIANE by Madeleine George
Directed by Elizabeth Tanner
What happens when the Greek god Dionysus returns to Earth disguised as a butch, swaggering landscape architect named Diane? He heads straight to a quiet, manicured cul-de-sac in New Jersey, determined to seduce four status-conscious housewives into abandoning their chemical lawns for a permaculture revolution to avert an ecological crisis. This devastatingly funny environmental comedy blends ancient mythology with The Real Housewives, using blistering satire to contrast the comforting illusions of suburban life with the terrifying, inevitable fury of a changing natural world.

 

May 7, 2027 – May 23, 2027
A ROOM IN THE CASTLE by Lauren M. Gunderson
Directed by Jenny Cross
Asst. Director: Elizabeth Shipman
Step away from the brooding prince and into the private chambers of Elsinore. This sharp, fiercely feminist, and darkly comedic contemporary reimagining of Shakespeare’s Hamlet is told entirely from the perspective of the women written into the margins of the tragedy: Ophelia, Queen Gertrude, and her loyal handmaid, Margery. While male egos and political violence threaten to burn the court down outside, these three women drink, joke, strategize, and bond. Written with a modern, lyrical punch, it is a powerful story of sisterhood and survival as three women fight to reclaim their fates on their own terms.

 

June 18, 2027 – July 11, 2027

EVIL DEAD: the musical
Book and Lyrics by George Reinblatt
Music by Frank Cipolla, Christopher Bond, Melissa Morris, and George Reinblatt
Based on characters created by Sam Raimi
By special arrangement with Renaissance Pictures, Ltd. & Studiocanal

Directed by Scot Charles Anderson

Five college students take a weekend getaway to an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleash a demonic plague, and turn a classic gore-fest into a campy, high-octane musical comedy masterpiece! Whether you sit in the regular seats or brave the interactive, blood-soaked front-row "Splatter Zone," it is an unforgettably fun, over-the-top finale to our season!
SHOW SPONSOR: Beth Moursund