DEAR JACK, DEAR LOUISE

by Ken Ludwig

December 4 - 21, 2025

U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, begins writing to Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, hoping to meet her someday if the war will allow. But as the war continues, it threatens to end their relationship before it even starts. Two-time Tony Award-winning playwright Ken Ludwig (Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery, Lend Me a Tenor) tells the heartwarming story of his parents’ courtship during World War II and the results are anything but expected.U.S. A joyous story for all to enjoy this holiday season!

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, December 4 - "Pay What You Will"

Saturday, December 6 - Post Show Holiday Party! Stay after to meet the cast and enjoy some seasonal sweets. Pre-show Music starting at 6pm by Never Too Late.

​Saturday, December 13 - Additional Matinee at 2:30pm.

​Sunday, December 14 - Post Show Talkback​ with the actors.

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FOOL FOR LOVE

by Sam Shepard

January 22 - February 8, 2026

Through searing truth and dark humor, Fool for Love shows the story of two people who just can't live without each other whether they like it or not. May is hiding out at an old motel in the Mojave Desert. Eddie, an old flame and childhood friend, finds her there and threatens to drag her back into the life from which she had fled. Perhaps the sexiest, most haunting play of the 20th century, Fool for Love is a twisted, tequila-soaked love letter from one of the greatest American playwrights.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, January 22 - "Pay What You Will"

Saturday, January 24 - First Saturday Party! Stay after to meet the cast and enjoy some treats.

Saturday, January 31 - Additional Matinee at 2:30pm.

Sunday, February 1 - Post Show Talkback​ with the actors.

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SEMINAR

by Theresa Rebeck

March 26 - April 12, 2026

In Seminar, a provocative comedy from Pulitzer Prize nominee Theresa Rebeck, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon, and hearts are unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience in this biting comedy.

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, March 26 - "Pay What You Will"

Saturday, March 28 - First Saturday Party! Stay after to meet the cast and enjoy some treats.

Saturday, April 4 - Additional Matinee at 2:30pm.

Sunday, April 5 - Post Show Talkback​ with the actors.

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THE WAVERLY GALLERY

by Kenneth Lonergan

May 7 - 24, 2026 

Gladys, the elderly matriarch of the Green family, has run an art gallery in a small Greenwich Village hotel for many years. The management wants to replace her less-than-thriving gallery with a coffee shop. Always irascible but now increasingly erratic, Gladys is a cause of concern to her daughter, her son-in-law, and her grandson, from whose point of view this poignant memory play is told. A wacky and heartrending look at the effect of senility on a family. 

SPECIAL EVENTS

Thursday, May 7 - "Pay What You Will"

Saturday, May 9 - First Saturday Party! Stay after to meet the cast and enjoy some treats.

Saturday, May 16 - Additional Matinee at 2:30pm.

Sunday, May 17 - Post Show Talkback​ with the actors.

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