Mainstage Theatre

THE 2024 - 2025 MAINSTAGE SEASON We are super excited to share with you our upcoming Mainstage Season!  With sensational horror tales, romantic tragedies, Agatha Christie mysteries, powerful Black dramas, Neil Simon comedies, Southern melodramas, and everyone’s favorite musical about tradition, there is something for everyone!  And don’t forget our hugely popular annual Christmas show! … Continue reading THE 2024 – 2025 MAINSTAGE SEASON →

THE PASSION OF DRACULA Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Sept. 21 - Oct. 19, 2024 By Bob Hall & David Richmond Directed by David Scaglione In the bloodcurdling and sensational tradition of the Hammer horror films comes THE PASSION OF DRACULA! It’s 1911, and Dr. Seward presides over a mental hospital next … Continue reading THE PASSION OF DRACULA →

ROMEO AND JULIET Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Nov. 2 - Nov. 30, 2024 By William Shakespeare Directed by Lauren Velasco Violent delights have violent ends in … Continue reading ROMEO AND JULIET →

A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024) Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Dec. 7 - Dec. 22, 2024 From the novella by Charles Dickens Holiday favorite A CHRISTMAS CAROL returns for its annual incarnation in this quick-paced, highly theatrical retelling of Charles Dickens’ classic tale. The ghosts of Christmases Past, Present, and Future show Ebenezer … Continue reading A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2024) →

Agatha Christie’s THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Jan. 11 - Feb. 8, 2025 Adapted by Philip Grecian from the novel by Agatha … Continue reading Agatha Christie’s THE MURDER OF ROGER ACKROYD →

August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Feb. 22 - Mar. 22, 2025 By August Wilson Directed by Rovin Jay Can you transcend the past? In August Wilson’s masterpiece, THE PIANO LESSON, the past is a ghost that haunts a Black family’s dreams of a better life. It’s the … Continue reading August Wilson’s THE PIANO LESSON →

Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater April 5 - May 3, 2025 By Neil Simon Directed by James Rice Neil Simon is at it again in the awesomely funny comedy GOD’S FAVORITE! Successful businessman Joe Benjamin is a modern day ‘Job’ with a loving wife, two clueless but supportive … Continue reading Neil Simon’s GOD’S FAVORITE →

STEEL MAGNOLIAS Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater May 17 - June 14, 2025 By Robert Harling Directed by Phyllis B. Gitlin See the beloved play the popular movie is based on - STEEL MAGNOLIAS. Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana is the place where the ladies who are “anybody” come to have … Continue reading STEEL MAGNOLIAS →

FIDDLER ON THE ROOF Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater June 28 - Aug. 3, 2025 Book by Joseph Stein, Music by Jerry Bock, Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick Directed by Gregory Cohen Musical Direction by Stephen Olear Choreography by Kysa Cohen Winner of nine Tony Awards, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF has touched audiences … Continue reading FIDDLER ON THE ROOF →

DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE Playing in the Long Beach Playhouse’s Mainstage Theater Sept. 20 - Oct. 18, 2025 Adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher, from the novella by Robert Louis Stevenson Directed by David Scaglione See this chilling new play version of the classic story of duality, desire, and depravity taken from one of the most … Continue reading DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE →