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| | Moonlight and Magnolias
By Ron Hutchinson
October
1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of his new epic, Gone with the Wind, a film adaptation of Margaret Mitchell’s novel. The screenplay, you see, just doesn’t work. So what’s an all-powerful movie mogul to do? While fending off the film’s stars, gossip columnists and his own father-in-law, Selznick sends a car for famed screenwriter Ben Hecht and pulls formidable director Victor Fleming from the set of The Wizard of Oz. Summoning both to his office, he locks the doors, closes the shades, and on a diet of bananas and peanuts, the three men labor over five days to fashion a screenplay that will become the blueprint for one of the most successful and beloved films of all time. | Buy Tickets |
| | The Wizard of Oz
October 10, 2026 (11 am & 2 pm)
Follow comic duo Lenny and Mabel down the yellow brick road to the land of Oz and meet all of your favorite characters along the way! Gain courage with the Cowardly Lion, take heart with the Tin Man, and find your wits with the Scarecrow in this fun interactive retelling of the L. Frank Baum classic.
Bright Star Children's Theatre
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| | The Game's Afoot
(or Holmes for the Holidays)
By Ken Ludwig
December
It is December 1936, and Broadway star William Gillette, admired the world over for his leading role in the play Sherlock Holmes, has invited his fellow cast members to his Connecticut castle for a weekend of revelry. But when one of the guests is stabbed to death, the festivities in this isolated house of tricks and mirrors quickly turn dangerous. It is then up to Gillette himself, as he assumes the persona of his beloved Holmes, to track down the killer before the next victim appears. The danger and hilarity are non-stop in this glittering whodunit set during the Christmas holidays. | Buy Tickets |
| | Once Upon a Time: Cinderella and Jack and the Beanstalk
January 16, 2027 (11 am & 2 pm)
Dance at the ball with Cinderella and challenge the giant with Jack and the Beanstalk as these stories come to life in front of your very eyes! Fun and interactive, this show is great for younger audiences or anyone who is young at heart.
Bright Star Children's Theatre
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| | Musical (TBA)
February/March 2027
We've decided. We've got the show. But we can't say what it is. We think you'll like it, so we're planning on an extra weekend!
Keep an eye out for an announcement in October, when we'll publish our Spring Musical! | Buy Tickets |
| | The Really Big Dinosaur Show
March 13, 2027 (11 am & 2 pm)
Imagine that the bones and fossils of ancient dinosaurs could come back to life — what stories they might tell. Well, there's no need to imagine any more as Rainbow Puppet Productions presents "The Really Big Dinosaur Show
Through original songs and the use of over twenty giant puppets, the time of the dinosaurs appears on stage. The program features an eight-foot-tall T-Rex and another dinosaur that's over 16 feet long. (It's not called "The Really Big Dinosaur Show" for nothing!)
Rainbow Puppets
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| | August: Osage County
By Tracy Letts
May 2027
Recipient of the 2008 Tony Award® for Best Play and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
A vanished father. A pill-popping mother. Three sisters harboring shady little secrets. When the large Weston family unexpectedly reunites after Dad disappears, their Oklahoman family homestead explodes in a maelstrom of repressed truths and unsettling secrets. Mix in Violet, the drugged-up, scathingly acidic matriarch, and you’ve got a major play that unflinchingly—and uproariously—exposes the dark side of the Midwestern American family.
Contains adult themes and language.
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| | Davy Crockett's Tremendously Tall Tales
May 15, 2027 (11 am & 2 pm)
Our local Children's Theatre has a wild show for young people based on the amazing stories surrounding American (real-life) Icon Davy Crockett! Stories so fun, that Disney made a whole series about the "king of the wild frontier" (ask your grandparents!)
Children's Theatre of Hampton Roads
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