Palm Beach Dramaworks’ 2025-26 Season

West Palm Beach, Fla. (Thursday, October 2, 2025) - Following its celebratory and highly successful 25^th anniversary season, Palm Beach Dramaworks embarks on its next quarter century on October 24. The 2025-26 season features five plays that are thematically different but speak with an immediacy to today’s audiences, and the characters reflect a wide range of humanity: the brave and the weak, the open-hearted and close-minded, the dreamers and schemers, the profound and the profane. In other words, more entertaining, edgy, and enthralling Theatre to Think About.

Diane Perlberg is the 2025-26 Season Sponsor.

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

Acts 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 6:30pm.



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 and Plays 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, 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.

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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