Creative Greensboro Announces 57th season of Drama Programming

Creative Greensboro's 57th season of drama programming, created in collaboration with local theater artists, creative organizations, and community members, begins in October and runs through August 2026. The season honors the stories of the past, and celebrates the voices of today through the Greensboro Playwrights Forum, the North Carolina New Play Project, and a wide range of performance opportunities for all ages. Rooted in partnership with Greensboro's vibrant theater community, the season reflects a shared commitment to fostering creativity, connection, and storytelling.

October 23-26, 2025 - "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," based on the novel by CS Lewis and dramatized by Joseph Robinette

A master of imaginative enchantment, C.S. Lewis created a unique world and invites children to walk into it and enjoy both surprise and adventure. An old house in rural England becomes the home base for four children who wander into an incredible country through an old wardrobe. There is a great battle to see whether this magical country will remain under a wintry spell or will once again know freedom and summer under good King Aslan. This classic tale about courage and the love of freedom is produced in collaboration with little independent theatre.

December 6, 2025 - The Dramatists' Playground

The Greensboro Playwrights Forum offers an opportunity for actors and playwrights to collaborate on the creation of one play in one day. Actors and playwrights work from 10 am to 8 pm to develop, devise, and perform the world's newest plays. The Dramatists' Playground has become one of the forum's most exciting and daring programs for both participants and audience.

January 15-18, 2026 - 2026 New Play Project Winner, "Power, Money and Sex… Oh Yeah, and Love," by Sally Kinka

This dark comedy is an "almost musical," with characters as relatable as they are disturbed. Set in a fictionalized Gilded Age, the story is full of treachery, greed, murder, scheming, Ouija boards, phantoms, a newspaper dress… oh yeah, and love.

January 31 and February 1, 2026 - "Short Tales for Children"

This annual collaboration with UNC-Greensboro assembles future theater educators and young actors to rehearse and perform short plays written by members of the Creative Greensboro Playwrights Forum. Every young actor that auditions gets cast. Performances will take place in the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Center.

March 12-15, 2026 - "Julius Caesar," by William Shakespeare

Honor, intrigue, and fate are at the heart of "Julius Caesar." One of William Shakespeare's most famous historical plays, it incorporates elements of a certain Scottish play. Theater artists ages 12-to-18 are invited to explore this play examining human nature in times of upheaval and uncertainty, which will include a performance on the infamous Ides of March. Produced in collaboration with Shared Radiance Performing Arts Company, performances will take place in the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre.

April 9-12, 2026 - 44th Annual Evening of Short Plays

Come see Greensboro's newest short plays performed by members of the Creative Greensboro Playwrights Forum. Performances will take place in the Stephen D. Hyers Theatre.

June 25-28, 2026 - "Bye Bye Birdie," A Musical Comedy

Book by Michael Stewart, Music by Charles Strouse, Lyrics by Lee Adams

A loving send-up of the 1950s, small-town America, teenagers, and rock & roll; "Bye Bye Birdie" remains as fresh and vibrant as ever. Teen heartthrob Conrad Birdie has been drafted, so he chooses All-American girl Kim MacAfee for a very public farewell kiss. Featuring a tuneful, high-energy score, plenty of great parts for teens, and a hilarious script, Birdie continues to thrill audiences around the world. "Bye Bye Birdie" is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Tams-Witmark LLC. Performances will take place at the Virginia Sommerville Sutton Theatre.

August 7-9, 2026 - 2nd Annual Sonnet Fest

Creative Greensboro, in partnership with little independent theatre, Scrapmettle, and Shared Radiance Performing Arts, collaborates once again on Sonnet Fest. The event features creative performances of Shakespeare's Sonnets 51-101. Location to be announced.