PUFFS: YOUNG WIZARD EDITION - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - August 1-24, 2025

  

Or: Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic – By Matt Cox

20-Something Series & Youth Production – Directed by Amber Ryan

For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs… who just happened to be there too. A tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. – Puffs is not authorized, sanctioned, licensed or endorsed by J.K Rowling, Warner Bros. or any person or company associated with the Harry Potter books, films or play.

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PETER PAN - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - September 4-7, 2025

by Tracy Wells

Directed by Yesmeen Duncan – Youth Production

Adapted from the 1911 novel by J.M. Barrie. When Peter Pan is spotted at the open window of the Darling nursery, he tries to escape but loses his shadow. Wendy, the eldest of the Darling children, sews Peter’s shadow back on, and Peter invites Wendy and her two brothers to fly with him to Neverland. In Neverland, Peter welcomes Wendy to his underground home, where she agrees to be the mother to Peter’s band of Lost Boys. The Darling children go on many adventures with Peter and the Lost Boys and encounter pirates, including the notorious Captain Hook. Determined to seek revenge on Peter, Captain Hook concocts a plan to poison Peter, kidnap the Lost Boys and Wendy, and make them walk the plank.

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TO THE MOON - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - September 26-October 5, 2025

by Beth Kander

Mainstage Production – Directed by Amber Ryan

To the Moon is a stunning hour-long docudrama based on over 200 surveys and 20 in-person interviews with survivors of domestic violence, lifting up the riveting stories of these survivors, complete with humor, revelation, and tragedy. Because “statistics are not the most powerful way to change someone’s mind. Stories are.”

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JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - October 10-19, 2025

by Rolad Dahl

Youth Production

A magical peach! An imprisoned boy! Insect friends! An incredible journey! This amazing adventure of James Henry Trotter will fulfill the fantasy of anyone who has ever dreamed of escape. Roald Dahl’s story comes hilariously to life in this delightful dramatization that reveals the wickedness of some, the goodness of others, and the indecision encountered by many when they are faced with crises. You will see James (as he cleverly gets the Peach out of danger), the wise Old-Green-Grasshopper and the pessimistic Earthworm. You will also see James’ mean Aunt Spiker and cruel Aunt Sponge come to a suitably sticky end. 

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THE GLASS SLIPPER - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - November 1-22, 2025

by Vera Morris

Youth & Homeschool Production

Cinderella works and works in her nasty stepmother’s house.  Her silly stepsisters, Brunhilda and Cleopatra, think they’re so beautiful that the prince will marry them both, but the prince spends most of the evening at a palace ball trying to escape from them! The Fairy Godmother is busy tutoring an apprentice but makes time for our heroine.  A touch of incredible magic sends Cinderella off to the palace ball.  Alas, she loses her glass slipper as she tries to escape before midnight arrives.  The prince vows to marry the girl whose foot fits the slipper.  The ladies of the kingdom attempt to squeeze into the tiny shoe.  Cleopatra can only manage one big toe!  Naturally, by the final curtain, Cinderella and the Prince are reunited and the stepsisters get an unexpected comeuppance.

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THE NUTCRACKER - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - December 5-20, 2025

Adapted by June Walker Rogers

Main Stage Production

Directed by Rachel Cummings

The legend of the wonderful Nutcracker comes to life in this non-musical adaptation. At a gala Christmas Eve party, Clara’s godfather presents her with an amazing Nutcracker in the form of a wooden soldier. Too excited to sleep, she suddenly finds the Nutcracker brought to life. He tells her he is a prince under the wicked enchantment of the Mouse King, and she joins him in a series of adventures in strange lands as he seeks to regain his throne. When she wakes, she finds the Nutcracker gone. Was it a dream or not? Then her godfather returns with his nephew—who just happens to look exactly like the prince!

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LITTLE WOMEN - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - January 2-February 1, 2026

Adapted from the Louisa May Alcott classic book

Main Stage & Homeschool Advanced

Jo March isn’t your typical Victorian lady. She’s indecorous and headstrong, and one day she’s going to be a great American novelist. As she and her sisters grow up in the middle of the Civil War they strive to be brave, intelligent, and imaginative young women. But as adulthood approaches, each sister must negotiate her private ambitions with society’s expectations. In a war-town world defined by gender, class and personal tragedy, Jo March gives us her greatest story: that of the March sisters, four dreamers destined to be imperfect little women. 

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JUNIE B. JONES IS NOT A CROOK - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - February 13-22, 2026

by Allison Gregory

Youth Production

Something terrible happened to Junie B. Jones at school today! Someone stole her new furry mittens! So when Junie B. finds a wonderful pen of many colors, she should be allowed to keep it, right? Because finders keepers, losers weepers. And guess what? There’s a new boy in kindergarten and he is the handsomest. The only thing is both Grace and Lucille want him to be their boyfriend. Maybe he will love Junie B. when he sees her wonderful pen! It is okay to keep it, right? Junie B. Jones is not a crook . . . or is she? A hilarious and heartfelt tale based on the best-selling book series by Barbara Park. 

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DRINKING HABITS - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - March 13-22, 2026

by Tom Smith

Main Stage Production – Directed by Amber Ryan

Accusations, mistaken identities, and romances run wild in this traditional, laugh-out-loud farce. Two nuns at the Sisters of Perpetual Sewing have been secretly making wine to keep the convent’s doors open, but Paul and Sally, reporters and former fiancees, are hot on their trail. They go undercover as a nun and priest, but their presence, combined with the addition of a new nun, spurs paranoia throughout the convent that spies have been sent from Rome to shut them down. Wine and secrets are inevitably spilled as everyone tries to preserve the convent and reconnect with lost loves.

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RAINBOW FISH - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - April 2-26, 2026

Adapted from the book by Marcus Pfister

Youth & Homeschool Production

When Rainbow Fish refuses to share her vibrant, shimmering scales, the whole ocean seems to turn against the vain creature.  Unhappy that no one adores him anymore, the Rainbow Fish seeks out the wise Octopus (whose tentacles are also played by separate actors).  Octopus helps the young fish learn that it’s far better to be admired for being kind than for being beautiful.

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A MURDER IS ANNOUNCED - Actors PLAYground Theatre Company - May 8-17, 2026

Adapted by Leslie Darbon

Main Stage & Homeschool Advanced Production

An announcement in the local paper states the time and place when a murder is to occur in Miss Blacklock’s Victorian house. The victim is not one of the house’s several occupants, but an unexpected and unknown visitor. What follows is a classic Christie puzzle of mixed motives, concealed identities, a second death and a determined inspector grimly following the case’s twists and turns. Fortunately, Miss Marple is on hand to provide the solution – at some risk to herself – in a dramatic final confrontation.

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Actors PLAYground Theatre Company's 2025-2026 Season!

Puffs August 1-24

Peter Pan September 5-13

To The Moon Sept 26-Oct 5

The Bugs 10-19

The Glass Slipper Nov 1-22

The Nutcracker Dec 5-20

Little Women Jan 2-24

Junie B Jones Is Not A Crook Feb 6-15

May The Farce Be With You Feb 27-Mar 7

Drinking Habits Mar 13-22

Rainbow Fish Apr 2-26

A Murder Is Announced May 8-17

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