2025-2026 Theatre Season

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The Visit

BY Friedrich Durrenmat
DIRECTED BY Carlyn grande & greta erickson

October 23-25th, 2025
​Black Box

An enormously wealthy older woman returns to her former hometown with a dreadful bargain: she wants the townspeople to kill the man who got her pregnant, then jilted her. In exchange, she will provide enough money to revitalize the decrepit town. The townspeople eventually agree.

 Fall Musical

Anything goes

MUSICal BY guy bolton and p.g. wodehouse
​DIRECTED BY JUSTIN SPOONEr & nathania apple

​November 14-22, 2025 ​
Auditorium 1​

Anything Goes is set aboard the ocean liner S. S. American, where nightclub singer/evangelist Reno Sweeney is en route from New York to England. Her pal Billy Crocker has stowed away to be near his love, Hope Harcourt, but the problem is Hope is engaged to the wealthy Lord Evelyn Oakleigh. Joining this love triangle on board the luxury liner are Public Enemy #13, Moonface Martin and his sidekick-in-crime Erma. With the help of some elaborate disguises, tap-dancing sailors and good old-fashioned blackmail, Reno and Martin join forces to help Billy in his quest to win Hope’s heart.
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Winter Play

The importance of being earnest

BY oscar wilde
DIRECTED BY Alex barreto hathaway

January 14-17, 2026
Black Box

"The Importance of Being Earnest" is a comedic play by Oscar Wilde that explores themes of identity, social expectations, and the nature of truth and deception. The plot follows two main characters, Algernon Moncrieff and Jack Worthing, who both lead double lives to escape societal constraints. Algernon invents a fictitious friend named Bunbury to avoid family obligations, while Jack creates an imaginary brother named Ernest to indulge in a more carefree lifestyle when in London. The unfolding narrative brings complications when both men become romantically involved with women who are infatuated with the name "Ernest."

Winter/9-10 Musical 

Bright star

Musical by steve martin and edie brickell
directed by jUSTIN SPOONER & nathania apple​
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February 20-28, 2026
Auditorium 2

Inspired by a true story, BRIGHT STAR is a sweeping, heartfelt musical featuring a Tony®-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell. Set against the vibrant backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and 1940s, this deeply emotional tale explores love, loss, and the transformative power of redemption. When literary editor Alice Murphy meets a young soldier just home from World War II, he awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out on a journey to understand her past—and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives.

Spring Play

a midsummer night's dream

BY william shakespeare
DIRECTED BY steve cardamone

April 24-May 2, 2026
Auditorium 2

Four Athenians run away to the forest only to have Puck the fairy make both of the boys fall in love with the same girl. The four run through the forest pursuing each other while Puck helps his master play a trick on the fairy queen. In the end, Puck reverses the magic, and the two couples reconcile and marry.
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Playgrounds 2026

New Plays by WHS THeatre Seniors 
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May 21-22, 2026
Black Box

Playgrounds is an experience unique to Wayzata High School Theatre in which students write original plays that are then performed and student directed by members of the program. It’s a showcase of diverse voices and talents, all created and led by our students. It’s a chance for young playwrights and directors to experience the entire process of theater production, from the page to the stage, while audiences get to enjoy a night of never seen before works. Get ready for an evening where anything can happen—because in Playgrounds, the possibilities are endless!

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