Stage Center announces their 2025 season

October 14, 2024

Stage Center (SC) & their School of Performing Arts (SoPA) proudly announce their complete 14th season. Themed “Greetings From Broadway” our 2025 season will feature eight live stage productions at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, on the campus of Centenary College. FlexTix, our flexible membership program is on sale now at StageCenterLA.com or (318) 218-9978.

SC MAINSTAGE SEASON

Douglas Lyons’ Chicken & Biscuits

History-making comedy | December 27, 28, 2024 at 7:30 PM | December 29, 2024 at 2:00 PM

In 2021, Shreveport’s own Zhailon Levingston made HISTORY, becoming the youngest black director EVER on BROADWAY. This Christmas, he brings his history-making Broadway comedy home to Shreveport!

Can rivaling sisters Baneatta and Beverly bury their father without killing each other? This proves difficult when Beverly shows up to the chapel with her “blessings” on display. Meanwhile, Baneatta’s son brings his neurotic Jewish boyfriend along, knowing Baneatta disapproves, and Beverly’s nosy daughter keeps asking questions no one wants to answer.

Baneatta’s pastor husband tries to mediate the family drama, but when a shocking family secret reveals itself at the pulpit, the two sisters are faced with a truth that could either heal or break them.

SIX

Musical Comedy – a collaboration with our School of Performing Arts | May 30 at 7:00 PM | May 31 & June 1 at 2:00 PM

Divorced, beheaded, LIVE! From Tudor Queens to Pop Icons, the SIX wives of Henry VIII take the mic to remix five hundred years of historical heartbreak into a Euphoric Celebration of 21st-century girl power! This new original musical is the global sensation that everyone is losing their head over.

By taking on The Plastics, a trio of lionized frenemies led by the charming but ruthless Regina George. Cady and her friends devise a “Revenge Party” to end Regina’s reign with Cady going undercover as an aspiring Plastic. When the lines between the real Cady and her Plastic self get blurred, she must find her way back to herself and her true friends.

Hairspray

Musical Comedy – a collaboration with our School of Performing Arts | July 18, 19 at 7:30 PM | July 20 at 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM | July 21 at 2:00 PM

The 1950s are out, and change is in the air! Hairspray is a family-friendly musical, piled bouffant-high with laughter, romance and deliriously tuneful songs. It’s 1962 in Baltimore, and the lovable plus-size teen, Tracy Turnblad, has only one desire – to dance on the popular “Corny Collins Show.”

When her dream comes true, Tracy is transformed from social outcast to sudden star. She must use her newfound power to dethrone the reigning Teen Queen, win the affections of heartthrob, Link Larkin, and integrate a TV network… all without denting her ‘do!

The Shark is Broken

Comedy | August 15, 16 at 7:30 PM | August 17 at 2:00 PM

FADE IN: The open ocean, 1974. Production on JAWS is delayed…again. The film’s lead actors—theater veteran Robert Shaw and young Hollywood hotshots, Richard Dreyfuss and Roy Scheider—are crammed into a too-small boat, entirely at the mercy of foul weather and a faulty mechanical co-star. Alcohol flows, egos collide, and tempers flare on a chaotic voyage that just might lead to cinematic magic…if it doesn’t sink them all.

SC’s SoPA SEASON

Disney Alice in Wonderland (Junior Edition)

May 9 at 6:00 PM | May 10 at 11:00 AM & 2:00 PM

Fall down the rabbit hole with Alice as she navigates the curious world of Wonderland on a journey of self-discovery. This 60-minute stage adaptation of the classic Disney animated film and the Lewis Carroll stories finds Alice as she travels through Wonderland, encountering all of the iconic characters that audiences have come to love: including the ever-tardy White Rabbit, the grinning Cheshire Cat, a cool Caterpillar, the wacky Mad Hatter, and the hot-tempered Queen of Hearts, and features brand-new songs, including music from the 2010 live-action film along with Disney favorites.

Whether this is your first experience with Alice or your hundredth, you’ll fall in love all over again with this timeless story of adventure, imagination, and pure fun!

SIX (see above)

Musical Comedy – a Mainstage collaboration | May 30 at 7:00 PM | May 31, June 1 at 2:00 PMMean Girls (Junior Edition)

Mean Girls Jr.

For Kids By Kids Summer Camp I | June 20 at 6:00 PM | June 21 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM

Adapted from Fey’s 2004 blockbuster film and the Broadway smash hit, this “fetch” musical is packed with keen wit, an undeniably catchy score, and a sincere message for everyone. Cady Heron may have grown up on an African savanna, but nothing prepared her for the wild and vicious ways of her strange new home: suburban Illinois. How will this naïve newbie rise to the top of the popularity pecking order?

Hairspray (see above)

Musical Comedy – a Mainstage collaboration | July 18, 19 at 7:30 PM | July 20 at 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM | July 21 at 2:00 PM

Seussical (Kids Edition)

For Kids By Kids Summer Camp II | July 25 at 6:00 PM | June 26 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM | July 27 at 2:00 PM

Horton the Elephant, the Cat in the Hat and all of your favorite Dr. Seuss characters spring to life onstage in Seussical KIDS, a fantastical musical extravaganza, about the powers of friendship, loyalty, family and community as they are challenged, but emerge triumphant!

Beetlejuice (Junior Edition)

Fall Production Class | November/December 2025 (exact dates to be announced)

It’s our show now, kid. The ghost-with-the-most comes to the stage in the frightfully funny musical based on the beloved motion picture turned Broadway phenomenon. Beetlejuice was nominated for eight 2019 Tony Awards including Best New Musical. A viral “sucks-yes” on social media, this musical struck a chord with young theatre lovers who adored its unabashed humor and emotional honesty.

Tickets Info

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