AUDITIONS! Ballyhoo Theatre Mainstage will be presenting The Spitfire Grill, September 5-21, 2025. Auditions are open to those aged 18+

In this musical by James Valcq and Fred Alley, Percy Talbot has just been released from prison and is seeking a fresh start. Tearing a page from an old travel book, she makes her way to the small town of Gilead, Wisconsin. The local sheriff, Joe Sutter, finds her a job at the Spitfire Grill, and through her healing, she helps to transform the town from one of despair to one of hope and new beginnings. The music, based on the rural folk music of the Great Lakes and Southern Appalachia, imparts a simplicity that is truly beautiful.

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Pippin, with music and lyrics by Stephen Schwartz and a book by Roger O. Hirson, is the story of a young man's coming-of-age journey, aided by a mysterious performance troupe and the troupe’s savvy Leading Player. Pippin is searching for his life’s purpose which, he believes, is the key to happiness, fulfillment, and an extraordinary life. Pippin is magical, poignant, and unforgettable. 

JUly 18-27, 2025 at The Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

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Ever-hopeful, Charlie Brown searches for what it means to be a good person, finding unexpected answers from his friends Lucy, Linus, Schroeder, Sally and Snoopy.  Visit with the gang as they set out to discover how happiness in life is made up of all the little moments we often take for granted. This bright and sunny show is packed with upbeat songs, funny comics and the creative genius of Charles M. Schultz, with a book by Clark Gesner and Michael Mayer, and music and lyrics by Clark Gesner and Andrew Lippa.

August 8-17, 2025 at The Phoenix Theatre in Edmonds

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Carrie White is a teenage outcast who longs to fit in. At school, she’s bullied by the popular crowd, and virtually invisible to everyone else. At home, she's dominated by her loving but cruelly controlling mother. What none of them know is that Carrie’s just discovered she’s got a special power, and if pushed too far, she’s not afraid to use it. Based on Stephen King's bestselling novel, Carrie features a book by Lawrence D. Cohen, music by Michael Gore, and lyrics by Dean Pitchford.

October 25 - November 10, 2024 at The Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

Carrie is Rated PG-13

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A CABARET

A night dedicated to the roles we DIDN’T get to play! Passed over for that juicy 11 o’clock number? Not cast in your school musical when you were 9? Your show was canceled due to the pandemic? Come hear our performers dish the dirt on what happened, and finally get to sing that song!

December 16, 7:30pm at The Phoenix Theatre in Edmonds

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Ballyhoo is thrilled to bring in the new year with the return of our crowd-favorite fundraiser BEND. Now in its 8th edition, this year’s BEND invites us down the rabbit hole in a queer retelling of the Lewis Carroll classic, Alice in Wonderland. Inspired by various adaptations and featuring exciting songs all across the musical theatre cannon, our alumni return for a festive night of music and storytelling.

BEND8: ALICE is written and arranged by Erich W. Schleck, based on a concept by Shileah Corey, and features a cast of Ballyhoo alumni based all around the country.  We invite you back to our favorite annual Ballyhoo tradition!

At The Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College, January 3 and 4 at 7:30pm and January 5 at 2:00pm.

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Ballyhoo Theatre and Edmonds College are excited to announce our Mainstage production of A YEAR WITH FROG AND TOAD. This co-production will be COMPLETELY FREE for all audience members, for the entire run. In our efforts to create more accessible theatre-going experiences, we will have a sensory-friendly performance, a shortened performance for families with younger children, as well as an ASL interpreted show for our Deaf and hard-of-hearing patrons.

Based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books, and featuring a wonderful score by Robert and Willie Reale, this whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful Frog and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons. Waking from hibernation in the Spring, Frog and Toad plant gardens, swim, rake leaves, go sledding and learn life lessons along the way. The two best friends celebrate and rejoice in the differences that make them unique and special.

For information about group seating for your school or organization please email ballyhoo.theatre@gmail.com.

Feb 28 - Mar 16 - Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

Sensory-friendly/shortened performance - March 8

Shortened performance for our youngest partrons - March 11

ASL Interpreted perfomance - March 14

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This intriguing and beautiful folk opera delivers a deeply resonant and defiantly hopeful theatrical experience. Following two intertwining love stories – that of young dreamers Orpheus and Eurydice, and that of immortal King Hades and Lady Persephone – Hadestown invites audiences on a hell-raising journey to the underworld and back. Inspired by traditions of classic American folk music and vintage New Orleans jazz, Anais Mitchell’s beguiling sung-through musical pits industry against nature, doubt against faith, and fear against love.

April 25 - May 4, 2025

The Black Box Theatre at Edmonds College

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