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STEPPING INTO DARKNESS

* by Daxton Bloomquist * WEDNESDAY July 15, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY July 17, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY July 19, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Into The Darkness is a raw, funny, and deeply human solo play that blends storytelling, movement, music, and audience interaction. Beginning in complete …

THE MERCHANT OF VENICE

* by Lara Vosburgh * * * * TUESDAY July 14, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY July 15, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY July 18, 2026 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb In this gender-bent, compressed production of ‘The Merchant of  Venice’, women will portray the complex roles they don't get to normally tackle in the …

DEADDY DEAREST

* by Maxwell Swangel * * * * TUESDAY July 14, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY July 17, 2026 @ 4:00 PM SATURDAY July 18, 2026 @ 9:00 PM * * * Blurb A brother and sister reconnect over their dad's funeral. SISTER resurrects the body, and whatever came back is not their dad. And it's hungry. THIS …

WHEN GARLIC FLOWERS AND SILVER SHARDS AREN’T ENOUGH

  * by Emma Morgan * * * * MONDAY July 13, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY July 15, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY July 18, 2026 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb This play is an exploration of womanhood under oppressive systems, queerness, reclaiming power, and vampires. Heavily influenced by the 2022 …

ACCURSED REFLECTION

* by Izaija Alejo-Barbić * THURSDAY May 28, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY May 30, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY May 31, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb When two curses cross paths. Echo is a mountain nymph cursed into repetition. Narcissus is a gorgeous  young man born with a fatal prophecy looming over his …

CONSEQUENCES

* by Jordan Theodore McGill * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb What happens when God, Lilith, Adam & Eve are hangin' out... THIS SHOW IS 20 MINUTES LONG THIS IS A SHORT PRODUCTION …

BUONA FORTUNA

* by James Sylvester * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Set in 1969, a young Vietnam Veteran returns home carrying the weight of shame and addiction. Rekindling his relationship with his high school sweetheart, he …

THE LAST LIGHT OF DAY

* by Ryan Tramont * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb Eugene O.Neill sits in his summer home writing his masterpiece A Long Day's Journey Into Night and confesses as to why he is finally writing …

THE TRAINING CAGE

* by Jeannine Dominy * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A writer, an actor and a CEO walk into...each other on a picket line and engage in the age old battle between art and commerce. THIS SHOW IS 13 MINUTES …

LET’S BUILD A FORT

* by David Rackoff * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A young gay man, Jamie, in an abusive marriage, talks to his older brother, Bobby, on FaceTime. Bobby recounts a childhood fantasy to help Jamie discover the …

DOGS ON PATROL

  * by Magnolia Santibanez * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026  @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb The Anti trucker, is a surreal play about a man and a woman on a road trip encounter a colossal figure called the anti Christ, a trucker who …

HONOR SHMONOR

* by Atticus Orsborn * THURSDAY June 25, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026  @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb A celebrated knight and his loyal squire arrive at a witch’s cave to carry out a righteous execution. What follows is a fast, profane, and increasingly …

A DISCREET PISS

* by Aaron Berlau * WEDNESDAY June 24, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY June 26, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb The play follows the crowd and events of a queer dance night at a straight bar in the Midwest. Colette is there with her new friend Jemmifer when she suddenly …

LADIES M

* by Keely Baisden Knudsen * WEDNESDAY June 24, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY June 26, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Musical adaptation of MACBETH with a cast of 4 females of varying ages, orientations, races, and physical abilities. Using an electric score from Kevin …

EARL’S SHOE SHINE

* by Darius Wright * * * * TUESDAY June 23, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY June 24, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb After 40 years, Earl is campaigning for another term as Will Rogers’s beloved shoeshiner, but his opposition to his child’s gender affirmation surgery …

AWAITING EVALUATION

* by Alex Grech * * * * MONDAY June 22, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY June 24, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 27, 2026 @ 6:45 PM * * * Blurb Two high school students find themselves in an administrative limbo, knowing little more than the rules, the routine, and each other. In this perpetual …

FRED IN RED

* by Molly McHugh * MONDAY June 22, 2026 @ 6:15 PM FRIDAY June 26, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SUNDAY June 28, 2026  @ 3:30 PM * * * Blurb When Eleanor faces familial ridicule following the lack of success at her Home Decor Store, she teams up with Fred in hopes of saving her business and family. A …

MISSION: SANCTUARY

* by Andrew J. Beck * THURSDAY June 18, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 20, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb In the year 2109, A military ship's crew of almost 500 soldiers from all across the dying Earth is thrown into chaos when one of its own sabotages its …

FOREST ROMP

* by Dylan Gombos * THURSDAY June 18, 2026 @ 9:00 PM SATURDAY June 20, 2026 @ 12:00 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026 @ 8:30 PM * * * Blurb A forest filled with mystery and adventure. Four roommates (the Creature, Wizard, Puppet Freak, and Clown) embark on separate journeys of love, joy, and tragedy; …

THIS SIDE OF PARADISE

* by Colby Thompson * * * * THURSDAY June 18, 2026 @ 6:15 PM SATURDAY June 20, 2026 @ 2:15 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026 @ 6:00 PM * * * Blurb Inspired by the early life and writings of F. Scott Fitzgerald, This Side of Paradise is a musical that follows the self-absorbed and conceited son of …

DEADNAMED

  * by Dian Cathal * WEDNESDAY June 17, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY June 19, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Join award-winning comedian Dian Cathal for “Deadnamed,” a heartfelt and hilarious funeral for his old self. Challenging mainstream narratives around …

THE MASKLESS ELEVATOR

* by Yakira Muhammad  * WEDNESDAY June 17, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY June 19, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Big Cup of Patience: A psychological dance-theater comedy thriller following Kaden, a queer corporate producer battling deadlines, family conflicts, and his …

BIG CUP OF PATIENCE

* by Will Ervin Jr. * WEDNESDAY June 17, 2026 @ 4:00 PM FRIDAY June 19, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SUNDAY June 21, 2026  @ 1:00 PM * * * Blurb Big Cup of Patience: A psychological dance-theater comedy thriller following Kaden, a queer corporate producer battling deadlines, family conflicts, and his own …

WAYNE’S GUN

* by Olga S. Popova * * * * TUESDAY June 16, 2026 @ 9:00 PM WEDNESDAY June 17, 2026 @ 6:30 PM SATURDAY June 20, 2026 @ 4:30 PM * * * Blurb Wayne’s Gun is a genre-defying steampunk time-travel musical where one invention fractures history and forces its creators to face the cost of …

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