Park Square Theatre’s 50th season to include world premiere from Jefferey Hatcher

For its newly publicized season St Paul s Park Square Theatre will celebrate its th year with four new productions three of which explore the magic and mayhem of life in the theater onstage backstage and everywhere in between Tickets for the full season are priced from to with three-show packages priced from to Discounts are available for seniors See parksquaretheatre org for details The lineup includes It s Only a Play Sep -Oct This comedy by Terrence McNally follows the opening night of a new theater Wealthy producer Julia Budder hosts a lavish Manhattan party Downstairs celebrities are arriving but upstairs the playwright director leading lady and other insiders anxiously await the first reviews R L Stine s Goosebumps Phantom of the Auditorium Nov -Dec Based on the popular spooky book series this musical tells the story of Brooke and her best friend Zeke who land the leads in their middle school s new musical They re thrilled until strange things start happening around the theater Whispers of an old legend resurface warning that the play might be cursed A Chorus Line May -June With music by Marvin Hamlisch and lyrics by Edward Kleban A Chorus Line captures the spirit potency and raw tension of a Broadway ensemble audition As hopeful dancers compete for a coveted spot in the chorus they reveal the personal stories ambitions and struggles that have shaped their lives The Butler Did It July -Aug This world premiere by Jefferey Hatcher follows a school for butlers that caters to the fabulously rich There s a perfectly planned murder a perfectly pulled off theft and the butler did it But which one and how and why Park Square started in with seats and has grown to a multi-stage -seat professional theater In August Park Square and SteppingStone Theatre for Youth declared they were becoming partners due to pre-pandemic debt issues SteppingStone later moved into Park Square s home in the historic Hamm Building in downtown St Paul Related Articles In new season Theater Mu to focus on stories about the past future and area Opera review How does the inane Barber of Seville become transcendent Tickets for the Purple Rain musical go on sale May History Theatre season includes new musical about the St Paul Winter Carnival Twin Cities Improv Festival to feature performers from the metro Chicago and beyond