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The 2022 - 2023 Season

On ACT's beautiful, formal Main Stage in our 207 Cedar Street theatre, you'll experience entertaining, poignant, and humorous high-quality plays presented by talented directors, casts, crews, and musicians from the Northeast Florida region. In-person tickets are available for Main Stage productions!
The Country House
by Donald Margulies
October 7-22, 2022
Comedy/Drama
When a family of famous and yet-to be-discovered theatrical artists gather at their
summer home in the Berkshires during the Williamstown Theatre Festival, the weekend takes an unexpected turn and they must improvise, resulting in simmering jealousies, romantic outbursts, and passionate soul-searching. This witty, compelling story provides a piercing look at a family of performers who are coming to terms with the roles they play in each other’s lives. (PG: Appropriate for MostAudiences)
The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley
by Lauren Gunderson and Margot Melcon
December 2-17, 2022
Romantic Comedy
You loved last season’s Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley! This year’s festivities
are hosted at the Darcy estate, where you’ll be taken downstairs into the servants’ quarters, where holiday preparations are underway. A housekeeper, maid, and footman see their work interrupted by a stream of guests from upstairs, including an unexpected late-night visit from George Wickham. Family secrets are revealed and loyalties are tested, ultimately proving that forgiveness is the true spirit of Christmas. (PG: Appropriate for Most Audiences)
Clue
by Jonathan Lynn, Sandy Rustin, Hunter Foster and Eric Price
February 10-25, 2023
Farce/Murder Mystery
Based on the iconic board game, the tale begins at a remote mansion, where six
mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party, and murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. The butler, Wadsworth, leads Miss Scarlett, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard in a race to find the killer, as the body count stacks up! (G: Appropriate for All Audiences)
Proof
by David Auburn --- 2001 Pulitzer Prize Winner
April 14-29, 2023
Drama
Catherine, a troubled young woman, has spent years caring for her brilliant, yet unstable, father, a famous mathematician. After his death, she must deal with her emotions, the arrival of her estranged sister, and the attentions of her father’s protégé who hopes to find valuable work in her father’s notebooks. During their weekend together, a burgeoning romance and the discovery of a mysterious notebook draw Catherine into the most difficult problem of all: How much of her father’s madness—or genius—will she inherit? (PG:Adult Topics, Mild Language)
Ken Ludwig’s Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
June 9-24, 2023
Comedic Farce
Comedic genius Ken Ludwig transforms Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s classic
The Hound of the Baskervilles into a murderously funny adventure. The male heirs of the Baskerville line are being murdered one by one. Sherlock Holmes and Watson are on the case! Watch as our intrepid investigators try to escape a dizzying web of clues, silly accents, outrageous disguises and deceit as five actors portray more than 40 characters.
(G: Appropriate for All Audiences)
9 to 5 The Musical
music and lyrics by Dolly Parton and book by Patricia Resnick
August 11-26, 2023
Musical Comedy
Based on the 1980 hit movie, this hilarious story of friendship and revenge follows three
female coworkers who are pushed to the boiling point by their sexist, egotistical, lying, hypocritical bigot they call their boss. The women concoct a wild plan to get rid of the boss and give their workplace a dream makeover, taking control of the company that had always kept them down. (PG: Adult Topics)




