Palm Beach Dramaworks

announces

Single Tickets on Sale for 2025-26 Season Beginning July 22  

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Thursday, June 12, 2025) Palm Beach Dramaworks is pleased to announce that single tickets for four of the five plays that make up the 2025-26 season will be go on sale July 22 at 10:00am at the box office and online at tickets.palmbeachdramaworks.org. Tickets for Driving Miss Daisy, starring Debra Jo Rupp (That ’70s Show), go on sale August 1.

Tickets will also be available for the popular programs Dramawise and OutStage@pbd, as will subscriptions and single tickets for the Perlberg Festival of New Plays, beginning July 22. 



The upcoming season, which features many acclaimed PBD veterans as well as some talented artists new to the company, consists of a diverse and impressive array of four acclaimed plays and one world premiere. Each, in its own way, speaks with an immediacy to today’s audiences. Two of those plays, Katori Hall’s Olivier Award-winning The Mountaintop, which opens the season on October 24, and Arthur Miller’s Tony Award-winning The Crucible, beginning April 3, are inspired by moments in American history that resonate deeply but couldn’t be more different. The Mountaintop is a two-character fantasia on Martin Luther King’s last night on earth. The Crucible is an exploration of the Salem witch trials, and will be performed by one of the largest casts in PBD history. The remainder of the schedule is made up of Conor McPherson’s much-lauded The Seafarer, opening December 12, which is set on Christmas Eve and is so unsentimental and offbeat that it’s the ideal holiday play for PBD; the aforementioned Driving Miss Daisy, Alfred Uhry’s beloved, Pulitzer Prize winner, beginning February 6, which reflects on aging and overcoming prejudice; and the world premiere, on May 15, of Steven Dietz’s Vineland Place, an ingenious mystery that was featured in the 2025 Perlberg Festival of New Plays.    

Subscription sales have been robust, and considerably ahead of last year’s sales at this time. The box office has also received numerous inquiries about Driving Miss Daisy, and expressions of delight over Rupp’s participation. That is why the decision was made to create a separate on-sale date for the play and turn it into a special event. Although tickets will be available online and by phone on August 1, the company is encouraging anyone interested to stop by the theatre that day between 10am and 2pm, and purchase their tickets – for any production – in person. They’ll be given the opportunity to take a tour of the building, meet members of the staff, and discover what PBD is all about.

Following are descriptions, dates, and prices for all programs.  

2025– 2026 SEASON

THE MOUNTAINTOP

By Katori Hall

Directed by Belinda “Be” Boyd

October 24-November 9, 2025

It's April 3, 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., having just delivered one of his most memorable speeches, returns to the Lorraine Motel and encounters Camae, a beautiful, mysterious maid. She shares some upsetting news that compels him to confront his life and legacy – “warts and all,” as Hall has said. This spellbinding, inspired fantasia on the great civil rights leader’s last night on earth won the 2010 Olivier Award for Best New Play.

THE SEAFARER

By Conor McPherson

Directed by J. Barry Lewis

December 12-28, 2025

It’s a devil of a homecoming when Sharky Harkin returns to Dublin on Christmas Eve to look after his belligerent, alcoholic brother, Richard, who's recently gone blind. Two of their old boozy friends join them for an evening of drinking and poker, and one of them brings along a newcomer, the portentous Mr. Lockhart, who compels Sharky to confront his past. This suspenseful, dark, and humorous fable is a powerful and ultimately moving tale about second chances and redemption.

DRIVING MISS DAISY     

By Alfred Uhry

Directed by Julianne Boyd

February 6-22, 2026

Debra Jo Rupp stars in this beloved, heartfelt, Pulitzer Prize-winning play, which tells the story of an unlikely, life-changing friendship between Daisy Werthan, a 72-year-old Jewish widow, and Hoke Coleburn, a Black chauffeur hired by her son Boolie. Set in Georgia, the play unfolds over a 25-year period, beginning in 1948. Daisy is initially hostile to Hoke, but despite seemingly insurmountable differences, their relationship blossoms into one of mutual respect and affection. 

THE CRUCIBLE

By Arthur Miller

Directed by William Hayes

April 3-19, 2026

A masterful, riveting exploration of the 1692 Salem witch trials, this timeless and timely Tony Award-winning play is also an allegory for McCarthyism and the House Un-American Activities Committee’s modern-day witch hunts. Convinced that witches are living among them, Salem is gripped by mass hysteria, paranoia, fear, and retribution, with neighbors turning on and turning in neighbors, and religious fervor turning a blind eye to justice. Miller considered The Crucible his finest play.

VINELAND PLACE (World Premiere)

By Steven Dietz

Directed by J. Barry Lewis

May 15-31, 2026

For young writer Henry Sanders, it seemed like the perfect job: finishing the long-awaited final book of the novelist who was his hero. Hired by the novelist’s widow, Henry finds himself instead in the midst of a rapidly developing mystery. Vineland Place is an intimate thriller, filled with dangerous surprises to the final pages.

Tickets for all performances are $95, except for opening night of each production ($115) and previews ($75). Student tickets are available for $15 with a valid K-12 or university/college ID, and anyone under 40 pays $40 (no additional fees) with a photo ID. Tickets for educators and active military are half price with proper ID (other restrictions apply). Group rates are also available. Tickets can be purchased through the box office, in person or by phone (561.514.4042 ext 2), and online 24 hours a day at palmbeachdramaworks.org. All performances, prices, and dates are subject to change. 

DRAMAWISE

A program that takes audiences deeper into each production, divided into two “acts” and an intermission (lunch). Act I is an in-depth discussion of the play, while Act II features the cast and artistic team in conversation about the production and the creative process, and includes a talkback. Each program takes place on the Thursday prior to opening night. Act I runs from 10am – 11:30am, intermission (lunch) from 11:45am – 12:45pm, and Act II from 1pm – 2pm.

The Schedule:

The Mountaintop: October 23, 2025

The Seafarer: December 11, 2025

Driving Miss Daisy: February 5, 2026

The Crucible: April 2, 2026

Vineland Place: May 14, 2026

Dramawise Tickets:                                                                   

Act I, Intermission (lunch included), and Act II: $100

Act I and II only:                                                $70  

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OUTSTAGE@PBD

Special evenings of each production for the LGBTQ community that include a pre-show reception, the production, and a post-show reception. Each program takes place on a Friday evening, starting at 6:30 p.m.



The Schedule:

The Mountaintop: October 31, 2025

The Seafarer: December 19, 2025

Driving Miss Daisy: February 13, 2026

The Crucible: April 10, 2026

Vineland Place: May 22, 2026

Tickets are $115 ($95 ticket/$20 reception)

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Perlberg Festival of New Plays

January 9-11, 2026

This esteemed annual event features professional readings of five developing plays. Each reading is followed by a post-performance discussion in which patrons share their feedback with the playwrights. 

Schedule of Play Readings (Times TBD)

Friday, January 9, afternoon and evening

Saturday, January 10, afternoon and evening

Sunday, January 11 afternoon

Ticket Prices:

Subscription to all five plays: $100

Individual tickets: $30 per reading 

Palm Beach Dramaworks is a professional, nonprofit theatre company founded in 2000 and located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach. Each season, the award-winning company produces five shows and offers a wide variety of programs for students at the theatre and in schools. Committed to fostering the future of theatre, PBD has become a hub for playwrights in Florida and around the country to nurture their work through the Perlberg Festival of New Plays. PBD is a member of Theatre Communications Group, Florida Professional Theatres Association, the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, and NNPN. In 2024, PBD was honored as Non-Profit of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches.

Evening performances are Wednesday through Saturday at 7:30pm. Matinee performances are Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday at 2pm. Post-performance discussions follow Wednesday and Thursday matinees. 

The Don & Ann Brown Theatre is located in the heart of downtown West Palm Beach, at 201 Clematis Street. For ticket information contact the box office at (561) 514-4042, or visit tickets.palmbeachdramaworks.org

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