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Dominic Finocchiaro

Friday, July 17, 2026 - 8:00 PM

Martin’s surprising fashion choice sets his friend group of Brooklyn hipsters into a tailspin, reopening old wounds and leading them to question the very basis of what holds them together. A dark social comedy about liberal blindspots and the messy minefield that is gender in the 21st century.

CAST:

Mona - Cassandra Engber
Mike - Jim Hagan
Lilith - Lynn Vanderpool
Max - Chuck Larkowski
Judge - Cheryl Mellen

Directed by Debra Kent.

POCKETS

Linda Ramsay-Detherage

Saturday, July 18, 2026 - 1:00 PM

After putting her career on hold to raise her son and support her husband’s rise in the US Attorney’s Office, Mona finds herself divorced, alone, and in a low-paying job that barely covers her debt and her rent at an age when most women are thinking about retirement. While she is struggling to put her life together, Mona not only discovers she has a very special talent, but risks everything for the joy of using it.

CAST:

Mona - Cassandra Engber
Mike - Jim Hagan
Lilith - Lynn Vanderpool
Max - Chuck Larkowski
Judge - Cheryl Mellen

POCKETS will be performed Saturday, July 18 at 1:00 pm, directed by Debra Kent.

VICHY

Barry Slater

Saturday, July 18, 2026 - 7:00 PM

When a young man returns Elyce’s lost ration book in Nazi-occupied Vichy, France, she’s torn between trust and suspicion. Her friend Emma, a Jewish mother, begs for help hiding her daughter. As danger grows, Elyce relies more on the man Emma fears is the enemy—until a final reckoning reveals the truth.

AT THE BROKEN PLACES

Paul Coleman

Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 10:00 AM

Worried that his son Devon-who is on the neurodiversity spectrum-might be harboring suicidal thoughts, Mike reaches out as a last resort to his half-brother Jimmy-the man responsible for the death of Devon’s mother five years earlier. But the men face a challenge they never expected; a challenge made more desperate because of secrets that could destroy their fragile bonds or be the underpinnings of mercy. When are broken relationships worth mending no matter the cost? And when must they be discarded because the price of truth is too high? When a desire to heal eventually pits brother against brother and father against son, there is a road out. But is anyone willing to walk that road?

CHAGUTOK

Vince Gatton

Sunday, July 19, 2026 - 3:00 PM

Four Americans each make a solitary pilgrimage to a remote, unpopulated Alaskan island, hoping to witness a mysterious atmospheric phenomenon known as the Chagutok Lights, which occurs only once every 17 years. These people-skills-challenged individuals find themselves stuck in each other’s company, but they manage…until a dead body appears. And it’s just the first. Alone on this barren island, these four loners must work together to solve the mysteries of the dead, the Lights, and each other.

CAST:

Tasha - Isabella Japs
Rex - David Sherman
Mary Jo - Jennifer Hanauer
Daniel - Garrett Wimberly

Directed by Jenna Gomes.

Dayton Playhouse, Inc.

301 E. Siebenthaler Avenue, Dayton, OH 45414

937-424-8477 | box.office.dayton.playhouse@gmail.com

PO Box 3017 Dayton, OH 45401-3017