Little Theater of Gastonia, Gastonia, NC Videos

Little Mermaid JR
A sneak peak of what's going on "Under the Sea"! Get your tickets for next week at www.littletheaterofgastonia.org/tickets!

Finding Nemo KIDS
We cannot believe this is our final day of our K-5th Grade summer camp! Our Campers have been working hard to learn all their blocking, choreography, and songs for you! Come out and SEA what they have in store! Tickets are only $10, while available! You can find them at www.littletheaterofgastonia.org/tickets!

The Lion, The Witch & The Wardrobe
This weekend is your final chance to enter a new world and explore Narnia with Lucy, Edmund, Susan & Peter as they band together with some newfound friends to defeat an evil enemy! *Friday, March 22 at 7:30 (doors open at 7) *Saturday, March 23rd at 7:30 (doors open at 7) *Sunday, March 24th at 3:00 (doors open at 2:30) Tickets can be purchased at the door if any are available or in advance at https://www.littletheaterofgastonia.org/tickets

Show Six: 2024-2025 Season
Our final mainstage show is the 'daring, provacitive, exuberantly entertaining', and multi-award winning musical: "Cabaret (1998 Version)"! "In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920's draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee's bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin's natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken with English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally's boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish. Musical numbers include "Willkommen," "Cabaret," "Don't Tell Mama" and "Two Ladies." - Concord Theatricals synopsis Audition Dates: May 5th & 6th, 2025 Show Dates: July 18th-27th, 2025 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is for mature audiences only.*

Show 5: 2024-2025 Season
Our fifth show is geared towards our tween, teen, and young adult performers who may love a certain type of fanatasy books and dream of playing in magical worlds: "Puffs (Two Act Edition)"! "The New York Times proclaims Puffs “A fast-paced romp through the ‘Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic.’ For Potterphiliacs who grew up alongside Potter and are eager to revisit that world, Puffs exudes a jovial, winking fondness for all things Harry!” This clever and inventive play “never goes more than a minute without a laugh” (Nerdist) giving you a new look at a familiar adventure from the perspective of three potential heroes just trying to make it through a magic school that proves to be very dangerous for children. Alongside them are the Puffs, a group of well-meaning, loyal outsiders with a thing for badgers “who are so lovable and relatable, you’ll leave the theater wishing they were in the stories all along” (Hollywood Life). Their “hilariously heartfelt!” (Metro) and epic journey takes the classic story to new places and reimagines what a boy wizard hero can be. Puffs is not authorized, sanctioned, licensed or endorsed by J.K Rowling, Warner Bros. or any person or company associated with the Harry Potter books, films or play." - Concord Theatricals synopsis Audition Dates: March 17th & 18th, 2025 Show Dates: May 2nd - 11th, 2025 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is rated PG for some adult humor. Suggested age is 10+, but not limited to younger ages with parental supervision.*

Show 4: 2024-2025 Season
Our fourth show of the season is the iconic musical which was another box office success with it's recent remake: "The Color Purple"! "This musical adaptation of Alice Walker’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel (and the popular 1985 Steven Spielberg film) spotlights Celie, a downtrodden young woman whose personal awakening over the course of 40 years forms the arc of this epic story. With a joyous score featuring jazz, ragtime, gospel, African music and blues, THE COLOR PURPLE is a story of hope, a testament to the healing power of love, and a celebration of life. It premiered at the Alliance Theatre Company in Atlanta, Georgia and opened on Broadway on November 1, 2005, where it was nominated for eleven 2006 Tony Awards®, including Best Musical, Best Book, and Best Original Score. The London off-West End production moved to Broadway in 2015, winning the Tony Award® for Best Revival of a Musical." - TRW synopsis Audition Dates: January 20th & 21st, 2025 Show Dates: March 14th-23rd, 2025 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is rated PG-13 for adult content. Suggested age is 13+, but not limited to younger ages with parental supervision.*

Show 3: 2024-2025 Season
We have paired our intense thriller with a dark comedy with one of the world's most famous modern murder mysteries: "Clue: On Stage"! "Based on the iconic 1985 Paramount movie which was inspired by the classic Hasbro board game, Clue is a hilarious farce-meets-murder mystery. The tale begins at a remote mansion, where six mysterious guests assemble for an unusual dinner party where murder and blackmail are on the menu. When their host turns up dead, they all become suspects. Led by Wadsworth – the butler, Miss Scarlet, Professor Plum, Mrs. White, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock and Colonel Mustard race to find the killer as the body count stacks up. Clue is the comedy whodunit that will leave both cult-fans and newcomers in stitches as they try to figure out…WHO did it, WHERE, and with WHAT!" - Broadway Licensing synopsis Audition Dates: November 11th & 12th, 2024 Show Dates: January 17th-26th, 2025 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is rated PG for some moments of suspense, comedic violence, and light adult content. Suggested age is 10+, but not limited to younger ages with parental supervision.*

Show 2: 2024-2025 Season
Our second show of the season is the intense thriller that promises to keep you on the edge of your seat: Frederick Knott's "Wait Until Dark"! "A sinister con man, Roat, and two ex-convicts, Mike and Carlino, are about to meet their match. They have traced the location of a mysterious doll, which they are much interested in, to the Greenwich Village apartment of Sam Hendrix and his blind wife, Susy. Sam had apparently been persuaded by a strange woman to transport the doll across the Canadian border, not knowing that sewn inside were several grams of heroin. When the woman is murdered the situation becomes more urgent. The con man and his ex-convicts, through a cleverly constructed deception, convince Susy that the police have implicated Sam in the woman’s murder, and the doll, which she believes is the key to his innocence, is evidence. She refuses to reveal its location, and with the help of a young neighbor, figures out she is the victim of a bizarre charade. But when Roat kills his associates, a deadly game of cat and mouse ensues between the two. Susy knows the only way to play fair is by her rules, so when darkness falls she turns off all the lights leaving both of them to maneuver in the dark until the game ends." - DPS Audition Dates: September 23rd & 24th, 2024 Show Dates: November 8th-17th, 2024 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is rated PG-13 for some intense moments of suspense, violence, and adult content. Suggested age is 13+, but not limited to younger ages with parental supervision.*

Show 1: 2024-2025 Season
Our first show of the season is a beloved & classic musical for all of our patrons & performers, young and old: "Annie"! "With equal measures of pluck and positivity, little orphan Annie charms everyone's hearts despite a next-to-nothing start in 1930s New York City. She is determined to find the parents who abandoned her years ago on the doorstep of a New York City Orphanage that is run by the cruel, embittered Miss Hannigan. With the help of the other girls in the Orphanage, Annie escapes to the wondrous world of NYC. In adventure after fun-filled adventure, Annie foils Miss Hannigan's evil machinations... and even befriends President Franklin Delano Roosevelt! She finds a new home and family in billionaire, Oliver Warbucks, his personal secretary, Grace Farrell, and a lovable mutt named Sandy." - MTI synopsis Audition Dates: August 1st & 2nd, 2024 Show Dates: September 20th-29th, 2024 Audition Information: Coming soon! *This production is family friendly*

All will soon be revealed about our 2024-2025 Season... Are you ready?

Beautiful Blackbird - BTS
Ashley Bryan's "Beautiful Blackbird" will be coming to the Little Theater of Gastonia stage in less than two weeks! This beautiful retelling of the award-winning children's classic is a FREE EVENT and a collaborative project with LTG and the African American Museum of History and Culture at Loray Mill. The event begins at 2pm with free activities provided by the Museum, with the production following immediately after. This event is FREE, but tickets must be reserved in advance to guarantee a seat. You can find those tickets here: https://littletheaterofgastonia.vbotickets.com/event/Beautiful_Blackbird/115145

Our new friend Rachel from Thrive4life for sending us this video she made at our Sunday matinee show! Get your tickets while you can!