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| | TOPDOG / UNDERDOG
written by Susan-Lori Parks
DATES: Sept 19, 2025 - Oct 12, 2025
directed by Rain Pryor
THE STORY - Topdog/Underdog is a Pulitzer Prize-winning play that explores the lives of two Black brothers, Lincoln and Booth, who navigate poverty and sibling rivalry. Abandoned as teenagers, the brothers rely on each other for survival. Lincoln, a former con artist, now impersonates Abraham Lincoln at an arcade, while Booth makes a living as a petty thief. The play delves into their troubled past and examines whether they can support each other to build a better future.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | A TUNA CHRISTMAS
written by Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard
DATES: Dec 5 - 21, 2025
directed by Adriene Bergeron
THE STORY - Set in the fictional town of Tuna, Texas, A Tuna Christmas centers around the town’s annual Christmas Yard Display Contest, won 14 times in a row by Vera Carp. A mysterious Christmas Phantom, known for vandalizing the yard displays, threatens to throw the contest into turmoil. Meanwhile, Stanley Bumiller is attempting to end his probation, Bertha Bumiller is trying desperately to hold her family together at Christmas time, and Joe Bob struggles to successfully mount his production of a holiday classic. Through it all, hilarity is the real gift for everyone this holiday season.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | SEVEN GUITARS
Baltimore August Wilson Celebration
written by August Wilson
DATES: Jan 9 - Feb 1, 2026
directed by To Be Announced
THE STORY - Set in the backyard of a boardinghouse in the 1940s, Seven Guitars begins and ends after the funeral of one of the main characters. Through a series of flashbacks, we meet an aspiring blues musician, an ailing old man, and three single women. As the play bounces back and forth in time we experience the plight of African Americans struggling to find meaning while navigating the realities of post-war poverty in Pittsburgh.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | ANTIGONE
written by Sophocles
DATES: Mar 6 - 29, 2026
directed by Emma Hooks
THE STORY - Antigone is a 5th Century BC Athenian tragedy that explores the conflict between personal morality and state law. Antigone’s brothers have been killed in the civil war and the new ruler, Creon, does not want the body of the rebel brother, Polynices, to be properly buried. Antigone defies Creon’s decree despite the consequences she may face in order to honor her deceased brother.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | YOU CAN'T TAKE IT WITH YOU
written by Moss Hart & George S. Kaufman
DATES: Apr 24 - May 17, 2026
directed by Michael Blum
THE STORY - Alice Sycamore has to introduce the family of her fiancé, Tony Kirby, to her own family. The Kirbys are a wealthy, stuffy family of great importance, while the Sycamores are a collection of lunatics. When the two families come together, lifestyle and philosophy collide with uproarious laughter.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | THE CRAYON KING
OR LEARNING TO SHARE
written by Jeffrey Higgins
DATES: June 12 - July 5, 2026
directed by Lydia West
choreographed by Robert Mintz
THE STORY - The Crayon King, or Learning to Share is a family-friendly musical about four kindergarteners (played by adults): Ricky, Frankie, Jimmy, and Kristen. Their social status is based on the size of their crayon box. Ricky and his best friend, Frankie, each have twenty-four crayons. Jimmy always tries to just be his creative self, but he is constantly confronted with the difficulties of having only eight crayons. Kristen manipulates her fellow students by wielding her forty-eight crayons over them. Secrets come out. Feelings are hurt. Crayons are broken. But in the end, these youngsters learn that it should be who you are on the inside and not what you color with that counts.
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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| | BALTIMORE PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL
A New Work by a Baltimore Playwright
written by To Be Determined
DATES: Aug 8 - 16, 2026
directed by To Be Determined
THE STORY - A new work by a local Baltimore playwright will be selected from this season of exciting BPF readings!
Check out the readings (more info at www.baltplayfest.org)
and then see the FIRST production of a new play!
There is no official rating system for live theatre. We encourage you to use your judgment based on your child's age and maturity level.
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