Theater Program

Next Gen

The season starts each year with the Next Gen program, a summer-camp gives teens an opportunity to create and present a theatrical production for younger kids. The participants do everything from set building, costume creation, lights, sound, and performing!

• 2026 Program information coming soon!

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Mainstage Season

Village Players generally produces 4 mainstage shows each year.

For 2025-26, those shows are:

• Abigail/1702 by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa

A Drama running September 26 - October 4, 2025

Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 

Directed by Rose Vanden Eynden

Set ten years after the Salem witch trials, Abigail 1702 follows Abigail Williams, the former accuser who sent twenty people to their deaths, as she lives under an assumed name near Boston, seeking redemption. When a handsome stranger arrives, passion reawakens within her, but their brief happiness is shattered when the Devil comes to claim Abigail’s soul. To escape her past, she must first make peace with the woman she wronged most.

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• A Doublewide, Texas Christmas by Jones Hope Wooten

A comedy running December 5 - 14, 2025

Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Directed by Mark Culp

Spend the holidays in Doublewide, and let this hilarious Jones Hope Wooten Comedy get you in the spirit for the season. In this outrageously funny comedy, it’s Christmas-time in the newest—and tiniest—town in Texas. And it’s beginning to look a lot like trouble in Doublewide.

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• Love, Loss, and What I Wore by Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron, based on the book by Ilene Beckerman

A comedy/drama  running February 20 - 28, 2026

Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service, Inc.   

Directed by Drue Harris

This touching and humorous collection of stories explores the connection between clothes, memories, and the moments that define us. A beautifully crafted show that will make you reflect on the most important aspects of life.

• Over the River and Through the Woods by Joe DiPietro

A comedy running April 24 - May 2 , 2026            

Courtesy of Dramatists Play Service, Inc. 

Directed by Jerry Wiesenhahn

A heartwarming and hilarious story about family, love, and the pull between staying close and moving forward. Join us for this delightful comedy that reminds us all of the importance of cherishing time with the ones we love.

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New Works

At least once per year, the New Works play-writing group presents a showcase of their work. Typically this show consists of four to six scripts developed by group members around a central theme and wraps up our season.

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The 2025 New Works theme is : Summer Dazed

Scripts are currently in the works and will be announced when finalized.

This show will run June 19-21, 2026

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