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
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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.
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*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.​
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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.
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*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.
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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​​​​
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Proof
Drama / PG-13
By David Auburn
Directed by Steve Meadows
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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?
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*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.
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PROOF is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com​​​​
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Dial M for Murder
Murder Mystery / PG
adapted by Jeffrey Hatcher
from the original by Frederick Knott
Directed by Gary McCormick
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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.
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*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.
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DIAL M FOR MURDER is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com​​
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Eureka Day
Comedy / PG-13
by Jonathan Spector
Directed by Jennifer Goff
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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?
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*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.
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EUREKA DAY is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Dramatists Play Service www.concordtheatricals.com
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