Everything you’ve secretly wondered or thought about: lovers, marriage, romance, dating, husbands, wives and in-laws set to music! Hershey Area Playhouse brings this contemporary musical comedy to a whirlwind tour of the trials and triumphs of love, accompanied by a hilarious score. This wonderful collection of songs and comedy will help you better understand why men and women have always needed each other for mysterious reasons beyond sexual attraction. The battle of the sexes can be a lot of fun!

Directed by Jennifer Feldser

Produced by Tom Curry

February 11 - 14, 18 - 21, 2010

7:30 pm Thursdays through Saturdays

2:00 pm Sundays

$20 for teens/adults

$17 for kids 12 and under

(service charges apply)

Margaret Edson’s play is a remarkable story about how a woman confronts her fatal battle with ovarian cancer. Strong and highly intelligent, Vivian Bearing, PhD and 50 years of age, is a Professor of English Literature and noted authority on the 17th century poet, John Donne. Hershey Area Playhouse audiences will follow her and her caregivers through the wrenching process of diagnosis, treatment and reconciliation with death. And on that “journey of grace,” much is learned about the dignity and failures of human beings.

Directed by Skip Becker

April 22 - 25, 29 - May 2, 2010

7:30 pm Thursdays through Saturdays

2:00 pm Sundays

$17 for teens/adults

$14 for kids 12 and under

(service charges apply)

Once again, Hershey Area Playhouse will flourish with the enchantment of one of Broadway’s best musicals! Hello, Dolly! will be the best way to top off your summer of theatre enjoyment. The original Broadway production, which opened in 1964, starred Carol Channing in the title roll.  It garnered numerous awards and has been revived several times. The Playhouse’ summertime cast will be full of kids, teens and adults all telling the story of Dolly Levi, Horace Vandergelder and his two clerks, Cornelius Hackl and Barnaby Tucker, in a story of love, marriage, money and mayhem!

Directed by Cory Wilkerson

Musical Direction by Keith Wiley

Produced by Tracey Ford

July 15 - 18, 22 - 25, 2010

7:30 pm Thursdays through Saturdays

2:00 pm Sundays

$20 for teens/adults

$17 for kids 12 and under

(service charges apply)

The six-foot rabbit is back! Just in time to celebrate the Halloween season with his antics and wisdom. Follow Elwood P. Dowd through playwright Mary Chase’s adventure of a man who refuses to be ruled by life. “I always have a wonderful time, no matter where I am, or whoever I’m with.” Follow this tale of loyal, if 'unconventional,' friendship and its effects on those it touches. Join your friends and neighbors in deciding if Harvey is real or…

Directed by Marcie Warner

October 21 - 24, 28 - 31, 2010

7:30 pm Thursdays through Saturdays

2:00 pm Sundays

$17 for teens/adults

$14 for kids 12 and under

(service charges apply)

Auditions August 15 - 16, 2010. Click here for more information.

Once again the antics of the Herdmans roll over a local Sunday School’s Christmas Pageant with all the humor that the play has brought to Hershey Area Playhouse since 2008. As a traditional Christmas season production, The Best Christmas Pageant Ever has brought brothers and sisters and uncles and cousins to the Playhouse stage to perform in this tribute to what is good about people, and how miracles can happen. The third annual production is our gift to audiences ready to enjoy their children and neighbors recreating the hysteria of a disaster which never happens.

Directed by Tony Pingitore

December 2 - 5, 9 - 12, 2010

7:30 pm Thursdays through Saturdays

2:00 pm Sundays

$17 for teens/adults

$14 for kids 12 and under

(service charges apply)

Auditions September 26 - 27, 2010. Click here for more information.