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Past Shows

How I Learned to Drive
9/18 - 10/3/2020


A wildly funny, surprising and devastating tale of survival as seen through the lens of a troubling relationship between a young girl and an older ...

Small Mouth Sounds
1/24 - 2/8/2020


In the overwhelming quiet of the woods, six runaways from city life embark on a silent retreat. As these strangers confront internal demons both profound ...

Driving Miss Daisy
5/2 - 5/18/2019


Driving Miss Daisy portrays the relationship between an elderly Southern woman, Daisy and her chauffeur, Hoke Colburn, over a period of three decades from the ...


The topic is sex, in all its mysterious and fascinating manifestations, and the treatment of this is so skillful, tasteful and explosively funny that the ...

MISS FANCY by Daniel Martin
MISS FANCY by Daniel Martin
9/8 - 9/24/2016


Long before she was the mascot of your favorite local brewery, Miss Fancy was an elephant that lived in the Avondale Zoo. This is the ...

DEBBIE DOES DALLAS: THE MUSICAL by Schmidt, Sherman, and Schwartz


A modern morality tale told as a comic musical of tragic proportions in the language of the rodeo-porno-football circus. The show is the coming-of-age story ...

THE EXPLORERS CLUB by Nell Benjamin


London, 1879. The prestigious Explorers Club is in crisis: their acting president wants to admit a woman, and their bartender is terrible. True, this female ...

STEEL MAGNOLIAS by Robert Harling


You've seen the movie. Chances are you've seen the play as well. And, now it's time to see it again. Come see Theatre Downtown do ...

ALL IN THE TIMING by David Ives


A series of short plays that examines the way we communicate with each other, from a first date where the pickup lines keep getting changed ...

BOEING-BOEING by Marc Camoletti


Bernard is a pilot for a major airline. He's also quite the ladies man. During his many "layovers", he has snagged himself a fiance in ...

THE MISS GOOSEPATCH PAGEANT
THE MISS GOOSEPATCH PAGEANT
12/3 - 12/12/2015


Every year, the tiny town of Goosepatch holds its annual Holiday beauty pageant. However, this year, the regular contestants are unavailable and the pageant directors ...

DEVIL BOYS FROM BEYOND by Buddy Thomas and Kenneth Elliot


There is something going on in the town of Lizard Lick, Florida. Strange sightings of what seem to be UFOs have everyone in a panic. ...

Next Fall by Geoffrey Nauffts


This thoughtful and moving drama focuses on the relationship between older partner Adam, a neurotic atheist, and Luke, a partially closeted, impulsive and devoutly Christian ...

She Kills Monsters by Qui Nguyen


From the mind that brought you "Alice in Slasherland", comes a comedy straight from the world of Dungeons and Dragons! When a young girl named ...

Kimberly Akimbo by David Lindsay-Abaire


From the author of "Good People" and "Rabbit Hole", comes the story of a teenager who suffers from a disease that causes her to age ...

Exit, Pursued By a Bear by Lauren Gunderson


This white-trash revenge comedy will leave you hungry for more. When a young woman has finally had enough of her husband's abuse, she decides to ...

Bob: A Life in Five Acts by Peter Nachtrieb


The story of one man's odyssey of becoming a "great man," told from the moment of his birth (and abandonment at a White Castle restaurant) ...

Baker's Dozen by Daniel Martin


We open our season with this "modern-family farce" about two brothers who suddenly find themselves mothering a dozen chicks. Then PETA steps in, and things ...

Gruesome Playground Injuries
Gruesome Playground Injuries
9/11 - 9/27/2014


This comedic drama from the award-winning author of "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo" explores the relationship between a man and a woman over the ...

Harold and Maude
Harold and Maude
8/2 - 8/18/2012


Based on the beloved film starring Ruth Gordon, "Harold and Maude" centers around a suicidal 19-year-old boy who finally learns how to truly live when ...

Angels in America: Perestroika


Theatre Downtown proudly presents this Pulitzer Prize winning classic that redefined gay themed theatre for a whole new generation. God has abandoned heaven. Its 1985: ...

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Junie B. Jones The Musical in Birmingham Junie B. Jones The Musical
Birmingham Childrens Theatre (4/3 - 4/27) Tracker
Sister Act in Birmingham Sister Act
Red Mountain Theatre (4/5 - 4/21) Tracker
Zelda in the Backyard (WORLD PREMIERE) in Birmingham Zelda in the Backyard (WORLD PREMIERE)
Alabama Shakespeare Festival (6/13 - 6/30)
Pretty Woman (Non-Equity) in Birmingham Pretty Woman (Non-Equity)
Von Braun Center [Concert Hall] (5/10 - 5/12)
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery in Birmingham Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Alabama Shakespeare Festival (4/18 - 5/12)
Pretty Woman (Non-Equity) in Birmingham Pretty Woman (Non-Equity)
Birmingham Jefferson Convention Complex [Concert Hall] (4/30 - 5/5)
Fiddler On The Roof in Birmingham Fiddler On The Roof
Leeds Arts Council (4/18 - 4/28)
The Diviners in Birmingham The Diviners
Theatre Tuscaloosa (4/17 - 4/21)
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Junie B. Jone The Musical in Birmingham Junie B. Jone The Musical
Birmingham Children's Theatre (4/6 - 4/20)
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