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SPOTLIGHTERS THEATRE

2205 Mayfield Avenue, James E Roark
Baltimore, MD 21202

A Tuna Christmas
A Tuna Christmas
12/5 - 12/21/2025


A Tuna Christmas Playwright: Jaston Williams, Joe Sears, and Ed Howard Show Dates: 12/5/25-12/21/25 Director: Adrienne Bergeron Season Producer:   Valerie Lash THE STORY - ...

Seven Guitars
Seven Guitars
1/9 - 2/1/2026


Seven Guitars Baltimore August Wilson Celebration Playwright: August Wilson Show Dates: 1/9/26-2/1/26 Director: To Be Announced Season Producer:   Valerie Lash The Story - Set ...

Antigone
Antigone
3/6 - 3/29/2026


Antigone Playwright: Sophocles Show Dates:  3/6/26-3/29/26 Director: Emma Hooks Season Producer:   Valerie Lash THE STORY - Antigone is a 5th Century BC Athenian tragedy ...

You Can't Take It With You
You Can't Take It With You
4/24 - 5/17/2026


You Can’t Take It With You Playwright: Moss Hart and George S. Kaufman Show Dates:  4/24/26-5/17/26 Director: Michael Blum Season Producer:   Valerie Lash THE ...

The Crayon King, or Learning How to Share


The Crayon King, Or Learning To Share Playwright: Jeffrey Higgins Show Dates:  6/12/26-7/5/26 Director: Lydia West Choreographer: Robert Mintz Season Producer:   Valerie Lash THE ...



TOPDOG/UNDERDOG Opens This September at Spotlighters


by Emmy Rice - September 13, 2025

Topdog/Underdog, the Pulitzer Prize–winning play by Suzan-Lori Parks, opens September 19, 2025, at Spotlighters Theatre and runs through October 12, 2025....

Spotlighters Theatre To Present Lynn Nottage’s CLYDE'S


by A.A. Cristi - June 05, 2025

Opening June 13 and running through July 6, 2025, Spotlighters Theatre brings Lynn Nottage’s hit Broadway play Clyde’s to the stage in a production directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell....

BABY WITH THE BATHWATER to Open at Spotlighters Theatre


by Emmy Rice - April 12, 2025

Baby with the Bathwater, written by Christopher Durang and directed by Michael Blum, will open at the Spotlighters Theatre on April 25, 2025. Check here for more information! ...

The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre Welcomes Wendy Snow Walker As New Artistic Director


by Chloe Rabinowitz - March 10, 2025

The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre has named Wendy Snow Walker as its new Artistic Director. She has already begun working with Fuzz Roark, their Managing Director. Learn more!...

Review: DEATHTRAP at Spotlighters Is a Self-Referential, Funny, and Sometimes Scary Delight


by Jack L. B. Gohn - November 18, 2024

Hall of Mirrors. Self-referential. Meta. All of these terms might be used to supplement the general category of Thriller into which Deathtrap, Ira Levin’s 1978 Broadway hit currently being resurrected at Spotlighters, fits. Yes, the play is (as a thriller should be) about lethal relationships and sc...

Spotlighters Announces Retirement of Fuzz Roark as Artistic Director


by Stephi Wild - September 23, 2024

In January 2025, James “Fuzz” Roark is retiring from his role as the Artistic Director for The Audrey Herman Spotlighters Theatre (Spotlighters). He will remain as part-time Managing Director, overseeing grant writing and other fundraising for the theatre. The theatre will begin a search for a new p...

Past Shows

TopDog / UnderDog
TopDog / UnderDog
9/19 - 10/12/2025


Topdog/Underdog Playwright: Suzan-Lori Parks Show Dates:   9/19/25-10/12/25 Director: Rain Pryor Co-Producer: Endangered Species Theatre Project Season Producer:   Valerie Lash THE STORY -  Topdog/Underdog ...

Floating Down to Camelot
Floating Down to Camelot
8/8 - 8/17/2025


FLOATING DOWN TO CAMELOT written by Steven J. Satta, and directed by Cat Bustos Aug 8 - Aug 17, 2025 Fri & Sat at 8pm;   Sun ...

Clyde's
Clyde's
6/13 - 7/6/2025


CLYDE'S written by Lynn Nottage directed by Rikki Howie Lacewell June 13 - July 6, 2025 Fri & Sat at 8pm;   Sun at 2pm;   Theatre ...

Clybourne Park
Clybourne Park
3/7 - 3/30/2025


Inspired by A Raisin in the Sun, Bruce Norris picks up the story with the Younger family ...

Working for Crumbs
Working for Crumbs
1/10 - 2/2/2025


This hilarious show about working ... where The Office meets The Devil Wears Prada and Weekend with Bernie!

DEATHTRAP
DEATHTRAP
11/8 - 12/8/2024


DEATHTRAP written by Ira Levin directed by Stephen Foreman Nov 8 - Nov 24, and Dec 6 - Dec 8, 2024 THE STORY:  Comfortably ensconced in ...

A RAISIN IN THE SUN
A RAISIN IN THE SUN
9/20 - 10/13/2024


A RAISIN IN THE SUN written by Lorraine Hansberry directed by Rain Pryor Sept 20 - Oct 13, 2024 Fri & Sat at 8pm ($24);  ...

The Wolves
The Wolves
7/5 - 7/21/2024


The Wolves by Sara DeLappe directed by Lanoree Blake Performance Dates:  July 5 - Jul 21, 2024   THE STORY:  Left quad. Right quad. Lunge. ...

Love/Sick
Love/Sick
5/24 - 6/9/2024


Love / Sick by John Cariani directed by Alanna Kiewe Performance Dates:  May 24 - June 9, 2024               ...

Fag-Gods
Fag-Gods
4/12 - 4/28/2024


Fag-Gods  by John Bavoso directed by Timoth David Copney A World Premiere of a new work - Baltimore Playwrights Festival Performance Dates:  Apr 12 - ...

Laughing Stock
Laughing Stock
3/1 - 3/17/2024


Laughing Stock by Charles Morey directed by Erin Klarner Performances:  Mar 1 - Mar 17, 2024                   ...

A Dickens' Christmas Carol
A Dickens' Christmas Carol
12/8 - 11/19/2023


Using only Dickens’ text, Gallagher’s performance will thrill and chill audiences of all ages. With minimal props and costumes, Gallagher portrays all characters!

Outward Bound
Outward Bound
10/27 - 11/12/2023


THE STORY: The year is 1923.  Seven passengers meet in the saloon bar of a ship as it sets sail from an unidentified port. Socialite Mrs. ...

Circle Mirror Transformation
Circle Mirror Transformation
9/15 - 10/1/2023


Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker     directed by Nick Cherone Performances         Sept 15 - Oct 1, 2023             ...

Circle Mirror Transformation
Circle Mirror Transformation
9/15 - 10/1/2023


Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker    directed by Nick Cherone Performances         Sept 15 - Oct 1, 2023         Fri & Sat at ...

What Was Done
What Was Done
7/14 - 7/23/2023


What Was Done by Jack L. B. Gohn directed by Barry Feinstein produced by Miriam Bazensky, Baltimore Playwrights Festival in collaboration with Spotlighters Theatre Performances:  July ...

'night, Mother
'night, Mother
5/26 - 6/11/2023


'night, Mother by Marsha Norman directed by Suzanne Beal featuring Valerie Lash as Thelma (mother) and Erin Klarner as Jesse Performance Dates:  May 26 - ...

Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike


3 siblings and 1 hot mess by Christopher Durang directed by Erin Klarner Performances:   Apr 14 - Apr 30, 2023    Fri & Sat at ...

Do Not Go Gentle
Do Not Go Gentle
3/3 - 3/19/2023


Do Not Go Gentle by Susan Zeder directed by Alanna Kiewe Performance Dates:  Mar 3 - 19, 2023               ...

Baltimore Playwrights Festival: People Should Talk About What’s Real


The 2023 Baltimore Playwrights Festival is reading new works at Spotlighters Theatre! “Fetus is the real F word, isn’t it?” In People Should Talk About ...

Tom Goss - Double Trouble Tour


- Tom Goss & de Roche One Night Only - Sat, Sept 3, 2022 - 8pm a fund raiser for Spotlighters TheatreTOM GOSS is a ...

Captain Hook, My Story
Captain Hook, My Story
8/12 - 8/21/2022


Captain Hook, My Story, ... or, How I Clawed My Way to the TopPerformances: Aug 12 - 21, 2022ALL BPF TICKETS - $20written by Peter ...

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress


Five Women Wearing the Same DressDuring an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, Tennessee, estate, five reluctant, identically clad bridesmaids hide out in an upstairs ...

Five Women Wearing the Same Dress


written by Alan Balldirected by Hillary Mazerstage managed by Kathy CasePerformance Dates: May 27 - June 12, 2022During an ostentatious wedding reception at a Knoxville, ...

The Shadow Box
The Shadow Box
2/7 - 3/1/2020


THE SHADOW BOX by Michael CristoferDirected by Sharon Weaver, with Stage Manager, Paul Saarmore info at www.spotlighters.org/shadowbox Joe, Brian, and Felicity come from different walks ...

Moon Over Buffalo
Moon Over Buffalo
10/25 - 11/17/2019


Moon Over Buffaloby Ken LudwigDirected by Brandon Richards with Assistant Director Paul SaarOct 25 - Nov 17, 2019 Fri & Sat at 8pm and Sun ...

SWEAT
SWEAT
9/13 - 10/6/2019


Filled with warm humor and tremendous heart, Sweat tells the story of friends and coworkers who have spent their lives sharing drinks, secrets, and laughs ...

LOVE LETTERS
LOVE LETTERS
8/8 - 8/18/2019


. . . the notes, letters and cards in which over nearly 50 years, they discuss their hopes and ambitions, dreams and disappointments, victories and ...

Vinegar Tom
Vinegar Tom
5/10 - 6/2/2019


VINEGAR TOM by Caryl ChurchillDirected by Erin Rileywith Assistant Director, Ruta Douglas SmithMusical Score composed and performed by Parker Bailey StevensLyrics by Caryl ChurchillA play ...

Beehive, the 60s musical
Beehive, the 60s musical
3/29 - 4/21/2019


From solo powerhouses like Aretha Franklin, Tina Turner, and Janis Joplin to glamorous girl groups such as The Supremes and TheShirelles, Beehive the 60's Musical ...

Pygmalion
Pygmalion
2/15 - 3/10/2019


PYGMALION by George Bernard Shaw Directed by Sherrionne Brown, with Phil Gallagher Stage managed by Lady Tatum Feb 15 - Mar 10, 2019 Fri & ...

Blithe Spirit
Blithe Spirit
12/14 - 1/20/2019


Filled with the wit and charm of Noël Coward, Blithe Spirit is a comedy gem! As inspiration for his new novel, fussy and cantankerous Charles ...

Songs for a New World
Songs for a New World
11/2 - 11/25/2018


It's about one moment. It's about hitting the wall and having to make a choice... or take a stand... or turn around and go back. ...

Judy and the General
Judy and the General
6/29 - 7/29/2018


Judy and the General . . . A new musical comedy! by Rosemary FrisinoToohey based on The Book of Judith, a deuterocanonical book, included in ...

Love, Loss and What I Wore
Love, Loss and What I Wore
5/18 - 6/10/2018


Love, Loss, and What I Wore . . . a collection of intimate stories by Nora & Delia Ephron based on the book (Love, Loss, ...

The Game's Afoot
The Game's Afoot
11/18 - 12/18/2016


Winner - 2012 Mystery Writers of America Edgar Allen Poe Awards – Best Play! ? It is December 1936 and Broadway star William Gillette, admired ...

Tick, Tick, . . . Boom!
Tick, Tick, . . . Boom!
7/8 - 7/31/2016


TICK, TICK, BOOM! Book, Music & Lyrics: Jonathan Larson direction: Jillian Bauersfeld musical direction: Michael W. Tan ? Synopsis: An aspiring composer questions his life ...

Dangerous Liaisons
Dangerous Liaisons
5/27 - 6/19/2016


LES LIAISONS DANGEREUSE Book: Christopher Hampton direction: Erin Riley ? Synopsis: A tale of seduction among the rich and powerful, who play with lives like ...

EVITA
EVITA
4/15 - 5/16/2016


EVITA Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber Lyrics by Tim Rice direction: Fuzz Roark musical direction: Michael Tan ?Synopsis: Evita tells Eva Peron's passionate and unforgettable ...

Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill


LADY DAY at Emerson’s Bar & Grill Book: Lanie Robertson direction: Jared Shamberger musical director : LeVar Betts dramaturge and acting / dialect coach: Tom ...

Moonlight & Magnolias
Moonlight & Magnolias
1/8 - 1/31/2016


Moonlight & Magnolias Book: Ron Hutchinson direction: Michael Zemarel ? Synopsis: 1939 Hollywood is abuzz. Legendary producer David O. Selznick has shut down production of ...

Rose's Dilemma
Rose's Dilemma
1/11 - 2/10/2013


a Baltimore Premiere! Rose's Dilemma by Neil Simon directed by Roy Hammond January 11 - February 10, 2013 (Fri & Sat - 8pm / Sun ...

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