Season 8 Main Stage

LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS
September 14th - October 16th

By Alan Menken and Howard Ashman

From the creators of hit Broadway musicals Beauty And the Beast and The Little Mermaid, comes Little Shop Of Horrors, a mad cap, delightfully scary and quirky joy of a musical, that's a treat for the whole family. Seymour is a nerdy floral clerk with a knack for plants, but not much else. However, one peculiar plant he’s tending might just be his ticket to fame, fortune - and the girl of his dreams. Little Shop of Horrors is the screamingly funny, gleefully twisted, out-of-this-world hit musical.

UNNECESSARY FARCE
November 2nd -20th

By Paul Slade Smith

Two cops. Three crooks. Eight doors. Go! In a cheap motel room, an embezzling mayor is supposed to meet with his female accountant, while in the room next-door, two undercover cops wait to catch the meeting on videotape. But there's some confusion as to who's in which room, who's being videotaped, who's taken the money, who's hired a hit man, and why the accountant keeps taking off her clothes.

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January 11th - 29th

Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen
Book by Hunter Bell

Jeff and Hunter, two struggling writers, hear about a new musical theatre festival. However, the deadline for submissions is a mere three weeks away. With nothing to lose, the pair decide to try to create something new with the help of their friends Susan, Heidi and Larry on the eighty-eights. Eventually, Jeff suggests they write about what to write about. In the span of 90 minutes they write and perform their show at the festival.  [title of show] is, above all, a love letter to the musical theatre and to the joy of collaboration. The musical received a Tony Award® nomination for Best Book of a Musical in 2009.

A MOON FOR THE MISBEGOTTEN
February 15th - March 5th

by Eugene O’Neill

Following the events of O'Neill's classic Long Day's Journey into Night, Moon for the Misbegotten brings James "Jamie" Tyrone, Jr., to the home of his tenant farmer, Phil Hogan, a salty Irish geezer. There he encounters, after years, Hogan's daughter, Josie. During one moonlit night, as the lovestruck Josie seems to claim him as her own, the truculent, drunken Jamie drowns in a wave of self-pity and remorse. This Tony Award winning play by America’s greatest playwright is considered one of the best plays of all time. 

stop/time dance theater’s ROCKIN' THE FOREST
March 29th - April 9th

Conceived, directed and choreographed by Darlene Zoller

Ever wonder what Red Riding Hood does in her free time when she's not running from the Wolf? Her stop/time dance friends are summoned out of the woodwork and then the real fun begins! Cultivated from the wild imagination of co-artistic director Darlene Zoller, Playhouse on Park presents its annual stop/time dance theater production: ROCKIN' THE FOREST.  Now in its 14th year, stop/time dancers and singers are ready to entertain in a fabulous forest, alive with energy and growing with surprises along the way. Come for the exemplary dancing, lush vocals, live music and an unforgettable twist on your favorite stories: it's all goin' down when stop/time ROCKS the woods! You'll be pining for more!

LAST TRAIN TO NIBROC
April 26th - May 14th

By Arlene Hutton

In December 1940, an eastbound cross-country train carries the bodies of the great American writers Nathanael West and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Also on board is May, who shares her seat with a charming young flyer, Raleigh. Religious and bookish, May plans to be a missionary. Raleigh has been given a medical discharge and, inspired by West and Fitzgerald, is heading to New York to be a writer. Discovering they are from neighboring Appalachian towns, Raleigh decides to change trains for Kentucky, promising to take May to the next Nibroc Festival. A funny, touching portrait of two people searching for happiness, this simply staged romance played to critical acclaim at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe and Off-Broadway. 

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) - REVISED EDITION
June 28th - July 30th

By Adam Long, Daniel Singer, and Jess Winfield

A Playhouse on Park favorite, returns for the summer of 2017! The cultural touchstone that is THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED) features all 37 of Shakespeare’s plays, performed in 97 minutes, by three actors. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, two of its original writer/performers (Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield) thoroughly revised the show to bring it up to date for 21st-century audiences. Fast paced, witty, and physical, it’s full of laughter for Shakespeare lovers and haters alike.

Your subscription will include a ticket to all seven of the productions listed above!
Individual tickets will go on sale August 1st for Main Stage and all other shows.

Watch for details about these additional performances:

2016-17 Young Audience Series including:  PINKALICIOUS and THE CAT IN THE HAT

Mama D’s Christmas Stocking

2016-17 Comedy Series

2016-17 Improv Series

2016-17 Playwrights on Park Series

and more!

SUBSCRIPTIONS 2016-2017

7-show Subscription for Season 8

Producer Circle
Producer Circle Members receive a 2016-17 Main Stage subscription, listing in the program as a "Producer Circle Member"; a receipt for a tax-deductible donation in the amount over and above the value of their subscription; special invitations to Meet & Greets, open rehearsals, final dress rehearsal, cast parties, etc.; complimentary tickets to the Playwrights on Park series; and  two vouchers to use for themselves or to share with a friend (vouchers are good on all shows except special events)

Season 8 Subscription Form

  Adults Students, Seniors, Let*s GO Arts
Producer Circle $325 $325
Preview $98 $98
Tier 1 $240 $212
Tier 2 $212 $184
Tier 3 $184 $156

Individual tickets go on sale AUGUST 1st.