Shows / Seasons
RLT’s 2024-2025 Season
Welcome to RLT’s 2024-2025 Season!
We take immense pride in creating exceptional experiences for you so we have curated a full season of wide-ranging stories. From over-the-top musicals in our Sutton Theatre to thought-provoking, intimate shows in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre to productions that will have you dancing on the grass outside in the Stephenson Amphitheatre, we are excited for you to embark on this journey with us.
Each of us come to the theatre for a variety of reasons – to escape, find belonging, tap our toes, or hear more about the human condition. Whatever yours may be, Raleigh Little Theatre wants to be your place. Under our historical roof lives moments waiting to be made and shared.
As you look through our 2024-2025 season line up, it is my hope all of the shows elicit distinctive emotional responses. If they do, I believe we are officially on the path to a great partnership! I couldn’t be happier to step into RLT’s next chapter with you.
– Michele Weathers, RLT Executive Producer
The 2024-2025 Season
See below for a quick overview of our new season! Scroll down to continue reading more about each production.
Click here to watch a recording of our live season announcement!
FOUR-SHOW SERIES, presented in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre and Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
- Something Rotten!, Musical Comedy
- August 23 – September 15, 2024
- Performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
- Doubt, A Parable, Drama
- October 18 – November 3, 2024
- Performed in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
- Morning After Grace, Comedy
- March 21 – April 6, 2025
- Performed in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
- The Color Purple, Musical Drama
- June 6 – 22, 2025
- Performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
FAMILY SERIES, presented in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre, Cantey V. Sutton Theatre, and Louise “Scottie” Stephenson Amphitheatre
- All Smiles, Theatre for the Very Young (TVY)
- September 4 – 15, 2024
- Sensory-Friendly September 14
- Performed outside in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
- Akeelah and the Bee, Inspirational Drama
- February 7 – 23, 2025
- Sensory-Friendly February 15
- Performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
- Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR., Musical
- May 3 – 11, 2025
- Sensory-Friendly May 10
- Performed outside in the Stephenson Amphitheatre
SPECIALTY PRODUCTIONS
- Our Town (Multilingual), Teens on Stage / Teens Backstage Production
- July 25 – August 4, 2024
- Performed in the Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
- Cinderella, Holiday Musical
- December 6 – 22, 2024
- Performed in the Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
Click here to view our 24-25 season calendar!
Returning Subscribers
2023-2024 season ticket holders can renew by mail or by calling the box office at 919-821-3111 during their normal operating hours. For questions regarding your subscription, please contact our box office at BoxOffice@nullRaleighLittleTheatre.org.
New Subscriptions & Single Ticket Information
Tickets for the Teens on Stage/Teens Backstage presentation of Our Town (Multilingual) will go on sale Monday, April 1. Single tickets for all remaining shows will be available Monday, July 1, at noon.
New subscriptions are available for purchase now! Select our Four-Show Series or Family Series (including a sensory-friendly option) for the best pricing and to lock in seats that renew in years to come. Create your own three-show series by selecting our Choose Your Own subscription option! This option offers a 10% discount and the flexibility to mix and match across all our season offerings.
Learn more about all four subscription options here!
The 2024-2025 Season
Our Town (Multilingual) | Drama
July 25 – August 4, 2024
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
General Admission
Thursday – Saturday at 7:30 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
By Thornton Wilder
With translated passages by Nilo Cruz and Jeff Augustin
Thornton Wilder’s iconic, Pulitzer Prize-winning play is reimagined for the 21st century. Our Town depicts the small town of Grover’s Corners, New Hampshire, through three acts: “Daily Life,” “Love and Marriage” and “Death and Eternity.” With new layers of language and culture, Our Town expands to encompass everyone in a quintessentially American – and human – story. Presented as the culmination of RLT’s 2024 Teens on Stage and Teens Backstage summer program.
Something Rotten! | Musical Comedy
August 23 – September 15, 2024
Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
Reserved Seating
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Book by Karey Kirkpatrick and John O’Farrell
Music and Lyrics by Wayne Kirkpatrick and Karey Kirkpatrick
Set in the 1590s, brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom are desperate to write a hit play but are stuck in the shadow of that Renaissance rock star known as “The Bard.” When a local soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting at the same time, Nick and Nigel set out to write the world’s very first musical. But amidst the scandalous excitement of opening night, the Bottom Brothers realize that reaching the top means being true to thine own self, and all that jazz.
All Smiles | Theatre for the Very Young
September 4 – 15, 2024
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
General Admission
Wednesday – Friday, Sunday at 10:00 AM & 11:15 AM, Saturday at 10:00 AM, 11:15 AM & 12:30 PM
Sensory-friendly September 14 at 10:00 AM
Created by Tinashe Kajese-Bolden & Samantha Provenzano
How do you smile? With your mouth or with your eyes? Does it show on your face or just on the inside? We all have different ways of showing, sharing and processing our emotions. In RLT’s first Theatre for the Very Young (TVY) production, this delightful show explores how all smiles are unique.
Doubt, A Parable | Drama
October 18 – November 3, 2024
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
General Admission
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
By John Patrick Shanley
In this brilliant and powerful drama, Sister Aloysius, a Bronx school principal, takes matters into her own hands when she suspects the young Father Flynn of improper relations with one of the male students. Recipient of the 2005 Tony Award® for Best Play and winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Cinderella | Holiday Musical
December 6 – 22, 2024
Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
Reserved Seating
Thursday – Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday – Sunday at 2:00 PM & 6:00 PM
Based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault
Adaptation and lyrics by Jim Eiler
Music by Jim Eiler and Jeanne Bargy
RLT’s holiday tradition returns to celebrate its 40th year! Kids of all ages will love this retelling of the beloved fairy tale, filled with music, laughs, and a sparkle of magic. This musical comedy features elegant costumes and scenery and a cast of memorable characters including some conniving step-relatives, royals, everyone’s favorite resourceful Fairy Godmother, and Ella, of course!
Akeelah and the Bee | Inspirational Drama
February 7 – 23, 2025
Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
Reserved Seating
Friday at 7:30 PM, Saturday at 2:00 PM & 5:30 PM, Sunday at 2:00 PM
Sensory-friendly February 15 at 2:00 PM
Adapted for the stage by Cheryl L. West
Based on the original screenplay by Doug Atchison
Akeelah has a crazy passion for words: the more abstruse and labyrinthine, the better. But this gift is almost overwhelmed by the challenge of her daily life in a tough, Chicago neighborhood. Akeelah’s aptitude earns her a spot in the National Spelling Bee, which inspires the people in her neighborhood with her courage and tenacity.
Morning After Grace | Comedy
March 21 – April 6, 2025
Gaddy-Goodwin Teaching Theatre
General Admission
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
By Carey Crim
Hilarious and heart-warming, this unconventional new comedy tackles love, loss, and coming to terms with growing old. After hooking up at a funeral, Angus and Abigail find themselves waking up the next morning on Angus’ sofa. Enter neighbor Ollie, a former baseball player who now enjoys golf and yoga. Nothing is as it seems with this trio, and every disclosure reveals a new perspective. Set in a Florida retirement community, this charming and big-hearted comedy takes us on an unexpected journey toward a new lease on life.
Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR. | Musical
May 3 – 11, 2025
Louise “Scottie” Stephenson Amphitheatre
General Admission
Saturday – Sunday at 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM
Sensory-friendly May 10 at 1:00 PM
Originally Conceived and Directed by Scott Ferguson
Book by Scott Ferguson, Kyle Hall and George Keating
Music and Lyrics by Lynn Ahrens, Bob Dorough, David Frishberg, Kathy Mandry, George Newall and Tom Yohe
A pop culture phenomenon comes to the musical stage in Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR. Tom, a nerve-wracked school teacher, is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV, when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music. Inspired by the Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math and more through clever, tuneful songs, experience Schoolhouse Rock Live! JR. in RLT’s outdoor amphitheatre.
The Color Purple | Musical Drama
June 6 – 22, 2025
Cantey V. Sutton Theatre
Reserved Seating
Thursday – Saturday at 8:00 PM, Sunday at 3:00 PM
Based upon the novel written by Alice Walker and the Warner Bros./Amblin Entertainment motion picture
Book by Marsha Norman
Music and Lyrics by Brenda Russell, Allee Willis, and Stephen Bray
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.