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DISNEY’S DESCENDANTS
Showing July 18-20, 2025
Directed by Jenny Martin
Music Direction by Melanie Veazey
This show follows the children of famous Disney villains, like Maleficent and Cruella de Vil, who are given the opportunity to attend a prestigious school in Auradon, where they must choose whether to embrace their villainous heritage or forge a new path towards goodness, navigating the challenges of fitting in and proving themselves against the expectations of their parents and the kingdom.
BLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS
Showing August 1-10, 2025
Written by Walter Thinnes
Directed by Elizabeth DeVault
The winner of our 2024 Appalachian Playwriting Festival. More than 7,500 strikers walked out of more than 90 mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Bloodletting in These Hills is the story of one family caught in the crosshairs of that struggle.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Showing October 10-19, 2025
Written Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Daniel Moore
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
BEETLEJUICE JR
Showing November 7-15, 2025
Directed by Jenny Martin
Music Direction by Melanie Veazey
This show follows Lydia Deetz, a quirky teenager fascinated with death, who moves into a haunted house inhabited by the recently deceased couple, Adam and Barbara Maitland. When Lydia accidentally summons the mischievous bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, chaos ensues as he tries to teach the Maitlands how to scare the living, leading to hilarious and spooky situations. Through her interactions with Beetlejuice, Lydia must confront her grief and learn to embrace the strange and unusual aspects of life and death.
ON STAGE NEXT
DISNEY'S DESCENDANTS
Directed by Jenny Martin
Music Direction by Melanie Veazey
This show follows the children of famous Disney villains, like Maleficent and Cruella de Vil, who are given the opportunity to attend a prestigious school in Auradon, where they must choose whether to embrace their villainous heritage or forge a new path towards goodness, navigating the challenges of fitting in and proving themselves against the expectations of their parents and the kingdom.
Showing July 18-20, 2025
BLOODLETTING IN THESE HILLS
Written by Walter Thinnes
Directed by Elizabeth DeVault
The winner of our 2024 Appalachian Playwriting Festival. More than 7,500 strikers walked out of more than 90 mines in the Paint Creek and Cabin Creek coal fields of West Virginia during the bloody 1912-1914 labor war. Bloodletting in These Hills is the story of one family caught in the crosshairs of that struggle.
Showing August 1-10, 2025
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
Written Joseph Kesselring
Directed by Daniel Moore
Drama critic Mortimer Brewster’s engagement announcement is upended when he discovers a corpse in his elderly aunts’ window seat. Mortimer rushes to tell Abby and Martha before they stumble upon the body themselves, only to learn that the two old women aren’t just aware of the dead man in their parlor, they killed him! Between his aunts’ penchant for poisoning wine, a brother who thinks he’s Teddy Roosevelt, and another brother using plastic surgery to hide from the police—not to mention Mortimer’s own hesitancy about marriage—it’ll be a miracle if Mortimer makes it to his wedding. Arsenic and Old Lace is a classic black comedy about the only thing more deadly than poison: family.
Showing October 10-19, 2025
BEETLEJUICE JR
Directed by Jenny Martin
Music Direction by Melanie Veazey
This show follows Lydia Deetz, a quirky teenager fascinated with death, who moves into a haunted house inhabited by the recently deceased couple, Adam and Barbara Maitland. When Lydia accidentally summons the mischievous bio-exorcist Beetlejuice, chaos ensues as he tries to teach the Maitlands how to scare the living, leading to hilarious and spooky situations. Through her interactions with Beetlejuice, Lydia must confront her grief and learn to embrace the strange and unusual aspects of life and death.
Showing November 7-15, 2025
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