Patricia Milton News

Central Works will present the world premiere of After Happy by Patricia Milton beginning February 26, 2026. Directed by Gary Graves, the production opens the company’s 36th season and runs through March 29 at the Berkeley City Club.

'Accused!' will appeal to mystery buffs and casual fans alike. It is funny, absorbing, and has more than a few parallels to the contemporary political scene.  The production runs just over two hours with an intermission.

Washington Stage Guild will present the area premiere of Accused!, the third play in Patricia Milton’s Victorian Ladies Detective Collective trilogy, November 20–December 14, 2025.

Central Works' new comedy Dada Teen Musical: The Play, written by Maury Zeff, has extended through November 23. The show was originally scheduled to run October 18–November 16. 

Accused! – the third play in Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies Detective trilogy (which also included The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective and Escape from the Asylum) - will continue The Washington Stage Guild's 40th Season of Determination.

In Dada Teen Musical: The Play Annabelle is 17. She is the only high school student in the world whose Harvard application is an act of rebellion (she comes from a Yale family.)

Central Works' season continues with The Last Goat, written and directed by Gary Graves, in which a young woman lives alone with her grandmother on an isolated Greek island, desperately longing to see the world. 

The 2025-26 productions feature the U.S. premiere of Joe Bravaco’s THE ONE GOOD THING – or “Are ya’ Patrick Swayze?”, Samuel Beckett’s existential classic Happy Days, Patricia Milton’s Accused! and more.

The Benicia Theatre Group has announced its Spring 2025 production of Bamboozled, running from April 18 to May 11 at the historic B.D.E.S. Hall in downtown Benicia.

The latest offering from Washington Stage Guild, “Escape from the Asylum: A Madcap Mystery,” is a sequel to the Patricia Milton play presented there last season, “The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective.”

Escape From the Asylum: A Madcap Mystery, the sequel to last season’s hit comedy The Victorian Ladies Detective Collective by Patricia Milton, will begin the 2025 portion of The Washington Stage Guild’s 2024-2025 Season of Determination. Learn more!

Central Works extends the run of THE COMEDY ACCUSED! by Patricia Milton through August 18. Don't miss this engaging and thought-provoking play at the Berkeley City Club.

Patricia Milton's play ACCUSED! opens at Central Works on July 13.

Patricia Milton's play ACCUSED! opens on July 13 at Central Works, marking the final comic caper in the series.

Central Works 2024 Season will continue with a comic murder mystery from the Central Works Writers Workshop, world premiere #74.

Central Works' Boss McGreedy by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club has extended through April  7, 2024 (originally scheduled to close March 31).

Central Works 2024 Season opens March 2 with Boss McGreedy (Mar 2–Mar 31) by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club. Learn more about the production here!

The Washington Stage Guild is adding an additional week to the run of Paticia Milton’s The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective.

There's murder and mayhem afoot at Washington Stage Guild (and a fair amount of mirth, too) in the area premier of Patricia Milton's The Victorian Ladies' Detective Collective, a fun and lighthearted addition to the whodunnit genre with a decidedly feminist twist.

Central Works 2024 season opens March 2 with Boss McGreedy (Mar 2–Mar 31) by Gary Graves, at the historic Berkeley City Club.