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Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at The Candlelight Theatre

Review: ARSENIC AND OLD LACE at The Candlelight Theatre

by Rosanne DellAversano · May 19, 2026

It doesn’t matter if you know the stage version, or the movie version, or don’t know anything about it, just know ARSENIC AND OLD LACE has an easy to follow plot that leads you down a path of hijinks straight to your funny bone.…

Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE MUSICAL at Wilmington Drama League

Review: RIDE THE CYCLONE, THE MUSICAL at Wilmington Drama League

by Rosanne DellAversano · April 28, 2026

For many, the wild and unpredictable ride of a roller coaster is exhilarating and euphoric, while for others, it is traumatic and elicits multiple phobic fears. The musical RIDE THE CYCLONE is very much like a roller coaster in that the mindset of the viewer makes all the difference. Labeled as a �…

Review: 1776 at Walnut Street Theatre

Review: 1776 at Walnut Street Theatre

by Greer Firestone · April 26, 2026

The Walnut Street Theatre’s opening night production of 1776 is, quite simply, magnificent. It arrives not merely as a theatrical event, but as something more essential—an experience that feels necessary.…

Review: THE CHEQUERBOARD WATCH at Delaware Theatre Company

Review: THE CHEQUERBOARD WATCH at Delaware Theatre Company

by Greer Firestone · April 20, 2026

George Abbott earned the reputation of Broadway’s “show doctor” in the 1950s because he had an uncanny ability to fix troubled musicals quickly and commercially. Producers would bring him in—often late in rehearsals or even during out-of-town tryouts—to tighten scripts, sharpen comedy, res…

Review: CABARET at Smyrna Opera House

Review: CABARET at Smyrna Opera House

by Greer Firestone · April 14, 2026

The Smyrna Opera House’s Cabaret isn’t just good—it’s a minor miracle. This is their first musical in years, and instead of easing back in with something safe, they went straight for one of the most stylistically demanding, tonally complex shows in the canon. And they pulled it off with grit…

Review: POTUS at The Contemporary

Review: POTUS at The Contemporary

by Greer Firestone · March 10, 2026

Producing a play called POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in today’s political climate takes nerve. Aisle Say applauds Kerry Kristine McElone and the Board of City Theatre for having exactly that kind of chutzpah. Mounting this razor-edged farce at a mo…

Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Wilmington Drama League

Review: THE LITTLE MERMAID at Wilmington Drama League

by Rosanne DellAversano · December 18, 2025

Disney’s The Little Mermaid, loosely based on the fairytale of Hans Christian Andersen, tells the simple story of the beautiful young mermaid, Ariel, and her longing to leave her ocean home and live in the world above with humans.…

Review: CHICAGO at The Contemporary

Review: CHICAGO at The Contemporary

by Greer Firestone · December 15, 2025

City Theatre Company’s CHICAGO was met with a warm audience response on opening night—and deservedly so. Now celebrating its 32nd year, CTC has long occupied a vital place in Delaware’s theatrical landscape, with current Artistic Director Kerri Kristine McElrone integral to the company since i…

Past Shows

Evil Dead, The Musical

Evil Dead, The Musical

Jul 15 – Jul 23, 2022

EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL - The Deadites return for another Ash-kicking.Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing...

Every Time A Bell Rings...

Every Time A Bell Rings...

Dec 9 – Dec 12, 2021

An original adaptation of the classic movie, Its A Wonderful Life, and the short story the movie was based upon, The Greatest Gift.George Pratt stands...

STELLA by Neil Bartlett

STELLA by Neil Bartlett

Jun 19 – Jun 27, 2020

Alone in a darkened room, a man waits for a knock on the door.A look back across a life filled with laughter, heartbreak and ragea...

GRINDR: The Opera

GRINDR: The Opera

Feb 7 – Feb 15, 2020

GRINDR: The Opera puts the most notorious gay hook-up app into the exaggerated world of opera. With musical styles ranging from baroque to contemporary pop,...

Murderess by Anne Bertram

Murderess by Anne Bertram

Sep 13 – Sep 14, 2019

Six notorious killers from American history reveal their secrets in a suite of monologues written and woven together by Anne Bertram. Each woman offers her...

Disenchanted: A Disney Princess Spoof-takular!

Disenchanted: A Disney Princess Spoof-takular!

Mar 29 – Apr 6, 2019

DISENCHANTED! A Disney Spoof-tacular princess musical!Poisoned apples. Glass slippers. Who needs'em?! Not Snow White and her posse of disenchanted princesses in the hilarious hit musical...

Oedipus for Kids!

Oedipus for Kids!

Nov 15 – Nov 17, 2018

Your pal Oedipus – a kid a lot like you – takes an exciting journey across ancient Greece to become king. Warning: May contain manslaughter,...

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Sep 28 – Oct 6, 2018

Prepare for 90 minutes of musical theater brilliance filled with gorgeous harmonies and a witty, laugh out loud script. Music and Lyrics by Jeff Bowen...

EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL

EVIL DEAD, THE MUSICAL

Jul 13 – Jul 21, 2018

Bootless returns for another round of Ash-Kicking! Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil terror....

tick,tick...BOOM!

tick,tick...BOOM!

Sep 29 – Oct 14, 2017

Before creating RENT, Jonathan Larson had another story to tell…his own. Jon is a soon-to-be 30 year old, rarely successful composer, on the brink of...

YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU

YOU'VE GOT RED ON YOU

Jul 14 – Jul 22, 2017

Shaun has coasted through life and still hasn’t gotten very far. Friday nights, he usually winds up at the local pub, the Winchester, for a...

THE NEWLYWED GAME & MORE

THE NEWLYWED GAME & MORE

Feb 10

So many Bootless Artists got hitched in 2016, we just had to put together a way for them to share their wedding bliss with all...

THE TRUMP CARD by Mike Daisey

THE TRUMP CARD by Mike Daisey

Oct 28 – Oct 29, 2016

Does anyone really know Donald Trump? Through a monologue written by the incredible Mike Daisey, and as performed by local artist, Randall McCann, THE TRUMP...

SPRING AWAKENING

SPRING AWAKENING

Oct 7 – Oct 22, 2016

Set in a small 19th century German town, Melchior, Wendla, Moritz, and their classmates begin to experience changes that confuse and fascinate them, but coming...

MUSICAL OF THE LIVING DEAD

MUSICAL OF THE LIVING DEAD

Jul 15 – Jul 23, 2016

Musical of the Living Dead is a hysterical, hummable, 4D zombie doomsday adventure complete with Bootless’ infamous The Pit Splatter Zone ever. Musical of the...

IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)

IN THE NEXT ROOM (OR THE VIBRATOR PLAY)

May 6 – May 21, 2016

Off come the corsets. Up go the petticoats. A comedy about marriage and intimacy of electric proportions. Set in the 1880s, just after the advent...

Freud's Last Session

Freud's Last Session

Feb 19 – Mar 5, 2016

reud’s Last Session centers on a hypothetical meeting between legendary psychoanalyst Dr. Sigmund Freud and young, rising Oxford Don, C.S. Lewis, to his home in...

Star Wars: A New Musical Hope

Star Wars: A New Musical Hope

Oct 9 – Oct 17, 2015

This semi-original work returns to Bootless in preparation for the new Star Wars movie, Episode VII: The Force Awakens. A musical parody of Episode IV:...

Evil Dead: The Musical

Evil Dead: The Musical

Jul 10 – Jul 18, 2015

Bootless returns for a fourth round of Ash-Kicking! Five college students spend the weekend in an abandoned cabin in the woods, accidentally unleashing an evil...

An Evening of Disasterous One Acts

An Evening of Disasterous One Acts

May 15

In honor of our 10th anniversary, Bootless returns to its roots with an evening of one act plays. TITANTIC by Christopher Durang A play with...

Chess - In Concert

Chess - In Concert

Apr 17 – Apr 18, 2015

CHESS by Benny Anderson & Bjorn Ulvaeus (Music) / Tim Rice (Lyrics) A romantic triangle between two top chess players, an American and a Russian,...

Bug

Bug

Feb 27 – Mar 14, 2015

Set in a seedy Oklahoma City motel room, the play centers on the meeting between Agnes, a divorced waitress with a fondness for cocaine and...

Musical of the Living Dead

Musical of the Living Dead

Jul 11 – Jul 19, 2014

THEY’RE COMING TO GET YOU, BARBRA! MOTLD - MasterNamed Chicago’s Best Musical, Best New Play and Funniest Show, Musical of the Living Dead makes it...

The 39 Steps

The 39 Steps

May 9 – May 17, 2014

Take four actors portraying over 150 characters (including inanimate objects), a melodrama adapted from the 1915 novel by John Buchan, a 1935 film by Alfred...

Venus in Fur

Venus in Fur

Mar 13 – Mar 22, 2014

VENUS IN FUR by David Ives STORY LINE: Thomas Novachek is the writer-director of a new play, an adaptation of the 1870 novel Venus in...

The Texas Chainsaw Musical!

The Texas Chainsaw Musical!

Jul 19 – Jul 27, 2013

The Texas Chainsaw Musical! comes to Delaware with tons more bloody fun and body parts too. Let the chainsaw roar again this summer. The Texas...

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She Loves Me in Delaware She Loves Me
Possum Point Players (11/13-11/22)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street in Delaware Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street
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Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in Delaware Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
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Grease in Delaware Grease
Milton Theatre (7/09-8/02)
Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery in Delaware Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
Second Street Players (8/21-8/30)
Gypsy in Delaware Gypsy
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Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Delaware Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Milton Theatre (10/21-11/01)