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2019/2020 SEASON INFORMATION
Get ready for hit after hit after hit, our 2019/2020 season is here! Join us with a Classic Subscription, and see all five shows for as little as $144. Click here to learn more about each subscription package. Single tickets don't go on sale until July 15!
THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
adapted by Steven Canny & John Nicholson
directed by Matt Pfeiffer
September 11 - 29, 2019
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s most beloved Sherlock Holmes story gets a makeover in an exhilarating collision of slapstick, absurdity, and silliness. Zany and fast-paced, The Hound of the Baskervilles offers farcical surprises and brilliant theatrical invention performed by a trio of endearing clowns and klutzes. Adapted by Steven Canny and John Nicholson for three actors, this barkingly hilarious spoof leaves
audiences dying from laughter.
DELAWARE THEATRE COMPANY
Wilmington's Riverfront
200 Water Street
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Box Office: 302.594.1100
Administration: 302.594.1104
Fax: 302.594.1107
A holiday story and tradition unlike any other returns. Gather your loved ones around the holidays and come see Ebenezer Scrooge at it again in this bold take on a holiday classic. Using nothing more than props, fresh physicality, and the power of imagination, five actors bring some of Dickens’ most beloved characters to life right before your eyes. Don’t be left out in the cold for this timeless tale with a fresh twist!
STARRING HARRY HAMLIN & STEFANIE POWERS
ONE NOVEMBER YANKEE
written & directed by Joshua Ravetch
October 23 - November 10, 2019
Hollywood stars come to Wilmington! Starring L.A. Law’s Harry Hamlin and Hart to Hart’s Stefanie Powers, One November Yankee will send audiences soaring to great heights. One plane, two actors, and three intricately interwoven stories. Joshua Ravetch’s new play explores human connection brought on by tragedy in the aftermath of a plane crash that ripples across the lives of our characters. The Los Angeles Times calls One November Yankee a “haunting and poetic” flight that “unfolds like theatrical origami.”
A CHRISTMAS CAROL
by Charles Dickens
a new adaptation by Patrick Barlow
December 4 - 29, 2019
TONY AWARD NOMINEE FOR BEST PLAY
OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
by John Patrick Shanley
directed by Bud Martin
February 12 - March 1, 2020
From the author of Doubt comes a romantic comedy set in rural Ireland. Anthony and Rosemary are lovelorn farmers who haven’t got a clue when it comes to love. These hopeless singletons will need to overcome a bitter land feud, familial rivalries and their own romantic fears to find happiness. Full of dark humor and poetic prose, John Patrick Shanley’s tenderhearted portrait reminds us it’s never too late to take a chance on love.
MILLION DOLLAR QUARTET
book by Colin Escott & Floyd Mutrux
original concept & direction by Floyd Mutrux
inspired by Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, & Carl Perkins
directed by Matt Silva
April 15–May 10, 2020
This worldwide smash-hit musical is inspired by the famed recording session that brought together rock ‘n’ roll icons Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Carl Perkins for the first and only time. In December 1956, these four young musicians gathered at Sun Records in Memphis for what would be one of the greatest jam sessions ever. Million Dollar Quartet brings that legendary night to life with a treasure trove of the greatest standards of the 1950s including “Blue Suede Shoes,” “Fever,” “Great Balls of Fire,” “Walk the Line,” and “Hound Dog.” On this unforgettable night in rock and roll history, don’t miss your chance to be a fly on the wall.