Tred Avon Players Announces Its 2027 Season

OXFORD, Md. - October 1, 2026 - Tred Avon Players proudly announces its 46th season, bringing an exciting lineup of live theater to Maryland's Eastern Shore. Performed in collaboration with the Oxford Community Center, each production will take the stage at 200 Oxford Road in Oxford, Md. Season passes and individual tickets for all four shows are available now at www.tredavonplayers.org.

THEATRE PEOPLE, OR THE ANGEL NEXT DOOR

By Paul Slade SmithDirected by Susan PattersonFebruary 11–21, 2027

In this comedy, young novelist Oliver Adams is thrilled when Broadway playwrights Charlotte and Arthur Sanders adapt his novel, The Angel Next Door, for the stage. There's just one complication: the woman Oliver secretly loves is the inspiration for his book, and she has no idea. When the cast and creators gather for a weekend in Newport, Rhode Island, secrets, egos and romantic complications collide in this rollicking comedy about love, ambition and the sometimes messy business of making theatre.

CALENDAR GIRLS

By Tim FirthDirected by Alison LynchApril 22–May 2, 2027

After Annie's husband dies of leukemia, she and her friend Chris come up with an unusual way to raise money for a new settee at the local hospital: a calendar featuring the women of their Women's Institute posing in the nude. Based on the true story that captured headlines in Britain, Calendar Girls is a funny and moving story about friendship, courage, loss and the unexpected consequences of becoming famous.

NEXT TO NORMAL

Music by Tom Kitt, Book & Lyrics by Brian YorkeyDirected by Marcia GilliamAugust 12–22, 2027

On the surface, the Goodman family looks like a typical American family. But beneath that façade, they are struggling to cope with a mother's long battle with bipolar disorder and the impact it has on everyone around her. With powerful music and deeply human characters, Next to Normal explores love, loss, family and the search for hope.

THE MALTESE FALCON

Adapted for the stage by David Jacklin, based on the novel by Dashiell HammettDirected by David CherryOctober 14–24, 2027

Private detective Sam Spade takes on what appears to be a simple case involving a missing woman, only to find himself tangled in murder, deception and a dangerous cast of characters all searching for a priceless black bird. This fast-moving comic mystery brings the classic world of hard-boiled detective fiction to the stage, complete with double-crosses, femme fatales and plenty of suspects.

ABOUT TRED AVON PLAYERS

Founded in 1982, the Tred Avon Players is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to enrich, educate and entertain its community by providing high-quality live theater. Hundreds of local performers, stagehands, audience members and donors have been the backbone of its success throughout the decades. To learn how you can get involved and to purchase tickets for upcoming shows, visit www.tredavonplayers.org and follow Facebook and Instagram.