Mr. Burns, a post- electric play

By Anne Washburn
Music by Michael Friedman
Directed by Kirsten Brandt

Judy Bayley Theatre

Previews September 11, 2024
September 12- September 21, 2024

Critic's Pick! “Downright brilliant.” – The New York Times

Winner! 2015 Whiting Award for Drama

Join NCT for the 10^th anniversary of Anne Washburn’s brilliant dark comedy. After the collapse of civilization, an unlikely group of survivors come together over their remembrance of episodes of The Simpsons. Irreverent, hilarious, and thought-provoking, Mr. Burns is a testament to the power of theatre as it explores how stories can shape our future.

Content Advisory:  Adult Language, Adult situation & Themes, death, gun violence.

A Skeptic and a Bruja

By Rosa Fernandez
Directed by Guest Artist Delicia Turner Sonnenberg

Black Box Theatre

Previews October 30, 2024
October 31 – November 10, 2024

When Sam and Jess shoot the latest episode of their hit paranormal investigation show "A Skeptic and a Bruja" they are thrown for a loop when their crew member, Remy sees a ghost. The women struggle with their own biases and beliefs as the house they investigate reveals itself to them. Join NCT for the Nevada Premiere.

Content advisory:  Loss, grief, adult situations & themes.

The Merry Wives of Windsor

By William Shakespeare
Directed by Sean Boyd

Black Box Theatre

Previews December 4, 2024
December 5 – December 14, 2024

Half larger-than-life conman and half wandering knight, Sir John Falstaff, finds himself down on his luck in the town of Windsor. He decides to reverse his fortune by pursuing two women at once. When Mistress Ford and Mistress Page discover he sent them identical love letters, the women plot their revenge. As they conspire to humiliate Falstaff, Mistress Ford must contend with her husband’s overwrought jealousy and Mistress Page with her daughter’s three suitors. Uproarious, gut-busting, and deliciously ridiculous, Merry Wives of Windsor is Shakespeare’s most rollicking comedy where love finds a way and women get the last laugh.

Shorts: Climate Plays

Paul Harris Theatre

Previews, February 27, 2025
February 28 – March 9, 2025

The Shorts are back but this time, the 10-mintue play festival will focuses on the climate emergency.   We are bringing world premiere plays, written by some of the most important voices in American Theatre.   This evening promises to be funny and poignant as we tackle one of the most pressing issues of our time. 

Wolf Play

By Hansol Jung
Directed by Kinan Valdez

Black Box Theatre

Previews March 27, 2025
March 28 – April 6, 2025

“A deeply resonant work from one of the American theater’s most complex new voices.” – Chicago Tribune

Winner! 2023 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Play

Join us for the Nevada Premiere of Wolf Play, Hansol Jung’s new play focuses on identity, love, and parenting in a funny, unruly, and provocative theatrical experience. With a wolf and a puppet, the play asks us to consider “What makes a Family?”.

Content advisory:  physical violence; adoption, foster care; mis-gendering of a trans or gender non-conforming person.

Murder on the Orient Express

Based on the book by Agatha Christie

Adapted for the stage by Ken Ludwig
Directed by Michael Lugering

Judy Bayley Theatre

Previews May 1, 2025
May 2 – May 11, 2025

“Agatha Christie is not the bestselling novelist in history for nothing, and Ken Ludwig’s adaptation strikes the perfect balance of the cerebral and the comic. Get on board – it’s a great ride.” – Houstonian Magazine

This new adaptation by Ken Ludwig (Lend Me a Tenor, Moon over Buffalo) captures the spirit of Agatha Christie’s original classic with healthy dose of comedy.  Famous detective Hercule Poirot boards a luxury train the famous Orient Express.  But enroute to Western Europe from Instanbul, an American tycoon is found stabbed eight times, his door locked from the inside.  Poirot must identify the murderer before it is too late.

Content advisory:  Murder, death.