Shakespeare in the park has never been as much fun as it will be this month!

Set in the mid 1950’s, the play’s characters gather at a resort near Windsor, Connecticut for a hilarious take-down of Sir John Falstaff, whose bad behavior demands a course correction.

In spite of the rigid 1950’s norms, Merry Wives is a surprisingly feminist comedy. A pair of housewives deliver Falstaff’s uproarious comeuppance, including a dunk in the river and a dressing up in a pair of horns.

Performances of The Merry Wives of Windsor will take place at LancasterHistory, 230 North President Avenue  Lancaster, PA 17603. 

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An undeniable pop phenomenon, Carole King has touched countless lives with her enduring music. Witness the inspiring true story of King’s rise to stardom—from her teens in a songwriting duo to her triumph as a solo artist with the chart-busting platinum album Tapestry.

This rousing show features unforgettable classics by King and her contemporaries—“The Locomotion,” “One Fine Day,” “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feeling,” “Will You Love Me Tomorrow,” “(You Make Me Feel Like a) Natural Woman,” and many more.

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Based on the Victor Hugo novel, and the Disney animated film’s Academy Award-nominated score from Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz,  the musical tells the story of the deformed bell ringer of the famed Notre Dame cathedral, and his longing to escape the overprotection of his caretaker, Archdeacon Dom Claude Frollo, to be part of the crowds of Paris.

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Indecent, by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Paula Vogel, is a deeply moving play inspired by the true events surrounding the controversial 1923 Broadway debut of Sholem Asch’s God of Vengeance - a play seen by some as a seminal work of Jewish culture, and by others as an act of traitorous libel. Indecent charts the history of an incendiary drama and the path of the artists who risked their careers and lives to perform it.

Indecent will be performed at St. John’s Episcopal Church 321 Chestnut Street, Lancaster, PA 17603 

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In this Tony®-Award winning musical comedy, an eclectic group of six mid-pubescents vie for the spelling championship of a lifetime.

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16 monologues crafted by Austin Shay from a series of anonymous interviews

 

 

A "friend of Dorothy" is a euphemism for a gay man, first used in LGBT slang, and is more broadly used to describe any LGBTQ person. Stating that, or asking if someone is a friend of Dorothy is a furtive way of suggesting sexual orientation while avoiding hostility. This is a curated view of the queer spectrum as told through monologues derived by interviews. Performances will be at Hershey Area Playhouse 830 Cherry Dr. Hershey, PA 17033

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Join Gamut Theatre Group's Harrisburg Shakespeare Company for the 30th Annual Free Shakespeare in the Park held at Reservoir Park in Harrisburg!

Devil. Tyrant. Boar. Richard III delights in playing all of these roles on his way to the one he really wants: King. His notorious cruelty matches his lust for power as he plays a strategic game for the crown. His gains begin to cost him, though, as his wary allies and fractured country pay the price for his ambition. Through mastery, manipulation, and deceit, Richard III has lured audiences into his schemes for centuries, proving the enduring and corrupting nature of power. As those around him fall prey to his violent whims, we are compelled to see how the political pitfalls Shakespeare uncovers not only reflect his own time, but also, alarmingly, our own.

Nearly 3,000 people see Free Shakespeare in the Park every summer. You should be one of them! Bring a blanket, a chair, and some loved ones to Harrisburg’s beautiful Reservoir Park to experience the beauty of Shakespeare under the stars.

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Give the Stage Door Ensemble two hours—and they’ll give you two hundred years of battles, beheadings, and bastard sons as the houses of York and Lancaster slug it out for control of the monarchy, a conflict that only ends with the death of the last Lancastrian king and the ascension of the Tudor dynasty.

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As Anne Boleyn, the second wife of King Henry VIII, sits locked in the Tower of London on charges of witchcraft and adultery, she recounts the efforts that have led to this moment, and showcases some of her life's work that has been left out of the history books. 

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“They fear me, Hastings; the criminals of your England, they fear me! When the cat is there, the little mice, they come no more to the cheese!”

In this fun and farcical adaptation, Agatha Christie’s famous sleuth, Hercule Poirot, brings all of his wits to bear to solve the mystery of the Western Star, a rare gem with dark and dangerous origins -- and to protect its unsuspecting movie-star owner along the way.

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This long-running Off Broadway absurdist comedy places Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso in a Parisian cafe in 1904, just before the renowned scientist transformed physics with his theory of relativity and the celebrated painter set the art world afire with cubism.

In his first comedy for the stage, popular actor, comedian, and screenwriter Steve Martin, plays fast and loose with fact, fame, and fortune as these two geniuses muse on the century’s achievements and prospects, as well as other fanciful topics, with infectious dizziness.

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Stanley Yelnats, a kid under a curse, has been unjustly sent to a boys’ detention center, Camp Green Lake, where the warden makes the boys “build character” by spending all day digging holes five feet wide and five feet deep. It doesn’t take long for Stanley to realize there’s more than character improvement going on here: the warden is looking for something. Stanley tries to dig up the truth in this inventive and darkly humorous tale of crime, punishment -- and redemption.

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Lady Windermere, who strives to be a paragon of morality, firmly rejects the company of anyone not exhibiting her moral values. Suspecting her husband of having an affair with such a woman, she rashly decides to abandon her secure position for an affair of her own. On the brink of a major life-altering decision, Lady Windermere soon learns that the difference between good and bad people is not always as straightforward as she may think.

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In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award. 

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A tribute to the great English farces of the 1930s and 1940s, A Fox On the Fairway takes audiences on a hilarious romp, which pulls the rug out from underneath the stuffy denizens of a private country club. Filled with mistaken identities, slamming doors, and over-the-top romantic shenanigans, it’s a furiously paced comedy that recalls the Marx Brothers’ classics.

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Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things follows the relationships between an anonymous advice columnist named Sugar and the many real-life readers who pour out their hearts to her.

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Based on the true story of conjoined twins Violet and Daisy Hilton, who became stars during the Great Depression. Side Show is a moving portrait of two women joined at the hip whose extraordinary connection brings them fame but denies them love. Told almost entirely in song, the show follows Violet and Daisy’s life from the sideshows of England to America, and from vaudeville to 1930’s Hollywood.

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Join us for a little “down home” laughter as we look back in history to a time when the tales were as big as the American imagination! This show features the tales of Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue, John Henry and Paul Bunyan and uses many volunteers from the audience to help tell these tall tales from our American heritage.

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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella is the new Broadway adaptation of the classic musical.  This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein’s most beloved songs, including In My Own Little Corner, Impossible/It’s Possible and Ten Minutes Ago, alongside an up-to-date, hilarious, and romantic libretto by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane.  This version features new characters, surprising twists, and new songs from Rodgers and Hammerstein.

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As the sun rises on the Arable’s farm, Fern Arable discovers that her father is planning on killing the runt of the litter of pigs born during the night. She runs to save it and persuades her father to let her keep the pig, whom she names Wilbur. Wilbur is taken to the farm of her uncle, Homer Zuckerman, where he meets the other farmyard animals.

However, Wilbur is lonely without a special friend of his own...that is, until he meets Charlotte—a spider. Charlotte decides to save Wilbur from the fate of all other pigs, and she begins to spin the words “Some Pig” in her web. When her words are discovered, the Zuckermans realize the potential for publicity and financial reward.

This production features the student actors of The OSHKids Performance Company.

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