ANYTHING GOES, CLUE, ENCHANTED APRIL, and MRS. CHRISTIE Set for SBCC Theatre Group 81st Season
The Garvin Theatre will host the 81st season, featuring Cole Porter's classic score and the beloved board game adaptation.
The The Theatre Group at SBCC has announced the productions planned for its 81st season, featuring a lineup of musicals, comedies, mysteries, and literary adaptations across the Garvin and Jurkowitz Theatres.
The season will open with ANYTHING GOES, running July 10–25, 2026 in the Garvin Theatre. Featuring music and lyrics by Cole Porter, the musical includes a book by P.G. Wodehouse, Guy Bolton, Howard Lindsay, and Russel Crouse, with a revised book by Timothy Crouse and John Weidman. Set aboard an ocean liner, the musical follows a stowaway pursuing romance amid a cast of sailors, socialites, gangsters, and entertainers. Songs include “I Get a Kick Out of You,” “Blow Gabriel Blow,” and “You’re the Top.”
CLUE
The fall production will be CLUE, performing October 9–24, 2026 in the Garvin Theatre. Based on the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn and adapted by Sandy Rustin with additional material by Hunter Foster and Eric Price, the stage comedy is inspired by both the Clue board game and the Paramount Pictures film adaptation.
The play follows a group of guests gathered at Boddy Manor for a mysterious dinner party that quickly turns deadly as the characters attempt to uncover the killer’s identity.
ENCHANTED APRIL
Spring 2027 will feature ENCHANTED APRIL by Matthew Barber, adapted from the novel by Elizabeth von Arnim. Running March 5–20, 2027 in the Garvin Theatre, the romantic comedy centers on two English women who escape dreary London life by renting a villa in Italy, where they rediscover joy, companionship, and renewed purpose.
MRS. CHRISTIE
The season’s Jurkowitz Theatre production will be MRS. CHRISTIE by Heidi Armbruster, running April 16–May 1, 2027.
Inspired by the real-life 1926 disappearance of Agatha Christie, the play follows a modern-day Christie enthusiast who uncovers a mysterious unpublished diary while visiting the author’s estate. The story intertwines past and present narratives while exploring identity, mystery, and reinvention.
Student Showcase
Season subscribers will also receive priority access to the student showcase production of IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE: A LIVE RADIO PLAY, adapted by Joe Landry. The production will run November 11–21, 2026 in the Jurkowitz Theatre and reimagines the classic holiday story as a 1940s live radio broadcast.
Season subscription packages for the four-show season range from $96 to $124 depending on performance day and include a discount from standard single-ticket pricing.
Single tickets for all productions will go on sale June 22, 2026.
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