Letters from Anne and Martin | Harrisburg | April 9, 2022

Martin Luther King Jr. and Anne Frank were born in the same year. Although they lived 5,000 miles apart on different continents and suffered fates in different decades, they both lived in the shadow of hatred and prejudice.

Letters from Anne and Martin is an exploration of the experiences of these two legendary figures, their inspirational words, and their hopes and plans for a peaceful and unified world.

“Letters from Anne and Martin” is a touring production from the Anne Frank Center

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Steel Magnolias | York | April 22-May 1, 2022

Truvy’s Beauty Spot in the heart of Chinquapin Parish, Louisiana, is the centerpiece of Steel Magnolias, the story of six southern women's small-town lives, and the trials and victories that come with it.

Through clouds of hairspray and over the buzz of blow dryers, the characters gather each week to gossip and support one other through love and loss by leaning on friendships as strong as steel.

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Jack and the Giant | Harrisburg | April 7-10, 2022

A musical where the sky's the limit! The giant is making life pretty miserable for Jack, his mother and the entire kingdom. But when Jack is forced to sell his beloved dancing cow to make ends meet, he meets a mysterious stranger who promises him a life of adventure with just a handful of Magic Beans…

Head up the beanstalk, dodge the wicked Troll, and dance with the golden egg-laying chicken in this charming musical adventure starring the OSHKids!

This production features the student actors of The OSHKids Performance Company.

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Once | Boiling Springs | April 22-May 8, 2022

Fall in love with the story of an Irish musician and a Czech immigrant who connect over their shared passion for music on the streets of Dublin. Over the course of one fateful week, an unexpected friendship and musical collaboration quickly evolves into a powerful but complicated romance.
This touching story is accentuated by the inviting, emotional score that earned an Academy Award, Grammy Award, Olivier Award, and 8 Tony Awards including Best Musical.

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Panchatantra Tales| Harrisburg | April 8-10, 2022

A noble king in ancient India has three big problems: his children, the reckless and lazy royal princes. Fearing for the future of his people, the king consults with a wise guru, who agrees to teach the young princes through a series of animal stories and folk tales.
These interwoven lessons form the basis of the Panchatantra ("Five Treatises"), one of the world's most popular collections of fables.

Panchatantra Tales is a Young Acting Company Partnership Production presented by Rasika School of Dance & Gamut Theatre

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Now and Then | Harrisburg | April 1-10, 2022

What would you tell your younger self?

One night in 1981, just as Jamie is closing the bar where he works, an anxious, last-minute customer offers him and his girlfriend Abby two thousand dollars to stay and have a drink with him. As the trio exchanges stories and Jamie considers the decisions he faces about his musical career, as well as he and Abby’s future, the young couple begins to realize that this older man is unusually invested in their choices... and the reason he gives them is completely unbelievable.

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Now and Then | York | March 18-27, 2022

One night in 1981, just as Jamie is closing the bar where he works, a desperate last-minute customer offers him and his girlfriend Abby two thousand dollars to sit and have a drink with him.
As the trio swaps stories, the young couple begins to realize that this older man is unusually invested in their choices… and the reason he gives them is completely unbelievable.

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Orlando | Harrisburg | March 12-27, 2022

Orlando, a young nobleman in the court of Queen Elizabeth I, yearns for love and adventure and to find his place in the world. So strong is his longing that he becomes untethered in time. Two hundred years of adventures and loves later, Orlando (who is now only thirty) awakes from a weeklong sleep to discover she has become a woman. Transformed and yet essentially the same person, Orlando still hungers for adventure and love and understanding. So has anything really changed?

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The Diary of Anne Frank | Harrisburg | March 17, 2022

One public performance only: Thursday, March 17 @ 8:00 pm
After two years of virtual and pre-recorded educational experiences, Open Stage brings the story of Anne Frank back to the stage with a one-night-only staged reading.

Experience the beautiful story, live on stage in our 22nd annual production. Set during one of history's most brutal periods, the Holocaust, the play is based on the actual diary of a young girl who comes of age while hiding from the Nazis in a tiny, overcrowded attic with her family for more than two years. During their confinement, Anne discovers herself as a beautiful, thoughtful, and extraordinary girl. Her story is a constant reminder to us all of the power of the human spirit.

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Puffs | Boiling Springs | February 18-27, 2022

Puffs—or—Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic & Magic is a tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. This clever and inventive play gives you a new look at a familiar wizard-y adventure from the perspective of three potential heroes just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a thing for badgers.

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The Secret Garden | Harrisburg | February 11-27, 2022

Orphaned in India, 11-year-old Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her reclusive uncle Archibald, whose invalid son Colin has had to bear the guilt of his mother Lily’s death. When Mary discovers her Aunt Lily’s hidden garden, locked shut and overgrown with vines, Mary is determined to revive the beauty that once was. Surrounded by spirits from the past, who both warn and welcome her, Mary begins to peel away the layers of sadness that cover the estate, showing us the power that a single individual can have to bring light into darkness.

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Echoes of Voices of the Eighth | Harrisburg | February 11 - 20, 2022

Voices of the Eighth connects two African American teens across time from the same Harrisburg neighborhood. This heartwarming story joins the young and old, past and present, and evokes the gone but not forgotten, to celebrate the history-making contributions of African Americans who lived in Harrisburg’s Old Eighth Ward.

The project is a partnership with Sankofa African American Theatre Company and Gamut Theatre Group.

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