2026-2027 SEASON: "SCREEN TO STAGE"
In our 2026-2027 season, we’re thrilled to bring you a lineup of beloved stories that have captivated audiences on film but come to life onstage. From the enchanting magic of Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella to the sparkling wit of Blithe Spirit, the suspense of Agatha Christie’s Murder on the Orient Express, the heartfelt depth of Lost in Yonkers, and the powerful storytelling of Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, this season offers something for everyone. Join us for Season 54 and see your favorite stories in a whole new way!
Season ticket renewals are being accepted now. Season tickets and flex passes range from $106-$136 and will be available for purchase on July 7 at the Irving Arts Center Box Office (www.IrvingArtsCenter.com • 972-252-2787). Single tickets will go on sale at the Irving Arts Center Box Office on September 15.
For ticketing questions, please call the Irving Arts Center Box Office or e-mail at admin@mainstageirving.com.
RODGERS + HAMMERSTEIN'S CINDERELLA
November 6- 22, 2026 at the Irving Arts Center
Music by Richard Rodgers
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
New Book by Douglas Carter Beane
Original Book by Oscar Hammerstein II
Directed by Michael Serrecchia
A musical fairy tale! A young woman dreams of a better life after being forced into a life of servitude by her cruel stepmother and self-centered stepsisters. With the help of her fairy godmother, Cinderella is transformed into a princess and finds true love with the kingdom's prince. This contemporary take on the classic tale features Rodgers & Hammerstein's most beloved songs, including “In My Own Little Corner,” “Impossible/It's Possible” and “Ten Minutes Ago,” alongside an up-to-date, hilarious and romantic libretto by Tony Award nominee Douglas Carter Beane. The classic you adore and the love story you’ll fall for again.
BLITHE SPIRIT
January 15-31, 2027 at the Irving Arts Center
By Noël Coward
Directed by Kristal Seid
A smash comedy hit in London and New York, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife, Elvira. Clever, insistent and well-aware of Charles’ shortcomings, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash, Charles’ current wife, Ruth, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. Till death do us part? That’s negotiable.
AGATHA CHRISTIE'S MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS
March 5-21, 2027 at the Irving Arts Center
By Agatha Christie • Adapted for the Stage by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Lindsey Humphries
Just after midnight, a snowdrift stops the Orient Express in its tracks. The luxurious train is surprisingly full for the time of the year. But by the morning, it’s one passenger fewer. An American tycoon lies dead in his compartment, stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside. Isolated and with a killer in their midst, the passengers rely on detective Hercule Poirot to identify the murderer – in case he or she decides to strike again. All aboard for a murder mystery where every passenger has something to hide.
LOST IN YONKERS
May 7-23, 2027 at the Irving Arts Center
By Neil Simon
Directed by Jake Blakeman
By America’s great comic playwright, this memory play is set in Yonkers in 1942. Bella is thirty-five years old, intellectually disabled, and living at home with her mother, stern Grandma Kurnitz. As the play opens, ne’er-do-well son Eddie deposits his two teenage sons (Jay and Arty) on Grandma’s doorstep. He is financially strapped and taking to the road as a salesman. The boys are left to contend with Grandma, with Bella, her secret romance, and with Louie, her brother, a small-time hoodlum in a strange new world called Yonkers. Growing up is never easy… especially NYC’s Sixth Borough
GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER
July 23- August 8, 2027 at the Irving Arts Center
By Todd Kreidler
Directed by Lisa Devine
A progressive white couple's proud liberal sensibilities are put to the test when their daughter brings her black fiancé home to meet them. Blindsided by their daughter's whirlwind romance and fearful for her future, Matt and Christina Drayton quickly come to realize the difference between supporting a mixed-race couple in your newspaper and welcoming one into your family – especially in 1967. A multi-family clash of racial and generational difference sweeps across the Drayton’s idyllic San Francisco terrace. Let the conversation ensue with this fresh and relevant stage adaptation of the iconic film.