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Season 2026 (Including the final season of 2025)

DAFFODIL - A One Act Play

25 JULY

by E.M. Lark

Director: Kate Hoepner
Assistant Director: Brittany Evans

An adaptation of The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.

According to John, Cecilia is unwell. She needs rest, she needs air, she needs to be less of - herself. Plagued with what is perceived to be hysterics and "temporary nervous depression", they retreat to a summer house on the New England coast in hopes of allowing her to find the peace needed to get better (be a better wife, mother, citizen). What she finds instead is a small room with deceitfully foul yellow wallpaper and a story told far too many times.

Content warnings: depictions of mental illness and psychiatric malpractice, grief, suggestion of domestic abuse, brief violence.
Rated M

70th One Act Play Festival

8-9 August 2026

Our annual One Act Play Festival now celebrating its 70th year. Come and see a smorgasbord of plays across the weekend at the historic Incinerator Theatre. Make sure you come for the famous Sunday BBQ as well!
All plays rated PG through to MA15+

The Pink Hammer

16 September - 3 October 2026

by Michele Amas

Director: Jim Orr
Assistant Director: Chris Austin-Greenhill

Four women sign up for a carpentry workshop but instead turn up at the home of the tutor's disgruntled husband, Woody, after the tutor absconds with their money. As the women invade his "man cave", they persuade him to run the course for them, leading to unlikely friendships, revelations, and emotional journeys as his ordered space and their lives are transformed.

Adult Themes, Coarse Language & Sexual References
Rated M

Ben Hur

18 November - 5 December 2026

by Patrick Barlow

Director: Sam Hoepner
Assistant Director: Melinda Park

They said it was unachievable! They said it couldn't be done! But now the greatest book ever penned is brought to the stage by a towering team of just four actors - recreating one of the most authentic versions of Ancient Rome ever seen. Complete with...Stunning combat, a 103% bona fide chariot race, an authentic sea battle and an unexpurgated Roman orgy (suitable for all ages)! Ben Hur is the epic set to stir your very soul. Brought to you by the writer of the Tony Award-winning comedy The 39 Steps.

Adult Themes and Religious References
Rated PG

The Day the Internet Died - SEASON CLOSED

12 JUNE - 20 JUNE

A play by Youth Theatre Firebrands!

On a sunny day in the town of Bloomington, a devastating occurrence happens. No, it’s not famine, or floods, or loss of your basic rights. The internet has gone down! And it will continue to be down! For a week! A whole week! Pandemonium! In a world that is so dependent on the internet for shopping, mailing, and posting pictures of cute babies, how will society function? Not well as it turns out. The Day the Internet Died hilariously explores how inept we are at dating, research, and basic human interactions when we don’t have a screen to look at. 
Rated PG

Ophelia Chooses - SEASON CLOSED

13 - 30 May 2026

by Buddy White. - A Theatre Supper Season

Director: Alison Lees
Assistant Director: Robyn Flashman

This is Hamlet, but not as you know it!
What if a feminist from the 21st century drops into Shakespeare's "Hamlet" and encourages Ophelia to control her own destiny?
This interloper even challenges Shakespeare, who makes an appearance, that his female characters have more options in life than madness, suicide, or marriage!

Adult Themes
Rated PG

The Shawshank Redemption - SEASON CLOSED

25 February to 14 March 2026

by Owen O’Neill and Dave Johns

Director: Shane Mallory
Assistant Director: Amanda Harrison

When Andy Dufresne is convicted of murder and sentenced to life in the notorious Shawshank prison, he must find a way to keep himself and his hopes alive by using his wits and forging friendships. Based on the 1982 novella by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption brings the story of friendship, resilience and hope made famous by the acclaimed 1994 film to the ILT stage.

Strong Adult Themes, Violence and Coarse Language
Rated MA15+

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