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2026-2027 Season at a Glance

Fall 2026

Spring 2027

33 Variations
Written by Moisés Kaufman
Featuring Beethoven's “Diabelli Variations”
Directed by Daniel Inouye
Oct. 1-3, 8 p.m. | Oct. 4, 3 p.m.

Shoeless Joe Musical Cabaret 
Created and directed by Susan Hurley
Oct. 9, 8 p.m. | Oct. 10, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Dancing at Lughnasa
Written by Brian Friel
Directed by Ed Cohn
Nov.  12-14 & 20-21, 8 p.m.
Nov. 15 & 22, 3 p.m. | Nov. 19 10 a.m. (school performance for Jr high and high school)

Blue Christmas Dance Concert
Directed by Gregg Hurley
Nov. 19, 7 p.m. 

Senior Series
Weekend #1, Dec 4, 8 p.m. & Dec.  6, 3 p.m.
Weekend #2, Dec 11-12, 8 p.m.

Shoeless Joe Musical Cabaret
Created and directed by Susan Hurley
Jan. 29, 8 p.m.| Jan. 30, 3 p.m. & 8 p.m.

Humanities Symposium Dance Concert 2027
Directed by Gregg Hurley
Feb 19, 4 p.m. | Feb 20, 8 p.m.

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales
Written by John Glore
Directed by Ed Cohn
Feb. 25-27, 7:30 p.m. | Feb. 28, 3 p.m.
Tour March 1-5

Senior Series
March 19-20, 8 p.m. 

Alice by Heart
Written by Steven Sater, Jessie Nelson, & Duncan Sheik
Directed by Daniel Inouye
April 8-10, 14, 8 p.m. | April 10 & 11, 3 p.m.
April 13, 10 a.m. (school performance for Jr high and high school)

Culmination ‘27: Spring Dance Concert
Directed by Gregg Hurley
April 23, 8 p.m. | April 24, 2 p.m.

2026-2027 Season

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