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Musical – July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27’ 2025
White Christmas, Concord Production, Irving Berlin

Mainstage – Sept 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, Oct 3, 4, 5’ 2025
Psych, Dramatic Publishing, Lisa Rowe Comedy/Farce

Musical – Nov 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23’ 2025
Blame it On the Movies, MTI, music review

Youth Program, Sign ups: August 5, at 11 am. Show dates: Dec 12, 13, 14’ 2025. Program start date is September 16th, classes run 5 to 7 pm on Tue and Thur.

Mainstage – Jan 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 Feb 1’ 2026
The Miss Magnolia Pageant, Concord, Leslie Kimbell, Sequel to the Four Old Broads series. Comedy

Musical – Feb 27, 28 March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15’ 2026
Lucky Stiff, MTI Shows, Book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Comedy mystery

Mainstage – April 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26’ 2026
Squirrel Lake, Heuer, Brian Mitchell, Comedy

Musical – July 11, 12, 13, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27’ 2025
White Christmas, Concord Production, Irving Berlin.
Having left the Army following W.W.II, Bob Wallace and Phil Davis team up to become a top song-and-dance act. Davis plays matchmaker and introduces Wallace to a pair of beautiful sisters (Betty and Judy) who also have a song-and-dance act. When Betty and Judy travel to a Vermont lodge to perform a Christmas show, Wallace and Davis follow, only to find their former commander, General Waverly, as the lodge owner. A series of romantic mix-ups ensue as the performers try to help the General.
Mainstage – Sept 19, 20, 21, 26, 27, 28, Oct 3, 4, 5’ 2025
Psych, Dramatic Publishing, Lisa Rowe. Comedy/Farce
Synopsis
Edward Baxter was a successful psychiatrist, beloved by his many patients—until he was framed for murder. Now on the run with an assumed identity and a suspicious new wife, his luck is running out. Edward seeks help from Dr. Robert Smith, a fellow psychiatrist and a man with inner demons of his own. When Edward’s meeting with Dr. Smith goes wildly awry and leaves Edward clinging precariously to his last shred of sanity, Dr. Smith’s patient Lydia (a goodhearted psychic woman with clues to Edward’s past) arrives for her appointment to find Edward in big trouble. Despite the chaos created by unexpected visitors and quirks in Lydia’s psychic powers, Lydia does her best to gain Edward’s trust and help him find justice as his world rapidly approaches critical mass. Psych’s humor is broad in scope including slapstick, wordplay and a bit of dark humor.
Musical – Nov 7, 8, 9, 14, 15, 16, 21, 22, 23’ 2025
Blame it On the Movies, MTI, music review.
Synopsis
The sound of movies is saluted in this cheerful musical cavalcade of wonderful songs and themes from the world’s favorites films.
Fresh and fast-paced, Blame It On The Movies! is a nostalgic treat that covers more ground than your average Friday night at the karaoke bar, featuring unforgettable tunes from The Wizard Of Oz, Meet Me In St. Louis, The Pink Panther, Rocky, Psycho, Jaws, Gone With The Wind, Goldfinger, The Color Purple, Footloose and countless others, in a full-filled homage to movie musicals, screwball comedies, shoot-em-up westerns, sizzling screen romances, thrillers, action-adventure flicks, historical epics and auteurs alike.
It’s the perfect celebration of the silver screen – onstage, live and in person – and a great way to get some of those movie buffs back into the theatre. So serve up the popcorn, sit back and enjoy!
Mainstage – Jan 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31 Feb 1’ 2026
The Miss Magnolia Pageant, Concord, Leslie Kimbell. Sequel to the  Four Old Broads series. ComedyMusical 
Synopsis
The Four Old Broads are back, with some wacky new friends, in an all-new comedy. Against her better judgement, Lurleen Dupree is throwing the seventh annual Miss Magnolia Senior Citizen Beauty Pageant. Martha Parcell is certain that it is finally her year to win. But Beatrice, Imogene and Eaddy have other plans. Throw in a tambourine-playing squirrel, dueling Elvises, and an unfortunate spray-tanning incident… and you’re in for a knee-slapping, side-splitting night of live theatre.
Musical – Feb 27, 28 March 1, 6, 7, 8, 13, 14, 15’ 2026
Lucky Stiff, MTI Shows, Book & lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Music by Stephen Flaherty, Comedy mystery.
Synopsis 
Lucky Stiff is a madcap, hilarious romp of a musical that follows Harry Witherspoon’s journey from England to Monte Carlo…with a rather unusual traveling companion. Based on Michael Butterworth’s novel, The Man Who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo, Harry receives the unexpected news that he has inherited a fortune from his late Uncle Anthony, on the condition that he takes Anthony’s dead body on a special trip to Monte Carlo. If Harry fails, the money will go to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. However, also hot on the tail of Uncle Anthony’s money is Rita, Anthony’s lover with whom he embezzled $6 million behind her husband’s back. And hot on Rita’s trail is her brother Vinnie, who has been blamed for the crime! With mistaken identities, love interests, disguises, farcical chases, and an omnipresent corpse, Lucky Stiff is an offbeat murder mystery with a difference.
Mainstage –  April 10, 11, 12, 17,18, 19, 24, 25, 26’ 2026
Squirrel Lake, Heuer, Brian Mitchell, Comedy.
In a place called Squirrel Lake, you’re bound to meet a nut or two! Phil, Sally, and Patrick gather at their family’s summer home on the shores of Squirrel Lake, Wisconsin, to read their recently deceased mother’s will. A cast of characters, including a nun (or is she?) and her insane brother, a psychic, supposedly sent by Mom from the great beyond, and their own out-of-control children add madness to mayhem as they try to get everything sorted out. In the end, Squirrel Lake proves that even the unlucky in life can find happiness and contentment if they simply look for the gifts given to them.

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