The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

Adapted by Christopher Castanho

Young Audiences | Oct 21 – Oct 28

It’s Halloween night and Will invites his friends up to the attic to tell spooky stories.  When the group of children find a copy of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow…

Little Shop of Horrors

Music by Alan Menken, Book & Lyrics by Howard Ashman

Comedy, Musical | Oct 4 – Oct 22

Part horror comedy musical, part sci-fi spoof; all delicious fun! Little Shop of Horrors has been making audiences all over the country scream with laughter since its debut in the…

The Little Lion

By Irene Ziegler

Drama, Staged Reading | Sep 8 – Sep 9

This compelling drama by Virginia playwright Irene Ziegler is based on the novel by Nancy Wright Beasley, a Richmond author and scholar of the Holocaust. Set in and around the…

Best of Broadway: The Songs of the 2000s

Concert | Aug 18 – Aug 19

Since the new millennium began, Broadway has exploded with new musicals including Jersey Boys and Wicked, Next to Normal and Spring Awakening, and movie musicals including The Producers, The Little…

Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr.

Comedy, Musical | Jul 26 – Aug 6

Roald Dahl’s Willy Wonka Jr. follows candy maker Willy Wonka as he stages a contest by hiding golden tickets in five of his scrumptious candy bars. Whoever comes up with these…

Hollins Playwrights Festival of New Works

part of the Hollins-Mill Mountain Summer New Works Festival

Festival, Staged Reading | Jul 21 – Jul 23

Each summer at the end of July, we present a three-day event showcasing ten readings of student work from the Playwright’s Lab. These readings are minimally staged for the general…

Overnight Sensations

part of the Hollins-Mill Mountain Summer New Works Festival

Festival | Jul 8 – Jul 8

Saturday, July 8 at 8PM FREE admission on the Trinkle Mainstage Since 2006, the Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University has partnered with Mill Mountain Theatre to present a 24-Hour Play…

The Jungle Book

Young Audiences | Jun 3 – Jul 1

The Jungle Book, a short play based on the classic stories by Rudyard Kipling, is MMT’s summer outreach production, taking live theatre to unconventional settings, including parks and libraries.  This…

The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee

Conceived by Rebecca Feldman, Music & Lyrics by William Finn, Book by Rachel Sheinkin, Additional Material by Jay Reiss

Comedy, Musical | Jun 22 – Jul 1

Six kids vie for a spelling championship while disclosing hilarious and touching stories from their home lives. The play includes the songs – “My Friend, the Dictionary,” “I Speak Six…

One-Hit Wonders

Concert | Jun 2 – Jun 3

Everyone loves those songs you know all the words to, but couldn’t possibly name the band that made them popular! A one-hit wonder is a top 40 phenomenon: the combination…

Moonlight and Magnolias

By Ron Hutchinson

Comedy | Apr 26 – May 7

Moonlight and Magnolias is about producer David O. Selznick making the classic film Gone with the Wind. The cast is in place and cameras are ready to roll, but there’s…

The Velveteen Rabbit

Young Audiences | Mar 25 – Apr 1

The classic story by Margery Williams explores the ways love can transform lives.  The book, first published in 1922, urges children to consider the philosophical question, “What makes something real?”…