Weathervane's upcoming 91st season offers an exceptional lineup of musicals and plays that explore themes of personal growth and unexpected connections. From magical gardens to fairy tale adventures, from historical dramas to comedic classics, the 2025-2026 season brings together a variety of stories that promise to engage, entertain, and inspire audiences of all ages.
COME FROM AWAY
Ohio Premiere
Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
SEPTEMBER 11 - OCTOBER 12
Come from Away is based on the true story of the time when the isolated community of Gander, Newfoundland, played host to the world. What started as an average day in a small town turned into an international sleepover, when 38 planes, carrying thousands of people from around the globe, were diverted to Gander’s airstrip on September 11, 2001. Undaunted by culture clashes and language barriers, the people of Gander cheered the stranded travelers with music, an open bar and the recognition that we’re all part of a global family.
JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT
Lyrics by Tim Rice
Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
NOVEMBER 20 TO DECEMBER 21, 2025
Back again to brighten the holiday season, JOSEPH AND THE AMAZING TECHNICOLOR DREAMCOAT is the colorful reimagining of the Old Testament story of Joseph, his father Jacob, his eleven brothers, and the wonderful coat of many colors. All singing, all dancing, and all fun, it’s a magical musical parable of forgiveness and grace.
RENT
Book, Music and Lyrics by Jonathan Larson|
JANUARY 15 TO FEBRUARY 1, 2026
Viva La Vie Boheme! Next year will mark the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Larson's iconic Pulitzer Prize-winning musical that shaped a generation of audiences and taught us all to measure our life in love. RENT follows a year in the life of a group of impoverished young artists and musicians struggling to survive and create in New York's Lower East Side in the 1990s. How these young bohemians negotiate their dreams, loves, and conflicts provides the narrative thread to this groundbreaking musical.
SHREK THE MUSICAL
Music by Jeanine Tesori
Book and Lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire
Based on the DreamWorks Animation Motion Picture and the book by William Steig
MARCH 5 TO 29, 2026
"Once upon a time, there was a little ogre named Shrek...." And thus begins the tale of an unlikely hero who finds himself on a life-changing journey alongside a wisecracking Donkey and a feisty princess who resists her rescue. Throw in a short-tempered bad guy, a cookie with an attitude, and over a dozen other fairy tale misfits, and you've got the kind of mess that calls for a real hero. Luckily, there's one on hand...and his name is Shrek. SHREK THE MUSICAL is an irreverent delight for the whole family – and it proves that beauty is truly in the eye of the ogre.
ARSENIC AND OLD LACE
By Joseph Kesselring
APRIL 30 TO MAY 24, 2026
Every family has its secrets – and it’s no different for the Brewster family! Drama critic Mortimer Brewster comes home to announce his engagement to his family, but he soon discovers that his sweet spinster aunts have been cheerfully poisoning lonely elderly men with elderberry wine (as an act of mercy!). Can Mortimer be loyal to his family and to the law? And can he prevent his bride-to-be from discovering the skeletons in the Brewster family closet? Mayhem meets the macabre in this classic black comedy.
PARADE
Music and Lyrics by Jason Robert Brown
Book by Alfred Uhry
JUNE 18 to JULY 12, 2026
Powerful, moving, and unforgettable, PARADE tells a tragic and true story of injustice. In 1913, Leo Frank, a Brooklyn-raised Jew living in Georgia, is put on trial for the murder of 13-year-old Mary Phagan, a factory worker under his supervision. Already guilty in the eyes of everyone around him, a sensationalist publisher and a janitor's false testimony seal Leo's fate. His only defenders are a governor with a conscience and, eventually, his assimilated Southern wife who finds the strength and love to become his greatest champion. Amid religious intolerance, political injustice and racial tension, this stirring show explores the endurance of love and hope against all the odds.
8x10: THE EILEEN MOUSHEY THEATREFEST
JULY 16 TO 19, 2026
Weathervane celebrates the art of the short-format play with 8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest. Named in memory of its founder Eileen Moushey, this is Weathervane’s signature special event presenting a program of eight 10-minute plays – all of them linked by a singular prop or setting. You, the audience, will get to pick the winning play in this annual collection of theatrical creativity.
Season subscriptions for the new season go on sale April 4. Individual show tickets go on sale June 3.
Each season subscription is a picket package with a reserved ticket to these shows:
Come from Away
Rent
Shrek
Arsenic and Old Lace
Parade
And a flex pass to either of these two subscriber “add-on” shows:
Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
8x10: The Eileen Moushey TheatreFest
Season subscription packages range from $175 to $210 per seat.
Additionally, we offer two “flex passes”:
A book of six flex tickets is $220
A book of 12 flex tickets is $420
