MURDER’S IN THE HEIR – November 22-24, 2024 / Studio Theatre
A PIANO CHRISTMAS with ROBERT DIONNE – December 1, 2024 / Studio Theatre
SH-BOOM: A CHRISTMAS MIRACLE – December 6-8, 2024 / Studio Theatre
A CHRISTMAS STORY: THE MUSICAL – December 13-15, 2024 / Derry Opera House
BRITISH INVASION II – January 11, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
After last year’s sold out performance of “The British Invasion” we just HAD to continue the fun! BRITISH INVASION II – 1970s and Beyond will continue where we left off as we present the second decade (and beyond) of British artists that have shaped American music as we know it. We’ll even throw in some pre-1970 hits that we missed the first time around! Join us for a night celebrating their music as our performers put their spin on some of these classic and memorable songs.
Disney’s BEAUTY & THE BEAST JR. – January 24-26, 2025 / Derry Opera House – TICKETS
Book By Linda Woolverton, Music by Alan Menken, Lyrics by Howard Ashman & Tim Rice / Based on the original Broadway production that ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. Presented by the Majestic Academy Youth/Teens
LAST OF THE RED HOT LOVERS – February 14-16, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
A comedy by Neil Simon / Middle-aged and married, overworked and overweight, Barney Cashman wants to join the sexual revolution before it’s too late and arranges three seductions: the first, Elaine Navazio proves to be a foul-mouthed bundle of neuroses; Bobbi Michele is next, a 20-ish actress who’s too kooky by half; finally comes September and Jeanette Fisher, a gloomy, depressed housewife who happens to be married to Barney’s best friend.
ROCKIN’ DADDIOS – March 16, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
One of our most popular music events of each season, The Rockin’ Daddios bring back some of the best loved songs of the fifties and sixties, sung in a doo-wop style with the accent on harmonies and FUN! A family friendly performance that is guaranteed to warm your heart and bring a smile to your face.
Roald Dahl’s MATILDA JR. – March 28-30, 2025 / Derry Opera House – TICKETS
Book by Dennis Kelly, Music & Lyrics by Tim Michin / Rebellion is nigh in Matilda JR., a gleefully witty ode to the the anarchy of childhood and the power of imagination! This story of a girl who dreams of a better life and the children she inspires will have audiences rooting for the “revolting children” who are out to teach the grown-ups a lesson. Presented by the Majestic Academy Youth/Teens
JACK OF DIAMONDS – April 25-27, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
By Marcia Kash and Douglas E. Hughes / Jack is a former jeweler who made his living buying and selling diamonds via late-night TV ads. He lives in a rather luxurious, privately-owned retirement home along with his fellow residents: the visually challenged techno-wizard Rose, the artistically gifted but forgetful Flora, and the narcoleptic beauty Blanche. Unbeknownst to the four of them, however, the man to whom they’ve entrusted their life savings – a smooth-talking financial advisor named Barney Effward – has been arrested for bilking his clients out of their savings through a Ponzi scheme. Faced with financial ruin, the four suddenly find themselves confronting the author of their miserable fate when Effward is unexpectedly delivered among them – along with several million dollars in diamonds. Pandemonium ensues as the four retirees try to find a way to exact their revenge, recoup their losses, and keep the authorities from discovering their plans.
SWEENEY TODD (SCHOOL EDITION) – May 9-11, 2025 / Derry Opera House – TICKETS
Book by Hugh Wheeler, Music & Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim / Sweeney Todd has become a bloody, worldwide success since being awarded eight Tony Awards (including Best Musical), for its Broadway premiere and has now been adapted for high school performers in Sweeney Todd School Edition. This tasty, thrilling, theatrical treat has simultaneously shocked, awed and delighted audiences across the world. Presented by the Majestic Academy Teens
THE EMPEROR’S NEW CLOTHES: The Musical – May 16-18, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
Book by Karen Boettcher-Tate, Music & Lyrics by Bill Francoeur / Laugh your socks off in this fairy-tale pop musical with eclectic styles ranging from Celtic to 20s jazz to 50s rock and more! The kingdom of Glump has been falling apart ever since the pampered emperor became wrapped up in his tasteless wardrobe! Not only is he a big-headed clothes-aholic, his three ’lovely’ daughters are quickly becoming chips off the old blockhead. Enter two con artists, Wart and Hog, who devise their ingenious plan for fleecing the emperor. Presented by the Majestic Academy Youth/Teens
GEORGE WASHINGTON SLEPT HERE – June 20-22, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
By Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman / The story chronicles the trials and tribulations of Newton Fuller who craves—and gets—”a little place in the country to call his own.” Newton and his wife, Annabell, and their daughter, Madge, are hypnotized into taking over one of those windowless, waterless, almost roofless houses that dot the countryside. The ensuing troubles may be summed up by a search for water, a quarrel with a neighbor who owns not only the brook but the very road that leads from the highway to the house, the attempted elopement of the daughter with a summer-theatre actor, and the usual invasion of the weekend guests, including a prodigal uncle who is assumed to be rich but turns out to be just another bankrupt. It is discovered that the neighbor really doesn’t own Newton’s roadway, and that Newton’s wife, who began by showing disgust over her husband’s idiocy in wanting to live in the country, decides that he was right all along.
JOSEPH & THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT – July 11-13, 2025 / Derry Opera House – TICKETS
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, Lyrics by Tim Rice / Told entirely through song with the help of a main character Narrator, the musical follows preferred son Joseph. After being sold into slavery by his brothers, he ingratiates himself with Egyptian noble Potiphar, but ends up in jail after refusing the amorous advances of Potiphar’s wife. While imprisoned, Joseph discovers his ability to interpret dreams, and he soon finds himself in front of the mighty but troubled, Elvis-inspired, Pharaoh. Joseph’s solution to Egypt’s famine elevates him to Pharaoh’s right-hand man and reunites him with his family.
LIVING TOGETHER – August 8-10, 2025 / Studio Theatre – TICKETS
by Alan Ayckbourn / Annie, the Cinderella of the family, lives in the shabby Victorian vicarage type house where the family was brought up. Reg, her brother, and his wife Sarah come to stay for a week end so that she may go away for a “rest”. The general idea is that Annie ought to pair off with Tom. But for this week end it is Norman, the raffish assistant librarian husband of Annie’s sister Ruth, with whom she planned to go. They were to meet secretly but Norman turns up early. When Annie calls the whole thing off Norman decides to stay on at the house and gets roaring drunk. Winner! 2009 Tony® Award for Best Revival of a Play, 2009 Drama Desk Award for Best Revival of a Play, 2009 Outer Critics Circle Outstanding Revival of a Play
