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THE WEEKEND THEATER

1001 West 7th Street
Little Rock, AR 72201


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Isabella Nguyen and Bee Golleher have so much experience, and when they hit the stage, they command your attention. That also holds true for behind the scenes as well. So, whatever they choose to do, I know they will make an amazing mark in their worlds....

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Feature: Arkansas Theatre Year In Review for 2023


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Review: EVERY CHRISTMAS STORY EVER TOLD (AND THEN SOME) at The Weekend Theater


by Theresa Bertram - December 08, 2023

Every Christmas Story Ever Told is the Christmas is funny for the whole family...

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by Theresa Bertram - September 01, 2023

What did our critic think of CIRCLE MIRROR TRANSFORMATION at The Weekend Theater? I never know what to expect when I go to The Weekend Theater, 1001 W 7th St, in Little Rock. This troupe of performers like to push boundaries, put you in your feelings, and often times make things awkward. For this en...

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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 ...

The MotherFer with the Hat
8/19 - 8/28/2022


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 ...

Always… Patsy Cline
2/18 - 3/6/2022


The touching and true story of country music legend, Patsy Cline, and her friendship with Texas housewife, Louise Seger. Told through the heartfelt and hilarious ...

The Nether
1/14 - 1/30/2022


The Nether is a virtual wonderland that provides total sensory immersion. Just log in, choose an identity, and indulge your every desire. But when a ...

Arsenic and Old Lace
Arsenic and Old Lace
10/22 - 11/7/2021


Arsenic and Old Lace, by Joseph Kesselring and directed by Brian Chambers, is a farcical black comedy revolving around the Brewster family, descended from the ...

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest


One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest, written by Ken Kesey and directed by Byron Taylor, is the story of a mental hospital and its inhabitants. ...

The Odd Couple
The Odd Couple
8/13 - 8/29/2021


This female version of The Odd Couple is playwright Neil Simons comedy re-written for a mostly female cast. The story follows Florence Unger and Olive ...

Children Of Eden
Children Of Eden
6/1 - 7/31/2020


Based on the story of Genesis, the age-old conflict of parents and children takes the stage in this epic, heartfelt Stephen Schwartz musical....

Regrets Only
4/24 - 5/3/2020


Paul Rudnick The Weekend Theater...

Crowns
Crowns
3/20 - 4/5/2020


Gospel, rap, hip hop, rhythm and blues, jazz and spoken word all feature prominently in Regina Taylors Crowns, opening March 20 at The Weekend Theater ...

Sweat
Sweat
2/14 - 2/29/2020


The Weekend Theater will stage the 2017 Pulitzer Prize-winning drama Sweat by Lynn Nottage Feb. 14-29 at the theater, 1001 W. 7th St. in Little ...

Good Kids
Good Kids
1/10 - 1/25/2020


The Weekend Theater will stage Naomi Iizuka’s “Good Kids” Jan. 10-25 at the theater, 1001 W. 7th St. in Little Rock. Show dates are Jan. ...

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
12/5 - 12/21/2019


The Weekend Theater will close out 2019 with Lorraine Hansberrys classic play A Raisin in the Sun running Dec. 5-21 at the theater, 1001 W. ...

Side Show
Side Show
10/11 - 10/27/2019


Side Show, with book and lyrics by Bill Russell, music by Henry Krieger, with additional book material by Bill Condon, is based on the true ...


Northville High School Drama Club...

The Rooster Rebellion
The Rooster Rebellion
8/30 - 9/8/2019


The Rooster Rebellion, written and directed by Anthony Mariani, takes place in fall 2015 and summer 2016 in London. Reese Anne, a London teenager, runs ...

The Rooster Rebellion
The Rooster Rebellion
8/30 - 9/8/2019


The Rooster Rebellion, written and directed by Anthony Mariani, takes place in fall 2015 and summer 2016 in London. Reese Anne, a London teenager, runs ...

The Rooster Rebellion
The Rooster Rebellion
8/30 - 9/8/2019


The Rooster Rebellion takes place in fall 2015 and summer 2016 in London. Reese Anne, a London teenager, runs away from home to help her ...

Between Riverside and Crazy
7/26 - 8/11/2019


Stephen Adly Guirgis The Weekend Theater...

Avenue Q
Avenue Q
6/14 - 6/30/2019


The Weekend Theater begins its 2019-2020 season with the Tony Award-winning musical Avenue Q, with music and lyrics by Robert Lopez and Jeff Marx and ...

The Survivor
The Survivor
5/10 - 5/18/2019


The Survivor, by Jack Eisner and Susan Nanus, takes place in the Warsaw ghetto during World War II. A group of determined teenagers organize to ...

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
2/15 - 3/3/2019


Assembled under the expert eye of director/lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr., Ain't Misbehavin' is one of the most popular, well-crafted revues of all time and winner ...

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN'
2/1 - 2/17/2019


Assembled under the expert eye of director/lyricist, Richard Maltby, Jr., Ain't Misbehavin' is one of the most popular, well-crafted revues of all time and winner ...

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 ...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
11/30 - 12/15/2018


Steel Magnolias By Robert Harling Directed by: Duane Jackson November 30, December 1, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 2018 SYNOPSIS Set in Truvy’s beauty ...

IF/THEN
10/11 - 10/28/2018


If/Then is a contemporary new musical that follows two distinct story lines in the life of Elizabeth, a city planner who moves back to New ...

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 ...

VIOLET
8/11 - 8/27/2017


Winner of the Drama Critics' Circle Award and Lucille Lortel Award for Best Musical when it premiered Off-Broadway in 1997, and then on to a ...

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, ...

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND
2/12 - 2/28/2016


Once On This Island is a captivating musical based on the novel "My Love, My Love" and a vibrant reimagining of the Hans Christian Andersen ...

AMERICAN IDIOT
7/17 - 8/9/2015


American Idiot is a sung-through rock musical based on the concept album of the same name by rock band Green Day. After a run at ...

The Sound of Music
2/13 - 3/1/2015


The Sound of Music, a beloved musical brimming with romance and resilience, was crafted by the team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. These ...

A Strange and Separate People


This engrossing three-character drama addresses the struggle for many to accept their homosexuality while adhering to their religious beliefs, in this case those of Orthodox ...

Tuesdays With Morrie
Tuesdays With Morrie
4/4 - 4/19/2014


TUESDAYS WITH MORRIE is the autobiographical story of Mitch Albom, an accomplished journalist driven solely by his career, and Morrie Schwartz, his former college professor. ...

The Water Children
The Water Children
3/7 - 3/22/2014


Is abortion murder? Should the rights of the mother supersede those of the unborn? Would you take an acting job to pay the rent though ...

Joe Turner’s Come And Gone


Set in a black boardinghouse in 1911 Pittsburgh, this drama by the author of The Piano Lesson, Seven Guitars and Fences is an installment in ...

blu
blu
1/10 - 1/25/2014


Memory, history, and culture collide with the starlit rooftop dreams of a myth-inspired character as Soledad and her partner, Hailstorm, redefine family on their own ...

Scrooge!
Scrooge!
12/6 - 12/22/2013


With the goose and holly of a Victorian Christmas surrounding him, miserly old Ebenezer Scrooge rejects the companionship of his fellow men and women for ...

A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange
11/1 - 11/16/2013


Based on his provocative 1962 novella of the same name and the cult film of 1971, Anthony Burgess’s play with music was first published in ...

bare
7/12 - 7/28/2013


A group of high school seniors at a Catholic boarding school faces issues of sexuality and personal identity. As they struggle to come to terms ...

Monty Python's Spamalot
7/12 - 7/28/2013


Follow the legendary King Arthur as he and his knights of the round table venture out on a quest to find the Holy Grail....

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 ...

Next Fall
Next Fall
4/6 - 4/21/2012


Geoffrey Nauffts' Next Fall, a witty and provocative look at faith, commitment and unconditional love, is about two gay men in a committed relationship with ...

The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
3/9 - 3/24/2012


This classic tells the story of Annie Sullivan and her student, blind and mute Helen Keller, dramatizing the volatile relationship between the lonely teacher and ...

Yellowman
Yellowman
2/10 - 2/25/2012


A Pulitzer finalist, Yellowman is a powerful and fascinating drama about racial prejudice within the African-American Gullah/Geechee culture in the Sea Islands off South Carolina. ...

The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later


On November 6, 1998, gay University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard left the Fireside Bar with Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson. The following day he ...

Judgment at Nuremberg
Judgment at Nuremberg
12/2 - 12/17/2011


Abby Mann's riveting drama, Judgment at Nuremberg, not only brought some of the worst Nazi atrocities to public attention, but it has become one of ...

The Quality of Life
The Quality of Life
11/4 - 11/19/2011


In this magnetic work of theater, filled with compassion, honesty and humor, Dinah and Bill, a devout, church-going couple from the Midwest are struggling to ...

Pippin
Pippin
10/7 - 10/23/2011


Nominated in 1972 for 11 Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and winning five of those coveted Awards, this hip, tongue-in-cheek, anachronistic fairy tale is based ...

The Guys
The Guys
9/9 - 9/24/2011


In commemoration of the tenth year anniversary of “9/11,” The Weekend Theater presents this tribute to the firefighters and other heroes who lost their lives ...

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
7/22 - 8/13/2011


A professor with an ear for language but a tone-deaf heart, a wiser than she seems Cockney flower girl he attempts to turn into a ...

Videos


The Lost Boy in Arkansas The Lost Boy
Fort Smith Little Theatre (4/4 - 4/13)
What the Constitution Means to Me in Arkansas What the Constitution Means to Me
Actors Theatre of Little Rock (9/11 - 9/21)
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical in Arkansas Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Argenta Community Theater (4/17 - 4/27)
Beautiful: The Carole King Story in Arkansas Beautiful: The Carole King Story
Argenta Contemporary Theatre (4/17 - 4/27)
Romeo & Juliet in Arkansas Romeo & Juliet
Actors Theatre of Little Rock (4/10 - 4/20)
To Kill a Mockingbird in Arkansas To Kill a Mockingbird
Walton Arts Center [Baum Walker Hall] (4/16 - 4/21)
Pretty Woman (Non-Equity) in Arkansas Pretty Woman (Non-Equity)
Robinson Center Music Hall (4/26 - 4/28)
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