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  • Music Theater Works is a professional non-profit theater company featuring a colorful repertoire including operetta, the Golden Age of Broadway, the Great American Songbook, and modern classics since 1980.


    2024 SUBSCRIPTIONS

    How To Subscribe
    To get a 2024 subscription, call 847-673-6300 or visit the box office during regular business hours

    Three-Show
    Choose which three shows you would like to see.

    Flex Pass
    You may order four or three tickets and use them for any of the productions in the gold and platinum seating areas.
    You do not need to pick the production today, just the number of subscriptions and may redeem the tickets for one show or several.

    2024 SEATING CHARTS
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    The Center Theatre – Main Floor
    The Center Theatre – Balcony
    The North Theatre


    MUSIC THEATER WORK | 2024 SEASON
    25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, March 7 – 31, 2024
    Carousel, August 8 – August 18, 2024
    Little Shop of Horrors, October 24 – November 17, 2024
    Legally Blonde, December 19 – 29, 2024


    Little Shop of Horrors
    Directed by Producing Artistic Director Kyle A. Dougan
    Choreographed by Reneisha Jenkins
    Music Directed by Linda Madonia
    October 24 – November 17, 2024
    in the North Theatre

    The frighteningly fantastical musical arrives just in time for Halloween to make audiences scream with laughter. From the award-winning duo of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (DISNEY’S THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and ALADDIN), LITTLE SHOP OF HORRORS is a sci-fi horror comedy meets love story meets rock musical as a man-eating plant from outer space takes over Seymour’s life and threatens to ruin his hope of finding love with his secret crush, Audrey.

    SINGLE TICKETS TO “LITTLE SHOP” AVAILABLE HERE


    Legally Blonde: The Musical
    Lyrics and Music by Laurence O’Keefe and Nell Benjamin
    Written by Heather Hach
    Directed by Sasha Gerritson
    Music Directed by Michael McBride and Linda Madonia
    Choreographed by Mollyanne Nunn
    December 19 – December 29, 2024
    in the Center Theatre

    This much fun should be illegal! Legally Blonde: The Musical, based on the cult classic film, shares the story of Elle Woods and her faithful pup, Bruiser on their journey from Southern California roots to the hallowed halls of Harvard Law School. Join Elle as she learns life’s important lessons on the subjects of love, friendship, the law, and self-respect.

    SINGLE TICKETS TO “LEGALLY BLONDE” AVAILABLE HERE



    MUSIC THEATER WORK | 2025 SEASON
    Guys and Dolls | March 6 – 30, 2025
    Fiddler on the Roof | August 7 – 17, 2025
    Godspell | October 23 – November 16, 2025
    4th production TBA
    | December 18, 2025 – January 4, 2026

    2025 SUBSCRIPTIONS

    How To Subscribe
    To Renew or add to your subscription, call 847-673-6300 or visit the box office during regular business hours
    New Subscriptions will be available October 1, 2024

    Music Theater Works offers four-show, three-show and flex pass subscriptions.

    Four-Show
    Subscribe to all four shows so you don’t miss a single must-see moment.

    Three-Show
    Choose which three shows you would like to see.

    Flex Pass
    You may order four or three tickets and use them for any of the productions in the gold and platinum seating areas.
    You do not need to pick the production today, just the number of subscriptions and may redeem the tickets for one show or several.

    2025 SEATING CHARTS
    Click To Review The Seating Chart For
    The Center Theatre – Main Floor
    The Center Theatre – Balcony
    The North Theatre


    Guys and Dolls
    Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
    Music and Lyrics by Frank Loesser
    Directed by Sasha Gerritson
    Music Directed by Linda Madonia
    March 6 – 30, 2025
    in the North Theatre

    Music Theater Works’ season kicks off with what many believe is the “perfect musical” with every song in its score a part of the American musical canon. Guys and Dolls whisks audiences from Manhattan to Havana and back again with career gambler Sky Masterson, “Save-A-Soul” missionary Sarah Brown, Adelaide, Nathan Detroit and others in this exuberant, big, brassy musical. Join Music Theater Works at the Hot Box Club onstage for an unforgettable time.


    Fiddler on the Roof
    Book by Joseph Stein
    Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
    Music by Jerry Bock
    Directed by L. Walter Stearns
    Music Directed by Michael McBride
    August 7 – 17, 2025
    in the Center Theatre

    Fiddle on the Roof shares the happiness and tears of a tight-knit Jewish community in Czarist Russia. Tevye, the town’s milkman, finds the long-held traditions that define his faith and family are threatened by a modern world that is encroaching on his beloved Anatevka. Don’t miss this lush and memorable score as it’s performed by Music Theater Works with a stellar cast and full orchestra.


    Godspell
    Production Sponsor: Whirled Peas Foundation
    In Partnership with Curt’s Cafe
    Book by John Michael Tebelak
    Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
    Music by Stephen Schwartz
    Directed by Matthew Silar
    Music Directed by Justin Akira Kono
    October 23 – November 16, 2025
    in the North Theatre

    Day by day for more than 50 years, audiences have delighted in this modern musical fable that weaves together music, improv and infectious pop and rock songs. This Godspell finds a fractured and disconnected community gathered at a local diner discovering the transformative power of forgiveness and embracing radical love.


    Production 4 will be announced January 6, 2025
    Directed by Producing Artistic Director Kyle A. Dougan
    Music Directed by Michael McBride
    December 18, 2025 – January 4, 2026
    in the Center Theatre

    You can bet your bottom dollar that this production will bring a smile to any face, today and tomorrow!


    REFUNDS/EXCHANGES

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    Free unlimited exchanges for all subscribers.  A single ticket purchase may exchange their ticket for another performance of the same production for a fee of $8.

    If Music Theater Works cancels or postpones a show, customers may exchange to another performance of the same production (subject to availability) or receive a credit on their account, which they can use for any other production or subscription.