The One Good Thing or “Are Ya Patrick Swayze?”
By Joe Bravaco
Directed by Steven Carpenter
September 25 – October 19, 2025
Brothers Jamie and Tommy share a small cottage overlooking the sea in Southern Ireland. One morning, after a violent storm, Jamie announces that he is dead…he is a ghost. Disbelieving this ridiculous claim, Tommy is convinced his brother’s delusion is simply the aftereffects of grief he suffered following their mother’s death. With wit and pathos, American playwright Bravaco explores the emotional depths of these Irish siblings as they grapple with love, grief, forgiveness – and the afterlife. U.S. Premiere.
“UNEXPECTED, COMPELLING & DRAMATICALLY SATISFYING…there’s something decidedly Conor McPherson about this gentle yet emotional tale of brotherly love and grief.” – British Theatre Guide
Accused: The Victorian Ladies’ Detective Collective returns!
by Patricia Milton
Directed by Morgan Duncan
November 20-December 14, 2025
The Victorian Ladies ARE BACK – and yes, there’s another murder. The tenacious Detective Collective, sisters Loveday and Valeria, with American actress Katie, take on a new murder case to sleuth. Soon, the clues lead them into a dangerous web of anarchists and religious fanatics, immigrants being scapegoated, and ultimately Katie accused as the prime suspect. It’s their most daring caper yet! Welcoming back Stage Guild’s Escape from the Asylum cast and director. Did you miss the first two plays in the series? No problem! This is a brand new adventure. Area Premiere.
“[A] FAST-PACED CAPER…DELIGHTS WITH SUSPENSE AND CUNNING, spotlighting the strength of female camaraderie.” – Front Row Review
“PLENTY OF SLY POLITICAL AND FEMINIST WIT from the ever-clever Ms. Milton” – TheatreStorm
Happy Days
By Samuel Beckett
Directed by Alan Wade
January 29 – February 26, 2026
Samuel Beckett’s critically acclaimed final full-length play, essentially a one-woman tragicomic monologue, has been a tour-de-force for many an actress since its 1961 premiere. Winnie, a woman in her 50s, is inexplicably buried waist-deep in a mound of scorched earth in a bleak landscape, while nearby, her husband Willie dozes. She spends her day going through familiar routines, endlessly chattering and reminiscing about better days almost as a vaudeville routine for one. Then a bell rings, and she starts again. Is she trapped in this cycle or free to leave? Beckett’s absurd satire about the human condition lets you ponder what it all means. Featuring WSG Founding Company Members Lynn Steinmetz and Bill Largess.
“Happy Days remains ONE OF THE MOST UNSETTLING AND UNFORGETTABLE PLAYS in the modern canon.” – The New York Times
“a STRANGELY BEAUTIFUL attempt to grapple with the fragility of time and the fleeting poetry of optimism” – ArtsHub.com
caesar and cleopatra
Adapted and directed by Bill Largess from the play by George Bernard Shaw
April 9 – May 3, 2026
Under an Egyptian moon, the aging Julius Caesar meets teenage Cleopatra by chance one night. With turmoil afoot as Cleopatra and her younger brother vie for the throne, Caesar helps the young queen grow into a great ruler favoring wisdom, honor, and clemency. With the palace under siege by insurgents, Caesar might not be able to keep the country together or even escape alive — let alone manage the headstrong Cleopatra. DC’s premiere producer of Shaw stages this slimmed down version (by artistic director Bill Largess), a riveting exploration of power, politics, vengeance, and mercy.
