Act II Playhouse announces its slate of 2025-2026 productions. The season is full of laughter, thrills, drama, and music.
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“Act II Playhouse presents a season that we just know our one-of-a-kind patrons will love,” said Act II Artistic Director, Tony Braithwaite. “This season all of our shows are running for five weeks which means that you will have even more opportunities to catch world-class live theatre in Ambler.”
The season kicks off with Theatre People, Or The Angel Next Door by Paul Slade Smith. A hilarious farce full of slamming doors, comic misunderstandings, and ill-fated romance, Theatre People centers on a husband-and-wife playwright team who have taken a vacation to a Connecticut mansion to adapt their protégé’s novel. Everything that could go wrong will go wrong in the comedy written by the playwright of The Outsider (produced by Act II in 2024). Theatre People runs Aug. 5-Sept. 7, 2025.
The season continues with Misery, the stage adaptation of the Stephen King thriller dramatized by William Goldman. Writer Paul Sheldon thinks that he has found salvation after he is rescued from a car wreck in the Colorado mountains by his number one fan, Annie Wilkes. Annie proves to be anything but, in a production, guaranteed to inspire edge-of-your-seat suspense. Misery runs Oct.7-Nov. 9, 2025.
The latest in the Playhouse’s tradition of original comedy cabarets is “Most Wonderful Time”: a night of comedy, music, improvisational sketches, and stories featuring Tony Braithwaite and a cast of Act II’s favorite performers. “Most Wonderful Time” takes the chill out of the winter nights December 2, 2025 – January 4, 2026.
Next on the Playhouse stage is Proof, the winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Drama by David Auburn. A play about legacy, relationships, and math, the beloved drama is sure to inspire tears and laughter in equal measure. Proof runs Jan. 27-Mar. 1, 2026.
Braithwaite returns to the Act II stage to take on one of his most beloved roles: Comedian George Burns in Say Goodnight, Gracie: The Life, Laughter, and Love of George Burns and Gracie Allen. A one-man show, Braithwaite inhabits the role of Burns as he takes audiences on the journey of his life and career in a performance praised by Playwright Rupert Holmes. Say Goodnight, Gracie runs Mar. 31-May 3, 2026.
The season concludes with the beloved musical, Annie Get Your Gun featuring the music and lyrics of Irving Berlin, Herbert Fields, Dorothy Fields, and Peter Stone. One of the most successful shows in Broadway history, the musical tells the story of Western sharpshooter Annie Oakley and features such notable songs as “There’s No Business Like Show Business” and “Anything You Can Do (I Can Do Better).” Act II continues its tradition of producing big Broadway shows ingeniously staged in their intimate space May 26-Jun. 28, 2026.
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Individual tickets go on sale Monday, May 12. The Box Office is open Monday-Saturday, 2-6:00 PM, and orders can be made by phone or in person or online.
Act II Playhouse is committed to theatrical programming that is both accessible and entertaining. Act II is committed to creating and producing original, classic, and contemporary plays, musicals, and cabarets (both comedic and musical) that reflect the highest artistic standards, and presenting them in our intimate venue that draws audiences and performers into a unique, vibrant, and dynamic interaction. Act II Playhouse has received 43 Barrymore nominations and 6 Barrymore Awards. Act II Playhouse was founded in 1998; in 2012, Tony Braithwaite became the 3rd Artistic Director in the theatre’s history.
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