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STIR FRIDAY NIGHT PRESENTS...

OCT 17 & 18 @ 7:30 PM

Don’t miss Stir Friday Night for The Best of Stir Friday Night – A 30th Anniversary Comedy Celebration. Tickets are going fast for these two performances! Tickets are $25. BUY TICKETS.

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BOO BASH

OCT 26, 2025 from 4:00-7:00 PM

Join us for our annual, costumed Halloween party for all ages! Featuring games, killer karaoke, campfire storytelling, seasonal bites & brews, pumpkin decorating contest, prizes and more. Plus, trick or treating in the theater. LEARN MORE.

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ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST

OCT 28 & NOV 25, 2025

Next up in Rubber Banned Book Club is Ken Kesey’s unforgettable about individualism set in a psychiatric hospital. Excerpts read by Ensemble members Dawn Bach, Ian Paul Custer, and Jim Ortlieb. LEARN MORE.

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OM SWEET OM

NOV 2, 2025 @ 10:00 AM

Join Ensemble member Ian Paul Custer in his easy flow yoga class with an emphasis on moving through standard yoga poses that all fitness levels can feel empowered to accomplish. Suggested donation $25. ONLY 14 PARTICIPANTS. RSVP HERE.

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IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: LIVE IN CHICAGO!

NOV 21 – DEC 28, 2025

Join us for our 24th annual holiday radio show featuring Foley effects, live music, and a don’t-miss-pre-show. BUY TICKETS.

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COME BACK, LITTLE SHEBA

FEB 6 – MAR 22, 2026

Don’t miss this “in-your-face”, intimate staging in the Studio, featuring award-winning Ensemble members Philip Earl Johnson and Gwendolyn Whiteside. This will sell out! BUY TICKETS.

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ALWAYS...PATSY CLINE

MAY 1 – JUNE 7, 2026

Down-home, country humor and big-hearted emotion, includes “Crazy”, “I Fall to Pieces”,  “Sweet Dreams”, “Walkin’ After Midnight”, and 23 other songs. Starring Ensemble member, and award winner Liz Chidester as Patsy. Tickets on sale Nov 17.

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