The Summer of Adaptation

The Official Season Announcement!

Over the last five months, we’ve been working with our favorite artists & theatermakers to create a summer season that you would be proud of. From an imaginative adventure at sea to a public school in Ohio, from Ancient Greece to outer space, the ability to adapt — our stories, our voices + bodies, our ways of working and thinking— creates space for understanding. We are so excited to get to work with you all this summer.

Without further ado, here is Andy’s 2025: The Summer of Adaptation!

Mainstage Productions

The 24 Hour Plays: Andy’s Summer Playhouse
ONE NIGHT ONLY - June 28th at 7:00pm

An Andy’s Community favorite returns! Andy’s Kids will work eye-to-eye with five professional playwrights,  five professional directors, and an additional creative team of Andy’s Kids to create six new plays in only 24 hours!

Ahoy! (a new play)
Based on the book by Sophie Blackall
July 11 at 7:00pm, July 12 at 11:00am & 7:00pm, July 13 at 11:00am & 2:00pm, July 17 & 18 at 7:00pm, & July 19 at 11:00am & 7:00pm

From two time Caldecott Medalist Sophie Blackall, the author/illustrator behind Ivy + Bean, Finding Winnie, and Hello Lighthouse comes a new theatrical adventure set on the high seas. From the publishing house, “join a child captain and parent first mate as they embark on a wild high seas adventure…all without leaving the living room!”

Battle of the Books (a new play)
Written by SMJ
Directed by Emily Bubeck
Dramaturgy by Jess Honovich
July 25 & 26 at 7:00pm, July 27 at 2:00pm, July 31 & August 1 at 7:00pm, & August 2 at 7:00pm

A group of students from different schools in Knox County, Ohio, come together to run their own Battle of the Books competition after it’s cut for budgetary reasons… and because most of the books have been banned “for their safety.”

The Three Sisters of Fate (a new musical)

Book, Music, & Lyrics by Natalie Myrick
Directed & Choreographed by Mackenna Goodrich
August 7, 8, & 9 at 7:00pm, August 10 at 2:00pm, August 14 & 15 at 7:00pm, & August 16 at 5:00pm

This musical concept was selected by community vote! The Three Sisters of Fate, the secretaries of mortality, are sick of not getting enough credit. After countless years of doing Hades’ bidding, they intend to take power into their own hands, even if it means challenging the will of the Gods.

The Andy's Studio Series

Welcome to the Hilltop
ONE NIGHT ONLY - June 26th at 7:00pm

A new program designed exclusively for Andy’s Kids entering their first or second summer, Welcome to the Hilltop allows new Andy’s Kids to learn more about how work is made and experience the magic of an Andy’s performance before their next Andy’s project.

The Andy’s Improv Troupe
Directed by Aaron Farenback-Brateman
July 14 & 15 at 7:00pm

Improv at Andy’s is back! Learn the basics of short-form improvisation skills as a member of the Andy’s Improv Team! A crash course in comedy, active listening, stage presence and fast-thinking,

Repurposed: Songs of Stage and Screen

Directed by Meredith Lustig & Michael David Axtell
July 14 & 15 at 7:00pm

Enjoy an evening of cabaret! Andy’s Kids will work with returning Andy’s Artists Meredith & Michael to develop an evening of songs from classic movie musicals.

The School for Youth Mime Theater

Directed by Tasha Milkman
July 28 & 29 at 7:00pm

With a professional mime from NYC’s popular Broken Box Mime Theater, Andy’s Kids will learn skills in mime while investigating different forms of adaptation - as resilience, as resistance, and how it occurs in science.

The Greenhouse Initiative

The Long Horizon
Book by Noelle Viñas
Directed by Ashley Renee Thaxton-Stevenson
ONE NIGHT ONLY - July 3rd at 7:00pm

A staged reading of a moving new work where young astronauts & scientists explore space, climate change, capitalism, greed, friendship, and legacy with original music by Jonathan Kirby.

Cosmic Tails (a dance concert)
Choreographed by Haleyann Hart
ONE NIGHT ONLY - July 3rd at 7:00pm

Based on a series of paintings from The Comet Book (1587), Cosmic Tails will explore comets - how they move, their colors, and how they’ve connected us across time and across the world - all through dance choreography.

John C. Russell Playwriting Festival

Facilitated by Anya Richkind

ONE NIGHT ONLY - August 12th at 7:00pm

The John C. Russell Playwriting Festival is an opportunity to showcase the amazing creative minds of our young writers. The Festival features an evening of brand new plays inspired by plays from Andy’s 55-year history. The Playwriting Lab will take place from July 22-25.

You: “This all sounds amazing. What’s next?”

• Register HERE to join us on the Hilltop this summer!
• Check out the full season HERE
• Learn more about our artists HERE
• Mark your calendars! Tickets for the summer season will be available on April 15th!

We can’t wait to make theater with you this summer.