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RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

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Review: THE PRODUCERS - A MEL BROOKS MUSICAL at The Candlelight Theatre


by Rosanne DellAversano - January 20, 2026

What did our critic think of THE PRODUCERS - A MEL BROOKS MUSICAL at The Candlelight Theatre?...

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


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

King Lear
King Lear
Apr 10 – Apr 27, 2025

King Lear has decided to end his reign and divide his country among his three daughters. Loyalties are misjudged and Lear soon finds himself stripped...

Misery
Misery
Feb 13 – Mar 2, 2025

This terrifying psychological thriller follows the disturbed mind of a former nurse as she holds her favorite author captive. As the author struggles to escape,...

Rough Crossing
Rough Crossing
Nov 7 – Nov 24, 2024

A hilarious farce where two playwrights, one jealous composer, and most of the cast of a Broadway-bound show attempt to simultaneously finish writing and rehearse...

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again)
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged) (revised) (again)
Sep 19 – Oct 6, 2024

This fast-paced comedy is guaranteed to have both lovers and haters of Shakespeare in stitches as it covers ALL of Shakespeare's plays and sonnets in just one...

What the Constitution Means to Me
What the Constitution Means to Me
Sep 13 – Sep 22, 2024

Challenging, hopeful, and funny – this ground-breaking play takes a sharp analysis at the biases inherent in the Constitution and imagines how this founding document...

DEATHTRAP
DEATHTRAP
Apr 11 – Apr 28, 2024

Hugely popular on stage and screen, this dark comedy thriller is a perfect blend of schemes, plot-twists, and outrageous humor.Once famous playwright, Sidney Bruhl is...

PASS OVER
PASS OVER
Feb 8 – Feb 18, 2024

A mashup of Beckett’s Waiting for Godot and the Biblical Exodus story told by a bold new American voice.Two young black men, Moses and Kitch, stand on the corner...

JOHN BALL'S IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
JOHN BALL'S IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
Nov 2 – Nov 19, 2023

August 1962 — a white man is discovered dead in a small town of Alabama. Local police arrest the only stranger in town, a black...

VITA & VIRGINIA
VITA & VIRGINIA
Sep 21 – Oct 1, 2023

Adapted from letters and diaries to deftly weave the story of the improbable love affair and enduring friendship between aristocratic novelist and poet, Vita Sackville-West,...

MEDEA
MEDEA
Apr 13 – Apr 30, 2023

The powerful and timeless Greek tragedy. What is love worth? What is the cost of betrayal? Medeas love and loyalty to Jason was unquestionable until...

SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU
SISTER MARY IGNATIUS EXPLAINS IT ALL FOR YOU
Mar 8 – Mar 12, 2023

In her lecture, Sister Mary explains her strict beliefs and warns all of the perils of sin.  Her lecture takes an unexpected turn as four of her former pupils...

A POEM AND A MISTAKE
A POEM AND A MISTAKE
Feb 25

A Poem and a Mistake follows the story of Myrrha, a grad student in the classics, who is grappling with how to handle the 50 sexual...

SUITE BLACKNESS: BLACK DANCE IN CINEMA
SUITE BLACKNESS: BLACK DANCE IN CINEMA
Feb 16 – Feb 18, 2023

This dance performance is a journey through racial and cultural tensions from the 1920s to present day - Showcasing films such as “Stormy Weather”, “The...

ChambeREP: LOVE LETTERS
ChambeREP: LOVE LETTERS
Sep 30 – Oct 1, 2022

Andrew Makepeace Ladd III and Melissa Gardner have exchanged hundreds of letters for over fifty years. Theirs is a relationship that spans childhood crushes, boarding...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Nov 3 – Aug 20, 2022

You thought your family was crazy? Meet the Brewsters.Mortimer Brewster discovers his seemingly sweet old aunts have a nasty habit of poisoning lonely old men...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 8 – Dec 26, 2021

A Christmas Carol is back! The REP is delighted to offer this classic holiday listening opportunity once again to our audience members and their families....

Votetrickery: A Spoken Word Symphony
Votetrickery: A Spoken Word Symphony
Dec 1 – Dec 19, 2021

Throughout our history it has been suggested that America does not have a government by the majority, but rather it has a government by the...

The Murders in the Rue Morgue
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Oct 27 – Nov 14, 2021

The Murders in the Rue Morgue is a frightening tale sure to give you the Halloween chills. Adapted from Edgar Allan Poe's classic thriller by...

A Scandal in Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia
Sep 29 – Oct 17, 2021

In this exciting and amusing Sherlock Holmes story, the King of Bohemia enlists the services of the great detective and his faithful friend Dr. Watson...

The Cornish Mystery
The Cornish Mystery
Apr 23 – May 21, 2021

The Resident Ensemble Players wraps up the 2020-2021 season with Agatha Christies The Cornish Mystery, the REPs final story in The Poirot Mysteries!The mystery begins...

The King of Clubs
The King of Clubs
Mar 26 – May 21, 2021

The Oglander family is enjoying a quiet game of bridge in their drawing room when suddenly a woman, covered in blood, staggers in, with a...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
Feb 26 – May 16, 2021

The REP's audio adaptation of Joseph Kesselring's Arsenic and Old Lace will have you roaring with laughter as our resident actors portray the colorful characters...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
Dec 11 – Dec 25, 2020

Join the Resident Ensemble Players (REP) on air and online this holiday season for the brand new audio presentation of Charles Dicken's heart-warming classic A...

Round and Round the Garden
Round and Round the Garden
Apr 23 – May 10, 2020

by Alan AyckbournDirected by Maria AitkenAPR. 23 MAY 10A hilarious tale of three couples looking for love and satisfaction anywhere but their own bedrooms. Annie...

The Whipping Man
The Whipping Man
Apr 16 – May 10, 2020

By Matthew LopezDirected by Steve TagueAPR. 16 MAY 10The Civil War is over; the Confederacy has fallen. On the eve of Passover, Caleb, a young...

The Crucible
The Crucible
Mar 5 – Mar 22, 2020

By Arthur MillerDirected by Ben BarnesMAR. 5 - MAR. 22When a group of teenage girls is caught dancing naked in the woods outside of a...

Starter Pistol
Starter Pistol
Jan 16 – Feb 2, 2020

By Michael GotchDirected by Mark LamosJAN. 16 FEB. 2After last seasons wildly successful Minor Fantastical Kingdoms, Michael Gotch returns with a darker look at middle...

Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express
Nov 7 – Nov 24, 2019

Adapted for the Stage by Ken LudwigDirected by Sanford RobbinsNOV. 7 - NOV. 24An opulent train stranded in the snow-whipped mountains, a dining car packed...

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
Sep 26 – Oct 13, 2019

By Tracy LettsDirected by Jackson GaySEP. 26 OCT. 13This funny, furious family reunion from hell begins when patriarch Beverly Weston disappears into the hot summer...

FEVER
Apr 18 – May 4, 2013

Thompson Theatre: - Theresa Rebeck; dir: Sanford Robbins....

Hamlet
Feb 28 – Mar 17, 2013

Thompson Theatre: - William Shakespeare; dir: Mark Lamos....

THE THREEPENNY OPERA
Jan 17 – Feb 12, 2013

An artistic destiny fulfilled, visionary director Robert Wilson (Quartett, 2009 Next Wave) joins the world-renowned Berliner Ensemble for its New York debut in a bold...

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