THE 2025-2026
SEASON
IS HERE!
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“Tell me a story. Please…tell me a story.”
That’s a request we’ve all made since we learned to talk — and listen. And we still love a story — TV, movies, books, theatre – all stories to entertain, enrich, inspire, amuse.
At The Storefront Theatre, we tell stories through the faces and voices of actors but your imagination supplies the rest – set, props, costumes, everything.
We are reader’s theatre.
The Fragrance of Books by Judy Simpson Cook
Jim and Carolee are in their 60’s. She owns a used book store; he’s crazy about books. When he comes in the store for the first time, they immediately like each other and begin to form a friendship. Their relationship grows as they discover a mystery
in an old book, set out to solve it, and in the process, discover things about themselves and each other. It’s warm, it’s funny, it’s poignant. And if you’re in your “senior” years, you’ll probably see a bit of yourself in Jim and Carolee.
SHOW DETAILS:
September 13 | 7:30pm
September 14 | 2:30pm
Mean Ladies by Laurie Allen
In a lively, small-town senior citizens center, Southern charm mixes with cliques, rivalries, and long-held grudges. Old wounds reopen and surprising alliances form with tension rising in ways that are both hilarious and heartfelt. With dynamic characters and dialogue that swings between sass and sincerity,
Mean Ladies celebrates the enduring power of friendship—and the unapologetic joy of finally sitting where you belong.
SHOW DETAILS:
November 1 | 7:30pm
November 2 | 2:30pm
The Acceptance by David Anthony Wright
Robert and Mary, two seventy-something residents of a NC retirement center, meet on the facility’s sun-drenched patio.
He’s a retired foreign correspondent, back in his hometown
for the first time in fifty years. She is retired from the restaurant business and has gone blind late in life. Over cups of spiked lemonade, they realize they were high school sweethearts,
on their way to matrimony. The arc of their lives and the results
of their decisions provide the storyline of this drama: a story
of love, loss, longing, and life.
SHOW DETAILS:
January 17 | 7:30pm
January 18 | 2:30pm
We Like Short-Shorts:
A Festival of 10-Minute Plays
It’s back! Our 13th annual 10-minute play festival with new plays, new playwrights, and the fun of competition. This season, all the playwrights come from the Southeast. We’ll see if that makes a difference.
It’s a fast-paced event with comedies and dramas, romances and mysteries. You’ll be laughing and crying – maybe at the same time.
Once again, we say: love it or hate it – it won’t last long.
SHOW DETAILS:
March 7 | 7:30pm
March 8 | 2:30pm
Show #5 ?
We so very carefully selected the final show of our season.
We knew you’d love it because it’s light and lovely and absolutely rolling-in-the-aisles funny. Unfortunately, the publisher’s license hasn’t come through so we can’t promote the play, cast the play, rehearse the play – even name the play – until we get that OK. The words “trust us” always come across a little suspicious but in this case, trust us. You’ll love the play. And if the license doesn’t come through, you’ll love the next one we pick just as much!
We promise! Ooh, that sounds a little suspicious too, doesn’t it?
SHOW DETAILS:
April 18 | 7:30pm
April 19 | 2:30pm
This project was supported by the Union County Community Arts Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Natural and Cultural Resources
TESTIMONIALS
Don’t just take our word, read from those who enjoyed our performances.