Summer Mainstage
Expanding on it's flagship series FST has been providing summer entertainment since 1992.
Summer Mainstage Production History
2024
The World Goes 'Round
Music by John Kander
Lyrics by Fred Ebb
June 5 - June 30, 2024
Ken Ludwig's Dear Jack, Dear Louise
by Ken Ludwig
July 3 - August 11, 2024
The Outsider
by Paul Slade Smith
July 24-August 25, 2024
2023
A Comedy of Tenors
by Ken Ludwig
August 2-August 27
Black Pearl Sings!
by Frank Higgins
June 28-August 6, 2023
Shear Madness
by Paul Portner
May 31-July 16, 2023
2022
Ring of Fire: The Music of Johnny Cash
By Richard Maltby, Jr., conceived by William Meade, and adapted from the Broadway production by Richard Maltby Jr. and Jason Edwards
June 1 - July 2, 2022
Maytag Virgin
By Audrey Cefaly
June 29 - July 31, 2022
Smoke & Mirrors
By Will Osborne and Anthony Herrera
August 3-August 28, 2022
2021
Sophie Tucker: The Last of the Red Hot Mamas
By Jack Fournier and Kathy Halenda
June 2, 2021 - July 11, 2021
My Lord, What a Night
By Deborah Brevoort
June 30, 2021 - August 15, 2021
Rounding Third
By Richard Dresser
July 28, 2021 - August 29, 2021
2020
Theatre closed due to pandemic
2019
The Marvelous Wonderettes
Written and Created by Roger Bean
May 29, 2019 - June 22, 2019
Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow
by Larry Parr
June 26, 2019 - August 10, 2019
The Cottage
by Sandy Rustin
July 31, 2019 - August 24, 2019
2018
Always...Patsy Cline
by Ted Swindley
May 30, 2018 - July 1, 2018
Murder For Two
Book and Lyrics By Kellan Blair
Book and Music By Joe Kinosian
June 27, 2018 - July 29, 2018
Other People's Money
by Jerry Sterner
August 1- 19, 2018
2017
Burt & Me
by Larry McKenna, music & lyrics by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
May 31, 2017 - June 25, 2017
The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey
by James Lecesne
July 5, 2017 - August 6, 2017
Doublewide
by Stephen Spotswood
Aug 2, 2017 - August 20, 2017
2016
The Fabulous Lipitones
Written by John Markus & Mark St. Germain,
Original music by Randy Courts, original lyrics by Mark St. Germain
June 1, 2016 - June 26, 2016
The Roommate
by Jen Silverman
July 6, 2016 - August 7, 2016
The God of Isaac
by James Sherman
August 3, 2016 - August 28, 2016
2015
Inspired Lunacy
By Richard Hopkins, Rebecca Hopkins, and Jim Prosser
June 3 - June 28
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
July 1 - August 8
Over the River and Through the Woods
by Joe DiPietro
July 22 - Aug 16
2014
Pump Boys & Dinettes
Hit Broadway Musical
June 4 - June 29
Becoming Dr. Ruth
America's most famous therapist
June 25 - August 3
Taking Shakespeare
U.S. Premiere
July 23 thru August 17
2013
The World Goes 'Round
Music by John Kander; Lyrics by Fred Ebb
May 29 thru June 30
The Underpants
by Steve Martin, Adapted from Carl Sternheim
June 26 thru August 11
South Beach Babylon
by Michael McKeever
July 24 thru August 18
2012
Das Barbecü
Book and Lyrics by Jim Luigs, Music by Scott Warrender
June 13 thru July 15
Talley's Folly
by Lanford Wilson
July 25 thru August 26
Perfect Wedding
by Robin Hawdon
August 8 thru September 2
2011
Cowgirls
A joyous musical comedy!
June 8 thru July 17
Our Son's Wedding
July 6 thru August 14
The Savannah Disputation
August 3 thru September 4
2010
Beehive, The 60s Musical
Created by Larry Gallagher
June 2 thru July 11
Family Secrets
by Sherry Glaser and Gregory Howells
June 30 thru August 8
Sylvia
by A.R. Gurney
July 28 thru August 29
2009
A Marvelous Party! The Noel Coward Celebration
Words and Music by Noel Coward; Devised by Carl Danielsen, David Ira Goldstein, Mark Anders and Patricia Wilcox; Musical Arrangements by Carl Danielsen
June 3 thru July 5
Shirley Valentine
by Willy Russell
July 1 thru August 9
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (abridged)
by Jess Winfield, Adam Long and Daniel Singer
July 29 thru August 23
2008
Always...Patsy Cline
by Ted Swindley
May 28 thru July 6
The Mystery of Irma Vep
by Charles Ludlam
June 25 thru July 18
Southern Comforts
by Kathleen Clark
July 23 thru August 17
2007
The All Night Strut
Conceived by Fran Charnas
June 13 thru July 7
The Lady With All the Answers
by David Rambo
July 11 thru August 3
Rabbit Hole
by David Lindsay-Abaire
August 8 thru August 26
2006
Bad Dates by Theresa Rebeck
Fiction by Steven Dietz
The Big Bang by Jed Feuer, Book & Lyrics by Boyd Graham
2005
Good Evening by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
Ruthless! The Musical by Joel Paley & Marvin Laird
Sundew by Larry Parr
2004
Bee-luther-hatchee by Thomas Gibbons
Showtune by Stephin Merrit
Ten Unknowns by Jon Robin Baitz
2003
Lobby Hero by Kenneth Lonergan
Oil City Symphony by Mike Craver, Mark Hardwick, Debra Monk and Mary Murfitt
Rose by Martin Sherman
2002
Blown Sideways Through Life by Claudia Shear
Filumena by Eduardo de Filippo, translated by Timberlake Wertenbaker
No Way to Treat a Lady by Douglas Cohen
2001
God's Man in Texas by David Rambo
Last Train to Nibroc by Arlene Hutton
Pump Boys and Dinettes by Cass Morgan, John Schimmel, Jim Wann, John Foley, Mark Hardwick and Debra Monk
2000
Far East by A. R. Gurney
Side by Side by Sondheim by Stephen Sondheim
Smoke & Mirrors by William Osborne and Anthony Herrea
1999
As Bees In Honey Drown by Douglas Carter Beane
Hi-Hat Hattie by Larry Parr
How I Learned to Drive by Paula Vogel
1998
Don't Dress for Dinner by Marc Camoletti
Starting Here, Starting Now by David Shire and Richard Maltby, Jr.
Travels with My Aunt by Graham Greene, adapted by Giles Havergal
1997
A Texas Romance by Ellsworth Schave
Cakewalk by Peter Feibleman
Molly Sweeny by Brian Friel
1996
Always...Patsy Cline by Ted Swindley
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare...(Abridged) by Adam Long, Daniel Singer and Jess Winfield
1995
Cowgirls by Mary Murfitt and Betsy Howie
Scotland Road by Jeffrey Hatcher
The Guardsman by Ferenc Molnar
1994
The Play's The Thing by Ferenc Molnar
The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe by Jane Wagner
The World Goes 'Round by John Kander & Fred Ebb
1993
Anything Cole by Tom Klebba
Shirley Valentine by Willy Russell
The Heir Transparent by Tom Pocorobba
1992
At Wit's End by Michael Duff and Cheryl Coons
Dear Liar by Jerome Kilty
Good Evening by Dudley Moore and Peter Cook
