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Philemon the Musical
Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt
Directed by John Nara
Feb. 20-21 & 26-27, 2026 @ 7:30pm, Feb. 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm

From the creative team behind The Fantasticks and I Do! I Do!, comes this tale third century Roman clown facing a death sentence unless he can successfully impersonate the secretly executed Christian leader Philemon, to obtain information that would enable the Roman Empire to capture and execute more Christians. However, his task soon leads him to a place he doesn’t expect as he encounters the underground Christian community, his heart.

Skeleton Crew
by Dominique Morisseau
Directed by John Nara
Apr. 16-18 & 24-25, 2026 @ 7:30pm, Apr. 26, 2026 @ 2:00pm

In 2007, at the start of the great recession, four employees at one of the last remaining auto stamping plants in Detroit, Michigan are forced to make choices on how to move forward if their plant goes under. Shanita must decide how she’ll support herself and her unborn child, Faye has to decide
how and where she'll live, and Dez has to figure out how to make his ambitious dreams a reality. And their manager, Reggie, is torn between doing right by his work family, and by the red tape in his office. 

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