Mainstage Theatre

The Minutes

by Tracy Letts

April 25 - May 18, 2025

2024-2025 Season This scathing comedy unravels a web of secrets, power struggles, and dark truths lurking beneath the surface of everyday life.  From the author of August: Osage County, Tracy Letts infuses this story with his signature wit delivering moments of uproarious humor as a cast of very recognizable city council members let their idiosyncrasies fly. Unable to locate the minutes from the previous meeting, or move beyond their pet projects, the city council devolves into ridiculously reenacting their town history for their newest member who is full of questions and doubts about his new role. With razor-sharp wit, unflinching honesty, and a healthy dose of comedy, ‘The Minutes’ is a gripping exploration of the complexities of power and the fragility of democracy. Don’t miss your chance to witness this explosive drama and side-splitting comedy that has captivated audiences and critics alike.

The Minutes contains content and language that some may find disturbing or offensive. Please inquire if you’d like more details on this content.

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Children's Theatre

6th Annual Young Playwrights of Tucson

by LTW's mentors and Tucson's talented playwrights

May 31 and June 1, 2025

2024-2025 Season This acclaimed program encourages students from all over our community to write and submit their short stories. Each top young playwright is teamed up with one of LTW’s seasoned playwrights/ directors to help get their plays from scripts to the stage. Local talented students audition, perform, and run the tech for all of the shows. With the help of LTW’s Children’s Theatre leaders, these students take the stage and give a voice to the stories they want everyone to hear. These performances are a great way to see the amazing talent of our Tucson youth.

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Children's Theatre

Ranked: A Musical

by Kyle Holmes with Music and Lyrics by David Taylor Gomes

July 18 - 27, 2025

2024-2025 Season Buy your grades, by your future, but what happens when the whole world finds out? Debuting just weeks after the College Admissions Scandal took the nation by storm, Ranked tells the story of a dystopian world where competition reaches new heights as publicized academic excellence defines each student’s worth. In the face of an intense and perverse culture of performance, Lily must come to grips with her place in the status quo as she watches friends and enemies alike destroy themselves and each other to score their way to the top of academic leaderboards. When an impossible lie is discovered, the fate of these students’ futures hangs in the balance. Come see some of Tucson’s finest high school actors sing, dance, and act their way to the top!

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Mainstage Theatre

Ship

by Douglas Williams

August 8th - 31st, 2025

Forced to return to her home town of Mystic, Connecticut after a stint in rehab, Nell is determined to get her life back on track. Her plan includes being promoted to the most high profile job in town: a tour guide aboard a historic whaling ship, and tracking down her former classmate who tried and failed to grow the longest fingernails in the world. With the help and hindrance of her older sister, Nell grabs at her chance for hometown glory—but repairing her relationship with her mother and breaking free of her worst instincts lands her in increasingly ridiculous circumstances. Ship is a witty and hilarious exploration of a person’s potential and the awkward experiences we have trying to get our sea legs as functional adults.

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Etcetera Theatre

She's Out of Her Rind

by Melon

September 5th & 6th, 2025

Tucson’s juiciest variety show returns to Live Theatre Workshop! Like a fruit salad, there is something that will ap-peel to everyone! Drag, comedy, live music, dancing, burlesque, and more! Spend a fantastic evening with Tucson’s sweetest hostess, Melon, as she and her cast of talented entertainers create a night you’ll never forget! BYOB wine and beer* as we celebrate (and tip) some of the most amazing artists in Tucson. Ages 18+ for nudity and adult content.
*Patrons can bring one bottle of wine and 40oz of beer to any of our upcoming theatre productions.

(Special Event)

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Mainstage Theatre

Silent Sky

by Lauren Gunderson

September 19th through October 12th, 2025

An inspiring historical glimpse into the life of the groundbreaking astronomer Henrietta Leavitt, whose work illuminated the cosmos and changed the course of science forever. Silent Sky is an uplifting, heartfelt play that explores the power of perseverance, the pursuit of knowledge, and the untold stories of women who shaped our understanding of the universe. Filled with humor, heart, and a touch of cosmic wonder, this beautifully crafted tale celebrates the women behind the science, their dreams, and their quiet rebellions against the limits of their time. Don’t miss this powerful true story of brilliance, passion, and discovery. Join us under the stars in Silent Sky.

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Children's Theatre

Lotería: This Game Is No Juego

by Jonathan Heras

November 8th through 23rd, 2025

Pase con cuidado al enchanted world of Lotería, donde magic meets tradition! A world where a simple board game transforms everyday life into an aventura inolvidable. When three brave kids from Temperatura County stumble upon el misterioso game de Lotería, they are swept into a universe donde las cartas legendarias come to life, and every turn brings new challenges and unexpected twists. In the Lotería realm, mischievous villanos como El Diablo and his cronies threaten to ruin the balance of the magical realm, mientras queridos personajes como La Sirena and El Sol guian a nuestros heroes through trials of courage, mystery, and heart. With family, friendship, y un poco de humor as their greatest weapons, our young aventureros must band together to restore order and unlock los poderes secretos hidden within each card if they ever hope to return home. Will our heroes overcome the devious trucos of the outlaws of Lotería, or will chaos reign supreme and take over little ol’ Tucson y después el mundo? Find out as this hilarious, musical, action-packed journey unfolds a celebración de cultura, creatividad, y el inquebrantable lazo entre familia. Join us for a magical adventure where every moment is a chance to believe en lo imposible, but players beware…this game is no juego!

(Add-On Production)

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Children's Theatre

A Year With Frog and Toad

by Based on the Books by Arnold Lobel, Music Robert Reale, Book and Lyrics by Willie Reale

December 4th through 21st, 2025

A hit on Broadway, A Year with Frog and Toad was nominated for three Tony Awards–including Best Musical. Based on Arnold Lobel’s well-loved books, and featuring a hummable score by Robert and Willie Reale, this humorous, whimsical, and heartwarming show follows two great friends—the cheerful, popular Frog and the rather grumpy Toad—through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation, Frog and Toad embark upon numerous fun and exciting adventures that teach them about the ups and downs of true friendship, while celebrating and rejoicing in the differences that make them unique and special. Part vaudeville, part make believe… all charm, this show is perfect for audiences of all ages. A Year with Frog and Toad tells the story of a friendship that endures throughout the seasons.

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Mainstage Theatre

The Hat Box

by Eric Coble

January 9th through February 1st, 2026

Do we ever really know our parents? Do we want to? Really? Two sisters are about to find out when they discover a hat box hidden in the back of their recently deceased father’s closet. What sits inside sends them off to visit their eccentric Aunt Esther and on an increasingly wild ride down memory lane. With surprising twists and hilarious turns, this brand new comedy of family lore revels in the bizarre and beautiful mysteries that make up a life.

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Etcetera Theatre

The One Good Thing or "Are Ya Patrick Swayze"

by Joe Bravaco

February 13th & 14th, 2026

Jamie and Tommy, two brothers who share a cottage on the Cliffs of the Irish Sea. One morning Jamie makes an astonishing declaration. He announces that he is dead – and now a ghost. Tommy, naturally, is unconvinced and maintains that his brother’s delusion is caused by the grief Jamie has suffered since their mother’s death. With pathos and gentle humor, the brothers explore a trail of unexpressed love, grief, guilt, and forgiveness, and within everyday events and their nostalgic memories, which are as ordinary as all our memories, they discover the eternal exists in their fraternal bond.

(Reader’s Theatre Staged Reading)

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Children's Theatre

Sleeping Beauty

by Charlotte Langford, Music by Michael Martinez

February 21st through March 15th, 2026

The classic story of Sleeping Beauty is reimagined in this all-new musical adventure. When the king and queen forget to give the king’s seventh sister, Sara the Surley, an invitation to celebrate their daughter’s birth, they know they are in for trouble, and they aren’t wrong. Sara, along with the help of her bewitched feline, Catonia, places a curse on Princess Rose: One that will make her sleep for a hundred years. But with the help of a kiss from Prince Harold, Princess Rose is awakened. Can they outwit Sara and her curses? Will they fall in love and live happily ever after? Join us for a fantastical adventure with Sleeping Beauty and friends.

(Add-On Production)

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Mainstage Theatre

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike

by Christopher Durang

March 20th through April 12th, 2026

Step into the hilariously dysfunctional world of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning comedy that’s equal parts cheeky, chaotic, and deeply heartfelt! In a quiet Pennsylvania farmhouse, Vanya and his adopted sister Sonia lead a dull, humdrum existence—until their glamorous, larger-than-life movie star sister Masha storms in with her boy toy Spike in tow. Add a soothsaying housekeeper and a neighborhood ingénue to the mix, and what follows is a wild ride of sibling rivalries, fading dreams, and over-the-top antics. Will Masha sell the family home? Will Spike keep his shirt on? Will Sonia ever find true happiness—or at least a date? Come for the biting wit, stay for the absurd Chekhovian twists, and leave with a grin on your face. Drama, comedy, and a touch of existential dread. This play has it all.

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Mainstage Theatre

Home, I'm Darling

by Laura Wade

May 1st through 24th, 2026

What happens when retro dreams collide with modern realities? Home, I’m Darling takes you inside the life of Judy, a woman who’s reinvented herself as the perfect 1950s housewife—complete with cocktail dresses, impeccable manners, and a picture-perfect home. But when the pressure of maintaining her vintage fantasy begins to crack, Judy must confront the cost of living in an idealized past. Funny, sharp, and unexpectedly poignant, this play explores identity, marriage, and the struggle to balance fantasy with reality. A captivating, thought-provoking ride through a world where appearances can be deceiving and the search for happiness takes surprising turns.

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Children's Theatre

The Seventh Annual Young Playwrights of Tucson

by LTW's playwright mentors and Tucson's talented young playwrights

May 29th through 31st, 2026

A short play festival featuring the winners of Live Theatre Workshop’s acclaimed Young Playwrights of Tucson Competition. Tucson is a hub for some of the most talented emerging playwrights in the country, and these performances are a chance to catch their rising talents before they hit the big time. These student-produced plays are full of outstanding wit, humor, and elevate the voices and stories of the next generation of playwrights and artists in our community and beyond. Under the mentorship of Live Theatre Workshop’s professional team, year after year, these new plays inspire, delight, and bring hope to sold-out audiences.

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Mainstage Theatre

Rooted

by Deborah Zoe Laufer

June 12th through 28th, 2026

Emery is happy living in her treehouse, communing with her plants. Her sister Hazel is miserable, working at the only diner in Millerville to support herself and her sister. Luanne is yearning for something, anything to bring meaning into her life. When Emery’s YouTube videos of her plant experiments accidentally start a cult—a CULT!—all three women are plunged into a different type of chaos, and each one of them has to find a way to live—and to decide what to believe. Experience a heartwarming and quirky glimpse into everyday moments that reminds us of the importance of family, friendship, and the magic that surrounds us.

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Children's Theatre

Trevor

by Dan Collins (Book and Lyrics), Music by Julianne Davis Wick

July 17 through August 2nd, 2026

It’s 1981 in America, and Trevor Nelson is busy navigating adolescence in suburbia while dreaming of a life in show business. When an embarrassing incident at school suddenly puts him in the wrong spotlight, Trevor must summon the courage to forge his own path. A deeply moving and funny story of self-discovery and the power of acceptance, Trevor is about living your best life with a ton of passion… and a touch of pizzazz.The musical Trevor is Based On An Original Story by Celeste Lecesne and The Academy Award-Winning Film, Directed By Peggy Rajski and Produced by Randy Stone. Trevor is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI.

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