Andy’s 2025 Season Registration is now OPEN!

Andy’s 55 - The Summer of Adaptation

To our community,

To make theater is to adapt. For centuries, storytellers have turned to theater as a response to the world around them, to process change, to see what old bones will stay and what new muscles will grow and stretch from within the fresh space. In the same way theater is the art of passing a story, over and over, experimenting with the way in which it’s presented and how it’s staged and why. We have popularized adaptation so deeply that it’s all around us - a sample of an older song worked into a new pop hit, a reimagining of a classic fairytale from the perspective of a different character, a retelling of a classic story in a brand new location. To adapt our stories is to give ourselves new perspective. And how incredible is it that we crave new perspectives? What a gift.

For all those reasons and more, we are challenging ourselves, as new Co-Artistic Directors adapting (see what we did there) to our new positions, to weave the concept of adaptation into every aspect of our programming for this 55th Summer Season: our shows, our writing, even our set build! To pay homage to what has come before us, and to give ourselves grace to embrace new perspectives. We are over the moon to spend the summer adapting with you.

What can you expect with Andy’s 55th Season?

- The season runs June 23rd - August 16th

- Tuition Free for the 6th straight summer!

- Three Mainstage Productions: a play for young audiences adapted from a children’s book, a new play written by the Artistic Directors, and a community selected musical by an NYC-based writer (VOTE FOR THE MUSICAL’S STORY HERE)

- Five workshops within the newly named The Andy’s Studio Series: Welcome to the Hilltop, Andy’s Improv Troupe, Cabaret 2025, The School for Youth Mime Theater, and The John C. Russell Playwriting Lab

- Three Greenhouse Initiative Projects: The Teen Play, The Dance Concert, & The John C. Russell Playwriting Festival

- The return of The Apprenticeship Program!

- The return of the 24 Hour Play Festival!

- The return of The Andy’s Associates Program! We invite Andy’s alums who would like to work with us this summer to apply!

You: “This all sounds amazing. Where do we go?”

- Check out the full season HERE

- Register for Andy’s 2025 - The Summer of Adaptation HERE

- Vote for the Community Selected Musical HERE

- Andy’s Alums who want to be an Andy’s Artistic Associate - Apply HERE

We can’t wait to share our show titles and artists with you on March 3rd! But. In the meantime, REGISTER, VOTE, and APPLY. As always, if you need us, please reach out. We can’t wait for this summer!

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Jess & SMJ