OUR 2025–2026 SEASON

“What’s going on here?”

SEASON SPONSOR: SALLY KRUSING

TARTUFFE

by Moliere
translated/adapted by Richard Wilbur
directed by Joseph McGrath

September 5–28, 2025

Told in rhyming couplets of contemporary English, the play shows a sanctimonious grifter overwhelming the good intentions of a man and turning his household upside down. The exposure of the swindler Tartuffe is a complex and comical process.

 Sponsored by Marianne Leedy and John Wahl & Mary Lou Forier

CLOUD 9

by Caryl Churchill
directed by Christopher Johnson

October 31–November 23, 2025

A satirical comment on gender roles and sexuality, the play is set first in colonial British Africa in the 19th century, and then in modern day with many of the same characters. Cloud 9 is comical, anachronistic, gender-bending, and profound.

Sponsored by Barbara Martinsons & Larry Boutis and Kristi Lewis

PETER AND THE STARCATCHER

by Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson
adapted by Rick Elice
directed by Cynthia Meier

January 9–February 1, 2026

A prequel to Peter Pan, told with a highly theatrical style. Charged with delivering a magical cargo to a distant shore, our heroes encounter monsters, mermaids, flying crocodiles, and a villainous pirate named Black Stache, while learning about friendship, duty, and the power of believing in oneself.

Sponsored by Andy Watson and Max McCauslin & John Smith

THE RIVER

by Jez Butterworth
directed by Christopher Johnson

February 20–March 15, 2026

A piece of timeless and haunting chamber theatre, The River captures a moment on a river, a fisherman, a woman, another woman—but are they really there? Memories or ghosts?

Sponsored by Andy Watson and Karen DeLay & Bill Sandel

THE TEMPEST

by William Shakespeare
directed by Cynthia Meier

April 24–May 17, 2026

The classic tale of Prospero and his daughter Miranda and their effort to escape their enchanted island. The mature Shakespeare revisits magic with profound verse and invitations for striking theatrical effects.

 Sponsored by Clay Shirk and Paul Winick & Ronda Lustman and
Betsey Parlato in honor of David Zucker