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Second Street Players

2 South Walnut St
Milford, DE 19963

Upcoming Shows

Gypsy

Gypsy

Jul 10 – Jul 19, 2026

Regarded by many theatre professionals as the finest musical ever created, Gypsy is the ultimate tale of an ambitious stage mother fighting for her daughters’...

Beetlejuice JR.

Beetlejuice JR.

Oct 9 – Oct 18, 2026

The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Lydia Deetz is a strange...

FrUiTCaKeS

FrUiTCaKeS

Nov 27 – Dec 6, 2026

Mix together a batch of fruitcakes, three dozen Christmas trees, 10,000 outdoor Christmas lights, a chicken pox epidemic, two southern spinsters, an estranged old man,...



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


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


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


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


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: YOUNG FRANKENSTEIN at The Candlelight Theatre


by Rosanne DellAversano - March 21, 2026

A monster of a musical hits The Candlelight Theatre stage....

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 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

Girls' Weekend

Girls' Weekend

May 8 – May 17, 2026

Four women travel to Dot’s Northwoods cabin to consume copious amounts of wine, laugh at their lives, trade stories and chat about their book club’s...

Cheaper by the Dozen

Cheaper by the Dozen

Mar 20 – Mar 29, 2026

An attractive high-school girl is not only a member of a large and unique family but her father is one of the great pioneers of...

Coney Island Christmas

Coney Island Christmas

Nov 28 – Dec 7, 2025

In CONEY ISLAND CHRISTMAS, Shirley Abramowitz, a young Jewish girl who, much to her parents’ displeasure, is cast as Jesus in the school play.

Little Shop of Horrors

Little Shop of Horrors

Oct 10 – Oct 19, 2025

Seymour Krelborn names a new plant "Audrey II" - after his coworker crush. This carnivore promises fame and fortune if Seymour feeds it… BLOOD!

Villain School

Villain School

Aug 29 – Aug 31, 2025

The Villains’ Institute for Learning Evil (V.I.L.E.) is where the famous villains go. Everything turns upside-down when Frank Stein enrolls and challenges the status quo.

The Secret Garden

The Secret Garden

Jul 11 – Jul 20, 2025

Orphaned in India, Mary Lennox returns to Yorkshire to live with her reclusive Uncle Archibald. The estate’s inhabitants lead them to experience forgiveness and renewal.

Steel Magnolias

Steel Magnolias

May 9 – May 18, 2025

Truvy's beauty salon is where all the ladies come to have their hair done - touching, funny, marvelously amiable friends in good times and bad.

Peter Pan and Wendy

Peter Pan and Wendy

Mar 28 – Mar 30, 2025

When Peter Pan flies into their nursery, Wendy brings her brothers along to Neverland. With Lost Boys, Captain Hook, and pirates, why ever go home?

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

Feb 7 – Feb 16, 2025

The brutality of life in a mental institution is explored with humor and candor. Rebellious McMurphy clashes with authoritarian Nurse Ratched. Insubordination has its consequences.

A Nice Family Christmas

A Nice Family Christmas

Dec 4 – Dec 12, 2020

Second Street Player presents: Pandemic-friendly performances of "A Nice Family Christmas" Milfords Second Street Players (SSP) will present its first production in compliance with the...

The Elephant Man

The Elephant Man

Apr 13 – Apr 22, 2018

The Elephant Man comes to downtown Milford: Milford, DE- Second Street Players proudly presents The Elephant Man by Bernard Pomerance. Performance dates are April 13th,...

Neil Simon's THE SUNSHINE BOYS

Neil Simon's THE SUNSHINE BOYS

Feb 10 – Feb 19, 2017

Milford’s Second Street Players presents Neil Simon's hysterical comedy, THE SUNSHINE BOYS, on February 10, 11, 17, and 18, 2017, at 8 PM and February...

Videos


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Clear Space Theatre Company (6/23-7/27)
Mean Girls in Delaware Mean Girls
Clear Space Theatre Company (6/26-8/29)
Pretty Woman in Delaware Pretty Woman
Clear Space Theatre Company (7/01-8/25)
Grease in Delaware Grease
Milton Theatre (7/09-8/02)
Hedwig and the Angry Inch in Delaware Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Milton Theatre (10/21-11/01)
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Chicago A Cappella (10/25-8/25)
Gypsy in Delaware Gypsy
Second Street Players (7/10-7/19)
The King at the Queen featuring Jesse Garron's Elvis Tribute in Delaware The King at the Queen featuring Jesse Garron's Elvis Tribute
The Queen (8/28-8/28)
Disney's Descendants: The Musical in Delaware Disney's Descendants: The Musical
Milton Theatre (8/20-8/23)
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches in Delaware Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
Possum Point Players (9/11-9/20)