2024-25 Season

In choosing our season, we look for plays that speak from the heart; that are life-affirming and uplifting even when the subject matter is challenging; that use our language in powerful and provocative ways; that invite the audience to see their world in a new way. Artistic excellence is central to the mission of The Public Theatre.

Get ready for our 2025-26 Season!

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Single tickets are now on sale for Manhattan Short, Misery, and A Christmas Carol. Single tickets for Still, Whit’s End, and Grandma Gatewood on-sale Aug 1, 2025. Group Rates available.

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The Irish . . . and How They Got That Way

by Frank McCourt

August 27, 28, 29, 30*, 31, September 3, 4, 5, 6*, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13*, 14 – 2025
Wednesdays & Fridays at 7 PM / Thursdays & Sundays at 2 PM / *Saturdays at 2 PM & 7 PM

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The Irish… And How They Got That Way is an irreverent history of the Irish through the tumultuous 20th and 21st centuries through the eyes of Pulitzer Prize winning author, Frank McCourt (Angela’s Ashes, ‘Tis, Teacher Man).

Presented by Maine State Music Theatre and The Public Theatre
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Manhattan Short Film Festival | Sept 26 & 27, 2025

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2025 Manhattan Short Film Festival

September 26 @ 7:00 pm | September 27 @ 3:00 pm & 7:00 pm
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Attention all film lovers and film makers:

The Public Theatre will be hosting the GLOBAL MANHATTAN SHORT film festival. Film lovers will unite in over 500 venues worldwide to view and judge the work of the next generation of filmmakers from around the world.

Tickets: General Admission – All tickets $15

Running time: 2 hours 30 minutes with one 15 minute intermission.

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Misery

by William Goldman adapted from the novel by Stephen King

Oct 24, 25, 26, 30, 31, Nov 1, 2, 6, 7, 8 ,9 – 2025

Thurs & Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 3:00 pm / Sun @ 2pm / *Sat, Nov 1 @ 3:00 pm & 7:30 pm

Stephen King’s best-selling psychological thriller and Oscar-winning film is now a spine-chilling play. Truth is stranger than fiction when a famous romance novelist veers off the road in a winter storm and wakes up incapacitated in the home of his “number-one fan”

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A Christmas Carol

adapted by Christopher Schario

December 12, 13, 14 – 2025
Fri @ 7:00 pm / Sat @ 2:00 pm & 7:00 pm / Sun @ 2:00 pm
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Six actors and a fiddler perform the Dickens out of this beloved holiday story told in a way you’ve never imagined and will never forget! Don’t miss this unique and acclaimed adaptation originally created at The Public Theatre, now published and performed all over the world!. Children 18 and under only $15!