2025-2026 SEASON: "THE PLAY’S THE THING"
In our 2025-2026 season we’re thrilled to bring you five stellar plays ranging from a thriller, to a farce and a classic drama to hilarious comedies. We hope you’ll make plans to join us for season 53 here at MainStage Irving-Las Colinas!
Season ticket renewals are being accepted now. Season tickets and flex passes range from $106-$136 and will be available for purchase on July 8 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 16.
For ticketing questions, please call the Irving Arts Center Box Office or e-mail at admin@mainstageirving.com.
THE CAT AND THE CANARY
November 7-22, 2025 | Irving Arts Center
A Mystery by John Willard
Directed by Dennis Canright
Twenty years after his death, the family of Ambrose West arrive to his castle on the Hudson to attend a reading of his will at midnight. His will designates that Annabelle West is his sole heir if there is no indication that she suffers from insanity. Should she be unsound of mind, a second will is to be opened naming a different heir. The family endeavors to unbalance Annabelle with tales of lunatics, murders, and death strikes. Everyone among the possible heirs is suspected, but not until the final fall of the curtain is the extraordinary mystery solved. A chilling mystery unfolds for an eccentric family trapped in a night of terror and suspicion.
HOW THE OTHER HALF LOVES
January 16-31, 2026 | Irving Arts Center
An Adulterous Farce by Alan Ayckbourn
Directed by B. J. Cleveland
There are three couples in this play, the men all working for the same firm. One of the younger men is having an affair with the wife of the oldest, and when each returns home suspiciously late one night or early one morning. they invent a story about having to spend some time smoothing domestic matters in the home of the third couple. Both living rooms are shown in the single set, and both share a common dining room which takes on a character of its own as it serves two dinners simultaneously on two different nights. Of course, the third couple has to show up to put the fat in the fire, but that complication only adds to the fun. A fast-paced farce where marital mix-ups, mistaken identities, and a hilariously chaotic dinner party collide.
NATIVE GARDENS
March 6-21, 2026 | Irving Arts Center
A New Comedy by Karen ZacarÃas
Directed by Lisa Devine
Pablo, a high-powered lawyer, and doctoral candidate Tania, his very pregnant wife, are realizing the American dream when they purchase a house next door to community stalwarts Virginia and Frank. But a disagreement over a long-standing fence line soon spirals into an all-out war of taste, class, privilege, and entitlement. The hilarious results guarantee no one comes out smelling like a rose. Gardens and cultures clash – turning friendly neighbors into feuding enemies in this hilarious comedy.
KEN LUDWIG'S THE GODS OF COMEDY
June 12-27, 2026 | Irving Arts Center
A Lovely Comedy by One of the Greatest Playwrights of Our Time
Directed by Kristal Seid
Daphne and Ralph are young classics professors who have just made a discovery that's sure to turn them into academic superstars. But something goes disastrously wrong, and Daphne cries out in a panic, "Save me, gods of ancient Greece!"…and the gods actually appear! The Ivy League will never be the same as a pair of screwball deities encounter the carnal complexity of college coeds, campus capers, and conspicuous consumption. A riotous comedy where ancient gods bring divine chaos to modern life!
INHERIT THE WIND
July 24-August 8, 2026 | Irving Arts Center
A Classic Drama by Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee
Directed by Harry Friedman
A gripping courtroom drama inspired by the famous 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which challenged the legality of teaching evolution in a Tennessee classroom. When a high school teacher is put on trial for introducing Darwin’s theory to his students, the case quickly becomes a national spectacle, drawing two of the country’s most formidable attorneys to the small-town courtroom. As the fiery legal battle unfolds, the trial becomes more than just a question of science versus religion, it sparks a larger debate about intellectual freedom, the role of education, and the ongoing struggle to balance faith and progress. A timeless and thought-provoking reflection on the fundamental right to think.