Studio Players 2026-2027 Season
...at The Carriage House
Lucky Stiff: a musical comedy
PG
Book and Lyrics by Lynn Aherns
Music by Stephen Flaherty
Director: Atticus White
Music Director: Jessica Greene
September 3-20, 2026*
Harry Witherspoon is forced to take the embalmed body of his recently murdered uncle on a vacation to Monte Carlo. Should he succeed in passing his uncle off as alive, Harry stands to inherit $6,000,000. If not, the money goes to the Universal Dog Home of Brooklyn. An offbeat, hilarious murder mystery musical farce, complete with mistaken identities, millions in diamonds and a corpse in a wheelchair.
*September 2 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.
LUCKY STIFF is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com
A Texas Carol
Comedy / PG
By Jayme McGhan and Kevin Dean
Directed by Austin Vahle
November 5-22, 2026*
The Dinkel family is headed to Mee-Maw Jane’s East Texas ranch for what might be her last Christmas. The only problem? When the first grandchild arrives, Mee-Maw is already gone. Now how to keep that fact (and her body) from the rest of the family and save Christmas? A Texas Carol is a hysterical and heart-warming story of a family on the brink and the love that binds them.
*November 4 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.
A TEXAS CAROL is presented through special arrangement with and all authorized performance materials are supplied by TRW Plays, 1180 Avenue of the Americas, Suite 640, New York, NY 10036. www.theatricalrights.com
Proof
Drama / PG-13
By David Auburn
Directed by Steve Meadows
January 14-31, 2027*
Catherine has spent years caring for her brilliant but unstable father, Robert. When he dies, she has more than grief to deal with: There’s her estranged sister, Claire, and Hal, her father’s former student who hopes to find valuable work in the 103 notebooks that Robert left behind. And a further problem: How much of her father’s madness – or genius – will Catherine inherit?
*January 13 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.
PROOF is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com
Dial M for Murder
Murder Mystery / PG
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
from the original by Frederick Knott
Directed by Gary McCormick
March 18-April 4, 2027*
Tony is convinced that his wife, Margot, has been cheating on him. Now it seems that the affair is over, but in his jealousy, Tony spins a web of suspicion and deception that will tighten around them and ensnare them both. This new version of the classic suspense thriller is a smart, compelling update of Knott’s tale of jealousy, deception and homicide.
*March 17 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.
DIAL M FOR MURDER is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com
Eureka Day
Comedy / PG-13
by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Jennifer Goff
May 20-June 6, 2027*
The Eureka Day School in Berkeley, California, is a bastion of progressive ideals: representation, acceptance, social justice. When a mumps outbreak threatens the Eureka community, facts become subjective and every solution divisive, leaving the school’s leadership to confront the central question of our time: How do you build consensus when no one can agree on truth?
*May 19 is a Pay-What-You-Will Performance. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis. Proceeds from this performance will benefit the actors and crew.
EUREKA DAY is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com
