UPCOMING SHOWS
Want to know what's happening at Greater Escambia Council for the Arts? Each season, we strive to bring the community a variety of performances spanning multiple genres and styles. With shows from local playwrights and renowned publishing companies, we perform everything from classic to contemporary. As a family-friendly organization, we aim to provide enternainment for everyone.
CALENDAR
2026/2027
The Trip to Bountiful
Auditions:
Closed
Performances:
August 20th-23rd
August 27th-30th
Elderly Carrie Watts dreams of escaping her cramped apartment in Houston and returning to simpler times in her beloved hometown of Bountiful, Texas. When at last her opportunity to slip away arrives, she sets out alone on a risky journey with her family in hot pursuit behind her. Throughout her trip she encounters unexpected instances of kindness and compassion, and makes a remarkable discovery about the true meaning of home along the way.
Director: Scotty White
Genre: Play | Drama
The Addams Family Musical
Auditions:
Closed
Performances:
October 15th, 17th-18th
October 22nd, 24th-25th
THE ADDAMS FAMILY, a comical feast that embraces the wackiness in every family, features an original story and a dilemma that’s every father’s nightmare: Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family—a man her parents have never met. And if that wasn’t upsetting enough, Wednesday confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he’s never done before—keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday’s “normal” boyfriend and his parents.
Director: Anna Donald, Sharon Poulsen, & Heath Madison
Genre: Musical | Comedy
Chronophobia: The Film Club
Auditions:
Closed
Performances:
December 10th-13th
"You're running out of time."
Hollis has a problem. A senior in high school, he is putting together a film club with his friends and facing the usual setbacks on top of his tumultuous home life. As the club races to put together their production before the upcoming film festival, Hollis faces a different deadline. Can he figure out who he is and what he wants to do with his life before he graduates? Tackling themes of mental health and the importance of friendship, Chronophobia challenges the question many of us fear: Is there enough time left?
Director: Ayden Roynon
Genre: Play | Drama
Big Bad
Auditions:
January 9th - 2:00 PM
Performances:
February 25th-28th
School Performances:
February 23rd-26th
March 1st-2nd
The most notorious criminal in the fairy-tale world, Big Bad Wolf, is being slapped with a class-action lawsuit by the countless quirky characters he has wronged. Now, the two greatest legal minds in the Enchanted Forest — the Evil Stepmother and the Fairy Godmother — will clash (on live Court TV, no less, with Sydney Grimm as commentator!) in a trial that will be remembered forever after. As Little Red Riding Hood, her Grandmother, the Three Little Pigs and the Shepherd in charge of the Boy Who Cried Wolf testify, the wolf seems deserving of all that’s coming. But, even though the disreputable Evil Stepmother couldn’t be less interested in pro-bono work on such an obviously futile defense, Mr. Wolf makes a good case for himself. Was he born a criminal, or made one? Perhaps he does deserve compassion instead of condemnation? What will the verdict be? Only the jury — your audience — can decide, when the doddering old Judge invites them to determine the outcome of the trial... and the play!
There will be school performances for this show. If your school is interested in reserving a spot, please email jerryjanes@yahoo.com.
Director: Sharon Poulsen
Genre: Play | Comedy
12 Incompetent Jurors
Auditions:
TBD
Performances:
April 2027
When a man is accused of abducting half a dozen cats, it's a simple open-and-shut case, even for a jury that's filled with oddballs like a dim-witted PR guy, a bickering couple and a man obsessed with french fries. After all, every scrap of evidence indicts the accused. (I mean so clearly. The man is very, very guilty of stealing cats. Case closed.) And yet, Juror #8, a wannabe lawyer, believes that the “Cat Burglar” is innocent. Will he be able to sway the other jury members? Or will they side with Juror #3, the only sane man in the room, in this hilarious parody of 12 Angry Men.
Director: Albert "AJ" Grassia
Genre: Play | Comedy
Clue
Auditions:
TBD
Performances:
June 2027
It’s a dark and stormy night, and our cast of oddball characters has been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.
Director: TBD
Genre: Play | Comedy/Drama