Our 2026 Season: REFLECTIONS

Greetings Friends,

DreamWrights Center for Community Arts is thrilled to announce our 2026 Reflections Season — a year dedicated to exploring the power of reflection through storytelling.

At DreamWrights, reflection is more than simply looking back. It’s about discovery — a thoughtful process that helps us learn, connect, and grow as artists and as a community. Each production this season invites us to consider who we are, what we value, and how the stories we tell shape the world around us.

Our first reflection centers on the most produced playwright in the English language, William Shakespeare. We begin 2026 with A Midsummer Night’s Dream, edited by the Royal Shakespeare Company into an hour-long version geared toward younger audiences but enjoyed by all ages. Followed by a farce with our friends at OrangeMite, who will soon complete their remarkable 18-year mission of producing the Bard’s entire canon — so we’ve invited them to help us do the same in just one night! Together, we’ll celebrate the enduring brilliance of Shakespeare and the joyful spirit of collaboration.

Next, we once again join forces with Weary Arts Group to explore the duality of love, redemption, and spirituality through two imaginative retellings of the story of Orpheus and Eurydice.

This fall, we’ll tumble into twisted tales of morality with our Classic vs. Contemporary Fables Reflection — a family-friendly, two-act extravaganza blending new voices with timeless tales.

As many in our community continue to face housing insecurity, DreamWrights will host a series of conversations and events exploring both local and national perspectives on this issue, leading up to the Pulitzer Prize-winning play Clybourne Park, the unofficial sequel to the landmark A Raisin in the Sun. Together, we’ll confront questions of equity and belonging right here in York City.

We’ll close the season with a grand musical featuring the iconic character Auntie Mame — a beloved figure first born in a novel, then adapted for stage and screen, and later immortalized in musical form by Angela Lansbury and Lucille Ball. Famed for its classic carol “We Need a Little Christmas,” this cherished musical reminds us of theatre’s power to uplift, inspire, and unite.

Throughout the year, our Studio Series will return as a six-part program of readings, concerts, and cabarets designed to deepen the experience of the season and spark conversation long after the curtain rises on each production.

The 2026 Reflections Season is an invitation — to pause, to engage, and to see ourselves and each other more clearly through the art we create together.

We can’t wait to share this journey with you.

Be Well. Be Creative. Be Kind.

Gregory DeCandia
Artistic Director

Visit www.dreamwrights.org for updates, audition announcements, and ticket information.

A story of order and disorder, reality and illusion, and love in all its chaos. Set during the preparations for the Duke of Athens’ marriage to the Queen of the Amazons, the play follows a tangle of young lovers whose hearts are turned upside down by mischievous fairies and a misplaced love potion. Meanwhile, a group of enthusiastic craftsmen rehearse a play for the royal wedding — leading to one of theatre’s most beloved “plays within a play.”

Adapted from the Royal Shakespeare Company’s version designed for schools and community productions, this lively and accessible take on A Midsummer Night’s Dream blends music, magic, and mayhem for an enchanting evening of theatre.

All of Shakespeare’s plays — every tragedy, comedy, and history — collide in one hilarious whirlwind of quick changes, wordplay, and pure chaos. This fast-paced comedy turns the Bard’s greatest hits upside down and inside out, blending improv, parody, and unexpected moments of brilliance.

A wild, witty celebration of theatre, language, and the joy of not taking Shakespeare too seriously.

The ancient myth of Orpheus and Eurydice is reimagined through her eyes in this poetic, dreamlike story of love, memory, and loss.

When Eurydice enters the Underworld, she must choose between the life she left behind and the new world she’s found. A tender, visually stunning exploration of what it means to remember and to let go.

Welcome to Hadestown, where a song can change your fate. This Tony Award-winning musical brings the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice into a bold, bluesy world powered by young voices.

In this Teen Edition, the next generation takes the stage to remind us that hope can rise, even from the depths.

Two generations. One house. Fifty years apart. In this sharp, darkly funny play, neighbors clash over race, class, and change — first in 1959 and again in 2009. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Clybourne Park holds up a mirror to America’s neighborhoods and the stories we still struggle to tell.

When young Patrick comes to live with his eccentric Auntie Mame, life becomes one grand adventure after another. Overflowing with humor, heart, and timeless songs like “We Need a Little Christmas,” Mame celebrates love, laughter, and living life out loud.

DreamWrights Fable Festival
By Local Playwrights

An imaginative showcase of fresh voices and original short works by local playwrights, presented alongside timeless tales in our Classic vs. Contemporary Fables Reflection.

Mother Goosed!
By Jason Pizzarello

Auditions: July 28 or 29 | Ages 7–Adult
September 18–27 | Main Stage

Something’s gone terribly wrong in the world of nursery rhymes, and Mother Goose is on a mission to fix it! This laugh-out-loud comedy mashes together familiar fairy tales and favorite characters in one fast-paced adventure. Perfect for kids and kids-at-heart, Mother Goosed proves that every story deserves a happy ending.