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Second Street Players

2 South Walnut St
Milford, DE 19963

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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 and unusual teenager, still grieving the loss of her mother and obsessed with the whole “being dead thing.” Lucky...

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, a lost cat named Tutti Frutti and a Christmas hog named Buster and you've got the recipe for a fun-filled and...

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Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

Review: HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED at RESIDENT ENSEMBLE PLAYERS

by Greer Firestone · September 10, 2026

A one-man show is a monumental undertaking—and a monumental responsibility. For veteran REP actor Hassan El-Amin – who is Black -there is further gravitas in giving voice to August Wilson’s HOW I LEARNED WHAT I LEARNED, a 90-minute, no-intermission journey through the experiences that forged o…

Review: ANNIE at The Candlelight Theatre

Review: ANNIE at The Candlelight Theatre

by Rosanne DellAversano · July 23, 2026

Who doesn’t enjoy an evening of young musical theater performers strutting their stuff on a professional stage? Not me and certainly not the enthusiastic Opening Night audience of ANNIE now playing at The Candlelight Theatre. …

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…

Past Shows

15 total · showing 1–10

Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Ken Ludwig's Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery

Aug 21 – Aug 30, 2026

Comedic genius Ken Ludwig transforms Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. To find their ingenious killer, Holmes and Watson must brave the desolate moors before a family curse dooms its newest heir. Watch as our intrepid...

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’ success - while secretly yearning for her own. Set all across America in the 1920s and 30s, when vaudeville was dying...

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 latest selection. The only obstacle to each of the ladies’ secret endeavors is Dot, who wants to stay up all night and party with...

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 industrial efficiency. Her father decides to apply his unorthodox methods to the entire large family. While the situations are often uproarious...

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?

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