Sneak Peek at Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 2026/27 Season, plus a Limited Special Engagement by Hershey Felder

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Tuesday, December 2, 2025) - Most of the 2025-26 season is still ahead of us, but Palm Beach Dramaworks has wasted no time in preparing for 2026-27. The company is still dotting the i’s and crossing the t’s on the upcoming season, and the complete schedule – including dates, times, and the announcement of the two remaining plays – will follow in early 2026. Meanwhile, here’s a look at what you can anticipate, including a very special engagement by the world-renowned Hershey Felder. 

Second Production
TO BE ANNOUNCED

Third Production
TO BE ANNOUNCED

THE BIRTHDAY PARTY
By Harold Pinter


This classic, absurdist, comedy of menace is set in a ramshackle boarding house run by Meg and Petey. Meg decides to throw a birthday party for their only border, Stanley, despite his objections. When two ominous strangers arrive, the celebration is transformed into a nightmare. Linguistically dexterous and full of the playwright’s signature pauses and perplexing dialogue, the play is ambiguous, ambitious, funny, horrifying, and thought-provoking, with an ending that invites more questions.  

BEN BUTLER

By Richard Strand


The laughter flows in this historical – make that hysterical – comedy set in 1861 and inspired by an event in the life of colorful and controversial Benjamin Butler, a major general in the Union Army. His principles are tested when three escaped slaves come to him at Fort Monroe, VA, seeking sanctuary. Should he obey the law and send them back, or obey his conscience and perhaps change the course of history?

HERSHEY FELDER

SPECIAL LIMITED ENGAGEMENT


Known the world over for his theatrical portrayals of great composers and musical storytelling, having premiered his now world-famous play George Gershwin Alone right here in Palm Beach 25 years ago, Hershey Felder brings his most personal work to Palm Beach Dramaworks. The Piano & Me, a new play with music, features Felder playing Felder, as well as the many characters he’s met along the way who made his art possible. He tells the story behind the story of his more than 30 years onstage, and features the music of Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and others. This is the story of the joy, the heartbreak, the elation, the insanity, and above everything else, the music that drives it all.

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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, and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County. In 2024, PBD was honored as Non-Profit of the Year by the Chamber of Commerce of the Palm Beaches.

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 www.palmbeachdramaworks.org.

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