ClassAct Dramatics Presents

BUBBLE BOY

Based on the film by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio

Book by Cinco Paul and Ken Daurio

Music and Lyrics by Cinco Paul

July 11-12, 2025 | James Lawson High School

Jimmy Livingston was born without immunities and has spent his entire life confined inside a plastic bubble room. Enter Chloe, the girl next door, who becomes his friend and steals his heart. When she leaves town to get married, Jimmy travels cross-country in a homemade bubble suit in order to stop the wedding and finally tell her how he feels. Along the laugh-filled journey he deals with a crazy cult, a biker gang, a dead cow, and a controlling mother who will stop at nothing to get him back in the bubble.

ClassAct Dramatics & STC’s Cabaret Series Presents

A NIGHT OF MAYBES

A Cabaret by

TRISTAN VALDEZ

July 20, 2025 | 7pm | The Barbershop Theater

“A Night Of Maybes” is a testimony of life in the present, past, and future years of Tristan Valdez. The word of the hour is “maybe” because the possibilities are endless. Will there be tears? Maybe. Will there be a surprise appearance by Rihanna? Probably not—but maybe! One thing is for certain: it’s sure to be one hell of a time.

CULLUD WATTAH

by Erika Dickerson-Despenza

September 12-27, 2025

Directed by Alicia Haymer

It’s been 936 days since Flint has had clean water. Marion, a third-generation General Motors employee, is consumed by layoffs at the engine plant. When her sister, Ainee, seeks justice and restitution for lead poisoning, her plan reveals the toxic entanglements between the city and its most powerful industry, forcing their family to confront the past-present-future cost of survival. As lead seeps into their homes and bodies, corrosive memories and secrets rise among them. Will this family ever be able to filter out the truth? cullud wattah blends form and bends time, diving deep into the poisonous choices of the outside world, the contamination within, and how we make the best choices for our families’ future when there are no real, present options.

THANKSKILLING THE MUSICAL

by Jeff Thomson, Jordan Mann and David Eck

November 7-22, 2025

Directed by Everett Tarlton

What happens when you take a terrible movie and set out to make an even more terrible musical? ThanksKilling: a movie about a foul-mouthed homicidal turkey with shoddy brilliance, its deliberately cliched characters, bad acting, terrible puns, absurd premise and keen self awareness are now the stuff of legend and the musical doesn’t set out to polish the turd, but to embrace its turdiness and hold it aloft for all the world to see. 

 18+ only

a VHS christmas carol

by Clark Baxtresser

Back by popular demand, and we mean that.

December 12-20, 2025

Directed (again) by Sawyer Wallace

Join us for our second telling of the StarKid holiday tradition blending Charles Dickens’ A CHRISTMAS CAROL with 80’s music and nostalgia, This reimagining of the classic tale features the original cast from last years production serving up vibes from Christmases past, an escape from your Christmas present, and a cutting-edge blend of live and filmed performances straight out of Christmas future!

WE ARE THE TIGERS

by Preston Max Allen

Running March 13-28, 2026

Directed by Leslie Marberry

The Tigers’ high school cheerleading squad is meeting for their annual sleepover at captain Riley’s house—and they’ve brought plenty of their teenage troubles with them. Love triangles, a lustful boyfriend, and hurt feelings over a now-viral cheer stunt gone wrong complicate their team-bonding activities. But so does the untimely death of one of their own in the front yard. Will that be the only murder? And who did it? With a pop-driven, belty score and a seriously silly book that deftly combines elements of horror and comedy, resulting in an outrageously fun theatrical experience, We Are the Tigers will have you cheering for the Tigers as the Tigers learn to cheer for themselves.

THE VIEW UPSTAIRS

by Max Vernon

June 12-27, 2026

Directed by Deonte L. Warren

When Wes, a young fashion designer from 2017, buys an abandoned building in the French Quarter of New Orleans, he finds himself transported to the UpStairs Lounge, a vibrant seventies gay bar. As this forgotten community comes to life, Wes embarks on an exhilarating journey of self-exploration that spans two generations of queer history. This smash off-Broadway hit features a gritty, glam-rock score and a tight-knit ensemble of unforgettable characters. The View UpStairs asks what has been gained and lost in the fight for equality, and how the past can help guide all of us through an uncertain future.