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High School Musical JR
Disney’s High School Musical JR centers on the blossoming relationship between Troy, a high school j...
Tosca
A tragic and political love story, Tosca explores how love overcomes all. Mario Cavaradossi, a paint...
Venus in Fur
Thomas Novachek, a director/playwright, has suffered through a long day of abysmal auditions for his...
The Wild Party (Lachiusa)
LaChiusa’s The Wild Party is based off of the 1928 Joseph Moncure March poem of the same name. The 1...
Back to the Future: The Musical
Based on the movie of the same name, Back to the Future follows Marty McFly, a charismatic teen livi...
Die Zauberflöte
Die Zauberflöte was Mozart’s final opera before he died in 1791. Its magical setting and show stoppi...
First Date
What does a person expect out of a blind date? The 2012 musical First Date takes the audience throug...
Grey Gardens
Based on the 1975 documentary film of the same name, Grey Gardens is a tragic, frequently funny, and...
Legally Blonde JR
Legally Blonde: the Musical JR chronicles the journey of the famously perky Elle Woods, a fashion-sa...
The Lion King JR/Kids
Based on the 1994 Disney animated feature film of the same name and William Shakespeare’s Hamlet, Th...
The Mousetrap
A timeless tale of “whodunnit,” Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap strands seven strangers at Monkswell...
The Nerd
Set in Terre Haute, Indiana in late 1979, The Nerd centers on the hilarious dilemma of a young archi...