2024/25 Season
Center Stage Theatre Series
The Diary of Anne Frank
FEB 21 & 22, FEB 27 – MAR 1, 2025 / 7:30 PM
FEB 23 & MAR 2, 2025 / 2 PM
In the Little Theater
Playwright Wendy Kesselman breathes new life into Anne Frank's renowned diary with a transcendently powerful stage adaptation, portraying a spirited young woman confronting unimaginable horrors with wit, fierce honesty, and unwavering hope. A heartfelt drama about the lives of eight people hiding from the Nazis in a concealed storage attic, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK captures the realities of their daily existence—their fear, their hope, their laughter, their grief. Each day of these two dark years, Anne's voice shines through: "When I write I shake off all my cares. But I want to achieve more than that. I want to be useful and bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death!"
Directed by Kaeleigh Casavant
Based on The Diary of Anne Frank by Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett, newly adapted by Wendy Kesselman
Sponsored by
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK is presented through special arrangement with Dramatists Play Service.
Youth Theatre / Matilda Jr
THU, APR 10 - SAT, APR 12, 2025 / 7:30 PM
RELAXED PERFORMANCE / SAT, APR 12, 2025 / 2 PM (Learn More)
SUN, APR 13, 2025 / 2 PM
Matilda has astonishing wit, intelligence... and special powers! She's unloved by her cruel parents but impresses her schoolteacher, the highly loveable Miss Honey. Matilda's school life isn't completely smooth sailing, however – the school's mean headmistress, Miss Trunchbull, hates children and just loves thinking up new punishments for those who don't abide by her rules. But Matilda has courage and cleverness in equal amounts, and could be the school pupils' saving grace!
Director / Gina Kearly
Choreographer / Yavaha Oglesby
Music Director / Colton Jordon
Book by Dennis Kelly
Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin
Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical JR. Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.
Merrily We Roll Along
MAY 9 – 10 & 15 – 17, 2025 / 7:30 PM
MAY 11 & 18, 2025 / 2 PM
General Admission seating in the Little Theater
AUDITIONS / MAR 3 & 4, 2024 / (LEARN MORE)
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is a thrilling and compelling showbiz fable about friendship and the high price of success. Starting from adulthood and traveling back in time to the idealistic dreams of youth, MERRILY charts the highs and lows of a relationship among three lifelong friends and traces every milestone of their lives for nearly two decades. With a score showcasing some of Stephen Sondheim’s best-known songs, including “Good Thing Going,” “Not a Day Goes By,” and “Old Friends,” this semi-autobiographical musical turns back the clock on friendship and the importance of staying true to one’s ideals.
Director / Chad William Baker
Music Director / Mike Skutt
Choreography / Faith Dore
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, Book by George Furth
Based on the Original Play by George S. Kaufman & Moss Hart
MERRILY WE ROLL ALONG is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
Rising Stars / Freaky Friday the Musical
WED, JUN 25 - FRI, JUN 27, 2025 / 8 PM
AUDITIONS / DETAILS AVAILABLE SPRING 2025
When an overworked mother and her teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right again. Disney’s Freaky Friday, a new musical based on the celebrated novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, is a hilarious, heartfelt, and contemporary update of an American classic. By spending a day in each other's shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another's struggles, learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect that bond a mother and daughter. With a score by the Pulitzer Prize-winning composers of Next to Normal and If/Then and a book from the writer of TV’s Friday Night Lights and Parenthood, Freaky Friday is a delightfully entertaining new musical for anyone with a perfectly imperfect family.
The 2025 Rising Stars program is sponsored by
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