By Ken Ludwig
Joyous Biographical Love Story (Ages 10+)
Octagon Stage | September 26–October 13, 2024

U.S. Army Captain Jack Ludwig, a military doctor stationed in Oregon, and Louise Rabiner, an aspiring actress and dancer in New York City, meet by letter. They hope to meet in person someday. But the war threatens to keep them apart.

Adapted by Rick Dildine
Family Holiday Tradition (Ages 5+)
Festival Stage | November 21–December 29, 2024

ASF’s full production returns with miserly Ebenezer Scrooge’s overnight voyage of epic proportions begins. Journey with Scrooge as he learns from his ghosts (and Bob, Tiny Tim, and the Cratchits) a heartwarming lesson in forgiveness and the change we can make around us.

Adapted by Cheryl L. West
Based on the book The Watsons Go to Birmingham — 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis
Hilarious & Moving Drama (Ages 10+)
Octagon Stage | February 6–23, 2025

Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson family of Flint, Michigan. Momma and Dad decide it’s time for Kenny’s teenage brother to have a lengthy stay with strict Grandma Sands in Birmingham, Alabama, and the family heads south — toward a deadly, defining moment in American history.

By Ken Ludwig
Adventurous & Funny Heroic Folktale (Ages 10+)
Festival Stage | March 13–April 6, 2025, & May 2–3, 2025

A fun-loving young man comes face to face with the kind of greed and inhumanity that won’t let him sleep at night. Suddenly he’s an outlaw hiding in Sherwood Forest where he joins up with a band of followers including Little John, Friar Tuck, and a feisty adventuress, Maid Marian.

ByWilliam Shakespeare
Revenge Tragedy (Ages 12+)
Festival Stage | April 17–May 4, 2025

When Prince Hamlet’s father, the king of Denmark, suddenly dies, Hamlet’s mother, Gertrude, marries his uncle Claudius, who becomes the new king. A spirit claiming to be the ghost of Hamlet’s father says Claudius murdered him and demands that Hamlet avenge his death. Is it really his father’s spirit? Is revenge is the right decision?

By Donnetta Lavinia Grays
Lyrical Southern Celebration (Ages 17+)
Octagon Stage | May 29–June 8, 2025

This interweaving of poems and moments seeks to expand and complicate the Southern narrative – a celebration of Black Southern love, queerness, playfulness, culture, and spirituality. It is the playwright’s love letter to the place that made her.
*World Premiere

By L. Frank Baum
With Music and Lyrics by Harold Arlen and E. Y. Harburg | Background Music by Herbert Stothart
Thrills & Music for the Family (Ages 5+)
Festival Stage | July 9–August 17, 2025

Follow the yellow brick road in this delightful stage adaptation of L. Frank Baum’s beloved tale, featuring the iconic musical score from the MGM film. The timeless tale, in which young Dorothy Gale travels from Kansas over the rainbow to the magical Land of Oz, is a thrill for audiences of all ages.