Theater schedule
Special events

GAMMAGE AUDITORIUM
Info: or www.asugammage.com
Sept. 9-28: "Mamma Mia"
Nov. 11-16: "42nd Street"
Jan. 6-11: "Starlight Express"
Jan. 27-Feb. 1: "The Exonerated"
April. 13-25: "Hairspray"
May 4-9: "Urinetown"
June 8-13: "Oklahoma"
Special engagements
Dec. 12-31: "Radio City Christmas Spectacular"
Feb. 12-13: "Def Poetry Jam" March 30-April 4: "Riverdance"

SCOTTSDALE CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Info: or www.scottsdalearts.org
Open-ended: "Late Nite Catechism"
Nov. 1: "Urban Bush Women: Hairstories"
Dec. 6-20: "The Velveteen Rabbit"
April 10: "Lypsinka! The Boxed Set"
May 15: "Sing-A-Long Wizard of Oz"

CHANDLER CENTER FOR THE ARTS
Info: or www.chandlercenter.org
Oct. 24-25: "Come Before Winter"
Dec. 13-20: "The Spirit of Christmas"
Jan. 31: "Singin' in the Rain"

KERR CULTURAL CENTER
Info: or www.asukerr.com
Jan. 11: "Street Jam"
Jan. 17: "Measure for Measure"
Feb. 22: "Out of Mime"
April 18: "Invitation to Play"

DODGE THEATRE
Info: or www.dodgetheatre.com
Oct. 2-5: "Bear in the Big Blue House Live"
Nov. 21: Ann-Margret

ORPHEUM THEATRE
Info:
Theater League Series
Oct. 14-19: "Fosse"
Nov. 18-26: "The Sound of Music"
Jan. 20-28: "Grease!"
March 9-14: "Say Goodnight Gracie"

ASU SUNDOME Info: or www.asusundome.com
Plays and dates TBA

SHAKESPEARE SEDONA
Performances at Redrock Auditorium, Sedona. Info: or www.shakespearesedona.com
UTAH SHAKESPEAREAN FALL FESTIVAL
Performances in the Randall L. Jones Theatre, Cedar City, Utah. Info: or www.bard.org
Sept. 18-Oct. 18: "The Comedy of Errors"
Sept. 18-Oct. 18: "Little Shop of Horrors"
Sept. 18-Oct. 18: "The Importance of Being Earnest"

Professional

ACTORS THEATRE
Performances at Herberger Theater Center. Info: or www.actorstheatrePHX.org
Sept. 19-Oct. 5: "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"
Oct. 31-Nov. 16: "Frame 312” (Arizona premiere) Dec. 12-24: "A Christmas Carol"
Jan. 23-Feb. 8: "Stones in His Pockets" (Arizona premiere)
March 5-21: "Lobby Hero" (Arizona premiere)
April 23-May 9: "Tapestry"

ARIZONA JEWISH THEATRE COMPANY
Performances at Playhouse on the Park. Info: or www.azjewishtheatre.org
Nov. 8-23: "The Value of Names"
Dec. 27-Jan. 11: "Shmulnik's Waltz"
Feb. 14-29: "Collected Stories"
March 27-April 11: "Meshuggah-Nuns!"

ARIZONA THEATRE COMPANY
Performances at Herberger Theater Center. Info: or www.arizonatheatre.org
Oct. 9-26: "Over the Moon"
Nov. 13-30: "Talley's Folly"
Dec. 30-Jan. 18: "It Ain't Nothin' but the Blues"
Feb. 12-29: "A Streetcar Named Desire"
March 25-April 11: "Oh, Coward!"
May 6-23: "The Underpants"

BLACK THEATRE TROUPE
Performances at Herberger Theater Center, unless otherwise noted. Info:
Oct. 16-Nov. 2: "On Strivers Row" (John Paul Theatre, Phoenix College)
Dec. 27-Jan. 11: "Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill"
Feb. 12-29: "Copasetic"
March 18-April 4: "The Sty of the Blind Pig" (John Paul Theatre, Phoenix College)
May 20-June 6: "Bubbling Brown Sugar"

HALE CENTRE THEATRE
Performances at Hale Centre Theatre. Info: or www.haletheatrearizona.com
Sept. 5-Oct. 4: "Man With the Pointed Toes"
Oct. 10-Nov. 22: "See How They Run"
Nov. 28-Dec. 23: "A Christmas Carol"
Dec. 26-Jan. 31: "Kiss and Tell"
Feb. 6-March 20: "My Fair Lady"
March 26-May 8: "Over the River and through the Woods"
May 14-June 19: "The Hasty Heart"
June 25-Aug. 7: "Pirates of Penzance"
Aug. 13-Sept. 25: "Heaven Can Wait"

THEATRE COLLABORATIVE
Performances at Herberger Theater Center, unless otherwise noted. Info: , Ext. 1
Sept. 10-14: Preview performances of "Underneath the Lintel" (Second Stage West, ASU West)
Sept. 18-Oct. 4: "Underneath the Lintel"
Oct. 30-Nov. 22: "Bee-Luther Hatchee"
Dec. 11-20: "Christmas Cabaret"
March 4-27: "Lonely Planet"
April 22-May 15: "Three Men on a Horse"
June 10-26: "Cat's Paw"

M&M PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Entertainment Alley. Info: .
Plays and Dates TBA.

PHOENIX THEATRE Performances at Phoenix Theatre. Info: or www.phxtheatre.org
Sept. 10-Oct. 5: "Chicago"
Nov. 5-Nov. 23: "Private Lives"
Jan. 7-Feb. 1: "Swing"
Feb. 25-March 14: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
April 14-May 2: "Morning's at Seven"
May 19-June 13: "Menopause: The Musical"

SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE COMPANY
Performances at Mesa Amphitheater, unless otherwise noted. Info: or www.swshakespeare.com
Oct. 9-18: "Richard III"
Jan. 15-31: "The Taming of the Shrew" (Westwood Auditorium)
April 15-24: "As You Like It"

Community and nonprofit

ACTORS' RENAISSANCE THEATRE
Performances at Tempe Performing Arts Center. Info: or www.actorsrenaissance.org
Plays and dates TBA

ACTORS' WORKOUT
Info: www.actorsworkout.org
Plays, dates and venue TBA

ALGONQUIN THEATER COMPANY
Performances at Theater Works Black Box Theater. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

ALTERNATIVE THEATRE COMPANY
Performances at the Space. Info:
Oct. 10-Nov. 1: "Benny and the Jetts"

BRIGHT ANGEL PLAYERS
Performances at South Mountain Community College's Studio Theatre. Info: or e-mail .
Sept. 12-20: "The Laramie Project" (Co-produced with South Mountain Community College)
DESERT FOOTHILLS THEATER
Performances at Cactus Shadows Fine Arts Center. Info: or www.desertfoothillstheater.com
Nov. 6-23: "Footloose"
Dec. 4-23: "Lend Me a Tenor"
Jan. 15-Feb. 1: "Buzzard Ball"
March 25-April 11: "Guys and Dolls"

DESERT STAGES
Performances at Desert Stages Theatre. Info: or www.desertstagestheatre.com
Sept. 5-27: "Cabaret"
Nov. 21-Dec. 21: "Oliver!"

FOUNTAIN HILLS COMMUNITY THEATER
Performances at Fountain Hills Community Theater. Info: or www.fountainhillstheater.com
Sept. 5-28: "Anything Goes"
Oct. 24-Nov. 9: "A Woman in Black"
Jan. 23-Feb. 15: "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"
March 12-28: "A Flea in Her Ear"
April 23-May 16: "Vaudeville, Tonight!"

GILBERT FINE ARTS ASSOCIATION
Performances at Mesquite Junior High School. Info: or www.gfaa.com
Nov. 7-15: "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"

IS WHAT IT IS THEATRE
Performances at Studio One Performing Arts Center. Info:
Aug. 15-30: "Assassins"
Nov. 7-22: "The Fourth Wall"
March 17-27: "Night Watch"
May 14-29: "The Boys Next Door"

MESA ENCORE THEATRE
Performances at Mesa Arts Center Theatre. Info: or www.mesaencoretheatre.com
Nov. 7-23: "Dear Ruth"
Dec. 6-21: "All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten"
March 12-28: "Over the River and Through the Woods"

NEARLY NAKED THEATER
Performances at Phoenix Theatre Little Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Info:
Dec. 5-27: "Shakespeare's R&J" (The Space Theatre)
March 5-20: "The House of Yes"
June 25-July 17: "Gilgamesh"

ON THE SPOT PRODUCTIONS
Performances at On the Spot Theatre. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY PLAYERS
Performances at Stagebrush Theatre. Info: or www.stagebrush.com
Sept. 5-21: "Jesus Christ Superstar"
Oct. 24-Nov. 9: "Play It again, Sam"
Nov. 28-Dec. 14: "La Vie Ennui"
Jan. 23-Feb. 8: "Fiddler on the Roof"
March 12-28: "Dearly Departed"
May 7-23: "Blame It on the Movies"

THE SHAKESPEARE THEATRE
Performances at Phoenix Theatre Little Theatre. Info:
Jan. 2-18: "Twelfth Night, or What You Will"
April 2-18: "Julius Caesar"
June 4-20: "King John"

STRAY CAT THEATRE
Info: or www.straycattheatre.org
Nov. 14-Dec. 6: "Patty Red Pants"
Nov. 14-Dec. 6: "Hysteric Studs"
Jan. 27-Feb. 5: "Hellcab"
Jan. 30-Feb. 21: "Wonder of the World"
April 23-May 15: "A Clockwork Orange"

SUN LAKES COMMUNITY THEATRE
Performances at San Tan Ballroom. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

TEATRO BRAVO!
Performances at Playhouse on the Park. Info: .
Sept. 12-13, 26 and Oct. 5: "Fourteen"
Sept. 21, 25, 27 and Oct. 4: "Los Monologos de la Vagina" Sept. 19-20, 28 and Oct. 3: "The West Hollywood Affair"

TEMPE LITTLE THEATRE
Performances at the Tempe Performing Arts Center. Info: or www.tempelittletheatre.org
Sept. 19-Oct. 5: "M.A.S.H"
Dec. 5-21: "Klondike Kalamity"
April 2-18: "West Side Story"
May 28-June 13: "George Washington Slept Here"

THEATER IN MY BASEMENT
Info: or www.TIMB.org
Oct. 24-25: "Teatro Caliente!" (festival)
Nov. TBA: "UnderFlood"
Dec. TBA: "Angry Santa Claus Plays"
April TBA: "911 Operation My Big Hands"

THEATER WORKS
Performances at The Lakes Club, Sun City. Info: or www.theaterworks.org
Sept. 19-Oct. 12: "Picasso at the Lapin Agile"
Nov. 14-Dec. 7: "Sweet Charity"
Jan. 9-Feb. 1: "Songs for a New World"
Feb. 13-March 7: "Landlocked"
March 19-April 11: "All My Sons"
April 23-May 16: "A New Brain"

Colleges

ASU DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Performances at Lyceum Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Info:
Sept. 19-Oct. 5: "How I Learned to Drive" and "The Laramie Project"
Nov. 6-23: "Our Town" and "SubUrbia"
Feb. 19-29: "The Cherry Orchard" and "Fifth of July" (Galvin Playhouse)
April 14-25: "New Plays Festival"

ASU LYRIC OPERA THEATRE
Performances at Evelyn Smith Music Theatre. Info:
Oct. 3-12: "Der Schauspieldirektor (The Impresario)" and "Riders to the Sea" Nov. 21-Dec. 6: "Caterina's Son" (world premiere)
Feb. 27-March 7: "Once Upon a Mattress"
April 23-May 2: "La Finta Giardiniera (The Pretend Gardener)"

CHANDLER-GILBERT COMMUNITY COLLEGE DRAMA DEPARTMENT
Performances at Chandler-Gilbert Pecos Campus Center for the Performing Arts. Info:
Oct. 24-25: "The Importance of Being Earnest"
Dec. 5-6: Broadway Night (dinner theater)
March 5-13: Spring musical TBA

MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE MUSIC AND THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Info: or http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d55/thp/
Theatre Outback
Oct. 9-19: "Life Is a Dream"
Dec. 4-7: "The Hostage"
Feb. 26-29: "Noises Off"
April 29-May 2: "Three Tall Women" June 3-5: "Stagedoor Players Showcase" (Theatre Black Box - TH2 Greenroom)
Act One Musical Productions
Oct. 29-Nov. 1: "Grease"
Dec. 12: "Broadway Bound, a Musical Revue"
March 10-13: "The Gondoliers"
May 7: "Broadway Bound, a Musical Revue"

SCOTTSDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Performances at Scottsdale Community College Performing Arts Center. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

PARADISE VALLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Performances at Paradise Valley Community College's Studio One. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

PHOENIX COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Performances at Phoenix College's John Paul Theatre, unless otherwise noted. Info:
Oct. 2-4: "Picasso at the Lapin Agile" (John Paul Theatre)
Nov. 14-22: "The Caretaker" (Theatre One)
Feb. 26-28: "The Shadow Box" (John Paul Theatre)
April 23-May 1: "Talking With" (Theatre One)

SOUTH MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Performances at South Mountain Community College's Performing Arts Center, unless otherwise noted. Info: or www.southmountaincc.edu
Sept. 12-20: "The Laramie Project" (Studio Theatre, Co-produced with Bright Angel Players)
Oct. 23: "Theatre and Dance Collage Honoring Hispanic Heritage Month (Studio Theatre)
Dec. 11-13: "A Christmas Carol"
Feb. 10: "Celebrating African American Theatre (Studio Theatre) April 22-25: "West Side Story"

GRAND CANYON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF THEATRE
Performances at Ethington Theatre. Info: Aug. 22-31: "Galileo"
Oct. 17-26: "Reckless"
Nov. 28-Dec. 7: "The Marriage of Figaro"
Feb. 20-29: "Mary Stuart"
April 16-25: "Godspell"

GLENDALE COMMUNITY COLLEGE THEATRE DEPARTMENT
Performances at Glendale Community College Performing Arts Center. Info:
Oct. 3-11: "Kyogen"
Nov. 7-15: "Picnic"

ASU WEST DEPARTMENT OF THEATER
Performances at Second Stage West. Info: or www.west.asu.edu/iap
Sept. 10-14: "Underneath the Lintel"
Sept. 27: "Shakespeare Under the Stars"
Nov. 7: "Verbal Art Festival"
March 25-April 4: "The Dead"

Youth and children

ARIZONA JEWISH THEATRE COMPANY'S CURTAIN CALL
Performances at Playhouse on the Park. Info: or www.azjewishtheatre.org
Dec. 2003: "Hershel & the Hanukkah Goblins"
May 2004: "How to Eat Like a Child"

BROADWAY PALM CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Info: or www.BroadwayPalmWest.com
Sept. 4-27: "Honk!"
Nov. 28-Jan. 2: "The Elves and the Shoemaker"
May 14-June 11: "The Little Mermaid"
July 2-Aug. 6: "Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory"

CHILDSPLAY
Performances at Tempe Performing Arts Center, unless otherwise noted. Info: or www.childsplayaz.org
Sept. 13-Oct. 4: "Sideways Stories From Wayside" (Herberger Theater Center)
Dec. 6-20: "The Velveteen Rabbit" (Scottsdale Center for the Arts)
Jan. 10-18: "The Beauty Machine"
Jan. 24-Feb. 15: "Power Play" (new work)
Feb. 21-March 14: "The Imaginators" (world premiere)
March 27-April 18: "The Big Friendly Giant" (Herberger Theater Center)
COOKIE COMPANY
Performances at Phoenix Theatre. Info: or www.phxtheatre.org
Oct. 25-26: "Taking the Wrath Out of Math"
Dec. 6-21: "The Quiltmaker's Gift"
Feb. 7-15: "Rapunzel"
May 1-9: "Treasure Island"

DESERT STAGES CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Performances at Desert Stages Theatre. Info: or www.desertstagestheatre.com
Aug. 22-Sept. 21: "Once Upon a Mattress"
Oct. 3-Nov. 9: "Bye Bye Birdie"

EAST VALLEY CHILDREN'S THEATRE
Performances at Stapley Junior High School. Info: or www.evct.org
Sept. 25-Oct. 5: "Rumpelstiltskin Is My Name"
March 5-14: "Heidi"
June 23-27: "Princess Furball" (original play)

EAST VALLEY THEATER COMPANY
Info:
Plays, dates and venues TBA

FOUNTAIN HILLS COMMUNITY THEATER YOUTH THEATER
Performances at Fountain Hills Community Theater. Info: or www.fountainhillstheater.com
Sept. 26-Oct. 12: "Cinderella — 2003”
Nov. 7-23: "Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp"
Dec. 5-21: "Babes in Toyland"
Jan. 9-25: "Stuart Little: The Musical"
Feb. 27-March 14: "The Early Life of Louis Braille"
April 30-May 16: "Winnie the Pooh: The Musical"

GREASEPAINT SCOTTSDALE YOUTHEATRE
Performances at Stagebrush Theatre. Info: or www.greasepaint.org
Oct. 3-19: "Once on This Island"
Dec. 5-28: "Big"
Feb. 6-22: "Children of Eden"
April 2-18: "Little Shop of Horrors"

GREAT ARIZONA PUPPET THEATER
Performances at Great Arizona Puppet Theater. Info: or www.azpuppets.org
Aug. 20-Sept. 7: "The Little Red Hen"
Sept. 10-Oct. 5: "Baby Bear Goes to School"
Oct. 8-12: "Hotel Saguaro"
Oct. 15-Nov. 2: "Hansel & Gretel"
Nov. 5-Dec. 7: "Frog & Toad Together"
Dec. 10-24: "The Elves & the Shoemaker"
Dec. 6-Jan. 11: "Cinderella"
Jan. 14-Feb. 1: "Dragons, Ladies and Tigers"
Feb. 4-8: "Sleeping Beauty"
Feb. 11-29: "Little Red Riding Hood"
March 3-7: "Tales from Africa"
March 10-21: "Two Bad Mice"
March 24-April 11: "Jack Rabbit & the Easter Basket"
April 14-18: "Goldilocks"
April 21-25: "Animalitos"
April 28-May 30: "The Three Billy Goats Gruff"

MESA YOUTHEATRE
Performances at Mesa Arts Center. Info: or www.mesaartscenter.org
Feb. 20-March 7: "Somebody Catch My Homework"
April 30-May 16: "Anastasia Krupnik"

PHOENIX CENTER YOUTH THEATRE
Performances at Third Street Theatre. Info:
Plays and dates TBA

TEMPE CHILDREN'S MUSICAL THEATER
Info:
Plays, dates and venues TBA

VAGABOND YOUTH THEATRE
Performances at Agua Fria High School Auditorium. Info: or www.vagabondtheatre.com
Dec. 19-21: "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"
July 16-25: "Nate the Great"

VALLEY YOUTH THEATRE
Performances at Valley Youth Theatre unless otherwise noted. Info: or www.vyt.com
Aug. 8-24: "Titanic" (Herberger Theater Center)
Oct. 10-26: "Charlotte's Web"
Dec. 5-23: "A Winnie-the-Pooh Christmas Tail"
Jan. 23-Feb. 8: "The Hobbit"
March 5-21: "You're a Good Man Charlie Brown"
April 23-May 9: "Pinocchio"
June 11-21: "Annie" (Herberger Theater Center)

WONDER WORKS PLAYHOUSE THEATER
Performances at The Lakes Club, Sun City. Info:
Oct. 24-Nov. 2: "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"
Dec. 12-21: "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever"
April 16-25: "Ramona Quimby"
May 21-30: "Godspell"

Dinner theateBROADWAY PALM DINNER THEATRE
Info: or www.BroadwayPalmWest.com
Oct. 2-Nov. 8: "West Side Story"
Nov. 13-Jan. 3: "Holidazzle"
Jan. 8-Feb. 28: "Show Boat"
March 4-April 17: "Annie Get Your Gun"
April 22-June 12: "Cats"
June 17-Aug. 7: "The Music Man"
Aug. 12-Sept. 11: "Forever Plaid"

COPPERSTATE DINNER THEATER
Performances at Phoenix Greyhound Park. Info: or www.copperstatedinnertheaters.com
Sept. 19-Nov. 16: "The Man of La Mancha"
Nov. 28-Dec. 31: "A Broadway Christmas"

HUEYDOT PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Anzio's Restaurant, Phoenix. Info:
Open-ended: "Murder and the Family Jewels"

SCENE OF THE CRIME PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Kam's Garden Restaurant. Info:
Open-ended: "Murder at Bedside Manor"

SCENE OF THE CRIME PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Pronto's Italian Ristorante, Phoenix. Info:
Sept. 4 (open-ended): "Murder at Greystone Manor"

DEAD DUCK PRODUCTIONS
Performances at Monti's La Casa Vieja, Tempe. Info:
Aug. 22-Sept. 30: "Murder at the Milfords"































 
 


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