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The Golden West College Theater Arts department 2026-2027 theater season promises to be one of its most exciting seasons to date, offering an excellent lineup of productions featuring a talented and diverse group of authors, performers, directors, and designers.
This outstanding collection of plays and musicals will be presented live in the 326-seat Mainstage Theater on the GWC campus beginning in October 2026.
Mainstage Theater
2026
By Richard Greenberg
Directed by Martie Ramm
October 9 – 18, 2026
Mainstage Theater
Auditions: Wednesday, August 26, 2026 - Stage West Theater - 6:30pm
Audition Notice for Take Me Out [PDF]
In his Pulitzer Prize–nominated play Take Me Out, playwright Richard Greenberg delivers a bold, funny, and deeply human story set in the high-stakes world of professional baseball. At the center is Darren Lemming, the superstar center fielder of the championship New York Empires—young, celebrated, and seemingly untouchable—who makes the unexpected decision to come out as gay. What he assumes will be a simple act of honesty instead sends shockwaves through his team, exposing hidden prejudices and testing the fragile bonds of friendship, loyalty, and trust. By turns provocative, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Take Me Out charts the fallout of Darren’s choice, including the arrival of a volatile new pitcher and the surprising emergence of an unlikely ally. A powerful and timely theatrical event, the play is a moving reminder of the courage it takes to live authentically—and the price that truth can demand.
NOTE: This production contains partial adult nudity, language, and situations, and is intended for mature audiences.
By Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Tom Amen
November 13 – 22, 2026
Mainstage Theater
Auditions: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 - Stage West Theater - 7:00pm
Set in 19th century London and based on a true story, The Elephant Man follows the tragic yet heroic journey of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed young man subjected to a life of unimaginable cruelty and degradation. Discovered physically and emotionally abused in a wretched back-alley freakshow, Merrick is rescued by esteemed physician, Frederick Treves, who soon discovers an intelligent and sensitive soul hidden beneath a shockingly disfigured appearance. Yet despite his evolution from object of pity to fashionable curiosity in elite social circles, Merrick continues to grapple with his most daunting challenge – to be recognized as a man, rather than a monster. Contrasting a world of exploitation, voyeurism, and hypocrisy with themes of dignity, compassion, and faith, The Elephant Man is a timeless tale ofwhat it means to be a human being.
NOTE: This production contains partial adult nudity, language, and situations, and is intended for mature audiences.
Mainstage Theater
2027
By Abe Polsky
Directed by Tom Amen
March 5 - 14, 2027
Mainstage Theater
Auditions: Wednesday, December 2, 2026 - Stage West Theater - 7:00pm
The tragic and haunting story of the Donner Party is brought to life in this riveting courtroom drama! Based upon an actual 1847 trial involving several members of the ill-fated wagon train, Devour the Snow captures all of the grim horror and desperate hope of early California pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada in the dead of winter. While hunger and hypothermia quickly claim the weak, a hearty handful, driven by tenacity and primal instinct alone, survive to write a proper ending to one of the darkest chapters in the history of the American West. Harrowing, heartbreaking, and brutally honest in its depiction of both human frailty and an almost superhuman will to live, Devour the Snow is gripping from gavel to gavel!
(Title to be announced on November 15, 2026.)
Directed and staged by Martie Ramm
April 23 – May 2, 2027
Mainstage Theater
Auditions: Wednesday, February 10, 2027 & Thursday, February 11, 2027 at 7:00pm - Stage West Theater
By Jim Leonard Jr.
Directed by Tom Amen
October 10 – 19, 2025
Mainstage Theater
This award-winning American drama explores the unlikely friendship between a disturbed young man and a disenchanted preacher. Set in rural Indiana in the 1930’s, The Diviners is a story of friendship, faith, family, and community told in a spare, hauntingly poetic voice that speaks to the heart. As playwright Jim Leonard Jr. puts it, “These are good and simple people, they have only the best of intentions.” Don’t miss this deeply moving and profoundly human play.
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Martie Ramm
November 14 - 23, 2025
Mainstage Theater
Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing is the original romantic comedy, packed with snarky banter, ridiculous misunderstandings, and a love story that only happens because of some well-placed eavesdropping. Watch as sharp-tongued rivals Beatrice and Benedick—two experts in the fine art of mockery—get tricked into falling head over heels in love, while another plot threatens to tear young lovers Hero and Claudio apart. With gossip, disguises, and just the right amount of chaos, this timeless tale of love, deception, and redemption proves that, in matters of the heart, nothing is ever quite as it seems! This is Shakespeare at his funniest.
World Premiere Production
By Tim Mueller
Directed by Tom Amen
March 6 - 15, 2026
Mainstage Theater
Ellie spends much of her time online, connecting with some of the scariest people on the internet, hoping to expose the real people behind the hate and misinformation they spread. Eight Seconds will make you think about how you see the world, the information you absorb and believe, and how we relate to each other as a result of those beliefs. Part exploration of the darkest side of humanity and part crime drama, the story will leave you asking, “What will I do with my eight seconds?”
NOTE: This production contains adult language and situations and is intended for mature audiences.
Books and lyrics by Robert L. Freedman
Music and lyrics by Steven Lutvak
Based on a novel by Roy Horniman
Directed and staged by Martie Ramm
April 24 – May 3, 2026
Mainstage Theater
Step right up for a night of devilish fun and high-society hijinks! A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder is the outrageously funny, Tony Award-winning musical that took Broadway by storm—snagging 10 Tony nominations and 4 wins, including Best Musical. With show-stopping music and dazzling costumes, this award-winning and playfully funny masterpiece is a theatrical triumph!
