SEASON 13 - “ALL IN THE FAMILY”

The Fantasticks | A Delicate Balance| Fat Ham | The Dying Gaul | At the Wedding

2024–2025

“This season we are celebrating and exploring stories about families. We all have them! Some of them by birth, others by choice. Some we love and some we hate. Some we can’t stand to be with and others we can’t live without. Some are close and some are so distant we forget where they are. These plays explore the ways in which families express their love, through song and conflict, manipulation and fear, grand gestures and intimate moments.” Andy Rogow, Artistic Director

January 16 – February 9, 2025

Edward Albee’s
A Delicate Balance

Directed by Michael Leeds

Co-producers: FAB & Jeffrey Danielson
Set Sponsor: Glenn Goldberg
Costumes Sponsor: Arthur & Fran Greenberg
Lights & Sound Sponsor: Scott Bennett

Considered by many as Edward Albee’s best writing and awarded his first Pulitzer Prize, “A Delicate Balance" explores the lives of a wealthy, middle-aged couple whose complacency is shattered when unexpected visitors disrupt their household. This production marks a milestone for Island City Stage as it presents its first-ever production penned by America’s greatest playwright of the last half of the 20th century.

TICKETS
Thursday Evening, Friday Evening & Saturday Matinees — $43
Saturday Evening & Sunday Performances — $48
Mimosa Sunday, January 26 — $60 Sponsored by
Women’s Night - January 31 Sponsored by Leslie Fine

2 HOURS 40 MINUTES WITH 2 INTERMISSIONS

*Content Advisories:
Please note this production contains a strobe effect and haze. This production includes strong language, mature themes, sexual content, and mild violence.

April 3 - May 4, 2025

Co-produced with Brévo Theatre and Gable Stage with the generous support of the 
Warten Foundation

Fat Ham*

by James Ijames

A South Florida Premiere!

It’s Hamlet, but with barbeque and disco!  Swapping a Danish castle for a Southern BBQ pit, Fat Ham remakes Shakespeare’s story of murder and revenge into something hilarious and profound.  Juicy, a black queer Southern kid, has a lot on his plate already when his father’s ghost shows up, demanding vengeance. As generations clash at the family’s backyard barbeque, Juicy must face the legacies of violence he’s been raised with and shape the man he wants to be.  Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize.

This historic partnership between three theatre companies is made possible through major funding from the Warten Foundation

“Hilarious yet profound …” – The New York Times

 TICKETS

Thursday, Friday & Saturday Matinees — $43
Saturday & Sunday Performances — $48
Mimosa Sunday, April 13 — $55 | Sponsored by Misty Daniels

1 HOUR 35 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION

May 22 – June 15, 2025

The Dying Gaul

by Craig Lucas

Co-producer:
Lights & Sound Sponsor: Scott Bennett

Playwright Craig Lucas, whose most familiar work is “Prelude to a Kiss”, has written a modern American tragedy pivoting on the dramatic potential of the Internet - a blank slate where one can pretend to be anyone, though not without consequence. Lucas has written a story of uncommon emotional depth and subtlety in which failed redemption curdles into revenge. With breathtaking speed, our protagonist is caught in a love triangle with a powerful, ruthless and rapacious film producer and his fascinating but woefully under stimulated wife; and the anonymous internet chat room where he visits to find comfort and sex becomes a haunting nightmare that ignites a shocking finale.

 TICKETS

Thursday, Friday & Saturday Matinees — $43
Saturday & Sunday Performances — $48
Mimosa Sunday, June 1 — $55 | Sponsored by

2 HOURS 20 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION

August 21 – September 14, 2025

At The Wedding

by Bryna Turner

Co-producer: Sue Wilder & Russell Vance
Light’s & Sound Sponsor: Scott Bennett

You are cordially invited to the best day of someone else's life… but what if it's also the worst day of yours? Follow Carlo as she navigates the highs and lows of attending her ex’s wedding to a man while dealing with her own heartbreak. Can she make it through the night without drinking too much, talking too much, or trying to win back the bride? This laugh-out-loud play tackles big issues with humor and heart and is for anyone who has ever attended a wedding... or had their heart broken.

TICKETS

Thursday, Friday & Saturday Matinees — $43
Saturday & Sunday Performances — $48
Mimosa Sunday, August 31 — $55 | Sponsored by

75 MINUTES WITH NO INTERMISSION

October 17 – November 17, 2024 CLOSED

The Fantasticks

Book and Lyrics by Tom Jones
Music by Harvey Schmidt

Directed by Andy Rogow

Co-producer: Mike Mullins & Terry Gaw / Mark Loeser & The Opening Doors Charitable Trust
Set Sponsor: Glenn Goldberg
Lights & Sound: Scott Bennett

Experience The Fantasticks like never before. The longest running musical worldwide has been given an extraordinary update by its original book writer, Tom Jones. This new LGBTQ+ rewrite now features two young gay men, Matt and Lewis (and their mothers), as the central story exploring first love and self discovery.

Join us as we are only the third theatre in the country to perform this all-new version featuring memorable songs such as "Try to Remember" and "Soon It's Gonna Rain". 

“I had great fun doing it. I hope people have great fun viewing it.” – Tom Jones

TICKETS
Thursday, Friday & Saturday Matinees — $50
Saturday & Sunday Performances — $55
Mimosa Sunday, October 27 — $65 | Sponsored by Dr. Deborah Floyd

2 HOURS 15 MINUTES INCLUDING INTERMISSION