Stage Center and SOPA announce 2024 season

Stage Center (SC) & their School of Performing Arts (SoPA) proudly announce their complete 13th season. Themed “Oh What a Night” their 2024 season will feature eight live stage productions at Marjorie Lyons Playhouse, on the campus of Centenary College. FlexTix, their flexible membership program is on sale now at StageCenterLA.com or (318) 218-9978.

Stage Center Mainstage Season

Suzan-Lori Parks’ Topdog/UnderdogAward-Winning Drama | January 5, 6 at 7:30 PM | January 7 at 2:00 PMDirected by guest artist Alex Hare (Broadway’s School of Rock and Side Show), and starring our hometown hero (and history-maker for being the youngest black director to have a show play on Broadway) Zhailon Levingston, and Mikah Thomas (Harpo in last season’s The Color Purple) Topdog/Underdog, called “The greatest American play of the last 25 years” by The New York Times, is the recipient of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 2023 Tony® Award for Best Revival of a Play.

A darkly comic fable of brotherly love and family identity, TD/UD tells the story of two brothers, Lincoln (Levingston) and Booth (Thomas), names given to them as a joke by their father. Haunted by the past and their obsession with the street con game, three-card monte, the brothers come to learn the true nature of their history.

Mature Audiences.

Nickelodeon The Spongebob MusicalMusical Comedy | May 30, 31 at 7:00 PM | June 1 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM | June 2 at 2:00 PMTwelve Tony® Awards nominations, including Best Musical | Winner! Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with exuberant original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley. Directed by Jared Watson, Spongebob will be produced in collaboration with our SoPA.

Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!

Appropriate for All Ages.

Jersey BoysBio Musical | July 18, 19 at 7:30 PM | July 20 at 2:00 PM & 7:30 PM | July 21 at 2:00 PMThe Global Smash-Hit, Tony®, Grammy®, and Olivier-winning Best Musical will be directed by Jared Watson, and star Charlie Roppolo as Frankie Valli.

They were just four guys from Jersey, until they sang their very first note. They had a look, an attitude, and a sound like no other… and the radio just couldn’t get enough. But while their harmonies were perfect on stage, off stage it was a very different story — a story that has made them an international sensation all over again. Go behind the scenes — and behind the music — of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons in the true-life international musical phenomenon, JERSEY BOYS. From the streets of New Jersey to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and featuring the legendary hits “Sherry,” “WalkLike a Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You,” and “December, 1963 (Oh What A Night),” this is the musical that’s just too good to be true. Sure, they were born in Jersey. But they were made in America.

Appropriate for 12+ due to some language.

POTUS: Or, Behind Every Great Dumbass Are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him AliveComedy | August 16, 17 at 7:30 PM | August 18 at 2:00 PMSelina Fillinger’s brilliant, all-female farce took Broadway by storm in a star-studded production that earned three 2022 Tony nominations. The fifth entry in our exciting Left of Center Series (following 2019’s A Steady Rain, 2021’s I’ll Eat You Last, 2022’s The Little Dog Laughed, and 2023’s Misery), POTUS will be directed by guest artist Lyn Cramer, Endowed Professor of Dance in the School of Musical Theater, and recipient of the Rothbaum Presidential Professor of Excellence in the Arts by the Weitzenhoffer Family College of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma.

One four-letter word is about to rock 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. When the President unwittingly spins a PR nightmare into a global crisis, the seven brilliant and beleaguered women he relies upon most risk life, liberty, and the pursuit of sanity to keep the commander-in-chief out of trouble.

Mature Audiences.

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Disney The Jungle Book (Kids Edition)Spring Production ClassMay 10 at 6:00 PM | May 11 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PMBanished by the ferocious tiger, Shere Khan, a human boy named Mowgli and his panther friend, Bagheera, are on the run in the deepest parts of the jungle. On their journey, the two meet a sinister snake named Kaa, a herd of elephants and a giant bear named Baloo, who teaches them the swingin’ musical rhythms of the jungle. After surviving a dangerous encounter with a band of monkeys led by King Louie, Mowgli and Bagheera are forced to run for their lives. When Shere Khan returns, our heroes must rally their fellow animals into battle and restore peace throughout the jungle.

Appropriate for All Ages.

Nickelodeon The Spongebob MusicalMusical Comedy – a collaboration with our MainstageMay 30, 31 at 7:00 PM | June 1 at 2:00 PM & 7:00 PM | June 2 at 2:00 PMTwelve Tony® Awards nominations, including Best Musical | Winner! Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Musical The SpongeBob Musical is based on the beloved animated series created by Stephen Hillenburg and features a book by Kyle Jarrow, with exuberant original songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alexander Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T’s, They Might Be Giants and T.I., and songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny and Andy Paley.

Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!

Appropriate for All Ages.

Legally Blonde (Junior Edition)For Kids By Kids Summer Camp I June 21 at 6:00 PM | June 22 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PMBased on the award-winning Broadway musical and the smash hit motion picture, Legally Blonde JR. follows the transformation of Elle Woods as she tackles stereotypes, snobbery and scandal in pursuit of her dreams. When Elle’s boyfriend, Warner, dumps her and heads to Harvard, claiming she’s not “serious” enough, Elle takes matters into her own hands, crafting a showy song-and-dance personal essay and charming her way into law school. Befriending classmate, Emmett, and spunky hairdresser, Paulette, along the way, Elle finds that books and looks aren’t mutually exclusive. As Elle begins outsmarting her peers, she realizes that law may be her natural calling after all.

Appropriate for All Ages.

Disney Aladdin (Kids Edition)For Kids By Kids Summer Camp IIJuly 26 at 6:00 PM | June 27 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM | July 28 at 2:00 PMBased on the iconic animated film, with an Academy Award-winning score by Alan Menken, Howard Ashman and Tim Rice, Disney’s Aladdin KIDS is sure to send audiences soaring on a flying carpet ride filled with romance and adventure.

When the street urchin, Aladdin, vies for the attention of the beautiful princess, Jasmine, he uses a genie’s magic power to become a prince in order to marry her. Iago, Jafar, the Genie, and more are here in Disney’s Aladdin KIDS, a musical adventure filled with magic, mayhem and the power of love.

Appropriate for All Ages.

Disney & Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins (Junior Edition)Fall Production ClassNovember 28 & 29 at 6:00 PM | November 30 at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM | December 1 at 2:00 PMBased on one of the most popular Disney movies of all time and the Broadway musical that played for over 2,500 performances and received multiple Olivier and Tony Award nominations, Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s Mary Poppins continues to capture hearts around the world!

The jack-of-all trades, Bert, introduces us to England in 1910 and the troubled Banks family. Young Jane and Michael have sent many a nanny packing before Mary Poppins arrives on their doorstep. Using a combination of magic and common sense, she must teach the family members how to value each other again. Mary Poppins takes the children on many magical and memorable adventures, but Jane and Michael aren’t the only ones upon whom she has a profound effect.

Even grown-ups can learn a lesson or two from the nanny who advises that “Anything can happen if you let it.

Appropriate for All Ages.

You can learn more or get additional details on the 2024 for Stage Center by visiting www.StageCenterLA.com.

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