Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

• Open to college student and pre-professional actors. This is not a paid opportunity.

• Audition will consist of reading sides. Monologues welcome but not required.

• Please bring your resume and headshot.

• Open to college student and pre-professional actors. This is not a paid opportunity.

• Audition will consist of reading sides. Monologues welcome but not required.

• Please bring your resume and headshot.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Spanning three decades and stitched together by scars both physical and emotional, Gruesome Playground Injuries traces the unpredictable connection between two people who keep crashing into each other at their most vulnerable moments. Rajiv Joseph’s script is sharp, strange, and deeply human—exploring how we hurt, how we heal, and how sometimes, the two are inseparable. It's not your typical love story, and that’s exactly the point.

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called TheatreSports: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called TheatreSports: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Brecht’s satirical allegory parallels the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s. The play is set in Chicago during the Prohibition era and follows the rise of a fictional gangster, Arturo Ui, who uses violence, intimidation, and manipulation to take over the cauliflower racket.

Produced in partnership with Stuart Hall School.

Tickets and more info

Brecht’s satirical allegory parallels the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s. The play is set in Chicago during the Prohibition era and follows the rise of a fictional gangster, Arturo Ui, who uses violence, intimidation, and manipulation to take over the cauliflower racket.

Produced in partnership with Stuart Hall School.

Tickets and more info

Brecht’s satirical allegory parallels the rise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party in Germany during the 1930s. The play is set in Chicago during the Prohibition era and follows the rise of a fictional gangster, Arturo Ui, who uses violence, intimidation, and manipulation to take over the cauliflower racket.

Produced in partnership with Stuart Hall School.

Tickets and more info

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called TheatreSports: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called TheatreSports: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Join us for a relaxed evening of fully staged new works featuring five ten-minute plays by playwright and MBU alum Pete Sheldon. This performance offers a first look at scripts in development, giving audiences a chance to experience the creative process in an intimate, engaging setting. 

Tickets and more info

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called Gorilla Theatre: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful by awarding them a banana, or by punishing them with a forfeit. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

NETTLE SHIRTS PUPPETWORKS x SLTE
present

The Nettle Shirts

An all-ages shadow puppet show

Part fairy tale, part fiber arts tutorial, and part Deaf lesbian romance, The Nettle Shirts features live ASL and music performances, and puppets made from real nettles.

This performance will be fully captioned with an all-analog captioning system.

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the school near to extinction. It’s up to star pupil Emily Brontë, and her sisters Anne and Charlotte, to discern the true nature of the haunting, using their unique talents—which happen to include necromancy. A gothic, hilarious ride through English literature that needs magic, ghosts, and fog, featuring an undead goose, a lovesick ghost, and a talking meat pudding.

Emily Bronte is our third all-valley high school show, combining talents from public, private, and home school students in the Shenandoah Valley. This performance opportunity aims to give kids an alternative to the musical theatre productions that most high schools focus on in the winter months, and to expand the theatre kid network. This will be an annual production of a non-musical that is available free of charge to participants, thanks to the generous support of donors and show sponsors.

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the school near to extinction. It’s up to star pupil Emily Brontë, and her sisters Anne and Charlotte, to discern the true nature of the haunting, using their unique talents—which happen to include necromancy. A gothic, hilarious ride through English literature that needs magic, ghosts, and fog, featuring an undead goose, a lovesick ghost, and a talking meat pudding.

Emily Bronte is our third all-valley high school show, combining talents from public, private, and home school students in the Shenandoah Valley. This performance opportunity aims to give kids an alternative to the musical theatre productions that most high schools focus on in the winter months, and to expand the theatre kid network. This will be an annual production of a non-musical that is available free of charge to participants, thanks to the generous support of donors and show sponsors.

1835. Northern England. The moors. A terrifying phantom has appeared at the Roe Head School for Girls, terrorizing its students and driving the school near to extinction. It’s up to star pupil Emily Brontë, and her sisters Anne and Charlotte, to discern the true nature of the haunting, using their unique talents—which happen to include necromancy. A gothic, hilarious ride through English literature that needs magic, ghosts, and fog, featuring an undead goose, a lovesick ghost, and a talking meat pudding.

Emily Bronte is our third all-valley high school show, combining talents from public, private, and home school students in the Shenandoah Valley. This performance opportunity aims to give kids an alternative to the musical theatre productions that most high schools focus on in the winter months, and to expand the theatre kid network. This will be an annual production of a non-musical that is available free of charge to participants, thanks to the generous support of donors and show sponsors.

Join us for our monthly improv show!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called Gorilla Theatre: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful by awarding them a banana, or by punishing them with a forfeit. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Join us for our first improv show of 2025!

Anything could happen and a $10 cover gets you an all-access pass to the madness where *you* decide who the winner is. Doors and drinks at 6:30, show starts at 7:30!

What style of improv will you see? It's called Gorilla Theatre: a dynamic improv form where participants engage in unscripted scenes with minimal setup, relying on instinct and bold choices to drive the action forward. You, the audience, get to vote whether the scene was successful by awarding them a banana, or by punishing them with a forfeit. Only one improviser will be awarded the winner of our show!

Parfumerie is a heartwarming and nostalgic romantic comedy set in 1930s Budapest. At Hammerschmidt’s Parfumerie shop, Christmas draws near, heightening the tension between employees Georg and Amalia, who can’t seem to agree on anything — especially their feelings for each other But unbeknownst to both, the two are actually secret pen pals who have fallen in love through anonymous letters. As secrets unfold and misunderstandings bloom, Parfumerie takes the audience on a journey of love, friendship, and second chances, highlighting the spirit of the season and the joy of unexpected connections.

Parfumerie inspired a number of movies and Broadway hits, including You've Got Mail, Shop Around the Corner, and She Loves Me.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts. Part of our Professional Performance Series, this production features talent from local and regional professional actors.

Parfumerie is a family-friendly show, though it does explore themes of suicide. The run time is approximately two hours with one ten-minute intermission.

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Parfumerie is a heartwarming and nostalgic romantic comedy set in 1930s Budapest. At Hammerschmidt’s Parfumerie shop, Christmas draws near, heightening the tension between employees Georg and Amalia, who can’t seem to agree on anything — especially their feelings for each other But unbeknownst to both, the two are actually secret pen pals who have fallen in love through anonymous letters. As secrets unfold and misunderstandings bloom, Parfumerie takes the audience on a journey of love, friendship, and second chances, highlighting the spirit of the season and the joy of unexpected connections.

Parfumerie inspired a number of movies and Broadway hits, including You've Got Mail, Shop Around the Corner, and She Loves Me.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts. Part of our Professional Performance Series, this production features talent from local and regional professional actors.

Parfumerie is a family-friendly show, though it does explore themes of suicide. The run time is approximately two hours with one ten-minute intermission.

Purchase tickets

Parfumerie is a heartwarming and nostalgic romantic comedy set in 1930s Budapest. At Hammerschmidt’s Parfumerie shop, Christmas draws near, heightening the tension between employees Georg and Amalia, who can’t seem to agree on anything — especially their feelings for each other But unbeknownst to both, the two are actually secret pen pals who have fallen in love through anonymous letters. As secrets unfold and misunderstandings bloom, Parfumerie takes the audience on a journey of love, friendship, and second chances, highlighting the spirit of the season and the joy of unexpected connections.

Parfumerie inspired a number of movies and Broadway hits, including You've Got Mail, Shop Around the Corner, and She Loves Me.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts. Part of our Professional Performance Series, this production features talent from local and regional professional actors.

Parfumerie is a family-friendly show, though it does explore themes of suicide. The run time is approximately two hours with one ten-minute intermission.

Purchase tickets

Parfumerie is a heartwarming and nostalgic romantic comedy set in 1930s Budapest. At Hammerschmidt’s Parfumerie shop, Christmas draws near, heightening the tension between employees Georg and Amalia, who can’t seem to agree on anything — especially their feelings for each other But unbeknownst to both, the two are actually secret pen pals who have fallen in love through anonymous letters. As secrets unfold and misunderstandings bloom, Parfumerie takes the audience on a journey of love, friendship, and second chances, highlighting the spirit of the season and the joy of unexpected connections.

Parfumerie inspired a number of movies and Broadway hits, including You've Got Mail, Shop Around the Corner, and She Loves Me.

Produced by special arrangement with Playscripts. Part of our Professional Performance Series, this production features talent from local and regional professional actors.

Parfumerie is a family-friendly show, though it does explore themes of suicide. The run time is approximately two hours with one ten-minute intermission.

Purchase tickets