THE FIRST LADY OF TELEVISION World Premiere and More Set for Northlight 50th Season

Northlight Theatre has revealed the 2025-2026 season. The season opens with James Sherman’s new play The First Lady of Television, which was presented by Northlight as a public reading after workshops and rehearsals at the prestigious Colorado Springs New Play Festival.

The 2025-2026 season includes:

The World Premiere of The First Lady of Television

By James Sherman
Directed by BJ Jones
Featuring Cindy Gold as Gertrude Berg
September 4 – October 5, 2025
Opening: Thursday, September 11

In 1950, Gertrude Berg was the popular creator and star of America’s first family sit-com, The Goldbergs. When co-star Philip Loeb is accused of communism, Gertrude must make an enormous decision: fire him to keep the sponsors at bay or defend him and risk the show being canceled. In this new play based on the true story of a pioneering American entertainer, onstage comedy balances with the offstage intersection of art, religion, and politics that is shockingly relevant for today.

Gaslight

By Steven Dietz
based on the original play by Patrick Hamilton 
Directed by Jessica Thebus
Featuring Kate Fry and Timothy Edward Kane
November 28 – December 28, 2025
Opening: Thursday, December 4

In this turn-of-the-century Victorian mystery, strange things start to happen as the seemingly perfect marriage of Jack and Bella devolves into something sinister. Why is the attic door locked? Whose footsteps wander the halls at night? And is that light really flickering… or not? Bella’s reality is twisted into an indistinguishable tangle of truth, manipulation, and her husband’s intentions, where certainty is uncertain for characters and audience alike.

Mary Jane

by Amy Herzog
Directed by Georgette Verdin
January 22 – February 22, 2026
Opening: Thursday, January 29

Mary Jane is a resilient young mother caring for her chronically sick child. Despite the mundane and sometimes unthinkable reality of his illness, she finds herself building a community of women from all walks of life. This intimate drama of profound ideas is a powerful and compassionate portrait of caregiving and the importance of ordinary human kindness.

The Angel Next Door

by Paul Slade Smith
Directed by Linda Fortunato
April 9 – May 10, 2026
Opening: Thursday, April 16

Young author Oliver Adams is on the brink of success, with his novel set to be published and soon to be adapted for the Broadway stage! When he, the famed (and married) playwrights, and his longed-for leading lady all converge for a weekend at a Newport mansion, the housekeeper that would rather they all leave isn’t the only thing that goes awry. In a romantic screwball comedy that hearkens back to days gone by, only the power of theatre can save the play, Oliver’s novel, and his heart.