SHARON—The Sharon Playhouse, the historic arts and entertainment venue, has announced the line-up for its 2024 season.
The Playhouse will celebrate the start of the 2024 “Season of Joy” with its annual Spotlight Gala, on Saturday, June 1, honoring former Sharon Playhouse Board president Bobbie Olsen and featuring special performances by Kate Baldwin, Danny Drewes and Julia Murney, directed by Sarah Combs and choreographed by Amy Van Norstrand with music direction by Eric Thomas Johnson.
The 2024 MainStage lineup kicks off June 21-July 7 with the raucous musical party, Rock of Ages by Chris D’Arienzo with arrangements and orchestrations by Ethan Popp, directed by Hunter Foster and choreographed by Shannon Lewis.
Next up, July 26-Aug. 11, is the heartwarming musical comedy, The Prom by Matthew Sklar, Chad Beguelin and Bob Martin, directed by Carl Andress and choreographed by Krystyna Resavy. The cast is led by two-time TONY Award Nominee, Kate Baldwin as “Dee Dee Allen.”
Then, from Aug. 30 through Sept. 8, the Playhouse will present the perennial favorite, Steel Magnolias by Robert Harling, directed by Jackson Gay. The fourth show in the lineup, Sept. 20-29, is the feel-good musical, You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by Clark Gesner and John Gordon, with additional material by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Charles M. Schulz’s comic strip Peanuts, and will be directed by Julia Murney and choreographed by Michelle Lemon.
Eric Thomas Johnson serves as music director for the season, and Judy Bowman serves as the resident casting director for The Sharon Playhouse.
The 2024 YouthStage lineup includes more than 150 young performers appearing in the following titles: a teen adaptation of Shakespeare’s As You Like It, directed by Michael Kevin Baldwin with music direction by Jeff Raab,presented at The Equus Effect horse farm in Sharon; Willy Wonka Kids, directed and choreographed by Molly Model; MTI’s Broadway Junior Musical Revue Raise Your Voice directed by Ricky Oliver; Disney’s High School Musical JR. directed by Kent Burnham and choreographed by Kimiye Corwin; a new original play for kids, Sassy Cinderella, written by Michael Kevin Baldwin, directed by Sam LaFrage, and Sharon Playhouse Stars, a homegrown original show devised and directed by Sarah Cuoco.
Later in the season, on Sept. 13, the Playhouse will also present a special benefit Staged Reading of a soon-to-be announced Broadway comedy taking place. The 2024 season will conclude with the fourth annual presentation of Writers Playground, a 10-minute play festival of new works written by local playwrights on October 4 and 5.
For tickets and more information visit www.SharonPlayhouse.org. Tickets are now on sale (https://www.sharonplayhouse.org/mainstage).
