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2025 Season
Rudolph The Red Nose Reindeer The Musical
December 12, 13, 19 & 20
7:30 PM
December 14 & 21
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Ashton Camerot
This holiday season, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer The Musical brings the beloved 1964 animated TV special to life. Featuring classic songs like “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “A Holly Jolly Christmas.”
Rudolph’s journey begins when he is excluded from the Reindeer Games because of his bright, shining nose. He leaves Christmastown and meets new friends, Hermey and Yukon, before arriving at the Island of Misfit Toys. But, when a massive snowstorm threatens Christmas, Rudolph returns home to help Santa save the holiday.
Shining Stars of Tomorrow
January 11, 2025
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Amee Boughter
Join us for an afternoon of singing, dancing, acting and much more! Shining Stars of Tomorrow is a talent show case featuring our youth performers ranging from kindergarten through grade 8.
Stars of Tomorrow
January 11, 2025
7:30 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Amee Boughter
Join us for an evening of singing, dancing, acting and much more! Stars of Tomorrow is a talent show case featuring our youth performers ranging from grade 8 through grade 12.
Memphis
March 7, 8, 13, 14 & 15
7:30 PM
March 9 & 16
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Sindy Hanna
Memphis is set in the places where rock and roll was born in the 1950s: the seedy nightclubs, radio stations and recording studios of the musically-rich Tennessee city. With an original score, it tells the fictional story of DJ Huey Calhoun, a good ole’ local boy with a passion for R&B music and Felicia Farrell, an up-and-coming black singer that he meets one fateful night on Beale Street. Despite the objections of their loved ones (Huey’s close-minded mama and Felicia’s cautious brother, a club owner), they embark on a dangerous affair. As their careers rise, the relationship is challenged by personal ambition and the pressures of an outside world unable to accept their love.
Daddy's Dyin': Who's Got the Will?
April 4, 5, 10, 11, & 12
7:30 PM
April 6 & 13
2:00 PM
The Annex
Directed By: Paula Ferguson
Set in a small Texas town in anytime, U.S.A., Daddy’s Dyin’ concerns the reunion of a family gathered to await the imminent death of their patriarch, who has recently suffered a physically as well as mentally disabling stroke. In essence, however, it is not the story of the impending demise of the father or of the drafting of his will, but of a rebirth of the spirit of the family unit. Without becoming ponderous, losing a sense of humor or pandering to timeworn cliches about Texans or Texas drawls, the story shares many elements of a good summer novel: it’s a fast, delicious, easy read with funny moments, tense moments, touching moments, and characters you care about.
Youth Theater Musical: Mary Poppins Jr.
May 16, 17, 23, & 24
7:30 PM
May 18 & 25
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Brady Flamino
The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect. Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.”
Rising Stars Youth Theater Camp
June 16-21
New Castle Playhouse
Program Director: Kassie McConnell
Grease
July 11, 12, 17, 18, & 19
7:30 PM
July 13 & 20
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Amee Boughter
It’s 1959, and Rydell High School’s senior class is in rare form. The too-cool-for-school “Burger Palace Boys” are stealing hub-caps and acting tough and their gum-snapping, chain-smoking “Pink Ladies” are looking hot in bobby sox and pedal pushers. The 1950s high school dream is about to explode in this rollicking musical that is both an homage to the idealism of the fifties and a satire of high schoolers’ age-old desire to be provocative and rebellious. At the heart of the story is the romance between hot-rodding gangster Danny Zuko and the sweet new girl in town, Sandy Dumbrowski. They had a secret romance in summer, but now back in the context of school, peer-pressure and cliques make their love a bit more complicated. Can Danny maintain his cool dude status and still get make demure Sandy his girl? The whole gang sings and dances around Danny and Sandy’s romance, through such hit songs as “Greased Lightnin'”, “We Go Together”, and “Mooning”, recalling the music of Buddy Holly, Little Richard and Elvis Presley that became the soundtrack of a generation.
Youth Theater Play: The Snow White Variety Show
August 8, 9, 14, 15, & 16
7:30 PM
August 10 & 17
2:00 PM
The Annex
Directed By: Peggy Hanna
Welcome to the talk show, Real Talk with Fairytale Legends, where the seven dwarves tell the story of Snow White as the Fairytale Players bring it to life. As each new dwarf takes a turn telling part of Snow White’s famous story in his or her own unique voice, the players’ re-enactment shifts to match the style and personality of that particular dwarf.
Nunsense
September 12, 13, 18, 19, & 20
7:30 PM
September 14 & 21
2:00 PM
Main Stage
Directed By: Michael Cavalier
Nunsense is a hilarious spoof about the misadventures of five nuns trying to manage a fundraiser. Sadly, the rest of the sisterhood died from botulism after eating vichyssoise prepared by Sister Julia Child of God. Thus, the remaining nuns – ballet-loving Sister Leo, street-wise Sister Robert Anne, befuddled Sister Mary Amnesia, the Mother Superior Sister Regina, and mistress of the novices Sister Mary Hubert – stage a talent show in order to raise the money to bury their dearly departed.
The Toxic Avenger: The Musical
October 24, 25, 30, 31 & November 1
7:30 PM
October 26 & November 2
2:00 PM
The Annex
Directed By: Brent Rodgers
The Toxic Avenger is a hilarious new monster of a comedy. Armed with superhuman strength and a heart as big as Newark, he’s out to save New Jersey, end global warming and woo the prettiest, blindest librarian in town. Don’t miss The Toxic Avenger live on stage! It’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. The Toxic Avenger is based on the 1985 classic cult film from Troma Studios and features music and lyrics by David Bryan (keyboardist and founding member of Bon Jovi) with book and lyrics by Joe DiPietro (I Love You, You’re Perfect, Now Change),