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HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF
HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF
2/13 - 2/28/2026


Liliana Padilla's Award-Winning Play HOW TO DEFEND YOURSELF Explodes Onto Stray Cat Stage with Raw Power and Fierce Urgency The Yale Drama Series Prize-winning drama ...

Radio Hour - Our Miss Brooks: Valentine's Day Date and Lights Out: The Ugliest Man in the World


Our Radio Hour series returns for a third season with “not-so-late-night” times with two new shows including four radio plays! OUR VALENTINE’S SHOW (FEB 13 ...

Staged Reading: The One Good Thing or Are Ya' Patrick Swayze? by Joe Bravaco


Friday, February 13 and Saturday, February 14 at 7pm. A staged reading. Jamie and Tommy, two brothers who share a cottage on the Cliffs of ...

HENRY V
HENRY V
2/14 - 2/21/2026


SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE PRESENTS SHAKESPEARE’S WAR EPIC Themes of war and brotherhood abound throughout  Henry V   by William Shakespeare FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Southwest Shakespeare Company will ...

SHRINES
SHRINES
1/29 - 2/22/2026


A family stuck in a horrifying cycle of perpetual mourning throws a party for a dead teenage girl, on what would have been her 30th ...

THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR
2/7 - 2/22/2026


SOUTHWEST SHAKESPEARE TO PRESENT Shakespeare’s Most Hilarious Farce The Merry Wives of Windsor  by William Shakespeare set as a modern western. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—Southwest Shakespeare ...

BLITHE SPIRIT
BLITHE SPIRIT
1/22 - 2/28/2026


Directed by Jere Van Paten To gather background for his new book, novelist Charles Condomine and his second wife, Ruth, invite the extremely eccentric medium, ...

PUFFS or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic


For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the ...

Almost, Maine
Almost, Maine
2/22 - 3/8/2026


Welcome to Almost, Maine, a place that’s so far north, it’s almost not in the United States. And it’s not quite a town, because its ...

Witch
Witch
3/13


Mesa Community College Theatre & Film Arts Presents:   Witch  Written By : Jen Silverman Directed By:  Amie Bjorklund EXP Blackbox Studio Performance Dates : ...

Red Herring Puppet Series: Aesop's Fables


Puppeteer Lisa Sturz, a veteran of Jim Henson Productions, Lucasfilm, Walt Disney Engineering returns again with her Red Herring Puppets series of puppet shows for ...

Once Upon a Mattress
Once Upon a Mattress
3/20 - 3/29/2026


Fairy tale musical based on The Princess and the Pea where an overbearing Queen Aggravain has placed a marriage ban on her son, Prince Dauntless, ...

Theatre De Cuisine by Wolfe Bowart


Join the Scoundrel and Scamp and Wolfe Bowart for an evening of fine dining and the fantastical as a circus-inspired theatrical experience will unfold around ...

To Be Young, Gifted and Black


Lorraine Hansberry—playwright of A Raisin in the Sun —changed the landscape of American theatre forever. To Be Young, Gifted and Black gathers her words, letters, ...

Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike by Christopher Durang


Step into the hilariously dysfunctional world of Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike, Christopher Durang’s Tony Award-winning comedy that’s equal parts cheeky, chaotic, and ...

Ken Ludwig's TREASURE ISLAND
Ken Ludwig's TREASURE ISLAND
3/19 - 4/25/2026


An Adventure Adapted from the novel by Robert Louis Stevenson Directed by Cheryl Schaar Set sail on the journey of a lifetime, complete with cutthroat ...

The Apiary
The Apiary
4/26


Twenty-two years in the future honeybees are nearly extinct except for those kept alive inside of labs. Zora is overqualified for her new lab job, ...

Every Brilliant Thing
Every Brilliant Thing
5/29 - 5/31/2026


Come be part of Every Brilliant Thing , the internationally acclaimed, actor-driven play by Duncan Macmillan with Jonny Donahoe. Performed in an intimate Flagstaff theatre ...

OVER THE RIVER AND THROUGH THE WOODS


Directed by Janis Webb   Tengo famiglia! Every Sunday, Nick crosses the river to New Jersey and has dinner with both sets of his Italian American ...

Antony & Cleopatra
Antony & Cleopatra
7/10 - 8/1/2026


Join us beneath the stars for Antony and Cleopatra and feel the heat of a love story that shaped the fate of nations. Love and ...

As You Like It
As You Like It
7/11 - 8/2/2026


Shakespeare at his most charming. Step into Shakespeare’s enchanted Forest of Arden with As You Like It , performed outdoors in Flagstaff’s cool evening air. ...

BASKERVILLE: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery


Directed by Van Rockwell From the award-winning mastermind of mayhem and author of our 2025 Season’s rollicking farce,  Leading Ladies  comes another hit... The game’s afoot in ...

A Room in the Castle
A Room in the Castle
9/18 - 10/3/2026


Open the door to Ophelia's room! Set entirely within Ophelia’s chamber, A Room in the Castle asks a pressing question: how does a woman endure ...

The Taming
The Taming
9/17 - 10/4/2026


A beauty pageant becomes an unlikely crossroads of ambition, ideology, and identity. Amid the glitter and spectacle, Katherine isn’t just competing for a crown, she's ...

Much Ado About Dinosaurs
Much Ado About Dinosaurs
10/16 - 10/25/2026


Journey to the Jurassic with Shakespeare & company in this colorful, interactive, original play for audiences of all ages and geological eras! Created by Matthew ...

It's A Wonderful Life
It's A Wonderful Life
11/19 - 12/23/2026


A DBFRT annual tradition! Based on the 1947 film by Frank Capra which is based on the 1943 short story "The Greatest Gift" by Philip ...


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Latest Phoenix Reviews


Review: LITTLE WOMEN at The Bridge Initiative


by Cheyenne Lewis - February 11, 2026

Although society may have tried to conceal them, bold and daring women have existed throughout history. Sisterhood and the realities of being a woman in the Civil War era are central themes in this musical adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s classic novel. The Bridge Initiative’s concert version of th...

Review: THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR at Southwest Shakespeare Company


by Cheyenne Lewis - February 09, 2026

Audience members who enjoy Shakespeare but are looking for a new take on his classic stories, or those who have struggled with Shakespeare in the past, will enjoy THE MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR. This trailer-park take on the play is full of fun performances and laugh-worthy moments....

Review: JITNEY at Black Theatre Troupe


by Herbert Paine - February 07, 2026

The play is suffused with the sympathetic wisdom that defines Wilson’s writing. He looks at lives many would dismiss as small or defeated and finds in them an undeniable nobility....

Review: AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' at Arizona Theatre Company


by Zach Wetzel - January 31, 2026

AIN'T MISBEHAVIN' is a toe-tapping and vocally impressive show now playing at ATC!...

Review: COME FROM AWAY at The Phoenix Theatre Company


by Herbert Paine - January 31, 2026

COME FROM AWAY makes you care with a humility and vigor that feel bracingly out of step with our more cynical age....

Review: SHRINES at Ronin Theatre Collaborative


by Cheyenne Lewis - January 31, 2026

Grief can feel like its own disease, a highly personalized feeling where no two people will share the exact thoughts or emotional journey. It lingers, and if those facing it are not careful, it can quickly consume the person’s life. Ronin Theatre Collective’s production of Ashley Rose Wellman’s SHRI...

Review: REVIEW: A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL at ASU Gammage


by Herbert Paine - January 29, 2026

Titled after Neil Diamond’s 1976 album of the same name, A BEAUTIFUL NOISE: THE NEIL DIAMOND MUSICAL aims for something more intimate and riskier than the average jukebox musical. Rather than simply charting a performer’s rise to fame, it presents a man in conversation with his past where he’s both ...

Review: STEW at Rebel Phoenix Theatre Collective


by Angela Kabasan-Gonzalez - January 30, 2026

For most of us, many formative and influential memories start in the kitchen. From recipes being cooked that are passed down from generation to generation, announcing good news, or gathering with family and friends, this place is cemented as the nexus of our lived experiences....

Review: APPROPRIATE at Theatre Artists Studio


by Herbert Paine - January 27, 2026

Tom Noga's clear-eyed direction and riveting performances by the ensemble make for a stirring production of a timely and relevant play...APPROPRIATE!...

Review: ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE at Hale Centre Theatre


by Cheyenne Lewis - January 22, 2026

Sometimes the best friendships come from the most unexpected places. ALWAYS…PATSY CLINE is more than just a tribute to the late singer; it is a showcase of the beauty and importance of female friendships and a little bit of kindness....



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