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UPSTART ARTS

140 N. Beaver St., York, PA 17402
York, PA 17403



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Past Shows

Othello
Othello
11/22 - 11/23/2025


Upstart Arts presents a staged reading of William Shakespeare's searing assault on the fragility of love and trust

Something Fresh
Something Fresh
5/10 - 6/7/2025


On Saturday, May 10th, 2025, 7 p.m. EDT, Upstart Arts will premiere the first chapter of Something Fresh, a three-part radio play. Michelle Denise Norton ...

Wyrd Sisters
Wyrd Sisters
2/22 - 2/23/2025


In Sir Terry Pratchett’s Shakespearean spoof (adapted by Stephen Briggs), three Discworld witches cheerfully conspire to rescue the heir of the foully murdered king of ...

Pygmalion
Pygmalion
2/24


A challenging, classic battle of strong wills brought to contemporary life. Comic jousting in every exchange.

The Case Of Charles Augustus Milverton


Sherlock Holmes's adventures as a contemporary crime podcast. Dr. John Watson brings a fresh tale to AC Doyle's Twilight Thriller Radio. Twilight Thriller Radio is ...

The Trail To Oregon
The Trail To Oregon
7/14 - 7/16/2023


Three free performances: 6:30 p.m. July 14 at Gifford Pinchot State Park, Conewago Day Use Area; 6:30 p.m. July 15, John Rudy County Park; and ...

The Misanthrope


Join us for Molière's clever anatomy of Alceste, unafraid to affront all of Paris. And helpless against the charms of the lively Célimène. As Paris ...

A Woman Of No Importance


A Woman Of No Importance brings the wit and social insight of The Importance Of Being Earnest to a story that resonates with challenges women ...

The Adventure Of The Devil's Foot


A modern take on one of Sherlock Holme's creepiest cases, The Cornwall Horror. Dr. John Watson visits the Twilight Thriller Radio crime podcast and host ...

The Comedy Of Errors


Join us as Antipholus and Dromio journey through Ephesus, where all know them and they know none! Shakespeare throws many of his favorite tricks into ...

Squirrel Girl Goes To College


The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl begins her life as an Empire State University computer science student, eager to make new friends while keeping her amazing superpowers ...

Twelfth Night


Join us for a Stay-At-Home Shakespeare matinee event. William Shakespeare's poignant Twelfth Night is a tale full of shipwrecks and heartwrecks, the weathering music a ...

Much Ado About Nothing


Join us for the Stay-at-Home Shakespeare! Much Ado About Nothing is wit tennis, William Shakespeare's biting battle of men and women falling out amidst the ...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
2/21 - 2/23/2020


Theatre critic Mortimer Brewster is in for a madcap night of famiily secrets in this classic screwball comedy. Mortimer, his aunts, and brothers find themselves ...

A Midsummer Night's Dream
A Midsummer Night's Dream
7/19 - 7/28/2019


Serious Moonlight Bowie and Blues; Lost in Love Marital Mischief ; ) Join the Upstart Twilight Theatre as we travel the parks and woods of ...

The Importance of Being Earnest


The Importance Of Being Earnest is a comically serious look into the colliding dreams and hopes of two men who want to be Ernest Worthing, ...

The Merry Wives of Windsor
The Merry Wives of Windsor
7/27 - 8/5/2018


Upstart Arts presents "The Merry Wives of Windsor," July 27-Aug.5. Watch the pranks unfold as Sir John Falstaff, one of Shakespeare's most colorful characters, rolls ...

Videos


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Act 1 DeSales University (11/20 - 12/7)
The Shark is Broken in Central Pennsylvania The Shark is Broken
Fulton Theatre (2/27 - 3/22)
Holiday Inn in Central Pennsylvania Holiday Inn
Dutch Apple Dinner Theatre (11/7 - 12/28)
The Book Of Mormon at Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre in Central Pennsylvania The Book Of Mormon at Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre
Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Theatre (12/20 - 12/21)
Company in Central Pennsylvania Company
The Belmont Theatre (8/7 - 8/16)
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity) in Central Pennsylvania Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
Hershey Theatre (3/24 - 3/29)
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