2025-2026 Season

 

Nunsense

October 2025

Calvary United Methodist Church

St. Mary of the Assumption Parish Hall

St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church


Music, Lyrics, and Book by: Dan Goggin

Directed by: Michael Musial

The Little Sisters of Hoboken, residents of Mt. St. Helens Convent and teachers at the school, have a problem. It seems Sister Julia (Child of God) has accidentally killed off 52 sisters with a botulism-laced vichyssoise. But even worse, the remaining nuns only had enough cash to bury 48 of the dearly departed; the other four are in the freezer. Nunsense is a benefit concert staged by the Little Sisters to raise money for a proper burial (before the health inspector comes). Mother Superior Mary Regina is determined to put on a good show and raise some money with the help of her faithful followers Sister Robert Anne, Sister Mary Amnesia, Sister Mary Leo, and Sister Mary Hubert.

Recommended for ages 10+

 

 


13 The Musical

October 24-November 2, 2025

James L. Meader Little Theatre


Music & Lyrics by: Jason Robert Brown

Book by: Dan Elish and Robert Horn

Directed by: Eddie Knight

Geek. Poser. Jock. Beauty Queen. Wannabe. These are the labels that can last a lifetime. With an unforgettable rock score from Tony Award-winning composer, Jason Robert Brown, (Parade, The Last Five Years, Bridges of Madison County) 13 is a musical about fitting in – and standing out! Evan Goldman is plucked from his fast-paced, preteen New York City life and plopped into a sleepy Indiana town following his parents’ divorce. Surrounded by an array of simpleminded middle school students, he needs to establish his place in the popularity pecking order. Can he situate himself on a comfortable link of the food chain… or will he dangle at the end with the outcasts?!?

Recommended for ages 8+


The Lightning Thief

The Percy Jackson Musical

December 3-11, 2025

Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater


Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

Book by: Joe Tracz

Music & Lyrics by: Rob Rokicki

Directed by: Michael Musial

The Greek gods are real, and they’re ruining Percy Jackson’s life. Twelve-year-old Percy is on the most dangerous quest of his life. As a son of Poseidon, Percy has newly discovered powers he can’t control, monsters on his trail, and he is on an epic quest to find Zeus’s lightning bolt and prevent a war between the gods. With the help of a satyr and a daughter of Athena, Percy must journey across the United States to catch a thief who has stolen the original; weapon of mass destruction – Zeus’ master bolt. Normal is a myth when you’re a demigod.

Recommended for all ages


Peter and the Starcatcher

February 27 – March 5, 2026

Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater


A Play by: Rick Elice

Music by: Wayne Barker

Based on the Novel by: Dave Barry and Ridley Pearson

Directed by: David Baecker

A young orphan and his mates are shipped off from Victorian England to a distant island ruled by the evil King Zarboff. They know nothing of the mysterious trunk in the captain’s cabin, which contains a precious, otherworldly cargo. At sea, the boys are discovered by a precocious young girl named Molly, a Starcatcher-in-training who realizes that the trunk’s precious cargo is starstuff, a celestial substance so powerful that it must never fall into the wrong hands. When the ship is taken over by pirates – led by the fearsome Black Stache, a villain determined to claim the trunk and its treasure for his own – the journey quickly becomes a thrilling adventure.

Recommended for ages 10+


Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

May 6 – May 15, 2026

Schacht Fine Arts Center Theater


Book by: Mo Willems & Mr. Warburton

Lyrics by: Mo Willems

Music by: Deborah Wicks La Puma

Directed by: Michael Musial

Whatever you do, don’t let the Pigeon star in his own musical production! With a script written by Mo Willems, the creator of the #1 New York Times best-selling, Caldecott Honor award-winning “Pigeon” picture books, and featuring music by Deborah Wicks La Puma (Elephant & Piggie’s We Are in a Play!), Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! The Musical! is even more fun than staying up late and having a hot dog party! It’s not easy being the Pigeon-you never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers (gasp!) late, maybe that wily bird CAN do something.

Recommended for all ages