Winter Mainstage
FST flagship series has been engaging audiences since 1980.
Winter Mainstage Production History
2023-2024
Little Shop of Horrors
Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman.
Music by Alan Menken.
November 15, 2023 - January 21, 2024
Pictures from Home
By Sharr White. Based on the Photo Memoir “Pictures from Home” by Larry Sultan.
December 13, 2023 - February 25, 2024
The Lehman Trilogy
By Stefano Massini
Adapted by Ben Power.
January 31, 2024 - March 29, 2024
Troubadour
By Kristian Bush and Janece Shaffer
April 3 - May 19, 2024
2022-2023
Something Rotten!
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell. Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick.
November 9, 2022 - January 14, 2023
What the Constitution Means to Me
By Heidi Schreck
December 7, 2022 - February 26, 2023
Network
By Lee Hall. Based on the film by Paddy Chayefsky.
January 25 - March 26, 2023
Visit Joe Whitefeather (and bring the family!)
By Bruce Graham
April 5 - May 21, 2023
2021-2022
Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
by Alan Janes
November 3, 2021 - January 9, 2022
America in One Room
by Jason Odell Willams
December 8, 2021 - February 27. 2022
The Play That Goes Wrong
by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer
February 9 - March 27, 2022
The Legend of Georgia McBride
by Matthew Lopez
April 6 - May 22, 2022
2020-2021
Theatre closed due to pandemic
2019-2020
Bright Star
Music, Book, & Story by Steve Martin
Music, Book, & Story by Edie Brickell
November 6, 2019 - January 17, 2020
Handle With Care
by Jason Odell Williams
Hebrew written by Charlotte Cohn
December 11, 2019 - March 8, 2020
American Son
By Christopher Demos-Brown
January 22 - March 15, 2020
The Legend of Georgia McBride
By Matthew Lopez
Cancelled due to Covid19
2018-2019
A Gentleman's Guide To Love and Murder
Book and Lyrics by Robert L Freedman and Music and Lyrics by Steven Lutvak
November 7, 2018 - January 13, 2019
Straight White Men
by Young Jean Lee
December 12, 2018 - March 2, 2019
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Simon Stephens. Based on the Novel by Mark Haddon
January 23, 2019 - March 29, 2019
Wednesday's Child
by Mark St. Germain.
April 3, 2019 - May 24, 2019
2017-2018
Once
Book by Enda Walsh with Music and Lyrics by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová
November 8, 2017 - January 19, 2018
Heisenberg
by Simon Stephens
December 13, 2017 - March 4, 2018
Native Gardens
by Karen Zacarías
January 24, 2018 - March 25, 2018
Honor Killing
by Sarah Bierstock
April 4, 2018 - May 25, 2018
2016-2017
Million Dollar Quartet
by Colin Escott and Floyd Mutrux
November 9, 2016 - January 20, 2017
Clever Little Lies
by Joe DiPietro
December 14, 2016 - March 12, 2017
brownsville song (b-side for tray)
by Kimber Lee
January 25, 2017 - March 26, 2017
Rich Girl
by Victoria Stewart
April 5, 2017 - May 26, 2017
2015-2016
One Man, Two Guvnors
by Richard Bean
November 18, 2015 - January 10, 2016
Butler
by Richard Strand
December 9, 2015 - March 5, 2016
Outside Mullingar
by John Patrick Shanley
February 3, 2016 - April 2, 2016
Alabama Story
by Kenneth Jones
April 6, 2016 - May 28, 2016
2014-2015
Hairspray
Based on the film by John Waters, book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan, music by Marc Shaiman,and lyrics by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman.
November 12, 2014 - January 24, 2015
Dancing Lessons
By Mark St. Germain
December 10, 2014 - March 14, 2015
Fly
By Trey Ellis & Ricardo Khan
February 4, 2015 - April 4, 2015
Chapatti
By Christian O'Reilly
April 8, 2015 - May 29, 2015
2013-2014
Monty Python's Spamalot
Book & Lyrics by ERIC IDLE
Music by JOHN DU PREZ & ERIC IDLE
November 13, 2013 - January 25, 2014
Thurgood
By George Stevens, Jr.
December 11, 2013 - March 8, 2014
Daddy Long Legs
Music & Lyrics by Paul Gordon. Book by John Caird.
February 5, 2014 - April 5, 2014
Tom Jones
By Mark Brown
April 9, 2014 - May 31, 2014
2012-2013
Smokey Joe's Cafe
Music & Lyrics by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller
October 31, 2012 - January 20, 2013
The Best of Enemies
By Mark St. Germain (suggested by the book of the same name by Osha Gray Davidson)
December 5, 2012 - February 10, 2013
The Columnist
By David Auburn
January 30, 2013 - April 14, 2013
In the Book Of
By John Walch
March 27, 2013 - May 19, 2013
2011-2012
Next to Normal
Book & Lyrics by Brian Yorkey and Music by Tom Kitt
November 2, 2011 - January 20, 2012
The Last Romance
By Joe DiPietro
December 7, 2011 - March 1, 2012
Next Fall
By Geoffrey Nauffts
January 25, 2012 - March 31, 2012
Jericho
By Jack Canfora
April 4, 2012 - June 9, 2012
2010-2011
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
By Joe DiPietro
November 10, 2010 - January 22, 2011
The 39 Steps
By Patrick Barlow and John Buchan
December 8, 2010 - February 19, 2011
Race
By David Mamet
January 26, 2011 - April 2, 2011
Shear Madness
By Paul Portner. Adapted by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan.
February 23, 2011 - April 17, 2011
Ghost-Writer
By Michael Hollinger
April 6, 2011 - June 4, 2011
2009-2010
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Music and Lyrics by William Finn; Book by Rachel Sheinkin; Conceived by Rebecca Feldman
November 18, 2009 - January 29, 2010
Bridge & Tunnel
By Sarah Jones
December 16, 2009 - February 13, 2010
Ruined
By Lynn Nottage
February 3, 2010 - April 3, 2010
Shear Madness
By Paul Portner. Adapted by Marilyn Abrams and Bruce Jordan.
February 18, 2010 - April 18, 2010
Shotgun
By John Bigunet
April 7, 2010 - May 29, 2010
2008-2009
A Murder, A Mystery & A Marriage
Book and Lyrics by Aaron Posner; Music by James Sugg
October 1, 2008 - November 28, 2008
Opus
by Michael Hollinger
December 3, 2008 - January 30, 2009
Boleros for the Disenchanted
by Jose Rivera
February 4, 2009 - April 3, 2009
Black Pearl Sings!
by Frank Higgins
April 8, 2009 - May 30, 2009
2007-2008
Altar Boyz
Book by Kevin Del Aguila; Music & Lyrics by Gary Adler and Michael Patrick Walker
October 10, 2007 - December 9, 2007
Pure Confidence
by Carlyle Brown
December 5, 2007 - January 26, 2008
Jewtopia
by Bryan Fogel and Sam Wolfson
January 30, 2008 - March 28, 2008
The Miamians
by Michael McKeever
April 2, 2008 - May 24, 2008
2006-2007
Fire on the Mountain
by Randal Myler & Dan Wheetman
October 4, 2006 - December 2, 2006
Golda's Balcony
by William Gibson
December 6, 2006 - April 6, 2007
Permanent Collection
by Thomas Gibbons
February 7, 2007 - April 7, 2007
A Marriage Minuet
by David Wiltse
April 11, 2007 - June 9, 2007
2005-2006
Brooklyn Boy
by Donald Margulies
December 7, 2005 - February 3, 2006
Ethel Waters: His Eye is on the Sparrow
by Larry Parr
March 30, 2006 - April 23, 2006
Moonlight and Magnolias
by Ron Hutchinson
February 8, 2006 - April 8, 2006
Around the World in 80 Days
by Mark Brown
2004-2005
It Ain't Nothin' But the Blues
by Randal Myler, Ron Taylor, Dan Wheetman, Charles Bevel, & Lita Gaithers
Metamorphoses
by Mary Zimmerman
The Last Schwartz
by Deborah Zoe Laufer
Runaway Beauty Queen
by Rhonda Coullet
2003-2004
The World Goes 'Round: The Songs of Kander and Ebb
by David Thompson, Jacques Deval, & Susan Stroman
Agnes of God
by John Pielmeier
The Bully Pulpit
by Michael O. Smith
Anita Bryant Died for Your Sins
by Brian Christopher Williams
2002-2003
Olympus on My Mind
by Barry Harman and Grant Sturiale
Proof
by David Auburn
Dirty Blonde
by Claudia Shear
The Next Marilyn
by Lynne Kaufman
2001-2002
Dinner With Friends
by Donald Margulies
Naked by the River
by Michael T. Folie
Smoke on the Mountain
conceieved by Alan Bailey, Arranged by Mike Craver & Mark Hardwick
2 Pianos, 4 Hands
by Ted Dykstra and Richard Greenblatt
2000-2001
Over the River and Through the Woods
by Joe DiPietro
The Chosen
by Chaim Potok, dramatized by Aaron Posner
I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change
by Joe DiPietro, Jimmy Roberts
A Lesson Before Dying
by Romulus Linney, based on the novel by Earnest J. Gaines
1999-2000
37 Postcards
by Michael McKeever
Blues in the Night
by Sheldon Epps
Hysteria
by Terry Johnson
Wit
by Margaret Edson
1998-1999
Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
by Moises Kaufman
Invasion of Privacy
by Larry Parr
Master Class
by Terrence McNally
Smokey Joe's Cafe
by Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller
1997-1998
2: Goering at Nuremberg
by Romulus Linney
Eubie!
by Eubie Blake, Julianne Boyd, Andy Razaf and Noble Sissle
Having Our Say
by Emily Mann
Victor and the Virgin
by Thomas G. Dunn
1996-1997
An Inspector Calls
by J. B. Priestly
Banjo Dancing
by Stephen Wade
Fakes
by Lynne Kaufman
Jolson
by Michael B. Druxman
Sylvia
by A. R. Gurney
1995-1996
The Gambol of Love
by Pierre Carlet Marivaux, adopted by Albert Asermely
The God of Isaac
by James Sherman
Three Tall Women
by Edward Albee
Woody Guthrie's American Song
by Peter Glazer
1994-1995
Ain't Misbehavin
by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby, Jr.
Oleanna
by David Mamet
The Triumph of Love
by Pierre Carle de Marivaux, adopted by Stephen Wadsworth
Veronica's Position
by Rich Orloff
1993-1994
Roleplay
by Adryn Russ
Shooting Simone
by Lynne Kaufman
Six Degrees of Separation
by John Guare
The Learned Ladies
by Moliere, translation by Freyda Thomas
1992-1993
Dream Catchers
by Ed Lange
Oil City Symphony
by Mike Carver, Mary Hardwick, Debra Monk and Mary Murfitt
Talking With
by Jane Martin
The Sum of Us
by David Stevens
1991-1992
Execution of Justice
by Emily Mann
Greetings
by Tom Dudzick
Heartbeats
by Amanda McBroom
Prelude to a Kiss
by Craig Lucas
1990-1991
Alfred Stieglitz Loves O'Keefe
by Lanie Robertson
Death by Misadventure
by Michael Shaffer
Dynamic Products
by Ron House
Hi-Hat-Hattie
by Larry Parr
One Foot in Scarsdale
by Jack Fournier
1989-1990
Drinking in America
by Eric Bogosian
Invictus
by Laurie H. Hutzler
Lies and Legends
concept by Joseph Stern, Based on the music by Harry Chapin
Nite Club Confidential
by Dennis Deal and Albert Evans
The Good Doctor
by Neil Simon
1988-1989
Hell of a Town
by Monte Merrick
The Robber Bridegroom
by Alfred Uhry and Robert Waldman
The Wonder Years
by David Levy, Steve Liebman, David Holdgrive and Terry Labolt
Three Postcards
by Craige Lucas and Craig Carnelia
1987-1988
Blue Plate Special
by Edward Wheeler Fisher
No Way to Treat a Lady
by Douglas Cohen
Papa
by John de Groot
Tomfoolery
by Tom Lehrer, Cameron Mackintosh, Robin Ray, Chris Walker and Robert Fisher
1986-1987
Billy Bishop Goes to War
by John Gray and Eric Peterson
Little Shop of Horrors
by Howard Ashman and Alan Menken
Rap Master Ronnie
by Garry Trudeau and Elizabeth Swados
Split Second
by Dennis Mclntyre
1985-1986
Ain't Misbehavin'
by Murray Horwitz & Richard Maltby, Jr.
How I Got That Story
by Amin Gray
Painting Churches
by Tina Howe
Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You
by Christopher Durang
Starry Night
by Monte Merrick
1984-1985
Absent Friends
by Alan Ayckbourn
Agnes of God
by John Pielmeier
American Buffalo
by David Mamet
Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henley
El Grande de Coca-Cola
by Ron House, John Neville-Andrews, Alan Sherman and Diz White Sal
1983-1984
Absurd Person Singular
by Alan Ayckbourn
Beyond Therapy
by Christopher Durang
Do You Turn Somersaults?
by Aleksei Arbuzov
True West
by Sam Shepard
What I Did Last Summer
by A.R. Gurney
1982-1983
A Couple of White Chicks Sitting Around Talking
by John Ford Noonan
Fifth of July
by Lanford Wilson
Key Exchange
by Kevin Wade
La Ronde
by Arthur Schnitzler (trans. by Eric Bently)
Mass Appeal
by Bill C. Davis
1981-1982
Betrayal
by Harold Pinter
I Ought to be in Pictures
by Neil Simon
Relatively Speaking
by Alan Ayckbourn
Talley's Folly
by Landford Wilson
The Gin Game
by D. L. Colburn
1980-1981
A Phoenix Too Frequent
by Christopher Fry
Dear Liar
by Jerome Kilty
Seamarks
Gardner Mckay
Seascape
by Edward Albee
The Ginger Man
J.P. Donleavy
The Good Doctor
by Neil Simon
1979-1980
Cons
by Carol Flint
Getting On
by Alan Bennett
No Man's Mama
Sometimes Rhymes and Other Rhymes
by Carol Flint
The Doctor in Spite of Himself
by Moliere
The Dumb Waiter
by Harold Pinter
The Fire in Me Now
by Jon Spelman
What the Butler Saw
by Joe Orton
