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Flight of the Lawnchair Man
3/15 - 3/31/2024


Meet Jerry Gorman. He’s a thirty-four-year-old guy from Passaic, New Jersey, who just got promoted to Snack Bar Manager at Wal-Mart. His mother is thrilled, ...


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Past Shows

The Lifespan of a Fact
8/26 - 9/11/2022


The Lifespan of a Fact is a play that explores the often messy intersection of truth and storytelling. It centers around John D'Agata, a magazine ...

The Price
3/25 - 4/10/2022


Arthur Miller Dayton Theatre Guild...

The Norwegians
2/4 - 2/20/2022


Colin Denby Swanson Dayton Theatre Guild...

Women in Jeopardy!
10/8 - 10/24/2021


Wendy MacLeod Dayton Theatre Guild...

The Norwegians
5/21 - 6/6/2021


Dayton Theatre Guild Colin Denby Swanson...

The Price
3/26 - 4/11/2021


The Price is a 1968 play by Arthur Miller. It is a piece about family dynamics, the price of furniture and the price of one's ...

Women in Jeopardy!
3/11 - 4/11/2021


Dayton Theatre Guild Wendy MacLeod...

For the Loyal
2/5 - 2/21/2021


Dayton Theatre Guild Lee Blessing...

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance


Journey into the Wild West, 1890 in this classic story of good versus evil, law versus the gun, one man versus Liberty Valance. A tale ...

Nice Girl
Nice Girl
4/19 - 5/5/2019


Melissa Ross. East Stage:...

Our Mother's Brief Affair
Our Mother's Brief Affair
3/1 - 3/17/2019


Richard Greenberg; dir: Lynne Meadow....

The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box
1/11 - 1/27/2019


On the grounds of a large hospital, three patients, Joe, Brian, and Felicity, are sharing vacation cabins with their respective families. As they have reached ...

The Man Who Killed the Cure
The Man Who Killed the Cure
11/16 - 11/25/2018

The Dead Guy
5/30 - 6/15/2014


It had to happen: the ultimate TV reality show. A young man gets to spend $1,000,000.00 over the next seven days, but the show’s vultures ...

An Inspector Calls
4/18 - 5/14/2014


This classic suspense play, set in1912 England, has a timeless quality which is why it is currently enjoying revivals throughout the English-speaking world. It starts ...

Expecting Isabel
2/28 - 3/16/2014


Miranda and Nick, a couple nearing forty, are at last ready for a family, but are not so naturally successful. This very contemporary comedy by ...

The Subject was Roses
1/14 - 1/26/2014


This American Classic is about a dysfunctional family (before it became a common description) focusing on the return of a son from WWII. Shocking and ...

The Gifts of the Magi
11/22 - 12/8/2013


The Gifts of the Magi is a combination of those beautiful stories we grew up with – the down-on-their-luck couple who have no Christmas present ...

Time Stands Still
10/4 - 10/20/2013


Seriously wounded in Afghanistan, photographer Sarah is brought home to recuperate by her writer and live-in boyfriend, James. She is soon visited by her editor ...


America’s comedy master sets this piece in the “Polish Tearoom,” a place not unlike the real Hotel Edison coffee shop in NYC where Simon once ...

Ghost
Ghost
1/11 - 1/27/2013


Directed by Matthew W. Smith A brilliant new translation by Christopher Hampton breathes new life into this classic drama. The ‘‘ghosts’’ in this play are ...

A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas
11/23 - 12/9/2012


It’s Christmas time and local radio personalities Thurston Wheelis and Arles Struvie tell us all about the annual Christmas lawn display contest that Viola Carp ...

And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little


Directed by Debra Kent Three sisters are each misshapen in a different way by a childhood without order or stability. Anna is a science teacher ...

Opus
Opus
8/24 - 9/9/2012


A world-class male string quartet struggles with the loss of a member, the recasting of a woman to replace him and the day-to-day tensions of ...

The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life
6/1 - 6/7/2012


Thomas Weaver, a successful writer, returns to his hometown to perform the eulogy for his childhood friend, Alvin Kelby. He struggles to find the appropriate ...

Dividing the Estate
Dividing the Estate
4/27 - 5/13/2012


Two generations of former Texas gentility connive and grope to wrest control of the once-cherished and valuable family estate from the hands of the venerable ...

Going to St. Ives
Going to St. Ives
3/16 - 4/1/2012


The dignified mother of a ruthless African dictator travels to England to seek treatment for her failing eyesight from a renowned ophthalmologist, who in turn ...

Wittenberg
Wittenberg
2/10 - 2/26/2012


This comic fantasy has Prince Hamlet (yes, that one) at the famous German university with Dr. Faustus and Martin Luther battling over faith and reason. ...

Heroes
Heroes
1/6 - 1/22/2012


Three aging WWI French army veterans, a very different "band of brothers," muse on life, the past and what is over the next hill as ...

The Blue Moon Dancing
The Blue Moon Dancing
12/2 - 12/18/2011


Our Extra Holiday Presentation, is a new work by the author of Come Back to the Five & Dime, Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean. The Blue ...

Lost in Yonkers
Lost in Yonkers
10/21 - 11/6/2011


Simon's Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning laugh-filled piece tells the tale of two young boys left by their widowed father in a strange world called ...

Souvenir
Souvenir
9/16 - 9/25/2011


Florence Foster Jenkins, a wealthy society eccentric, believed herself to be a great coloratura soprano when she was actually incapable of producing two consecutive notes ...

The Oldest Profession
The Oldest Profession
8/26 - 9/11/2011


Once the toast of Storyville (the infamous red-light district of New Orleans) five very senior ladies of the night have transferred their talents to Reagan-era ...

Videos


Steel Magnolias in Dayton Steel Magnolias
Preble Players (8/23 - 8/25)
5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol in Dayton 5th Annual Holiday Happening: A Christmas Carol
Preble Players (12/13 - 12/15)
Stuart Little in Dayton Stuart Little
Children's Performing Arts of Miamisburg (4/11 - 4/13)
The Addams Family, A New Musical in Dayton The Addams Family, A New Musical
Children's Performing Arts of Miamisburg (6/14 - 6/16)
The Lion King in Dayton The Lion King
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (5/1 - 5/12)
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical in Dayton Tina: The Tina Turner Musical
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (4/9 - 4/14)
Mamma Mia! in Dayton Mamma Mia!
Schuster Performing Arts Center [Mead Theatre] (6/11 - 6/16)
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