Dayton Theatre Guild

Birthday Candles

Aug 21 – Sep 6, 2026

The Dead Guy

May 30 – Jun 15, 2014

It had to happen: the ultimate TV reality show. A young man gets to spend $1,000,000.00 over the next seven days, but the show’s vultures are allowed to follow him with a camera wherever he goes. There is a deadly catch involved – and it is all recorded on live TV, of course...

An Inspector Calls

Apr 18 – May 14, 2014

This classic suspense play, set in1912 England, has a timeless quality which is why it is currently enjoying revivals throughout the English-speaking world. It starts with a family celebrating their daughter’s betrothal only to be interrupted by a Police Inspector who...

Expecting Isabel

Feb 28 – Mar 16, 2014

Miranda and Nick, a couple nearing forty, are at last ready for a family, but are not so naturally successful. This very contemporary comedy by a playwright, a stand-up and a mother, examines the frustration, pain and confusion of a modern couple as they try various fertility...

The Subject was Roses

Jan 14 – Jan 26, 2014

This American Classic is about a dysfunctional family (before it became a common description) focusing on the return of a son from WWII. Shocking and disappointing his mother with his cursing and drinking, he seems to please his father just by having survived. His parents appear...

The Gifts of the Magi

Nov 22 – Dec 8, 2013

The Gifts of the Magi is a combination of those beautiful stories we grew up with – the down-on-their-luck couple who have no Christmas present for each other, and the gentlemanly bum who just can’t get arrested so he can enjoy a warm cell and three square meals for the holiday...

Time Stands Still

Oct 4 – Oct 20, 2013

Seriously wounded in Afghanistan, photographer Sarah is brought home to recuperate by her writer and live-in boyfriend, James. She is soon visited by her editor and his new and much younger girlfriend. He sees her work and wants a book. And James wants something altogether more...

45 Seconds from Broadway by Neil Simon

Jul 23 – Oct 8, 2013

America’s comedy master sets this piece in the “Polish Tearoom,” a place not unlike the real Hotel Edison coffee shop in NYC where Simon once sipped coffee while meeting with other entertainment pros. In this warm and gentle comedy of remembrance, show business insiders...