2024-2025 Season

A Grand Night for Singing

September 20, 21, 27 and 28 – 7:30pm
September 22 and 29 – 2pm

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein’s partnership both dominated and became synonymous with the Golden Age of Broadway. A Grand Night For Singing celebrates over 30 hit songs from all their musical treasures like Oklahoma!, South Pacific, The Sound of Music, Carousel, The King and I, Cinderella and more. You’ll be tapping your toes and humming along in a joyful evening filled with fresh takes on the music you love.

The Rocky Horror Show

Special Add-On Production Not Included with Season Subscriptions. Season Subscribers can add this production to their subscription at the same per ticket price as their season subscription.

October 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26 – 7:30pm

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their innocence is lost, Brad and Janet meet a houseful of wild characters, including a rocking biker and a creepy butler. Through elaborate dances and rock songs, Frank-N-Furter unveils his latest creation: a muscular man named “Rocky.”

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever
The Musical                                     

November 29 and 30 – 7:30pm
December 1 – 2pm
December 6 and 7 – 7:30pm
December 8 – 2pm

The Herdmans are the worst kids in the history of the world–so when they crash Sunday school and demand parts in the Christmas pageant, the whole town panics. There’s not supposed to be biting or cigar-smoking in Bethlehem, and while these kids have never even heard the Christmas story, they definitely have rewrites! Soon, everyone is calling for reluctant director Grace Bradley to cancel the whole thing. It’s up to the Bradleys and the Reverend to help their community see the Christmas story and the Herdman kids through new eyes in this buoyant musical adaptation of the funny and touching holiday classic.

The Nutcracker                                      

Performed by The Dubuque City Youth Ballet

December 14, 20 and 21 – 7:30pm
December 15, 21 and 22 – 2pm

An Annual Christmas Tradition Inspired by Dubuque!

Whirling Snowflakes and waltzing Flowers frame this beloved holiday classic.  Clara and her enchanted Nutcracker battle the dreadful Mouse King in a nightmare that becomes a beautiful dream.  Performed annually for over 20 years, the DCYB production will be a highlight of your family’s holiday celebration.

Noises Off              

March 28 and 29 – 7:30pm
March 30 – 2pm
April 4 and 5 – 7:30pm
April 6 – 2pm

This side-splitting play features a theater company desperately trying to get their act together. Watch as they blunder from a bad dress rehearsal to a wonderfully disastrous performance full of flubbed lines, missed cues, slammed doors, technical difficulties, fallen trousers, and, of course, the ever-important sardines. An uproarious love letter to the theater, Noises Off is a peek behind the curtain—where everything that can go wrong, does!

Footloose

Co-produced with Rising Star Theatre Company

June 20, 21, 25, 26, 27 and 28 – 7:30pm
June 22 and 29 – 2pm
July 5 – 7:30pm
July 5 and 6 – 2pm

Based on the explosive rock-n-roll musical movie, this Broadway hit tells the story of Ren McCormack, a big-city teen who finds himself out of place in a rural town. He is prepared for the inevitable adjustment period at his new high school. But he’s not prepared for the rigorous local edicts, including a ban on dancing instituted by the local preacher, who is determined to exercise control over the town’s youth.

Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella

Co-produced with Rising Star Theatre Company

August 6 and 7 – 10am
August 6, 7, 8 and 9 – 7:30pm
August 9 and 10 – 2pm

The timeless enchantment of a magical fairy tale is reborn with charm and elegance. Generations have been transported to the miraculous kingdom of dreams-come-true. With great warmth and more than a touch of hilarity, the hearts of children and adults alike still soar when the slipper fits.