Jul 11 - Jul 20, 2025

This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. They are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. The play by Ernest Thompson explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage.

On Golden Pond is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Jul 11 - Jul 20, 2025

This is the love story of Ethel and Norman Thayer, who are returning to their summer home on Golden Pond for the forty-eighth year. They are visited by daughter Chelsea with her fiancé Billy Ray and his son Billy Ray Jr. The play by Ernest Thompson explores the often turbulent relationship the young woman shared with her father growing up, and the difficulties faced by a couple in the twilight years of a long marriage.

On Golden Pond is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

May 23 - Jun 01, 2025

This madcap British farce by Ray Coney and John Chapman is about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife, because the wife is Gilbert's mistress and he wants to "Close the deal." However, instead of doing his own dirty work, he gets his reluctant partner, Arnold Crouch, to do it for him. Things go awry when the mobster plans to buy it for his OWN mistress and soon the whole plan goes out the window along with women's clothing and a few other things

Not Now, Darling is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

May 23 - Jun 01, 2025

This madcap British farce by Ray Coney and John Chapman is about mistresses and minks in the London fur salon of Bodley, Bodley, and Crouch. Gilbert Bodley plans to sell an expensive mink to a mobster dirt cheap for his wife, because the wife is Gilbert's mistress and he wants to "Close the deal." However, instead of doing his own dirty work, he gets his reluctant partner, Arnold Crouch, to do it for him. Things go awry when the mobster plans to buy it for his OWN mistress and soon the whole plan goes out the window along with women's clothing and a few other things

Not Now, Darling is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Apr 04 - Apr 13, 2025

Peter Shaffer's drama presents the attempt of Psychiatrist Martin Dysart to understand why young stableboy Alan Strang has blinded six horses. In his exploration of the troubled boy and his dysfunctional parents, Dysart must confront the shortcomings of his own life.

Equus is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Abilene Community Theatre invites you to see Equus! Equus is a Tony Award-winning psychological thriller inspired by a true story. Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. To the boy’s parents it is a hideous mystery. Alan has always adored horses. Alan’s very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself, leaving Dysart to try to unravel the reason why, leadingto his own crisis of self-doubt. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.

Tickets are $20

Apr 04 - Apr 13, 2025

Peter Shaffer's drama presents the attempt of Psychiatrist Martin Dysart to understand why young stableboy Alan Strang has blinded six horses. In his exploration of the troubled boy and his dysfunctional parents, Dysart must confront the shortcomings of his own life.

Equus is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Abilene Community Theatre invites you to see Equus! Equus is a Tony Award-winning psychological thriller inspired by a true story. Dr. Martin Dysart, a psychiatrist, is confronted with Alan Strang, a boy who has blinded six horses in a violent fit of passion. To the boy’s parents it is a hideous mystery. Alan has always adored horses. Alan’s very passion is as foreign to Dysart as the act itself, leaving Dysart to try to unravel the reason why, leadingto his own crisis of self-doubt. To Dysart it is a psychological puzzle that leads both doctor and patient to a complex and disturbingly dramatic confrontation.

Tickets are $20

Feb 14 - Feb 23, 2025

This charming romantic comedy by Leonard Gershe is about a young blind man living in downtown Manhattan, whose overprotective mother disapproves of his relationship with a free-spirited actress who wins his heart.

Butterflies Are Free is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Feb 14 - Feb 23, 2025

This charming romantic comedy by Leonard Gershe is about a young blind man living in downtown Manhattan, whose overprotective mother disapproves of his relationship with a free-spirited actress who wins his heart.

Butterflies Are Free is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

In this hilarious Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com(www.dramatists.com)

In this hilarious Christmas classic by Barbara Robinson, a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant is faced with casting the Herdman kids – probably the most inventively awful kids in history. You won't believe the mayhem – and the fun – when the Herdmans collide head-on with the story of Christmas!

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com(www.dramatists.com)

Deathtrap

Oct 18 - Oct 27, 2024

In Ira Levin's classic comedic thriller, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he'd be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn't written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that's a guaranteed success.

Deathtrap is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Deathtrap

Oct 18 - Oct 27, 2024

In Ira Levin's classic comedic thriller, a washed-up playwright finds a chance to rise to the top once more, a shot he'd be willing to kill for. Sidney Bruhl hasn't written a hit play for 18 years when he receives a script from a former student, Clifford Anderson, that's a guaranteed success.

Deathtrap is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing, LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)

Set in 1970s Manhattan, this charming and poignant romantic comedy by Neil Simon follows the coping and coupling of New York writer and recent widower George Schneider.

Chapter Two is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

Set in 1970s Manhattan, this charming and poignant romantic comedy by Neil Simon follows the coping and coupling of New York writer and recent widower George Schneider.

Chapter Two is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com

May 17-19 and 24-26

May 17-19 and 24-26

May 17-19 and 24-26

May 17-19 and 24-26

General Admission: $18.00

Student/Senior (55+)/Military: $15.00

RUNNING TIME

2 hours and 10 minutes plus one 15-minute intermission

Additional Information

Age Range

May be inappropriate for ages 16 and under.

Pricing

Adult: $18.00

Student/Senior (55+)/Military: $15.00

RUNNING TIME

2 hours and 30 minutes with one 15 minute intermission

Additional Information

Age Range

Not appropriate for children under the age of 17.

THE RAINMAKER, by N. Richard Nash

Directed by Adam Singleton

August 11-13 and 18-20, 2023

THE RAINMAKER, by N. Richard Nash

Directed by Adam Singleton

August 11-13 and 18-20, 2023

June 2 - 4 & June 9 - 11

Follow the adventures of one clan of students at a certain school of magic and magic.* — directed by Scot Miller

*Not endorsed by J.K. Rowling

June 2 - 4 & June 9 - 11

Follow the adventures of one clan of students at a certain school of magic and magic.* — directed by Scot Miller

*Not endorsed by J.K. Rowling

April 7 - 9 and April 14-16

What secret could be so dark, so deadly, as to rouse the indomitable Sherlock Holmes from his peaceful retirement in Sussex? — directed by Stacey Love & Pam Peraza