The 2025–2026 season at Playhouse on the Square could be summed up in one word: Renaissance. The overall quality of the productions, the size of the audiences, and the standard of excellence have all finally returned after suffering noticeably from the far‑reaching effects of the Covid pandemic.…
What did our critic think of BEAUTY AND THE BEAST at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?…
In this ever‑evolving technological revolution, people seem increasingly desperate to stand out. We now have 24/7 intimate access to what anyone, anywhere in the world is doing, thinking, or feeling. And in an almost futile attempt to feel special, hyperbolic language has become the norm.…
You likely learned the rhyme in school. If you are a history buff like I am, you know the names of each wife of King Henry VIII. And now this popular musical is back at the Orpheum, after first making HERstory in Memphis in November of 2023. Nearly 3 years later, the show is just as fun, just as vib…
Stephen King may be crowned the “King of Horror,” but his body of work stretches far beyond scares, encompassing dramatic classics like, “Stand By Me,” “The Green Mile” and “The Shawshank Redemption.” Audiences devour the novels, the films, or both—but notice what’s missing from …
Make this make sense: take a handful of successful Swedish pop songs from the 1970s, hand them to a British creative team to build a stage musical set on a Greek island, give it a commonly used Italian exclamation (“Mamma Mia!”), and watch it become an American phenomenon.…
What did our critic think of THE SOUND OF MUSIC at Orpheum Theatre Memphis?…
The city of Memphis is 63% African American. The nation’s first Black newspaper began here under the leadership of Ida B. Wells. The 1968 Sanitation Workers’ Strike brought Martin Luther King Jr. to this city, leading to his assassination and dramatically accelerating the national civil rights m…
What did our critic think of JAGGED LITTLE PILL at Playhouse On The Square?…
Memphis may be expecting a snowstorm but The Outsiders: A New Musical is heating things up at the Orpheum! …
BIG RIVER CROSSINGGCT audiences have come to love BIG RIVER CROSSING like our own family band. After multiple sold out shows from their first Johnny Cash Tribute...
After a sold out show in January, your host Zach Williams is back with 4 new comics ready to make you laugh with "clean-ish" stand...
GCT's final Lunchbreak Concert of Season 53 brings back the incomparable Tanisha Ward with an hour of engaging beautiful music presenting We The People 2.0: An...
Season 53 finishes with one of the most beloved and poignant musicals of our time. With a distinctly Brechtian dose of provocation and a Kander...
TOO MANY DETECTIVES AT THE MURDER MANSIONGCT's annual Books On Stage youth procudtionSure, you think you’ve seen this type of murder mystery before. A cast...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra The Stories of Scheherazade at Germantown Comunity TheatreMSO & GCT continue our Lunchbreak Series with a rare treat. Skillful musicians will whisk you away...
MSO & GCT continue our Lunchbreak Series with a rare treat. Skillful musicians will whisk you away to the fantasy world of the “1001 Arabian...
HOT FOOT HONEYS "Lessons Learned" A Tap ConcertLESSONS LEARNED is an exploration of the human experience through the universal language of dance. Audiences will be left with a...
Join GCT for an evening of all things Emerald Isle in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day! You may recognize band leader, Philip Himebook, from GCT’s...
A 19-year-old suspect has just stood trial for the fatal stabbing of their father. “They don’t stand a chance,” mutters the guard as the 12...
Iris Collective Presents "LOVE NOTES" at Germantown Community TheatreIn this romantic Lunchbreak Concert, Iris Collective’s 2024/2025 Artist Fellows Gabriela Fogo on violin and Roberta dos Santos on cello...
GCT has a surprise special addition to Season 53 with an encore presentation of a wildly popular production from our friends at Quark Theatre! Annabel is...
Start 2025 off with a barrel of laughs!THANK YOU FIVE: An Evening of Comedy- TAKE 2!Saturday January 18thTickets $15Bar opens at 6:30 & Show at...
The Mid-South Cartoonists Association gallery art show, THE FUNNY PAGES, is happening at Germantown Community Theatre November 12th, 2025 thru the new year. MSCA will...
GCT celebrated the holidays with ANNIE JR. the Musical and it seems the Christmas spirit floods the airwaves earlier and earlier every year. Busy schedules,...
GCT Executive Director Marques Brown, known locally as a theatre professional, educator, and special needs advocate, is back again with his Ostrander nominated original adaptation,...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Annual Seasons GreetingsNow in it’s 4th year, GCT and MSO invite you and yours to celebrate holiday cheer of home and hearth...
Based on the popular comic strip and adapted from the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, with a beloved book and score by Tony Award winners, Thomas...
GCT Concert & Event Series continues with the return of Iris Collective GIVING THANKS will be an hour of beautiful "Melodies of Gratitude"Iris Collective Fellows, Roberta Dos...
Take three delicious, malicious housewives, add three miserable husbands—and chill. That's the recipe of Michele Lowe's tantalizing comedy The Smell of the Kill running October 18th to...
The big night is almost here! "Thank you, Five...an Evening of Comedy" at Germantown Community Theatre in conjunction with Highwater Comedy has an incredible fire...
The Teresa Jordan Emerging Local Playwright Competition winner for Season 53 PATTERNS by Michael Hoffman, is a searing drama that explores what happens when we ask the uncomfortable questions.Retired...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra will join us for 3 Lunchbreak Concerts this season and they start off with a string quartet playing an unforgettable hour of...
Germantown Community Theatre's 53rd Season continues with Ride the Cyclone the Musical August 16th - September 1stJoin us for the regional premiere of this wildly popular musical...
GCT Season 53 begins with Antigone or And Still She Must Rise Up.July 12th-28thThe plague has not yet left Thebes. In a broken world at the...
Come to Germantown Community Theatre for our first Lunchbreak Concert of Season 53.THIS IS US: The African American Experience Through Song with the incomparable vocalist...
GCT audiences have come to love BIG RIVER CROSSING like our own family band.After multiple sold out shows from their first Johnny Cash Tribute to their recent...
Legally Blonde the Musical Sponsored by Sue Olsson Director/Choreographer Leah Barrett & Music Director Tammy HoltAmerica’s favorite blonde, Elle Woods, is ready to prove who’s in charge...
Merry Men by Kemuel DeMovilleIn this hilarious twist on classic Robin Hood lore, Maid Marian learns that she has to marry the objectionably evil and incompetent...
Germantown Community Theatre's next Season 52 Show THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME will open April 12th with our traditional champagne reception! Make...
Magic Mr. Nick and his friend Paleontologist Colby are back with a whole new slate of colorful dinosaurs to introduce your excited kiddos to at...
ALEXIS GRACE in CONCERT Sunday MARCH 24th 7pmVoted Memphis Flyer Best Singer in Memphis 2023 and former American Idol semifinalist, Alexis Grace takes the stage...
LITTLE WOMEN Adapted by Kate Hamill from the novel by Louisa May AlcottSponsored by Fred & Brandy Miller in honor of their 50th AnniversaryMarch 1st...
Magic Mr. Nick amazed and amused GCT audiences with his Dr. Wacky Science Show last Halloween but this time he's left the lab behind and...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra returns with a POPS style concert of irresistible favorites sure to have you singing along!Come celebrate spring and enjoy an hour of...
For Germantown Community Theatre's first Lunchbreak Concert of 2024 we invite you to enjoy "Love Songs Through the Ages" with Iris Collective!From www.iriscollective.org : “When art stirs the...
Germantown Community Theatre presents The Children by Lucy Kirkwood. Set in 'a small cottage on the east coast', where Hazel (Christina Wellford Scott) and Robin...
Philip and Peter Himebook are bringing the band home for the holidays to GCT!You fell in love with Big River Crossing in their Johnny Cash...
Back by popular demand! Marques Brown's Ostrander nominated original adaptation of Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol is an hour long sincere and uplifting portrayal of...
The return of a time honored tradition at GCT! This delightful comedy is adapted from the best-selling Young Adult book, and has become a holiday...
First in the Annual Playwright’s Competition for Emerging Local Authors Emily Draffen's play "Everyone and Their Mother"Maralee's decision to "live her truth" throws her adult children's lives into...
GCT's Lunchbreak Concerts have become a staple in our community. While we look forward to more appearances from Iris Collective and Memphis Symphony Orchestra thru...
Germantown Community Theatre begins their 52nd Season with the wildly popular modern mythical legend "The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical" an all youth acted...
GCT Welcomes back crowd favorite Big River Crossing!Phillip Himebook and his family band have worked up a whole new set of bluegrass and early rock...
This isn’t your grandmother’s Austen! Bold, surprising, boisterous, and timely, this P&P for a new era explores the absurdities and thrills of finding your perfect (or...
This season's BOOKS ON STAGE presentation will be "ShakeSPLOSION!!""ShakeSPLOSION!!" is a madcap sprint through every play written by the Bard. From 235 years of English...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra Joins us for another Lunchbreak Concert from 12-1pm for $10 general admission. Listen and learn as their fabulous musicians treat us to...
Since God created human based on his own image, the love story of thousands of men and women has been born. This musical consists of...
Join GCT in welcoming Brennan Villines in concert!This incredible and accomplished music artist travels the world entertaining but has never forgotten his Memphis roots. Brennan...
Welcome back the Iris Orchestra Fellows with new selections of orchestra music to delight the senses. More details to come! Lunchbox Concert Series Events are 1...
Spamalot tells the legendary tale of King Arthurs quest to find the Holy Grail. Inspired by the classic comedy film, Monty Python and the Holy...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra joins us for another Lunchbreak Concert!12 noon- 1pm for $10 general admission.Listen and learn as their fabulous musicians treat us to sounds...
This adults only night of hilarity is sure to be an unforgettable experience! Nick Toombs is a renowned entertainer and genuine hypnotist with a penchant...
Wit is the story of Dr. Vivian Bearing who examines that question when its main character, a feared English professor, finds out she has terminal...
Get ready to laugh and learn about your favorite dinosaurs with the whole family!Paleontologist, Mr. Colby, will introduce you to "real" dinosaurs of all shapes...
Germantown Community Theatre & Houston High School present TWO shows in one night! First enjoy Marques Brown in his adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic...
It is 1885 during the reign of Queen Victoria and two ships from the British Empire set sail on the high seas for the imaginary...
Iris Orchestra fellows, Otavio Kavakama & Pedro Maia, treat us to their masterful strings. These world traveled award winning innovators treat us to another lunch break...
Memphis Symphony Orchestra returns to GCT MSO is Bringing the Brass! This quintet is sure to please with another lunch break concert of favorites! at 12pm noon on Friday...
Dinosaurs are invading GCT!!!This Veteran's Day, KIDS of all ages, laugh & learn with prehistoric friends of all shapes & sizes!Friday Nov. 11th at 10:30am &...
In 1912 pompous industrialist Arthur Birling, who has hopes of a knighthood, his superior wife Sybil and young son Eric are celebrating the engagement of...
Smoke on the Mountain tells the story of a Saturday Night Gospel Sing at a country church in North Carolinas Smoky Mountains in 1938. The...
Puffs is the story of Wayne Hopkins: a regular boy who finds out hes a wizard and goes to school in England where he makes...
Regional Premiere starring our own Christina Hernandez!Hundred Days is an uncensored, exhilarating and heartrending true story about embracing uncertainty, taking a leap, and loving as...
Inspired by a true story and featuring the Tony-nominated score by Steve Martin and Edie Brickell, Broadway's BRIGHT STAR tells a sweeping tale of love...
Local historian and musician Cecil Yancy takes us on a musical journey of Bluegrass developing from old country gospel to the TV themes we know...
Notice the added Thursday performances and this allstar cast of Emily Draffen, Stephen Garrett, Tony Isbell and Christina Welford Scott! Anthony and Rosemary are two...
This show was postponed and we added Thursdays to accommodate as many of you as possible after the virus numbers have gone down. Please come...
Based on the beloved holiday film, this hilarious fish-out-of-water comedy follows Buddy the Elf in his quest to find his true identity. The would-be elf...
Join GCT once again tapping feet and clapping hands with Big River Crossing as they perform some of Johnny Cash's biggest hits as well as...
Its a dark and stormy night, and youve been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler...
NEW SHOW DATES!Thank you to our cast and crew for remounting the show since we had to cancel in March. All previous tickets were refunded...
Author Alfred Uhry Directed by Jason Spitzer Set in mid-century Atlanta, Driving Miss Daisy tells the story of an elderly Jewish matron, Daisy Werthan, and...
Next to Normal (Book & lyrics by Brian Yorkey and music by Tom Kitt) explores how one suburban household copes with crisis and mental illness....
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Sweeney Todd Playhouse on the Square (6/12-7/12) |
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Bored Teachers Graceland Soundstage (10/08-10/08) |
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Dracula, A Feminist Revenge Fantasy, Really Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (2/18-2/21) |
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Clown Bar Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (9/24-9/26) |
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Suffs The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (7/28-8/02) |
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Titanic Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (4/22-4/25) |
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Rent Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Memphis (10/29-11/01) |
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John and Jen TheatreSouth (6/24-6/28) |
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Clue The Orpheum Theatre Memphis (9/15-9/20) |
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Speed-the-Plow TheatreSouth (6/23-6/27) |
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