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THE WEEKEND THEATER

1001 West 7th Street
Little Rock, AR 72201



Final Weeks to Vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards; Actors Theatre of Little Rock Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 22, 2025

We're in the final weeks to vote for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards; THE WIZARD OF OZ Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 15, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Latest Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards; Arkansas State University Theatre Leads Favorite Theatre!


by BWW Awards - December 08, 2025

The latest standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

First Standings Announced for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards; THE DROWSY CHAPERONE Leads Best Musical!


by BWW Awards - December 01, 2025

The first standings have been released for the 2025 BroadwayWorld Arkansas Awards! Voting ends on 12/31/2025 at midnight. Don't miss out on making sure that your favorite theatres, stars, and shows get the recognition they deserve!...

Review: THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock


by Theresa Bertram - November 26, 2025

What did our critic think of THE THANKSGIVING PLAY at The Weekend Theater? The Thanksgiving Play by Larissa FastHorse, running now through December 7 at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock, fills a surprising theatrical gap — where are all the Thanksgiving shows? ...

Review: PLAYING WITH FIRE AFTER FRANKENSTEIN at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock


by Theresa Bertram - October 18, 2025

I never know what I am going to encounter at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock, but their newest offering exceeded my expectations. ...

Review: LORD OF THE FLIES at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock


by Theresa Bertram - August 03, 2025

Confession time — I didn’t read most of the required reading in school. I had a friend who struggled in math but loved reading, and I excelled in math but couldn’t focus on the classics. ...

Review: A NEW BRAIN at The Weekend Theater


by Theresa Bertram - June 18, 2025

One of my favorite things about The Weekend Theater in Little Rock is their fearless commitment to producing shows that make you think deeply, feel unexpectedly, and, at times, laugh through your tears. ...

Review: CARRIE THE MUSICAL at The Weekend Theater


by Theresa Bertram - May 16, 2025

If CARRIE THE MUSICAL at The Weekend Theater in Little Rock isn’t sold out yet, I will be surprised! With a powerful cast and haunting score, this production grabs hold of your spine and doesn’t let go. Running through Sunday, May 18, this weekend is your last chance to catch this chilling and deepl...

Review: GOD OF CARNAGE at The Weekend Theater


by Theresa Bertram - March 22, 2025

What did our critic think of GOD OF CARNAGE at The Weekend Theater?...

Past Shows

In The Next Room, or the Vibrator Play


The Weekend Theater, located at 1001 W. 7th Street, on the corner of Chester Street, in downtown Little Rock, AR, presents In The Next Room, ...

Misery
Misery
10/21 - 11/6/2022


MISERY follows successful romance novelist Paul Sheldon, who is rescued from a car crash by his Number One Fan, Annie Wilkes, and wakes up captive ...

Radium Girls
Radium Girls
9/16 - 10/2/2022


In 1926, radium was a miracle cure, Madame Curie an international celebrity, and luminous watches the latest rageuntil the girls who painted them began to ...

The Motherf**ker With the Hat


Struggles with addiction, friendship, love, and the challenges of adulthood are at the center of the story. Jackie, a petty drug dealer, is just out ...

Casa Valentina
Casa Valentina
7/15 - 7/31/2022


Nestled in the Catskills1962s land of dirty dancing and Borscht Belt comedyan inconspicuous bungalow colony catered to a very special clientele: heterosexual men who delighted ...

Always... Patsy Cline
Always... Patsy Cline
6/3 - 6/19/2022


Always Patsy Cline is a heartfelt celebration of the legendary country songstress. From the moment Texas housewife Louise Seger first heard Patsy Clines voice, she ...

C*CK
4/29 - 5/15/2022


John has been in a stable relationship with his boyfriend for a number of years. But when he takes a break, he accidentally falls in ...

Clybourne Park
3/24 - 4/10/2022


Clybourne Park spans two generations fifty years apart. In 1959, Russ and Bev are selling their desirable two-bedroom at a bargain price, unknowingly bringing the ...

FOUNDATIONS WORKSHOP: Accessible Techniques for Acting & Musical Theatre for Actors Ages 12-18 Hosted by The Weekend Theater


Technique Workshop for Acting and Musical Theater.Michael Scott will share foundational techniques for acting in plays and musicals. Both beginners and veterans stand to extract ...

DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
6/14 - 7/8/2018

Stick Fly
Stick Fly
5/11 - 5/26/2018


by Lydia R. Diamond May 11, 12, 18, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 2018 Directed by Candrice Jones SYNOPSIS The affluent, African – American LeVay ...

Six Characters In Search of a Play Hosted by The Weekend Theater and Del Shores


Six Characters In Search of a Play Hosted by The Weekend Theater and Del Shores "A Sunday with Del". First, enjoy fabulous brunch at 610 ...

Assassins
Assassins
4/6 - 4/22/2018


Book by John Wiedman Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Co-directed by Andy Hall and Jamie Scott Blakey Music Direction by Jeannie Scott Cross April ...

Inherit the Wind
Inherit the Wind
2/22 - 3/10/2018


Inherit the Wind by Jerome Lawrence and Robert Edwin Lee February 23, 24, March 2, 3, 4, 8, 9, 10, 2018 Directed by Byron Taylor ...

As Bees in Honey Drown
As Bees in Honey Drown
1/12 - 1/27/2018


by Douglas Carter Beane January 12, 13, 19, 20, 21, 25, 26, 27, 2018 Directed by Kayla Esmond Evan Wyler captures the attention of Alexa ...

ALMOST, MAINE
ALMOST, MAINE
12/1 - 12/16/2017


By John Cariani and directed by Brian Chambers, in this delightful midwinter night's dream, Almost, Maine's residents find themselves falling in and out of love ...

THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
10/20 - 11/5/2017


The humorous musical tells the story of a newly engaged couple getting caught in a storm and coming to the home of a mad transvestite ...

In The Blood
In The Blood
5/5 - 5/21/2017


by Suzan-Lori Parks Directed by Jermaine McClure In this modern day riff on The Scarlet Letter, Hester, a homeless mother of five, lives with her ...

Titanic: The Musical
Titanic: The Musical
2/17 - 3/12/2017


Titanic: The Musical Book by Peter Stone Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston February 17, 18, 19, 24, 25, 26, March 3, 4, 5, 10, ...

Intimate Apparel
Intimate Apparel
1/13 - 1/28/2017


By Lynn Nottage The time is 1905, the place New York City, where Esther, a black seamstress, lives in a boarding house for women and ...

AUDITIONS: Bad Seed and In The Blood at The Weekend Theater


Auditions will be held Saturday, January 14 at 10:00am and Sunday, January 15 at 6:00pm at TWT (1001 W. 7th St., Little Rock, AR 72201. ...

Sordid Lives
Sordid Lives
12/2 - 12/18/2016


This “black comedy about white trash” by Del Shores is a wildly clever and campy tale of one man’s growing up gay in conservative, small-town ...

The Wiz at TWT
The Wiz at TWT
10/21 - 11/13/2016


This beloved Broadway musical sets Dorothy’s adventures in the Land of Oz to a dazzling, lively mixture of rock, gospel and soul music. Dorothy, a ...

LINCOLN’S DREAM – Dramatic Reading with Reception


“Lincoln’s Dream” is a Two-Act tragedy which takes place in the last week of President Abraham Lincoln’s life. Pre-show Wine and Cheese Reception followed by ...

Twelve Angry Men
Twelve Angry Men
9/16 - 10/1/2016


A 19 year old man has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of his father. It looks like an open and shut case — ...

The Library
The Library
8/12 - 8/27/2016


After Caitlin Gabriel survives a deadly shooting at her high school, she struggles to tell her story to her parents, the authorities, and anyone who ...

The Drowsy Chaperone
The Drowsy Chaperone
7/15 - 7/31/2016


Nominated for thirteen Tony Awards in 2006, winning five, The Drowsy Chaperone: A Musical Within a Comedy is a hilarious homage to early American musicals, ...

The Paris Letter
The Paris Letter
5/3 - 5/18/2013


Jon Robin Baitz, praised as one of America's foremost playwrights on themes of conscience, gives us an absorbing new play about power and money and ...

doubt
doubt
4/5 - 4/20/2013


Winner of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award, John Patrick Shanley's provocative new play, DOUBT, is a gripping story of suspicion cast on a ...

Company
Company
3/8 - 2/24/2013


Winner of the New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Musical and seven 1971 Tony Awards, Company follows our anti-hero bachelor Robert as he ...

ain't nothing but a thang
ain't nothing but a thang
2/8 - 2/23/2013


This award-winning drama-comedy takes a raw look at the problems that plague an African American family, including AIDs, illiteracy, self-hate, and drug abuse. The Fazes ...

the metal children
the metal children
1/11 - 1/26/2013


In small-town America, a young adult novel about teen pregnancy is banned by the local school board, igniting a fierce and violent debate over abortion, ...

the outsiders
the outsiders
11/30 - 12/15/2012


The Outsiders tells the story of two groups of teenagers whose bitter rivalry stems from socioeconomic differences. However, Hinton suggests, these differences in social class ...

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