Survival Is Complicated Overstudy and Understudy Discuss Their Roles in SANCTUARY CITY During each production at Next Act Theatre, more than one person prepares to take on a role. All shows have an overstudy—the actor who plays a role each night—and their understudy, who prepares to go on if the overstudy cannot. In SANCTUARY CITY, […]

What’s New? A Season of Premieres at Next Act Theatre By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Next Act Theatre’s 2025-26 season is everything you could want in a Next Act season: it’s both entertaining and thought-provoking, full of social, cultural and political issues while also bringing excitement and adventure onto our stage. And this season, it’s […]

Shifting Into High Gear Next Act at the UPAF Ride for the Arts By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director Next Act racked up miles on Sunday, June 1 at the annual United Performing Arts Fund Ride for the Arts! Our team of nine cyclists consisting of staff, partners and close friends collectively completed 259 miles on […]

Cheers to 35 Years At Bravo, Next Act! 2025 By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director On Thursday, May 29, more than 140 Next Act community members gathered at South Second for Bravo, Next Act! 2025. Our annual gala was a huge success, raising 119 percent of its financial goal. It also featured high-bidding auctions, an entertaining […]

Next Actors Take Manhattan Reflections on the Broadway Student Summit By A.J. Magoon, Marketing Director In April 2025, Next Act Theatre Education Manager Pia Russo and Development Manager Tawnie Thompson took four high school students, all alumni of the Next Actors: Summer Theatre for Teens program, to New York City for three days to be […]

More to Come Other Rental Shows in Summer 2025 Next Act Theatre has already played host to several productions in our performance space since our 2024-25 season ended. These productions, put on by renting organizations using the Next Act performance space, are often very different than what you may be used to seeing at Next […]