2016 Season
Romantic comedy fans will not want to miss this show! Watch a routine visit to their husbands’ graves take an interesting turn for Ida, Lucille, and Doris. When Sam the butcher shows up to visit his late wife’s grave, Ida finds herself falling for him. Lucille and Doris, on the other hand, will do anything to keep this romance from blooming.
Performances: May 14-19
Don’t miss your chance to watch heroes and villains in action! This melodrama will have you rooting for the good guys and booing for the bad guys! Goodwin and Melody, a recently betrothed couple who are set to inherit their mothers’ coal mine, must face off against the evil Sebastian Hardacre, who wants to steal their mine for his own greedy purposes.
Performances: July 30- August 4
For fans of thrillers and mysteries, “The Stranger” is the perfect show to see this October. Agatha Christie’s classic psychological thriller follows Enid and Gerald who, in an attempt to evade Enid’s ex-fiancé, move to a remote cottage in the middle of the country–and are caught up in something dark and terrible.
Performances: October 4-6, 10-11, 13
Charles Dickens’ timeless Christmas tale has been brought back to life by Patrick Barlow in a thrilling adaptation that only requires five actors! Watch as Ebenezer Scrooge, a stingy old miser, learns to appreciate the spirit of Christmas after he is visited by the ghosts of Christmas past, present, and future.
Performances: December 3-8
Do you want to support local playwrights? Come and be a part of the first audience in the world to see Ghosts and Macrame Owls and Matsutake Mushrooms! These thought-provoking shows are full of laughs and thrills alike!
There are only two performances; you won’t want to miss these shows! Reserve your tickets early! These shows run on March 28 and 29. Doors open at 7:00 p.m., and the shows will start at 7:30!
Performances: March 28-29
Yet another classic story will take the Playhouse stage! Jane Austen’s famous Pride and Prejudice has been retold by Kate Hamill in a romantic, witty, and spontaneous stageplay. Watch the drama unfold as Lizzy Bennet, the most free-spirited of the Bennet sisters, slowly falls for Mr. Darcy, whom she is determined to detest.
Performances: February 9-11, 15-16, and 18
The Classic Christmas comedy/drama returns to the stage once again. Kris Kringle gets caught up in the excitement of New York City Macy’s Day parade when he finds an intoxicated man playing the role of Santa. Kris plays the role of Santa so well he is given the role at Macy’s where his sanity is questioned. Is he the real Santa? Have people forgotten the real meaning of Christmas?
Originally on the stage in 2015, watch Yorkshire Playhouse bring this story back to life.
Show Dates: December 5-10
Based on Bram Stoker’s most well-known character, Dracula is not just a charming count from Transylvania; he is the world’s most famous vampire! Lucy Seward has been overcome by some mysterious illness. Dr. Van Helsing suspects that the girl has become the victim of a blood sucking vampire. Will they catch Dracula in time to save Lucy?!
“Dracula” first appeared on the Playhouse stage during our first year (1973). He returned to haunt us once more in 2013. Will this be his final appearance?
Show Dates: October 6-7, 12-13 and 15
Charles M. Schulz beloved ‘Peanuts’ characters come to life in this musical. Vignettes mirror the style of Schulz’s comic strip style moving from scene to scene as beloved characters ponder life’s toughest questions. “You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown” was first performed on stage with the Yorkshire Playhouse in our inaugural season and represents the first of two plays from the 1973 season!
Show Dates: August 3-6
Steel Magnolias follows a cast of six women set in a beauty parlour in Louisiana. Wit and wisdom, humor and sadness emerges over the course of three years inside Truvy Jones’ successful Salon. Audiences will come to understand how this cast of characters represent something as delicate as magnolias, yet tough as steel as they rise above in good and bad times.
Previously on stage in 1993 and 2014!
Show Dates: May 19-21, 25-26, 28
Join the Vanderhoff family in this comedy set in 1930’s New York City. Martin Vanderhoff gave up business 35 years earlier because he “wasn’t having any fun”. Through his example his family, friends and even strangers come to understand personal fulfillment has little to do with wealth and much to do with doing what you love. This show was previously performed by the Yorkshire Playhouse in 1985 and 2015.
Show Dates: Feb 10-12, 16-17, 19
Come jumpstart your holiday spirit with a musical review of Christmas favorites, old and new, infused with story, dance, carolers, and the festive merriment Yuletide entertainment brings.
Performance Dates: December 6th-11th
Edward Tulane is an expensive toy rabbit made of china. He is loved by a little girl named Abilene, but Edward doesn’t care. He is vain and self-centered. He has no interest in anyone other than himself. On an ocean voyage, Edward is accidentally thrown overboard and sinks to the bottom of the sea. So begins his journey—a journey over which he has no control, for he is a toy rabbit.
Performance Dates: Sept 30-Oct 2 & Oct 6-7, 9
Come enjoy E.B.White’s enchanting characters: Wilbur, the irresistible young pig who desperately wants to avoid the butcher; Fern, a girl who understands what animals say to each other; Templeton, the gluttonous rat who can occasionally be talked into a good deed; the Zuckerman family; the Arables; and, most of all, the extraordinary spider, Charlotte, who proves to be “a true friend and a good writer.”
Performance Dates: August 2-7
