CenterStage Theatre’s 2025–26 Season
Thank you for support of CenterStage Theatre’s 49th Season! This year we also celebrate Artistic Director Ralph Meranto’s 20th anniversary with CenterStage. We look forward to sharing another fantastic year of quality local professional theatre with you, our amazing audience that makes all of this possible!
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Still, End of the Rainbow, Sweat
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Hitmakers Rewind, The Sound
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JCC CenterStage 2025–26 Season
Still
A Romantic Dramedy by Lia Romeo
Starring Skip Greer and Brigitt Markusfeld
November 1–16, 2025
Lost love is revisited when Helen and Mark reunite to catch up on old times. Is there still a spark? Have their separate paths finally aligned? Are the things that drove them apart still an obstacle? A charming, thoughtful, and outright funny new play that just may help us find common ground in a divided world.
Directed by Alexa Scott Flaherty
Saturday, November 1, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 2, 2pm
Thursday, November 6, 7pm
Saturday, November 8, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 9, 2pm (Open Captioned)
Thursday, November 13, 7pm
Saturday, November 15, 7:30pm
Sunday, November 16, 2pm
End of the Rainbow
A Play with Music by Peter Quiller
December 6–21, 2025
It’s December 1968 and Judy Garland embarks on what turns out to be her final concert tour. Addictions are taking control, creditors are knocking at her door, her fiancé and musical director do not see eye to eye…but the incomparable Judy Garland is still a force to be reckoned with! A look at the price of fame that Broadway and West End critics labeled “a masterpiece.” Featuring a dozen classic tunes.
Directed by Kerry Young
Music Direction by Andy Pratt
Saturday, December 6, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 7, 2pm
Thursday, December 11, 7pm
Saturday, December 13, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 14, 2pm (Open Captioned)
Thursday, December 18, 7pm
Saturday, December 20, 7:30pm
Sunday, December 21, 2pm
Hitmakers Rewind
Favorites from 10 Years of Hitmakers
February 7–22, 2026
Rochester’s beloved popular music series has spanned 10 incarnations and featured over 300 songs from the 1950s, 60s and 70s. Join us for a joyous evening of favorites, voted on by you, the audience.
Written by Danny Kincaid-Kunz
Musical Direction & Arrangements by Casey Filiaci
Directed by Ralph Meranto
Saturday, February 7, 7:30pm
Sunday, February 8, 2pm
Wednesday, February 11, 7pm
Thursday, February 12, 7pm
Saturday, February 14, 2pm
Saturday, February 14, 7:30pm
Sunday, February 15, 2pm (Open Captioned)
Wednesday, February 18, 7pm
Thursday, February 19, 7pm
Saturday, February 21, 2pm
Saturday, February 21, 7:30pm
Sunday, February 22, 2pm
Sweat
A Pulitzer Prize-Winning Play by Lynn Nottage
March 7–22, 2026
Based on interviews with working-class residents of Reading, PA, a group of factory workers share laughs, drinks, and dreams of a better life until layoffs and picket lines threaten their ability to stay afloat. Originally scheduled for 2020 and cancelled due to pandemic shutdowns, this insightful, powerful, and humorous play, at last, comes to the JCC stage.
Directed by Ralph Meranto
Saturday, March 7, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 8, 2pm
Thursday, March 12, 7pm
Saturday, March 14, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 15, 2pm (Open Captioned)
Thursday, March 19, 7pm
Saturday, March 21, 7:30pm
Sunday, March 22, 2pm
The Sound
A New Musical, Inspired by True Events
Conceived by Charlotte Cohn
Music & Lyrics by Christian Douglas
Book by Charlotte Cohn & Jason Odell Williams
May 2–17, 2026
In 1943, deportation orders of over 7,000 Danish Jews inspired their friends and neighbors to help them escape to Sweden across The Sound, sending ripples far beyond the waters that transported them to safety. Set in both past and present, this magical and heroic story of one family’s race against the clock to elude capture may restore your faith in humanity.
Directed by Esther Winter
Musical Direction by Julie Covach
Saturday, May 2, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 3, 2pm
Thursday, May 7, 7pm
Saturday, May 9, 2pm
Saturday, May 9, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 10, 2pm (Open Captioned)
Wednesday, May 13, 7pm
Thursday, May 14, 7pm
Saturday, May 16, 2pm
Saturday, May 16, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 17, 2pm
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