2026 Performances
Jake’s Women
Written by Neil Simon
Director Jessica Taulbee
Auditions - Tuesday, January 20 and Wednesday, January 21 – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m – Rowan County Arts Center
Shows – March 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, and 22 – Friday & Saturday shows start at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday shows start at 2 p.m. – Rowan County Arts Center
Jake, a novelist who is more successful with fiction than with life, faces a marital crisis by daydreaming about the women in his life. The wildly comic and sometimes moving flashbacks played in his mind are interrupted by visitations from actual females.
Shenandoah
Written by James Lee Barrett, Peter Udell, and Philip Rose
Director Pam Hammonds
Auditions – Tuesday, May 19 and Wednesday, May 20 – 6:30– 8:30 p.m – Rowan County High School Performing Arts Center
Shows – July 10, 11, 12, 17, 18, and 19 – Friday & Saturday shows start at 7 p.m. and Sunday shows start at 2 p.m. – Rowan County High School Performing Arts Center
This colorful and dramatic saga, based on the classic film starring James Stewart, concerns a strong-willed Virginia farmer trying to keep his family neutral as the Civil War rages.
Making God Laugh
Written by Sean Grennan
Co-Directors Mike Dobranski and Sara Lindsey
Auditions – Tuesday, September 8 and Wednesday, September 9 – 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. – Rowan County Arts Center
Shows – October 30, 31, November 1, 6, 7, and 8 – Friday and Saturday shows start at 7 p.m. and Sunday shows start at 2 p.m. – Rowan County Arts Center
Making God Laugh follows one typical American family over the course of thirty years' worth of holidays. Starting in 1980, Ruthie and Bill's grown children -- a priest, an aspiring actress, and a former football star -- all return home, where we learn of their plans and dreams as they embark on their adult lives. The empty-nester parents contend with their own changes, too, as old family rituals are trotted out and ancient tensions flare up. As time passes, the family discovers that, despite what we may have in mind, we often arrive at unexpected destinations.