KITTY HAWK - A Vonnegut classic, a campy thriller, a family favorite and a classic comedy are among the offerings in Theatre of Dare’s 2026-27 season lineup, announced recently to a gathering of season ticket holders in Kitty Hawk.
 

“As we do every year, we try to put a little something for everyone in our season,” said Theatre of Dare president Evan Tillet. “I definitely think we’ve accomplished that with this bold, eclectic lineup.”
 

The season includes five mainstage productions, a dinner-and-a-show offering at the Black Pelican, and a return to the Courthouse stage at Dare Arts in Manteo. Season tickets for five-show or six-show plans are now on sale.

 

The lineup for the local community theater’s 36th season includes:
 

Happy Birthday, Wanda June - (September 18-28) by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. - Kurt Vonnegut’s dark satirical play about Harold Ryan, a toxic, Hemingway-esque big-game hunter who returns home after being presumed dead for years. He finds his wife, Penelope, has moved on with passive suitors, highlighting a conflict between old-fashioned, violent masculinity and modern, peaceful, post-VietnamAmerican culture.
 

House on Haunted Hill - (November 6-15) by Tommy Jamerson. Eccentric millionaire Frederick Loren offers five strangers $10,000 each to survive a night locked in a notoriously haunted mansion. Tensions rise between Loren and his
wife, Annabelle, amidst ghostly occurrences, double-crosses, and murderous plots.

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Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow Moscow – (January 8-17) by Halley Fieffer – Ever since their brother gambled away the family fortune, Olga, Masha and Irina have been doomed to the boredom of the Russian countryside. One
day soon, they hope, they’ll return to Moscow and live the exciting lives they were always meant to have. In this contemporary twist on Chekov’s Three Sisters, one delightfully dysfunctional family navigates the absurdity of class,
culture and love. To be performed at the Black Pelican restaurant in Kitty Hawk.
 

Reefer Madness: The Musical - (February 5-14) by Dan Studney & Kevin Murphy - Inspired by the original 1936 film of the same name, this raucous musical comedy takes a tongue-in-cheek look at the hysteria caused when clean-cut kids fall prey to marijuana, leading them on a hysterical downward spiral filled with evil jazz music, sex and violence.

Marjorie Prime – (March 12-21) by Jordan Harrison – It’s the age of artificial intelligence, and 85-year-old Marjorie – a jumble of disparate, fading memories – has a handsome new companion to feed the story of her life back to her. What
would we remember, and what would we forget, if given the chance? To be performed upstairs at Dare Arts in Manteo
 

Moon Over Buffalo - (March 26-April 4) by Ken Ludwig - A chaotic 1950s-set farce about George and Charlotte Hay, fading actors managing a failing repertory company in Buffalo, New York. On the brink of divorce, they receive a final chance at fame when director Frank Capra comes to see their matinee. The plot devolves into chaos featuring mistaken identities, drunken mistakes, and wrong scripts.
 

A Year With Frog & Toad - (May 14-23) by Robert & Willie Reale · Based on Arnold Lobel's well-loved books, and featuring a hummable score by Robert and Willie Reale, this whimsical show follows two great friends – the cheerful, popular
Frog and the rather grumpy Toad – through four fun-filled seasons.
 

Season ticket packages start at $100 and will be available through August 19.
 

“We really do think it’s the best entertainment value on the Outer Banks,” said Business Director Kelsey Thompson. “It’s a year’s worth of live, local, high-quality entertainment at a great price. We think people will be thrilled with what we have to offer for our 36th season.”