2026 - 2027 Season
The Cottage
By Agatha Sandy Rustin
Directed by George Robert Bailey
The Cottage is a romantic and (not quite) murderous comedy of manners. The true meaning of fate, identity and marriage are called into question as a surprising, hilarious web of secrets unravels in this ridiculous, potentially murderous, uncharacteristically feminist 1923 British tale of sex, betrayal and love. Sylvia and Beau find themselves in an English countryside cottage for their yearly rendezvous, and Sylvia knows this time it will be the beginning of their new life together. But when Beau demurs on a shared future, and their spouses arrive at the cottage, she realizes that this home-away-from-home is a refuge for determining a new path forward and decides to expose her love affair to her husband and her lover’s wife. With a tip of the hat to Noël Coward and sex comedies of the past, The Cottage offers a perfect showcase for six actors with endless laughs, hilarious twists, daring physical comedy and a happy ending for lovers everywhere. The true meaning of fate, identity and marriage are called into question as a surprising, hilarious web of secrets unravels in this ridiculous, potentially murderous, uncharacteristically feminist 1923 British tale of sex, betrayal and love.
August 21, 22, 27, 28, 29 @ 7:30pm, August 23, 30 @2:00pm
The Abbey
By Garrett Bates
Directed by Mike Price
After losing his wife to the pandemic, formerly buttoned-up Sam is coming undone. An alarming incident finally pushes his friends and family to intervene, issuing an ultimatum: get away for a few days to confront whatever is keeping him stuck. The result is a silent retreat at a Trappist monastery, where there are no phones, no TV, no Wi-Fi—just one mocking bar of cell service daring him to slip back into the life he insists he controls. Add in a collection of quirky (and occasionally menacing) monks plus a fellow retreatant on her own journey of renewal, and you have the recipe for a tender comedy about grief, healing, and answering the question: does moving forward mean leaving old loves behind?
October 9, 10, 15, 16, 17 @ 7:30pm; October 11, 18 @ 2:00pm
Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley
by Lauren Gunderson & Margot Melcon
Directed by Bill Baker
A sequel to Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice set two years after the novel ends, Miss Bennet continues the story, only this time with bookish middle sister Mary as its unlikely heroine. Now, Mary is growing tired of her role as dutiful middle sister in the face of her siblings’ romantic escapades. When the family gathers for Christmas at Pemberley, an unexpected guest sparks Mary’s hopes for independence, an intellectual match and possibly even love.
December 4, 5, 10, 11, 12 @ 7:30pm, December 6, 13 @2:00pm
Hedda Gabler
By Henrik Ibsen, Translated by William Archer & Edmund Gosse
Directed by Jack Wann
Recently returned from a long honeymoon, Hedda is already bored with her marriage, disdains her husband’s academic pursuits, and is struggling with the societal constraints of the 1890s. Eilert Lovborg, a recovering alcoholic and brilliant author, returns to town, threatening George’s career prospects and sparking jealousy in Hedda. Hedda, jealous of the influence Thea Elvsted has over Lovborg, coerces him to break his sobriety. After Lovborg loses the manuscript for his new book, Hedda burns it. She then gives him one of her father’s pistols to take his own life. Judge Brack discovers Hedda’s role in Lovborg’s death and threatens her with scandal. Rather than submit to his control, Hedda shoots herself. The play is a profound psychological study of a woman struggling for agency in a restrictive society, often described as a “tragedy of bourgeois life”.
February 5, 6, 11, 12, 13 @ 7:30pm, February 7, 14 @2:00pm
See How They Run
By Philip King
Directed by George Robert Bailey
The swift action, impossibly hilarious situations and rib-tickling plot in this long-running London hit will leave audiences exhausted with laughter. In an English vicarage, the vicar and his wife are overwhelmed by a barrage of colorful guests, including an American actress, an American G.I. stationed with the Air Force in England, a cockney maid who has seen too many American movies, an old dowager who “touches alcohol for the first time in her life,” a sedate Bishop aghast at all these goings-on, and four men in identical clergyman suits, one of whom is an escaped prisoner.
April 2, 3, 8, 9, 10 @ 7:30pm, April 4, 11 @2:00pm