Judgement at Nuremberg
October 2-11, 2026 | The James Theater
Directed by Josh Sazon | A powerful stage version of an Academy Award winning film. Ernest Janning, one of the most influential German legal minds of the pre-war era, and other influential Nazis face a military tribunal in the second wave of post war trials at Nuremberg. Issues at the forefront of this trial reverberate through history and challenge humanity to this day.
Judy’s Scary Little Christmas
December 4-13, 2026 | The James Theater
Directed by Will Asmus | Judy Garland is primed for her biggest comeback ever – the dazzling star of her own TV special, broadcast live on Christmas Eve, 1959. Judy’s guests include Bing Crosby, Ethel Merman and Liberace. However, mysterious snafus behind the scenes and cameo appearances by commie-baiting Vice President Richard Nixon and blacklisted writer Lillian Hellman, throw Judy’s program off course. The surprises climax when the arrival of Joan Crawford is interrupted by the spectral figure of… Death. The evening takes a detour into the Twilight Zone as the celebrities are forced to confront the lies behind their legends. Devastated and alone, Judy meets a special fan who ultimately proves that, despite her flaws, her shining legacy still endures.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
March 5-14, 2027 | The James Theater
Directed by Rachel Howell | 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 of love, hope and revenge set against the vicious backdrop of a lawless society.
When a young scholar from New York city travels west in search of a new life he arrives beaten and half-dead on the dusty streets of Twotrees. Rescued from the plains, the town soon becomes his home. A local girl gives him purpose in a broken land, but is it enough to save him from the vicious outlaw who wants him dead? He must make the choice: to turn and run or to stand for what he believes, to live or to fight; to become the man who shot Liberty Valance.
A Lesson Before Dying
June 11-20, 2027 | The Artifactory
Directed by Bev Mead | Jefferson, an innocent young man, is condemned to death in backwoods Louisiana in 1948. At the trial his lawyer, trying to save his life, called him no more a human being than a hog. In prison, he acts like one, insisting that he will be dragged like that hog to his death in the electric chair. His godmother asks a schoolteacher to teach him to die like a man. The teacher, Grant Wiggins, struggling to quit his poor parish school and leave the South, faces both Jefferson and himself as execution day arrives. Ernest J. Gaines’ celebrated novel makes an engrossing, moving and finally devastating play for the stage.