Fort Findlay Playhouse is delighted to present the following shows for
the 2023-2024 season

 

Book by Michael Stewart
Music and Lyrics by Jerry Herman

Based on the play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder

Director: Jordan Gottschalk
Mentor Director/Music Director: Aeryn Williams
Producer: Heather Hardy
Choreographer: Abbi Starcher

Auditions: June 4 & 5, 2023
Show Dates: July 27-July 30, August 3-6, & August 10-13 2023

Produced in association with Concord Theatricals.

Hello, Dolly!

This musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder’s hit play The Matchmaker bursts with humor, romance, energetic dance, and some of the greatest songs in musical theater history. The romantic and comic exploits of Dolly Gallagher-Levi, turn-of-the-century matchmaker and “woman who arranges things,” are certain to thrill and entertain you in a fun-filled evening at the theater.
 

TICKET SALE DATES

Benefactors, Angels, Patrons

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, July 10, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning July 10 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time once reservation codes have been sent

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, July 17, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning July 17 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Monday, July 17 at 12 a.m.

Written by: Ray Flynt
Director: Heidi Raymond

Shows Dates: August 25-27, 2023

Produced in association with Ray Flynt

Ben Franklin: An Ingenious Life

A Second Stage Production*

FFP veteran J.R. Smith takes on the persona of the “founding father who winks at us” in this one-man play about Benjamin Franklin. You will get to know “the sage” through his own writings as you visit him one stormy evening at his home in Philadelphia. Who knows? Maybe he’ll even show you “how to draw electric fire from the clouds” and talk about how we may all break wind a little more elegantly and pleasantly.

*Please note: Second Stage productions are not included with subscriber season packages and must be ordered separately during general public ticket sale dates.

 

TICKET SALE DATES

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, August 14, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning August 14 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Monday, August 14 at 12 a.m.

By Ray Cooney

Director: Jim Toth
Assistant Director: David Wright
Producer: Barb Pace

Auditions: August 28th and 29th at 7:00pm
Show Dates: October 12-15 & 20-22

Produced in association with Concord Theatricals.

Out of Order

 
When Richard Willey, a government junior minister, plans to spend the evening with Jane Worthington, one of the opposition’s typists, things go disastrously wrong in this hugely successful sequel to Two into One.
 

TICKET SALE DATES

Benefactors, Angels, Patrons

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, September 25, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning September 25 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time once reservation codes have been sent

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, October 2, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning October 2– Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Monday, October 2 at 12 a.m.
 

Adapted by Joe Landry
Based on the story The Greatest Gift
by Philip Van Doren Stern

Director: Ashley Cambers
Assistant Director: Abbi Starcher
Mentoring Director/Producer: Sam Henry

Auditions: October 23rd and 24th

Show Dates: December 7-10 & 14-17, 2023

Produced in association with Playscripts

 

It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play

This beloved American holiday classic comes to captivating life as a live 1940s radio broadcast. With the help of an ensemble that brings a few dozen characters to the stage, the story of idealistic George Bailey unfolds as he considers ending his life one fateful Christmas Eve.

TICKET SALE DATES

Benefactors, Angels, Patrons

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, November 20, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning November 20 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time once reservation codes have been sent

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, November 27, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning November 27 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Monday, November 27 at 12 a.m.
By Timothy Frost
 
Director: Vicki McClurkin
Producer/Dramatist: Timothy Frost
 
Auditions: October 29 & 30 2023
 
Shows Dates: January 12-14, 2024
 
Produced in association with Timothy Frost

Finding Home

A Second Stage Production*

“Blood is thicker than water” is not a philosophy that can be used here as we look into the lives of a family that breaks apart when the father is found sleeping with his wife’s sister. But as it was to save her life, does that make it justifiable? Finding Home explores social issues of domestic abuse, self preservation, self discovery and finding our place in this world when we no longer can call our birth family “home”.
 
*Please note: Second Stage productions are not included with subscriber season packages and must be ordered separately during general public ticket sale dates.
 

TICKET SALE DATES

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Tuesday, January 2, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning January 3 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Tuesday, January 2 at 12 a.m.

Please note: Second Stage productions are not part of the patron season package.

by Sam Bobrick
 
Director: Julie Lane
Assistant Director: Caroline Guy
Producer: Vickie Garner
 
Auditions: January 15 & 16 2024
 
Show Dates: February 22-25 & March 1-3 2024
 
Produced in association with Concord Theatricals

Weekend Comedy

A middle-aged couple and a couple in their twenties have accidentally rented the same cottage for a three-day weekend. They decide to share it. In this touching romantic comedy, you get to watch the comedic clash between generations.
 

TICKET SALE DATES

Benefactors, Angels, Patrons

In-person: One day only – Monday, February 5, Noon to 3 p.m.
Phone: Beginning February 5 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
Online: Any time once reservation codes have been sent

Public

In-person: One day only – Monday, February 12, Noon to 3 p.m.
Phone: Beginning February 12 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
Online: Any time beginning Monday, February 12 at 12 a.m.

Book by Peter Stone
Music and Lyrics by Maury Yeston
 
Director: Aeryn Williams
Assistant Director: Kim Marquart
 
Auditions: February 26 & 27 2024
 
Shows Dates: May 2-5, 8-12, & 15-19 2024
 
Produced in association with Concord Theatricals

Titanic

Based on real people aboard the most legendary ship in the world, Titanic, The Musical is a stunning and stirring production focusing on the hopes, dreams and aspirations of her passengers who each boarded with stories and personal ambitions of their own. All innocently unaware of the fate awaiting them, the Third Class immigrants dream of a better life in America, the Second Class imagine they too can join the lifestyles of the rich and famous, while the millionaire Barons of the First Class anticipate legacies lasting forever.
 

TICKET SALE DATES

Benefactors, Angels, Patrons

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, April 15, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning April 15 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time once reservation codes have been sent

Public

  • In-person: One day only – Monday, April 22, Noon to 3 p.m.
  • Phone: Beginning April 22 – Monday, Wednesday, Friday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. throughout production
  • Online: Any time beginning Monday, April 22 at 12 a.m.
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Benefits for Contributors

  • First choice of show dates and seating
  • Order tickets for any show at any time online*
  • Name listed in programs
  • Postcard reminder of advance ticket sales
  • Purchase additional advance tickets at a discount
  • Reserve seats at time of purchasing your subscription, any time online*, or through the in-person/telephone box office seven days in advance of general public sales
Benefactor – $500
  • 4 included tickets per regular-season show**
  • Option to purchase 4 additional advance tickets at a discount
Angel – $250
  • 2 included tickets per regular-season show**
  • Option to purchase 4 additional advance tickets at a discount
Patron – $200
  • 2 included tickets per regular-season show**
  • Option to purchase 2 additional advance tickets at a discount
Single Patron – $100
  • 1 included ticket per regular-season show**
  • Option to purchase 1 additional advance ticket at a discount

*Pre-sale start date for online contributor sales will be announced prior to the opening show of the season and will remain open throughout the season. Order your included and additional tickets for any show at any time online. You will receive instructions for redeeming your complimentary tickets and purchasing your additional tickets by email.

**Second Stage tickets are NOT INCLUDED in donor subscriptions.

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