OUR 2024-2025 SEASON
Heathers
Based on the classic 1989 Winona Ryder/Christian Slater film, Heathers: The Musical is a high-energy black comedy with music, lyrics, and book by Laurence O’Keefe and Kevin Murphy. In a 1980s high school ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing trio of mean girls, all named Heather, misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects them for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who has a plan to put the Heathers in their place—six feet under!
CAUTION: This show involves dark subject matter, including bullying, teen suicide, sexual assault, and school violence.
A Christmas Story
This year, instead of watching A Christmas Story on TV, share this holiday classic with friends and family as part of a live audience! Based on the 1983 film, Philip Grecian’s play brings Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s to the stage as we follow 9-year-old Ralphie’s quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas, even though the adults all tell him: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” All the elements from the beloved movie are here, including the boys’ experiment with a wet tongue on a cold lamppost, the lamp shaped like a woman’s leg, Ralphie’s fantasy scenarios, and more.
Misery
Based on William Goldman’s 1990 film adaptation of the 1987 Stephen King novel, Misery follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his “number one fan,” Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive in her secluded home. While Paul is convalescing, Annie reads the newly-completed manuscript of his latest book and becomes enraged to discover that the author has killed off her favorite character, Misery Chastain. Annie forces Paul to write a new Misery novel, and he quickly realizes Annie has no intention of letting him go anywhere. The irate Annie has Paul writing as if his life depends on it, and it does.
The Prince
Have you ever been trapped playing a role that doesn’t suit you? In The Prince, a new play by Abigail Thorn, Jen and Sam are also trapped—in a Shakespearean multiverse. On their quest to find the doorway back to reality, they notice something unusual about Henry “Hotspur” Percy. Do they risk losing their way home to help someone who might be like them—not yet sure who she truly is? With sword fighting, lesbianism, and disappointed parents, The Prince is, according to the Guardian, “A romp. . . . Excavating sections of Shakespeare that speak most strongly to queerness, Thorn makes us look again and see these characters anew.”
Little Shop of Horrors
A deviously delicious sci-fi/horror/comedy/rock musical, Little Shop of Horrors, with music by Alan Menken and lyrics and book by Howard Ashman, has devoured the hearts of theatergoers for over 30 years. When meek florist’s assistant Seymour stumbles across a new breed of plant, he names it Audrey II after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises him unending fame and fortune as long as he keeps feeding it—human BLOOD. Over time, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s extraterrestrial origins and plan for global domination! Loosely based on the 1960 Roger Corman cult classic film, the show features several well-known tunes as well as a chorus of three street urchins—Crystal, Chiffon, and Ronette—named after (and reminiscent of) girl groups of the 1960s.
Why not see them all?