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The Golden West College Theater Arts department’s 2026-2027 theater season promises to be one of its
most exciting seasons to date, offering an excellent lineup of productions featuring a talented and diverse group
of authors, performers, directors, and designers.
This outstanding collection of plays and musicals will be presented live in the 326-seat Mainstage
Theater on the GWC campus beginning in October 2026.
Tickets are available at www.gwctickets.com.

TAKE ME OUT
by Richard Greenberg
Directed by Martie Ramm
October 9 – 18, 2026
Auditions: Wednesday May 20, 2026 – Stage West Theater – 7:00pm
In his Pulitzer Prize–nominated play Take Me Out, playwright Richard Greenberg delivers a bold, funny, and
deeply human story set in the high-stakes world of professional baseball. At the center is Darren Lemming, the
superstar center fielder of the championship New York Empires—young, celebrated, and seemingly
untouchable—who makes the unexpected decision to come out as gay. What he assumes will be a simple act of
honesty instead sends shockwaves through his team, exposing hidden prejudices and testing the fragile bonds
of friendship, loyalty, and trust. By turns provocative, hilarious, and heartbreaking, Take Me Out charts the
fallout of Darren’s choice, including the arrival of a volatile new pitcher and the surprising emergence of an
unlikely ally. A powerful and timely theatrical event, the play is a moving reminder of the courage it takes to
live authentically—and the price that truth can demand.
NOTE: This production contains partial adult nudity, language, and situations, and is intended for mature audiences.

THE ELEPHANT MAN
by Bernard Pomerance
Directed by Tom Amen
November 13 – 22, 2026
Auditions:
Wednesday September 9, 2026 – Stage West Theater – 7:00pm
Set in 19th century London and based on a true story, The Elephant Man follows the tragic yet heroic journey
of Joseph Merrick, a severely deformed young man subjected to a life of unimaginable cruelty and
degradation. Discovered physically and emotionally abused in a wretched back-alley freakshow, Merrick is
rescued by esteemed physician, Frederick Treves, who soon discovers an intelligent and sensitive soul hidden
beneath a shockingly disfigured appearance. Yet despite his evolution from object of pity to fashionable
curiosity in elite social circles, Merrick continues to grapple with his most daunting challenge – to be
recognized as a man, rather than a monster. Contrasting a world of exploitation, voyeurism, and hypocrisy with
themes of dignity, compassion, and faith, The Elephant Man is a timeless tale of
what it means to be a human being.
NOTE: This production contains partial adult nudity, language, and situations, and is intended for mature audiences.

DEVOUR THE SNOW
by Abe Polsky
Directed by Tom Amen
March 5 – 14, 2027
Auditions:
Wednesday December 2, 2026 – Stage West Theater – 7:00pm
The tragic and haunting story of the Donner Party is brought to life in this riveting courtroom drama! Based
upon an actual 1847 trial involving several members of the ill-fated wagon train, Devour the Snow captures all
of the grim horror and desperate hope of early California pioneers trapped in the Sierra Nevada in the dead of
winter. While hunger and hypothermia quickly claim the weak, a hearty handful, driven by tenacity and primal
instinct alone, survive to write a proper ending to one of the darkest chapters in the history of the American
West. Harrowing, heartbreaking, and brutally honest in its depiction of both human frailty and an almost
superhuman will to live, Devour the Snow is gripping from gavel to gavel!