2025-2026 MainStage Season Announcement

We're thrilled to announce our 2025-2026 MainStage Season!

Winter Term 2026

LEGACY OF LIGHT

By Karen Zacarías

Directed by Sarah Elizabeth Wansley

Performances February 20-28, 2026 – Hopkins Center Performance Lab

Two female scientists, living hundreds of years apart, explore the meaning of love, motherhood, family, art and science in this contemporary comedy. Legacy of Light juxtaposes the story of Émilie du Châtelet, a mathematician, scientist, and lover of the great 18th-century philosopher Voltaire, who became unexpectedly pregnant at 42, and that of a 21st-century physicist desperately trying to conceive a child.

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

Spring Term 2026

Nickelodeon™

THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL

Based on the series by Stephen Hillenburg

Book by Kyle Jarrow

Original Songs by Yolanda Adams, Steven Tyler and Joe Perry of Aerosmith, Sara Bareilles, Jonathan Coulton, Alex Ebert of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, The Flaming Lips, Lady A, Cyndi Lauper, John Legend, Panic! At the Disco, Plain White T's, They Might Be Giants, T.I.

And Songs by David Bowie, Tom Kenny & Andy Paley

Additional Lyrics by Jonathan Coulton

Additional Music by Tom Kitt

Musical Production Conceived by Tina Landau

 ©2023 Viacom International Inc. All Rights Reserved. Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants and all related titles, logos and characters are trademarks of Viacom International Inc. Created by Stephen Hillenburg.

Directed and Choreographed by Keith Coughlin

Performances May 27-31, 2026 - Hopkins Center Moore Theater

Plunge into this stunning all-singing, all-dancing, dynamic stage show! When the citizens of Bikini Bottom discover that a volcano will soon erupt and destroy their humble home, SpongeBob and his friends must come together to save the fate of their undersea world. With lives hanging in the balance and all hope lost, a most unexpected hero rises up. The power of optimism really can save the world!

Hear from director/choreographer Keith Coughlin on the creative possibilities for this 12-time Tony Award nominated musical that co-creator Tina Landau describes as "a portrait of a society when people feel threatened".

Check back in late 2025 for more information on performances and auditions!