GHENT PLAYHOUSE 2022-23 THEATER SEASON


The Ghent Playhouse

Buyer & Cellar

October 7-9, 14-16, 21-23, 2022

This outrageously funny and irresistible one-man play from the most peculiar of fictitious premises – a struggling L.A. actor takes a job working in Barbra Streisand’s Malibu, California basement – makes for some delicious wit and insight on the solitude of celebrity, the love-hate attraction between gay men and divas, and the melancholy that lurks beneath the narcissism. Written by Jonathan Tolins. Directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher.

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm.

Tickets: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students.

Tickets and memberships can be purchased at GhentPlayhouse.org with no additional processing fees.

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/buyer-and-cellar

https://www.simpletix.com/e/buyer-cellar-tickets-108428

Aged to Perfection

One show only: November 13, 2022, 3:00pm

This funny musical revue includes surprise guests, audience participation, giveaways, and major comic mayhem. Written and performed by multi-award winners Alaina Warren Zachary and Lisa Carman. This is a pay what you can event to benefit The Ghent Playhouse. Seating will be limited, so order tickets early. (Suggested donation $28. More if you can, less if you can’t.)

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/aged-to-perfection

https://www.simpletix.com/e/aged-to-perfection-general-admission-this-tickets-114672

The Annual Panto - Beauty and the Beast: Ugly is as Ugly Does

November 25-27, December 2-4, 9-11, 2022

Join the hilarious “Loons,” as they tell their version of the famous fairy tale about a not-so-nice Prince who is doomed to an “ugly” life alone, unless he can find someone to love him for what he is. Written and directed by Cathy Lee-Visscher

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm. Tickets: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students. Tickets and memberships can be purchased at https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/ with no additional processing fees.

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/annual-panto-beauty-and-the-beast

https://www.simpletix.com/e/beauty-and-the-beast-ugly-is-as-ugly-does-tickets-114016

Invitation to a March

February 3-5, 10-12, 17-19, 2023

While brimming with expectations of married life, the approaching reality puts a young bride-to-be to sleep whenever she’s around her rich, responsible fiancé. With overtones of a famous fairytale, it is when kissed passionately by an unshackled, unambitious plumber, that she awakens to the possibility of adventure, igniting a battle between the two families and two of the permanent residents who become entangled in their lives. Written by Arthur Laurents. Directed by J. Peter Bergman.

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm. Tickets: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students. Tickets and memberships can be purchased at https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/ with no additional processing fees.

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/invitation-to-a-march

https://www.simpletix.com/e/invitation-to-a-march-tickets-114017

RUTHLESS! The Musical

April 14-16, 21-23, 28-30, 2023

Book and Lyrics by Joel Paley, Music by Marvin Laird Directed by Michael C. Mensching and Michael McDermott, with Musical Direction by Joanne Mensching

Talented 8 year-old Tina Denmark has always dreamed of being on the stage. She can do it all! But just how far will she have to go to get the lead in her school play? This uproarious musical spoofs iconic Broadway musicals from “Gypsy” to “Mame,” and films from “The Bad Seed” to “All About Eve.”

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm. Tickets: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students.Tickets and memberships can be purchased at GhentPlayhouse.org with no additional processing fees.

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/ruthless-the-musical

https://www.simpletix.com/e/ruthless-the-musical-tickets-114018

*The Nether

June 2-4, 9-11, 16-18, 2023

In this Sci-Fi crime drama, a detective investigates a virtual reality site where taboo acts of secret desires are blurring moral boundaries. She soon finds herself in a battle of wills with a charismatic suspect and wrestles with the question, “Is there a crime if bodies are virtual and blood is just bits of computer code?” Written by Jennifer Haley – Directed by Patrick White. This play contains adult subject matter.

Friday and Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday matinee at 2:00pm. Tickets: $23 for members, $28 for nonmembers, and $12 for students. Tickets and memberships can be purchased at https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/ with no additional processing fees.

https://www.ghentplayhouse.org/the-nether

https://www.simpletix.com/e/the-nether-tickets-114019