FOUNTAIN HILLS THEATER ANNOUNCES THEIR 2023-24 SEASON
For many years Hollywood called upon Broadway to provide wonderful plays and musicals. More recently, Broadway has turned the tables and has been adapting great Hollywood films into terrific stage plays and musicals. For FHT’s 38th season, Artistic Director Peter J. Hill has chosen a Mainstage season that brings Hollywood to the Hills.
From Oscar-winning screenplays to the fabulous Mack Sennet comedies, our season brings the best of Tinseltown to the Fountain Hills stage because FHT is the place to be.
Season ticket packages offer savings, AND offer the flexibility of using your tickets for whatever show (s) you choose! Use them all for one show...or use them throughout the season. Tickets on sale now!
2023-24 Mainstage/Mainstage Too Season
Tomfoolery Aug 18 – Sept. 3, 2023
The Addams Family Sept. 15 – Oct. 1, 2023
Shakespeare in Love Nov. 3 – 19, 2023
Million Dollar Quartet Christmas Dec. 8 – 24, 2023
Always, Patsy Cline Jan. 12 – 28, 2024
Ghost, The Musical Feb. 2 – 18, 2024
The Great Gatsby (World Premier) Mar. 22 – Apr. 7, 2024
Mack and Mable May 17 – June 2, 2024
2023-24 Youth Theater Season
Junie B.’s Essential Survival Guide to School Oct. 20-29, 2023
Elf, Jr. Dec. 8 – 17, 2023
The Diary of Anne Frank Mar. 1 – 10, 2024
Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus April 26 – May 5, 2024
2023-24 MAINSTAGE/MAINSTAGE TOO SEASON
TOMFOOLERY (Aug. 18 – Sept. 3, 2023)
NOTHING IS SACRED!
In concerts, TV appearances and classic recordings, the Harvard-educated math professor Tom Lehrer delighted millions of fans with his dry, cynical, but good-humored, attacks on the A-bomb, racism, pollution, pornography, the military, the Boy Scouts and, of course, mathematics. Nothing is sacred in this hysterical revue that features such Lehrer favorites as "Poisoning Pigeons in the Park," "When You Are Old and Grey," "The Masochism Tango," "The Old Dope Peddler" and "The Vatican Rag,"
THE ADDAM’S FAMILY (Sept 15 – Oct. 1, 2023)
THEY’RE CREEPY AND THEY’RE KOOKY!
This comical musical feast embraces the wackiness in every family. It’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet young man from a respectable family. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides her love to her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before– keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
SHAKESPEARE IN LOVE (Nov. 3 – 19, 2023)
TO BE OR NOT TO BE...HIM OR HER?
Young Will Shakespeare has writer's block. The deadline for his new play is approaching, but he's in desperate need of inspiration. That is, until he finds his muse... the feisty, brilliant and beautiful Viola. This crafty young woman is Will’s greatest admirer and will stop at nothing to appear in his next play. Will’s love for Viola quickly blossoms, inspiring him to write his greatest romantic masterpiece.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET CHRISTMAS (Dec. 8 – 24, 2023)
THE BOYS ARE BACK!
Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins and Elvis Presley come together again to celebrate the holidays! Sun Records, now festively decorated with a Christmas tree, garland, and mistletoe, rings with sounds of the season and the chart toppers that made the “Million Dollar Quartet” famous. The gang is up to their usual antics as we journey through stories of Christmas past, present, and future. It’s a jam-packed evening of holiday hits that you won’t want to miss!
ALWAYS, PASTY CLINE (Jan. 12 – 28, 2024)
SWEET DREAMS
Always…Patsy Cline is a true story of Cline’s friendship with a fan from Houston named Louise Seger, who befriended the star in a Texas honky-tonk, and continued a correspondence with Cline until her untimely death in a plane crash. The show’s title is inspired by Cline’s letters to Seger, which were consistently signed “Love ALWAYS… Patsy Cline.” Tales of Patsy’s life on the road are told with down-home country humor and brought to vibrant life through her music.
GHOST, THE MUSICAL (Feb. 2 – 18, 2024)
YOU WILL BELIEVE!
Adapted from the hit film by its Academy Award-winning screenwriter, Bruce Joel Rubin, Ghost The Musical follows Sam and Molly, a young couple whose connection takes a shocking turn after Sam’s untimely death. Desperate to communicate with Molly when he learns she’s in grave danger, Sam turns to storefront psychic Oda Mae Brown, who helps him protect Molly and avenge his death. The delightful score includes the Righteous Brothers’ classic Unchained Melody.
THE GREAT GATSBY (Mar. 22 – Apr. 7, 2024)
A WORLD PREMIERE MUSICAL!
This sparkling musical comedy beautifully captures the glamour, wealth and materialism of the Roaring ‘20s. A self-made millionaire, Jay Gatsby’s desire for wealth, popularity, and power in the Jazz Age hides a deeper passion: his love for Daisy, the woman he met and fell for years ago, but who has since married wealthy Tom Buchanan. Don’t miss the world premiere of this new musical pulsing with the beat of the jazz age.
MACK AND MABEL May 17 – June 2, 2024)
WHEN MOVIES WERE MOVIES!
This is a saga of the silent film era, “when movies were movies”: the story of legendary director Mack Sennett and his greatest star, - the adorable Mabel Normand. Mack himself guides the audience through his tale of triumph, romance and regret. Mack reminisces about his colorful past, including his bittersweet love affair with Mabel, whom he discovered and guided to superstardom. Jerry Herman's (Hello Dolly, Mame) celebrated score includes some of his most treasured gems, including “Time Heals Everything,” “I Won't Send Roses,” “Wherever He Ain't” and “Look What Happened to Mabel.”
2023-24 YOUTH THEATER SEASON
JUNIE B.’S ESSENTIAL SURVIVAL GUIDE TO SCHOOL (Oct 20 – 29, 2023)
LISTEN UP, I TELL YOU!!!
Junie B. Jones is back, and she’s got some advice to give…eventually. It was her brilliant idea to put together a survival guide for next year’s students, but now she’s at a total loss for what to add to it! It doesn’t help that all her friends are full of cool ideas and dance numbers. How’s a girl supposed to deal with all this competition? Hilariously, of course! In this musical extravaganza, Junie B. Jones learns some important lessons about school, patience, and personal growth.
ELF, JR. (Dec. 8 -17, 2023)
DISCOVER YOUR INNER ELF!
Raised by Christmas elves, Buddy always felt a little…different. When Santa reveals to him that he’s actually a human being, Buddy goes on an adventure to the magical realm of New York City to find his father and learn what it means to be a human. This jolly musical is a must for any fan of Buddy the elf, Santa Claus, and all things Christmas!
THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK (Mar. 1 – 10, 2024)
HER NAME WAS ANNE...
Few more poignant true stories emerged from World War II than the diary of young Anne Frank. Published long afterwards by her father, the only family survivor, it records the minutiae of twenty-five months that two Jewish families spent in hiding from the Gestapo in an Amsterdam warehouse attic.
DON’T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS (Apr. 26 – May 5, 2024)
BET YOUR MOM WOULD LET ME!!!
Whatever you do, don’t let The Pigeon star in his own musical production! Because it’s not easy being The Pigeon– you never get to do ANYTHING! But when the Bus Driver has a crisis that threatens to make her passengers (gasp!) late, maybe that wily bird CAN do something. Starring an innovative mix of actors, puppets, songs, and feathers, Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (The Musical) is sure to get everyone’s wings flapping.
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All performances at Fountain Hills 11445 N. Saguaro Blvd. Fountain Hills AZ 85268. Call 480-837-9661 x3 or visit
https://fhtaz.org.
6 Ticket Season Flex Pass / $180 (Save $30)
2 Ticket Mainstage Too add on / $60 (Save $10)
4 Ticket Youth Season Flex Pass / $60 (Save $12)
Mainstage & Mainstage Too individual tickets are $35.00 for Adults and $18.00 for Youth 17 and under. Group, Senior, Veteran and Students discounts available.
Youth Theater individual tickets $18.00
