DEAR EVAN HANSEN and More Set for City Springs Theatre Company Ninth Season

Atlanta’s fastest-growing performing arts organization, City Springs Theatre Company (CSTC) has announced its ninth season of musicals at the Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center (SSPAC). Since 2018, City Springs Theatre Company has been the anchor tenant in the SSPAC’s thousand seat Byers Theatre, entertaining more than 330,000 patrons in its first eight-and-a-half seasons. 

Led by Executive Director Natalie DeLancey and Artistic Director (and Tony Award®-winner) Shuler Hensley, City Springs Theatre Company’s productions have generated nationwide attention with its “Broadway-size, locally produced” productions, including the recent hit production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. The company goes into its ninth season with a company best record of 5,743 subscribers. 

The 2026-2027 season will begin with the global musical phenomenon, LES MISERABLES (September 11-27, 2026), which will be the first local staging of the musical in more than a decade. Artistic Director Hensley (a veteran of the Broadway production of Les Miz) will  direct. The season then continues in December when Broadway legend (and Tony Award® recipient) Baayork Lee returns to the company to stage the family-friendly, fantasy  adventure ANASTASIA (December 11-27, 2026). CSTC will then stage the regional premiere of the Tony Award-winning 2017 Best Musical DEAR EVAN HANSEN (March 5-21, 2027), followed by the season-closer, and audience-favorite GREASE (April 30-May 16, 2026). 

“After exceeding our own expectations and setting a new subscription record in Season  Eight, we’re proud to unveil this dynamic new season,” says DeLancey. “Each production  stretches us creatively and deepens our commitment to producing large-scale,  professional musical theatre at the highest level for our audiences in Sandy Springs and  across the region. Les Misérables and Grease have been two of our most requested titles since day one, so it’s incredibly special to finally bring these iconic, crowd-favorite  musicals to the stage for the patrons who have championed them from the very  beginning.” 

Hensley most recently directed a sold-out staging of the classic musical OKLAHOMA! at  Carnegie Hall. Next month he will direct the CSTC regional premiere of the feel-good  Broadway hit COME FROM AWAY. It will mark his fourth directorial effort on behalf of City  Springs Theatre Company, having previously helmed THE SOUND OF MUSIC, FIDDLER ON THE ROOF, and THE MUSIC MAN. “We have an amazing community of performers, including some Broadway veterans like me who call metro Atlanta home,” said Hensley. “I find myself regularly inspired by the talent pool here. I’m looking forward to creating a special and memorable Les Miz for both our artists and our patrons.” 

Tickets are currently available for the company’s upcoming productions of COME FROM AWAY (March 13-29) and MEAN GIRLS THE MUSICAL (May 1-17.) All City Springs Theatre Company performances take place at the Byers Theatre, located in the Sandy Springs  Performing Arts Center, 1 Galambos Way, Sandy Springs, GA. Subscription renewals start  Monday, February 16th. New season subscriptions will go on sale Monday, April 6th. The  single ticket on sale date is Monday, April 27th. Complete information is available at  CitySpringsTheatre.com. CSTC’s Box Office is open Monday through Friday from 10:00  a.m. - 5:00 p.m. 

City Springs Theatre Company’s 2026 – 2027 Season Lineup 

Les Misérables (September 11-27, 2026)  

Based on Victor Hugo's novel of the same name, Les Misérables is as groundbreaking  today as it was when it first premiered in London in 1985. In nineteenth century France,  Jean Valjean is released from 19 years of unjust imprisonment, but finds nothing in store  for him but mistrust and mistreatment. He breaks his parole in hopes of starting a new life,  initiating a lifelong struggle for redemption as he is relentlessly pursued by police inspector Javert, who refuses to believe that Valjean can change his ways. Epic, grand and uplifting,  Les Misérables has been seen by over 70 million globally. 

Anastasia (December 11-27, 2026)  

From Tony winners Terrence McNally, Stephen Flaherty and Lynn Ahrens, creators of such Broadway hits as Ragtime and Seussical, this dazzling musical transports its audience  from the twilight of the Russian Empire to the euphoria of Paris in the 1920s, as a brave  young woman sets out to discover the mystery of her past. Pursued by a ruthless Soviet  officer determined to silence her, Anya enlists the aid of a dashing con man and a lovable  ex-aristocrat. Together, they embark on an epic adventure to help her find home, love and  family. Based on the hit 1997 animated film beloved by families across the globe!

Dear Evan Hansen (March 5-21, 2027)  

Featuring a Tony Award-winning score by Grammy®, Tony®, Emmy® and Academy Award®  winners Benj Pasek and Justin Paul (The Greatest Showman, La La Land), Dear Evan Hansen is truly a modern classic. Seventeen-year-old Evan Hansen has felt invisible his entire life. But when a tragedy shocks his community and thrusts him into the center of a  rapidly evolving controversy, Evan is given the opportunity of a lifetime: the chance to be  somebody else. As his web of well-intentioned lies begins to unravel, though, Evan is  forced to confront the fact that the price of belonging may be far steeper than he bargained  for. 

Grease (April 30-May 16, 2027)