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We are thrilled to announce our 2025-26 Series of Professional Musicals!

The 2025-2026 Series will be performed in the Mandell Theater at the
Orlando Shakes complex while our current theatre is undergoing renovations.

The Mandell is located at 812 E. Rollins Street, Orlando, FL 32803.
This beautiful 124-seat theatre is about five minutes from The Playhouse
with a parking lot and garage nearby.

Our Box Office will continue to operate at The Winter Park Playhouse
in Suite A of 711 Orange Avenue, Winter Park, FL 32789.

Subscription and ticket sale dates for the 2025-26 Series are as follows:

• Renewals for current annual subscribers are going on now through February 9, 2025.
• Upgrades and new "5-Show Series" subscriptions will be available for purchase on February 11, 2025.
• "You-Pick-3" subscription sales will be begin March 18, 2025.
• Individual tickets and preview performance tickets for all five musicals will go on sale on April 1, 2025.

For more information, please call the Box Office at (407) 645-0145.

If you have a group of 10 or more that would like to book tickets, please contact Lisa Melillo at lisa@winterparkplayhouse.org or by calling the Box Office.

Jerry's Girls

Music & Lyrics by Jerry Herman

Concepts by Larry Alford, Wayne Cilento,
and Jerry Herman

August 8–31, 2025

This dynamic Broadway musical revue celebrates the music of the incomparable composer Jerry Herman! The show highlights the broad spectrum of thrilling material he wrote specifically for female performers from such immortal musicals as Mame, Hello Dolly!, Milk and Honey, Mack and Mabel, A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, and La Cage aux Folles.

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Forever Plaid

By Stuart Ross

September 26 –
October 19, 2025

This hit Off-Broadway musical comedy pays homage to the close-harmony guy groups of the 1950s. The Plaids, a quartet of high-school chums, dreamt of becoming stars but never got the chance. They return from the afterlife for one final shot at musical glory and perform hit songs including "Three Coins in the Fountain," "Sixteen Tons," "Chain Gang," "Heart and Soul," "Rags to Riches" and "Love is a Many-Splendored Thing."

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Honky Tonk Angels
Holiday Hoedown

Written by Ted Swindley

November 14 –
December 20, 2025

Regional Premiere! This upbeat musical comedy continues the escapades of beloved good ole country gals, The Honky Tonk Angels, as they reunite for a show at the Hillbilly Heaven Club in Nashville. With the holiday spirit in full force and a little bit of charming family drama, this joyful musical is full of popular holiday classics, a Motown Christmas medley, country hits like Dolly Parton's "Coat of Many Colors," fun comedy hits like "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" and much more!

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From My Hometown
A Celebration of the American Dream
in Classic R&B

Conceived by Lee Summers

Book by Lee Summers,
Ty Stephens & Herbert Rawlings, Jr.

January 23 – February 21, 2026

Southeastern Regional Premiere! This critically acclaimed Off-Broadway musical is a rags-to-riches tale of three young men just off the bus from their hit-record producing hometowns — Philly, Memphis, and Detroit — as they meet at the world famous Apollo Theatre. The musical is a tantalizing homage to the 3-man R&B groups of the 60s and 70s and features twenty-four Rhythm and Blues classic soul songs made popular by artists such as James Brown, Otis Redding, Jackie Wilson and more!

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The Pin-Up Girls

By James Hindman and Jeffrey Lodin

March 20 –
April 25, 2026

Regional Premiere! From The Andrews Sisters to hip-hop and Gershwin to Beyoncé, The Pin-Up Girls sing a cavalcade of hits inspired by letters home from our troops overseas! While singing at the local VFW hall, the ladies stumble upon a huge stash of letters that date back 100 years. Inspired by what they find — funny, sexy, romantic and poignant — they put on a show that celebrates the men and women who fight to defend our country.