Poster for Ken Ludwig's 'The Gods of Comedy' play, directed by Eric Alilneaf, featuring a backdrop with blue and purple curtains.

THE GODS OF COMEDY

By KEN LUDWIG • Directed by ERIC ALMLEAF

What do you do when you’re a classics professor at one of the greatest universities in America and find a long-lost manuscript by Euripides that will make you famous throughout the world? You lose it, of course. And then you call on the ancient Greek Gods of Comedy to get you out of the mess!

January 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, February 1, 2026

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A vintage writing desk with a large stack of love letters tied with a pink ribbon, surrounded by an antique typewriter, a brass lamp, and old books.

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LOVE LETTERS

By A. R. GURNEY • Directed by DEBORAH MARTIN

Andrew and Melissa are childhood friends whose lifelong correspondence begins with birthday party thank-you notes and summer camp postcards... and continues through the college years... and for the rest of their lives. Andy’s last letter makes it clear how much they’ve meant to each other over the years — as only true lovers can.

February 13, 14, 2026

Silhouette of an adult holding a child near a bus stop sign with yellow and orange colors, directed by Marilee Ensign, titled "Bus Stop" by William Inge.

BUS STOP

By WILLIAM INGE • Directed by MARILEE ENSIGN

In the middle of a howling snowstorm, a bus out of Kansas City must stop at a small roadside diner where the weary travelers on board must take refuge until morning. Cherie, a nightclub singer, is being pursued by “a young cowboy with all the romantic finesse of a rodeo bull.” A classic!

April 2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 2026

Title card for the musical 'Sweeny Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street,' showing a silhouette of Sweeney Todd in a top hat and bow tie walking down a dark street with red lights, with the credits for music, lyrics, book, direction, and music direction.

SWEENEY TODD

Music & Lyrics by STEPHEN SONDHEIM • Book by HUGH WHEELER • Directed by NOAH A. PRICE
Music Direction by CAROLYN GOODFELLOW

The hit Broadway musical about a Victorian-era barber who swears revenge on the corrupt judge who ruined his life. When revenge eludes him, Sweeney turns to murder, while Mrs. Lovett bakes the bodies into meat pies and sells them to the unsuspecting public. Dark comedy and terror in one amazing musical.

June 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 14, 2026

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