Annapolis, MD  – The Colonial Players, Inc. of Annapolis, Maryland is pleased to announce their forthcoming 77th Season, starting in September 2025.

September 2025
Our Town
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Rick Wade

In Wilder’s timeless tale of a small town, a stage manager narrates the daily lives of its locals, depicts a childhood friendship turning into marriage, and sets the stage for magnificent truths of what it means to be alive.

October 2025
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Written by Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

In the treacherous mountains of Transylvania, a meek English real estate agent takes a harrowing journey to meet a new and mysterious client, who also just happens to be the most terrifying and ferocious monster the world has ever known: Count Dracula! As famed female vampire hunter Jean Van Helsing and company chase Drac from Transylvania to the British countryside to London and back, their antics are guaranteed to increase your pulse and cause bloodcurdling screams—of laughter.

December 2025
A Christmas Carol
Play and Lyrics by Richard Wade
Music by Richard Gessner

This musical tale of Scrooge’s redemption is an Annapolis tradition that will warm your heart, bring you glad tidings, and add a glittering touch to the festive season. Written for the Players in 1981 by Richard Wade and Dick Gessner.

January 2026
Other Desert Cities
Written by Jon Robin Baitz

Brooke Wyeth returns home to Palm Springs to visit her parents after a six-year absence. A once-promising novelist, she announces to her family the imminent publication of a memoir dredging up a pivotal and tragic event in the family’s history—a wound that her parents don’t want reopened. In effect, she draws a line in the sand and dares them all to cross it.

February 2026
City of Angels
Book by Larry Gelbart
Music by Cy Coleman
Lyrics by David Zippel

A smart and stylish film noir musical. In the late 1940s, Stine, a bookish writer of detective stories, struggles to adapt his crime novel into a workable screenplay. As Stine tries to maintain some integrity in the backstabbing world of Hollywood, his protagonist, a hardboiled private eye named Stone, fights for survival in a city full of criminals and opportunists. With wit, humor, and a fantastic Cy Coleman score, City of Angels captures the snappy dialogue of a Raymond Chandler novel and the glitzy showmanship of classic Hollywood; the result is a crowd-pleasing musical unlike any other.

April 2026
Poor Clare
Written by Chiara Atik

It’s 1211 in Assisi, Italy, and Clare’s got beauty, wealth, and a rich suitor who showers her with expensive presents. So why is she so drawn to this guy Francis who gave up all his possessions just because poor people are suffering? Everyone in town says he’s crazy. And yet…she starts seeing everything in her life differently. This hilarious, anachronistic telling of the real story of St. Clare considers the cost of doing good—and how little has changed for the haves and the have-nots in almost a millennium.

Prospective directors are welcome to apply for any of the shows listed, bar Our Town. Director positions at The Colonial Players are unpaid. To borrow a script for perusal—or for any other questions—please contact: [email protected] 

Performances are held Thursdays through Sundays at our historic theater-in-the-round in the heart of downtown Annapolis. Tickets are not yet available for Season 77, but our Subscription packages, including FlexTickets will be available by June.

About The Colonial Players
Entertaining, educating, and enriching the community since 1949. The Colonial Players is a welcoming venue to all members of our community. Set in the heart of historic Annapolis, our theatre-in-the-round is a must-see destination for all theatre lovers.