Our 50th season, It's Golden
Celebrate 50 Seasons of Unforgettable Theatre with Us!
In celebration of our milestone 50th season, our "Golden" season, Old Courthouse Theatre is delighted to present five mainstage productions, thoughtfully curated to captivate and entertain audiences of all ages. Complementing these thrilling performances, the theatre organizes a variety of special shows and events throughout the year, guaranteeing that there’s always something exciting for our patrons to experience.
Mainstage Shows
The Foreigner
by Larry Shue
Audition Dates: June 8 and 9, 2025
Performance Dates: August 7 to 17, 2025
Director: Jamie Hutteman
“An inspired comic romp.”
Based on what the New York Post describes as a “devilishly clever idea,” the play demonstrates what can happen when a group of devious characters must deal with a stranger who (they think) knows no English.
“I laughed start to finish at one comic surprise after another.” —The New Yorker.
“…a constant invitation to relax and laugh at the foolishness of life…” —Village Voice.
“Shue’s comedy is positively antic, yet pleasantly seasoned with a few dashes of sentimentality…He has raided comedy’s storehouse…” —Bergen Record.
Winner of Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Off-Broadway Play.
Winner of Two Obie Awards
Trying to forget his marital problems, dull and doleful Charlie Baker takes a fishing lodge holiday in the Deep South of America, and to avoid being pestered by the locals, he pretends that he is a foreigner who speaks no English.
Company
Music and Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
Book by George Furth
Audition Dates: August 3 and 4, 2025
Performance Dates: October 9 to 19, 2025
Director: Aaron Mule
Sondheim's game-changing musical is a sophisticated and honest look at modern adult relationships.
“There is nothing fragile about Company... it is by turns brassy, brittle, sympathetic, cynical, romantic, calculating and alive-oh so very much alive. It’s been a long time since a musical has come along with so many show-stopping numbers.... Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics add up to one of the best scores on Broadway currently.... Company is the best musical of the year” – The Wall Street Journal
In a series of vignettes, Company tells the story of New York bachelor Bobby who learns about the perils and pleasures of love, marriage, dating, and divorce from his married friends. Sondheim’s score includes: “Getting Married Today,” “The Little Things You Do Together,” “The Ladies Who Lunch,” “Being Alive,” and “Have I Got a Girl for You.”
A Christmas Carol
Adapted by Michael Paller
Based on the Story by Charles Dickens
Audition Dates: September 28 and 29, 2025
Performance Dates: December 4 to 14, 2025
Director: Andy Rassler
“Done with respect and ingenuity. Deserves to be seen.” - Cleveland Free Press
“A treat ... for the whole family to enjoy.” - Cleveland Sunday Press
This fresh approach to the classic tale faithfully conveys the magic of Dickens. On Christmas Eve in 1843, friends and family gathered at Dickens’ home ask him to tell a story, but he refuses to work on Christmas Eve. If there is going to be a story, each must take a part in the telling.
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
Audition Dates: December 7 and 8, 2025
Performance Dates: February 12 to 22, 2026
Director: Stuart Jonap
A Streetcar Named Desire is a brilliant, implacable play about the disintegration of a woman, or, if you like, of a society.” – The New Yorker
Winner of the 1948 Pulitzer Prize for Drama; Winner of the 2023 Olivier Award for Best Revival of a Play.
Explosive, passionate and heartrending, A Streetcar Named Desire is Modern American Theatre at its best. With his signature poetic prose, muggy Southern Gothic Setting and psychological insight, Tennessee Williams’ mighty play, and his troubled eccentric heroine unravel before our very eyes.
Kiss Me, Kate
Book by Samuel and Bella Spewack
Music and Lyrics by Cole Porter
Audition Dates: February 22 and 23, 2026
Performance Dates: April 30 to May 10, 2026
Director: Tom Hollis
The ORIGINAL GOLD of the Golden Age of Musicals;
WINNER of the FIRST EVER TONY AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL in 1949;
WINNER also the same year for Best Script and Best Score (5 total awards that year)
WINNER of the 2000 Tony Award for Best Revival and Best Orchestrations (5 total that year)
WINNER of the 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Revival and Outstanding Orchestrations
WINNER of the 2019 Drama League Award for Outstanding Revival of a Musical
The Battle of the Sexes takes center stage as former spouses feud onstage and off during a musical presentation of the Taming of the Shrew. Sophisticated, romantic and delightfully hilarious, Kiss Me Kate boasts a sparkling Cole Porter score and a brilliant book from Sam and Bella Spewack. Cole Porter’s score includes: “Too Darn Hot,” "Another Op'nin', Another Show," "So in Love," and “From This Moment On."
Special Shows and Events
Youth Theatre - Next Gen
Announces Fall Show
OCT’s Youth Theatre Program – Next Gen is excited to announce its Fall 2025 production will be The Storyteller's Tree by Abigail Johnson, Joshua Little, and Emmie Corl.
Abby is an 18-year-old 2025 graduate of Concord Academy. She has written several plays produced by CAPA and loves all things theatre. She was part of the backstage crew for Jackie and the Beanstalk and has been selected to lead the character voice camp at OCT this summer. Joshua Little (CAPA) and Emmie Corl (CMHS) are theatre arts teachers who helped finalize the project.
In fitting with OCT’s Golden Award Season, where productions have been award winners,
The Storyteller’s Tree has an impressive pedigree of awards. These include:
· Excellence in Scenic Design
· Excellence in Costume Design - Lexi LaCroix
· Outstanding Excellence in Playwriting and Direction - Abby Johnson (Top Award)
· Excellence in Acting - Lexi LaCroix
· Excellence in Acting - Quinby Goode
· Overall Excellence in Ensemble Acting (Top Award)
· 1st Place Overall Distinguished Play (Judges Choice, Top Award)
Please Check the Youth Program Page for More Information!
Call For Director Submission
Black Box
As part of our Golden Anniversary Season, Old Courthouse Theatre is excited to announce two additional shows. Driving Miss Daisy and If All The Sky Were Paper will be performed in the Wilson Family Black Box Theatre in 2026
Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy
Performance Dates: February 26 to March 1, 2026
Audition Dates: January 4 and 5, 2026
Rehearsal Start Date: January 12, 2026
Andrew Carroll's If All the Sky Were Paper
Performance Dates: May 14 to 17, 2026
Audition Dates: March 8 and 9, 2026
Rehearsal Start Date: March 30, 2026
If you are interested in directing either (or both) shows, please email president@octconcord.com with a copy to productions@octconcord.com. Please provide your resume, why you would like to direct the show chosen and your ideas to mounting the production. We contact directors in late August/early September for next steps.
Submissions Close on Friday, August 15. 2025
We hope you will consider directing these two performances and be part of OCT’s Golden Anniversary Season.
Post Mortem Players Presents
The Rocky Horror Show
Richard O'Brien's The Rocky Horror Show Opens in October
In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, that "Sweet Tranvestite" Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”
In celebration of the 50th Anniversary of the film version, Post Mortem Players invites audiences over to the Frankenstein place to do the “Time Warp” with us this fall. Add in sass from the audience, and damnit, Janet, this deliberately campy rock ’n’ roll sci-fi gothic musical will be more fun than ever!
Performance Dates: October 23, 2025 to November 1, 2025
