In Eugene O’Neill’s A Moon for the Misbegotten, the past hangs heavy over a Connecticut farm where resentment, survival and yearning intertwine. Josie Hogan, the sharp-tongued daughter of an aging tenant farmer, scrapes out a life shaped by both hardship and wit. Her father, Phil, schemes to secure the family’s land from their landlord, James Tyrone Jr., whose charm masks deep grief and self-loathing. What begins as a bluff for ownership becomes a night of searing honesty, as Josie and Tyrone’s defenses crumble and their pain is laid bare beneath the moonlight.

Oct. 17, 2025 | Jacksonville, Fla. — Douglas Anderson School of the Arts has opened the Betsy Lovett Amphitheatre, a 5,000-square-foot outdoor venue at the center of its Southbank campus. The space will serve all 10 arts programs for performances, rehearsals and events, with seating for up to 300, a covered roof, lights and rigging for additional stage lighting and speakers.

The Alhambra Theatre & Dining’s production of The Mystery of Edwin Drood begins not with a curtain rise but with a delightful invasion of the audience’s reality. Performers spill into the aisles, chatting, jesting and instructing patrons on how the evening’s intrigue will unfold. It’s instantly clear that this isn’t a typical musical but a metatheatrical romp that knows it’s a show within a show. The conceit is that we’re watching a Victorian music hall troupe perform the unfinished Dickens tale, and the fourth wall is more suggestion than structure.

In its dazzling world premiere at Lumen Repertory Theatre, Harlan and Bronna Jump Out the Window proves itself to be a wildly funny, thought-provoking and utterly original theatrical experience. Written and directed by Michael Jacobs, the play takes the familiar story of the wealthy elite brought low by their own excess and reinvents it as a fast-moving, absurdist romp layered with bite and brilliance.

Stage Aurora Theatrical Company will celebrate its 25th anniversary with a gala Monday, Sept. 29, at WJCT Studios.

The Limelight Theatre production of Nunsense is a joyful, laugh-filled romp that celebrates the playful side of musical theater. From start to finish, it brims with energy, wit and charm, offering an evening of comfort and comedy in equal measure.

The story itself is delightfully offbeat: a group of nuns putting on a variety show to raise money after a few missteps. What makes it so endearing is the way the music and humor flow — some songs are presented as rehearsed numbers for the sisters’ fundraiser, while others burst forth as spontaneous expressions of character and circumstance. This balance adds to the show’s quirky appeal and keeps the evening unpredictable.