Announcing our 2026-2027 Season!
Clague Playhouse is excited to announce our 2026-2027 season. This is our 99th season and our 59th season “in the barn.” Auditions are posted on our Auditions. We hope you will join us for another year and thank you for supporting live theater!
Angel Street (Gaslight)
Directed by Fred Sternfeld
Show Dates: 9/11/2026 – 10/4/2026, with talk backs with director and cast on 9/19/2026, 9/27/2026, and 10/3/2026
A Broadway hit first produced on the West End under the title Gaslight and filmed twice, Angel Street tells the story of the Manninghams, who live on Angel Street in 19th-century London. As the curtain rises, all appears to be the essence of Victorian tranquility. It is soon apparent, however, that Mr. Manningham is slowly driving his gentle devoted wife Bella to the brink of insanity with an insinuating kindness that masks more sinister motives. While he is out, Mrs. Manningham has an unexpected caller, Inspector Rough from Scotland Yard. Rough is convinced that Mr. Manningham is a homicidal maniac wanted for a murder committed 15 years earlier in this very house. Gradually, the inspector restores Bella’s confidence in herself and, as the evidence against Manningham unfolds, the author has built and sustained some of the most brilliant, suspenseful sequences in modern theatre.
On the Farce Day of Christmas
Directed by Rose Leininger
Show Dates: 11/13/2026 – 12/13/2026, with talk backs with director and cast on 11/21/2026, 11/29/2026, and 12/5/2026
To Keep her religious mother from knowing she’s divorced, Wendy pays her ex to pose as her husband and go home for the holidays. Havoc ensues, old tensions rise, and everyone has a secret!
Intimate Apparel
Directed by Andrea Belser
Show Dates: 1/29/2027 – 2/21/2027, with talk backs with director and cast on 2/6/2027, 2/14/2027, and 2/20/2027
In 1905 New York City, Esther, an African-American seamstress, is in great demand for the intimate apparel she creates for clients who range from wealthy white patrons to prostitutes. Though leading a life that provides joy to so many, she remains lonely, longing for a husband and a future. Through a mutual acquaintance, she begins a correspondence with a Caribbean man named George, and soon he persuades her that they should marry, sight unseen. However, Esther’s heart is drawn to the Hasidic shopkeeper from whom she buys cloth, and his heart to hers. When George arrives in the city, Esther is hit with the reality of the situation and she is forced to face a future that she is truly unprepared for. Told with grace and delicacy by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage, Intimate Apparel presents the troubles of the heart in all their glory.
Prelude to a Kiss
Directed by Pierre Brault
Show Dates: 3/26/2027 – 4/18/2027, with talk backs with director and cast on 4/3/2027, 4/11/2027, and 4/17/2027
At Peter and Rita’s wedding, a mysterious old man insists on kissing the bride. While honeymooning, Peter gradually realizes that the woman by his side is not his wife. The wedding kiss caused Rita’s soul and the old man’s to change places. Peter must track down the old man and free his young love’s spirit trapped in an aging and diseased body before it’s too late.
Glimpses of the Moon
Directed by Colin Anderson
Musical Direction by John D. Roberts
Show Dates: 5/21/2027 – 6/13/2027, with talk backs with director and cast on 5/29/2027, 6/6/2027, and 6/12/2027
With plenty of friends but little money, Susy Branch and her friend Nick Lansing devise a clever scheme to live beyond their means. They’ll marry and live off the wedding gifts, while they help on another secure more suitable millionaire spouses. The plan works perfectly — until they fall in love.