Event category: Theater & Opera

NextStop Theatre’s: The Second Best School Shooting

A U.S. Premiere comedy about grief, friendship, and what happens when one tragedy is eclipsed by another. As two best friends try to make sense of surviving a school shooting, they confront the brutally absurd and deeply human question: who gets to grieve when the world has already moved on? The 2nd...

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Come See Hansel & Gretel with Encore Stage & Studio

Hansel & GretelOctober 16-25, 2026 Get lost in a forest full of adventure! When Hansel and Gretel wander into the woods, they meet a cast of quirky creatures, from a fiery troll and clever owl to mischievous hobgoblins, all working for a delightfully wicked witch. After Hansel is captured and tempted...

Bulrusher, by Eisa Davis

Bulrusher Written by Eisa Davis Directed by Deidra LaWan Starnes June 3 – 20, 2027 Found floating in a basket on the river as an infant, Bulrusher is an orphan with a gift for clairvoyance that makes her feel like a stranger even amongst the strange: the taciturn schoolteacher who adopted...

Jack Absolute Flies Again, by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris

Jack Absolute Flies Again Written by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris Directed by Alex Levy April 8 – 25, 2027 A co-production with Prologue Theatre From the writer of the Broadway smash hit One Man, Two Guvnors comes a hilarious new play, set in 1940s British summertime. After an aerial dog...

Dark & Stormy: A Murder Mystery

Every classic murder mystery needs someone looking for answers. But in Dark & Stormy, the line between who is solving the crime and who is haunting the scene is blurred… A brand-new, completely unscripted mystery will be created, unraveled, and solved right before your eyes—and then never...

The Travelers, by Luis Alfaro

The Travelers Written by Luis Alfaro Directed by José Carrasquillo February 11 – 28, 2027 Humorous and poignant, The Travelers takes place in a monastery alongside Highway 99 in Grangeville, California, population 496 and home to migrant workers. When a stranger stumbles in with a gunshot...

Hakawatis

Spooky Action Theatre and Solas Nua partner on a new play ‘Hakawati /hakəˈwɑːti/. Noun:...

Chicago: Teen Edition

Few musicals have left a mark on Broadway quite like the legendary CHICAGO—and it’s coming...

STARS Performing Arts Presents: Catch Me If You Can

Seeking fame and fortune, precocious teenager, Frank Abagnale, Jr., runs away from home to...

Sillygander: Improv Watch & Learn (Sep)

Presented by Resonance Improv Alliance 📍 Arlington Central Library Auditorium (1015 N. Quincy...

Sillygander: Improv Watch & Learn (Aug)

Presented by Resonance Improv Alliance 📍 Arlington Central Library Auditorium (1015 N. Quincy...

Sillygander: Improv Watch & Learn (July)

Presented by Resonance Improv Alliance 📍 Arlington Central Library Auditorium (1015 N. Quincy...

CFTC presents Frozen: The Broadway Musical

For the first time in forever, experience the musical phenomenon that has taken the world by...

NYCP image from Grimms' Fairy Tales: Rapunzel showing Prince and Rapunzel

Free at Woolly Mammoth: Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel

New York Circus Project presents Grimms’ Fairy Tales: Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel, a...

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Event category: Theater & Opera

NextStop Theatre’s: The Second Best School Shooting

Come See Hansel & Gretel with Encore Stage & Studio

Bulrusher, by Eisa Davis

Jack Absolute Flies Again, by Richard Bean and Oliver Chris

Dark & Stormy: A Murder Mystery

The Travelers, by Luis Alfaro

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