This Season
OPEN MIC NIGHT 2026-27 Dates
October 3
November 7
February 6
March 6
April 3
May 1
From 7-8pm
Act 1 – Broadway Songs
Act 2 – Monologues and Scenes
Act 3 – Comedy Improv
Get performance experience. Work on your confidence. If you’d like to sing a Broadway song or perform a monologue or scene, email Jen Jaynes at jjaynes@macguffintf.com to get a place on the performance list.
Open Mic Nights are family friendly. $5 donation at the door (cash or Venmo)
Back to MacGuffin Night 2026-27
Back to MacGuffin Night
Sunday, September 13, 2026
5-7 PM
Get inspired! Find out how we can help you grow as actors this season. We’ll have delicious snacks, tables with information on all of our Mainstage productions, classes, Open Mic Nights, After School productions, outreach troupes, and more. We’ll have a Quick Change Challenge and a fun make-up station.
There will be a short performance from our troupes at 5:45 PM. Meet our amazing staff members and discover how you can help out at MacGuffin.
Drop by and say “hi”. Beginners welcome!
Pocket Full of Posies
Book, Music, and Lyrics by John Rea
Directed by John Rea
Choreography by Rebekah Rickards
December 4, 5, 11, & 12 at 7 PM
December 6 & 13 at 3 PM
Pocket Full of Posies is a new horror musical by John Rea. Not long ago in the suburbs of Philadelphia, a lost and angry teen girl becomes fatefully tied to her hated childhood friend, who killed her older sister in a car accident, when she sings a strange version of the cursed children’s song, ‘Ring Around the Rosie’ and an evil entity is unleashed. With the help of a reclusive and savvy AI tech guru, who lives next door, these two girls must work together to free themselves by confronting this supernatural creature determined to cruelly possess them and force them to do its will against their friends. The story is told with driving and dark electronic music, hip dance, and a terrifying theatricality. Ashes, ashes, they’re all spellbound!
Puffs
By Matt Cox
Directed by Jen Jaynes
March 12 & 13 at 7 PM
March 14 at 3 PM
Praised for its comedy and staging, Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic is a hilarious and magical play by New York-based playwright Matt Cox.
For seven years a certain boy wizard went to a certain Wizard School and conquered evil. This, however, is not his story. This is the story of the Puffs…who just happened to be there too. Wayne Hopkins is a regular boy who finds out he’s a wizard and goes to the same certain Wizard School where he makes two best friends and has adventures. This perhaps sounds familiar. But, Wayne is sorted as a Puff, and he and the other Puffs simply want to learn how to be wizards and how to get through seven increasingly dangerous years of school.
The lovable characters in this story are “Funny, intelligent, silly, heartwarming, a little worn and slightly ignored.” Ultimately, Puffs is a tale for anyone who has never been destined to save the world. Go Badgers!
Antigone
A tragedy by Sophocles
Adapted by Jean Anouilh
English Translation by Jeremy Sams
Directed by Liz Fredette
May 6, 7, and 8 at 7 PM
May 9 at 1 PM
Antigone by Jean Anouilh is a modern adaptation of the ancient Greek tragedy that explores themes of individuality, moral conviction, and the conflict between personal beliefs and state laws. The narrative begins after the death of King Oedipus, leading to a civil war between his sons, Eteocles and Polynices, which ultimately results in both brothers’ deaths. Creon, their uncle, assumes the throne and enforces a decree that honors Eteocles while condemning Polynices to dishonor, forbidding his burial. Antigone, defying Creon’s order, takes it upon herself to give her brother a proper burial, fully aware of the severe consequences she may face.
Anouilh’s version presents Antigone as a symbol of youthful idealism, resisting her uncle’s pragmatic political reasoning. The play highlights the generational conflict between Antigone’s moral absolutism and Creon’s calculated leadership. The dialogue between them underscores profound philosophical questions about loyalty, duty, and the complexity of human emotions in the face of rigid societal structures. Ultimately, Antigone’s steadfast commitment leads to tragic outcomes, including her own death and the deaths of those she loves, leaving Creon to confront the emptiness of his power.