Current Season

She Kills Monsters

7pm on November 18 and 19, 2022

WCS Performing Arts Center

In a new edition created especially for high school performing groups, She Kills Monsters tells the story of high schooler Agnes Evans as she deals with the death of her younger sister, Tilly. When Agnes stumbles upon Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and ’90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

12 Angry Jurors

7PM January 20, and 21, 2023

Jonathan Gillespie Studio Theatre

12 Angry Jurors is a play that contemplates the huge responsibility of 12 ordinary people as they consider the guilt or innocence of a young man accused of murder. The 12 jurors bring their own histories, prejudices, and biases to the jury room as they work through this life or death decision. Despite being originally written for men only–12 Angry Men was written in a time before women could serve on juries– this play illuminates issues that still trouble our society in a very human way. Tempers get shorter as the arguments get hotter, but a decision must be made, as a man’s life hangs in the balance.

Newsies Jr.

7PM March 24, and 25, 2023

WCS Performing Arts Center

Disney’s Newsies JR. is a 60-minute version of the 2012 Broadway musical, based on the 1992 film. Inspired by the rousing true story of newsboys in turn-of-the-century New York City, Newsies JR. features a Tony Award-winning score by Alan Menken and Jack Feldman and a book by Tony Award winner Harvey Fierstein.

When powerful newspaper publishers raise prices at the newsboys’ expense, the charismatic Jack Kelly rallies newsies from across the city to strike against the unfair conditions. Together, the newsies learn that their voices are stronger together and create a movement to fight for what’s right–once and for all.

Freaky Friday

7PM May 19, 20; 2pm May 21, 2023

WCS Performing Arts Center

How crazy would be if for one day you and your mom literally swapped bodies. I mean, how freaky would that be? In a heartfelt, comedic and unexpectedly emotional score, a mother and daughter will learn self-acceptance, and realize the immeasurable love and mutual respect for the bonds between mothers and daughters when an uber-organized mother and her spontaneous teenage daughter magically swap bodies, they have just one day to put things right. Masquerading as each other, they must work together to solve the mystery of how to break the spell.

By spending a day in each other’s shoes, Katherine and Ellie come to appreciate one another in a way they never could have imagined. In the end, both learn the true power of love and the strength of the bond between a mother and daughter in this heartfelt and hilarious adaptation.

Based on the beloved 1972 novel by Mary Rodgers and the hit Disney films, Freaky Friday features a book by Bridget Carpenter – the writer of the TV hits, “Friday Night Lights” and “Parenthood” – and music and lyrics by Tom Kitt and Brian Yorkey – the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award®-winning composers of Next to Normal. Freaky Friday is sure to please the whole family.