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Playhouse will stage 'Hits that Hit Home' in 2026

By Lightning Reports, Published: December 8, 2025

The Flat Rock Playhouse in 2026 celebrates universal themes that unite us — love, resilience and community — through seven unforgettable productions that span centuries, genres and generations.

They’re “Hits that Hit Home, beloved classics and modern masterpieces brought to life in bold, imaginative ways that only Flat Rock Playhouse can deliver,” the State Theatre of North Carolina said as it announced the new season on Monday. Here are the highlights:

  • Fall in love again with Kate Hamill’s inventive adaptation of Pride and Prejudice, where Jane Austen’s sharpest comedy classic is turned upside down and brought to life with a thoroughly modern heartbeat.
  • Cut loose with the electric energy of Footloose, featuring a score of anthems that defined a generation. This show doesn’t just dance, it dazzles!

  • Celebrate the 30th anniversary of Jonathan Larson’s groundbreaking RENT the Musical, a raw, raucous, Pulitzer Prize–winning love letter that gave voice to the misfits, the rebels, the ones who loved without permission.

  • Laugh along with Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple, a timeless comedy that finds heart and humor in the clash of opposites and the friendship that endures because of it.

  • Raise your voice for Sister Act, a riotous musical comedy based on the hit 1992 film that has audiences jumping to their feet.

  • Discover something entirely new with the world premiere of Rumpelstiltskin — a bold reimagining of the Grimm Brothers’ classic spun with folk, rap, percussion, and the timeless truth that what truly matters can’t be measured in gold. Part of our Playhouse Jr. Licensing initiative, the world premiere offers new theatre for all, big and small, continuing a bright new chapter of storytelling from the Playhouse’s stage to the world’s.

  • And just when you think the curtain’s about to close, we’ll gather for the tradition that says it all: the 10th anniversary of A Flat Rock Playhouse Christmas. This beloved holiday spectacular is more than our finale — it’s a joyful celebration of the community that makes our magic possible, year after year.

Music on the Rock concerts include MIXTAPE! The Best of the ’60s, ’70s and ’80s, Feb. 19-22; BeeGees Gold, March 13-15; Boots’n’Blues, March 27-29; The Doors, April 10-12; and Songbird, the Singular Tribute to Barbra Streisand, April 16-19.

Season subscriptions go on sale Jan. 13. All single tickets on sale Jan. 20. Purchase at the box office, 2661 Greenville Highway (828-693-0731) or flatrockplayhouse.org.