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Announcing our 79th Season!

Another season of great shows is on the way and the best way to be sure you don’t miss a minute is to BUY SEASON TICKETS! Don’t wait and find yourself standing in line for last minute tickets to a SOLD OUT show, mark your calendar for the on sale dates listed below and buy your tickets early for guaranteed, priority seating for each and every show. You’ll get the BEST seats at the BEST price with a DISCOUNT on our biggest show of the year and UNLIMITED ticket exchanges all year long.



Season Tickets on Sale:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025

Individual Shows on Sale:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025



Mainstage Season Subscription Shows
5 Shows for only $200!

Only available for sale as part of a Season Subscription until July 9.

I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change

Aug 22-Sep 25, 2025
Book & Lyrics by Joe DiPietro
Music by Jimmy Roberts

The longest running off-Broadway revue in history takes on the truths and myths behind that contemporary conundrum known as “the relationship.” This award-winning musical pays tribute to those who have loved and lost, to those who have fallen on their face at the portal of romance, to those who have dared to ask, “Say, what are you doing Saturday night?”



Unnecessary Farce

Oct 24-November 9, 2025
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.



Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Mar 27-Apr 12, 2026
By Edward Albee

Winner of the Tony, Critics Circle, and Pulitzer Prize for BEST PLAY, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf is a masterful exploration of marriage, illusion, and truth. Albee’s sharp dialogue and complex characters create an intense, captivating portrayal of emotional unraveling and personal conflict. A masterpiece and a true classic of American theatre.



The Lifespan of a Fact

May 21-17, 2026
by Jeremy Karaken

Winner of the Ovation, Drama-Logue and Graland awards, Lifespan of a Fact tells the story of a fresh-out-of-Harvard fact checker for a prominent but sinking New York magazine. John D’Agata is a talented writer with a transcendent essay about the suicide of a teenage boy—an essay that could save the magazine from collapse. When Jim is assigned to fact check D’Agata’s essay, the two come head-to-head in a hilarious yet gripping battle over facts vs. truth.



A Grand Night for Singing

June 5-28, 2026
Music by Richard Rodgers

Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Winner of the Tony and Drama Desk Award, A Grand Night for Singing is a radiant celebration of Rodger and Hammerstein’s unforgettable melodies. This astonishing musical has left audiences spellbound since its 1993 premiere and features over 20 of the world’s most famous songs, seamlessly woven together to create a dazzling evening of theatre.



A La Carte Shows

Not included in season subscription package; available for sale ONLY to season subscribers until July 9.

Million Dollar Quartet

January 30-March 8, 2026
Book by COLIN ESCOTT and FLOYD MUTRUX
Original Concept and Direction by FLOYD MUTRUX
Inspired by ELVIS PRESLEY, JOHNNY CASH, JERRY LEE LEWIS and CARL PERKINS

Back by popular demand after record-breaking SOLD OUT runs in 2018 and 2025. Get the BEST SEATS with a DISCOUNT when you buy season tickets!

On a Tuesday night, shortly before Christmas 1956, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley gathered at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee for a jam session like no other. MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET brings that legendary December night to life with a tale of broken promises, secrets, betrayal and an incredible score performed live. Songs include Blue Suede Shoes, Fever, Walk the Line, Who Do You Love?, Great Balls of Fire, Folsom Prison Blues, Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On, Hound Dog, and many more.



A Christmas Story

November 21-December 21, 2025
A Play in Two Acts written by Philip Grecian
Based on the Warner Bros. Motion Picture by Jean Shepherd, Leigh Brown & Bob Clark and on the book “In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash” by Jean Shepherd

A Central Coast Holiday Tradition!

Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the Midwest in the 1940s follows 9-year-old Ralphie Parker in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the tree for Christmas. Ralphie pleads his case before his mother, his teacher and even Santa Claus himself, at Higbee’s Department Store. The consistent response: “You’ll shoot your eye out!” Bring the whole family to A Christmas Story for a heartwarming, funny, nostalgic holiday treat



Ubu’s Other Shoe
5 Staged Readings – $95

Only available for sale as part of a Season Subscription until July 9.

Luna Gale

August 1-2, 2025
by Rebecca Gilman

Caroline, a veteran social worker, thinks she has a typical case on her hands when she meets Peter and Karlie, two teenage drug addicts accused of neglecting their baby. But when she places their infant daughter in the care of Karlie’s mother, Caroline sparks a family conflict that exposes a shadowy, secretive past—and forces her to make a risky decision with potentially disastrous consequences.

Fortinbras

September 26-27, 2025
by Lee Blessing

Lee Blessing’s self-described 1991 “metaphysical farce” is a comic interplay of wry literary criticism and contemporary wit which takes up where William Shakespeare’s Hamlet left off.



Anthropology

January 23-24, 2026
By Lauren Gunderson

When virtual Angie offers the possibility that real Angie might still be alive, Merril does everything she can to work with her creation to find her sister. But as the search continues, it becomes less and less clear whether an AI creation that Merril programmed to help her might have developed motives of its own.



Wife of a Salesman

March 13-14, 2026
by Eleanor Burgess

When a devoted housewife – from a certain classic American drama – tracks down the woman who is sleeping with her husband, the two discover that they have more in common than society would like them to believe.



Love Alone

April 17-18, 2026
by Deborah Salem Smith

When Helen’s lesbian partner of 20 years dies unexpectedly in minor surgery, Helen and her daughter want answers. Confused by the hospital’s silence around the death, they bring a lawsuit against the doctors. Now Dr. Becca Neal must confront her feelings about losing her patient while she juggles the demands of a lawsuit.



“Great theatre is about challenging how we think and encouraging us to fantasize about a world we aspire to.” — Willem Dafoe



Academy of Creative Theatre Mainstage Shows

Tickets for ACT shows on sale June 11.

Seussical KIDS

July 17-27, 2025

Book by Lynn Ahrens & Stephen Flaherty
Based on the book by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)
Music by Stephen Flaherty | Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens
Co-Conceived by Eric Idle

Now one of the most performed shows in America, Seussical is a fantastical, magical, musical extravaganza! Tony winners, Lynn Ahrens and Stephen Flaherty (Lucky Stiff, My Favorite Year, Once on This Island, Ragtime), have lovingly brought to life all of our favorite Dr. Seuss characters, including Horton the Elephant, The Cat in the Hat, Gertrude McFuzz, lazy Mayzie and a little boy with a big imagination – Jojo.



Clue

January 9-18, 2026
Adapted from the Screenplay by Jonathan Lynn
Written by Sandy Rustin
Adapted from the Paramount Pictures Film written by Jonathan Lynn
and the Board Game from Hasbro, Inc.

It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock, and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, CLUE is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.



Subscribe early for great seats and we’ll see you at the theatre!

Season Tickets on Sale:
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 11, 2025

Individual Shows on Sale:
WEDNESDAY, JULY 9, 2025