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: TBD
“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.
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: TBD
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:
“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: TBD
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: TBD
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
Ten Minute Play Festival
Opens on June 6th
Our newly-renovated Black Box Space is the exciting venue for our 2025 10-Minute Play Festival, "Two Chairs, A Table, and A Lamp," With script subjects ranging from a mysterious door to a time machine, these plays have something for everyone. Our creative team boasts three new directors and four seasoned veterans, and our local playwrights for 2025 hail from Concord, Midland, and Huntersville. The 10-Minute Play Festival enters its 13th season with its mission of bringing local talent and new works to the community. This is an annual fund-raiser for OCT and we are looking forward to offering our plays this year in our beautiful new Black Box!
Stay Tuned for the 2026
Black Box Series
In Season 49, Old Courthouse Theatre featured three plays in its Black Box Theatre. Based on the feedback from our patrons we will other additional productions in the Black Box Theatre during our 50th season.
Old Courthouse Theatre is pleased to announce the following plays will be held in our newly renovated Black Box Theatre.
Alfred Uhry's Driving Miss Daisy
Performance Dates: February 26 to March 1, 2026
Andrew Carroll's If All the Sky Were Paper
Performance Dates: May 14 to 17, 2026
Check our website and social media accounts when tickets go on sale.
Post Mortem Players Presents
The Crucible
Post Mortem Players presents Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Widely considered a masterpiece, this timeless classic challenges American ideas of power, intolerance, and justice. In the Puritan community of Salem, Massachusetts, a servant girl accuses a farmer’s wife of witchcraft. One accusation spirals into many, uncovering a web of bigotry and deceit that changes their lives forever. Among the most produced plays since its 1953 debut, THE CRUCIBLE is both a gripping historical drama and an evergreen parable of contemporary society.
Performances are June 19-21, 26-28 at 7:30 PM; June 22, 29 at 2:30 PM on the OCT mainstage.
