Summer Festival
Three Hot Shows, a Cabaret Series, and Two New Plays for Young Audiences Running All Summer Long!
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Blockbuster Performances Every Day of the Summer!
The summer repertory at Clear Space Theatre Company is part of what makes Rehoboth Beach such a vibrant summer arts destination. With three musicals rotating through our mainstage every week, no matter what week you visit Rehoboth Beach this summer, you have the opportunity to see every one of our dynamic crowd-pleasing summer shows while you are here. See all three and enjoy the amazing range of our core summer repertory artists, as they transform from one character to the next across each of the shows. Check the calendar on the left carefully as performances play on different days of the week each week. Performances are at 7:30pm, plus occasional Saturday matinees at 2pm
In addition to our core mainstage musicals, our summer festival also includes a cabaret series featuring Broadway performers, storytelling, drag, local favorites and more, with performances on Sundays at 5pm and evenings the week prior to Labor day. Our Saturday Morning Children’s Theatre series is growing this year as well - with two 45-minute world premiere plays just for audiences ages 4 and up. Check them out on Saturday mornings, sometimes at the theater and sometimes on tour across Sussex County!
Back for its third year and bigger than ever!
Tickets go on sale Thursday, March 26
Our summer cabaret series includes a joyful mix of Broadway performers in a cabaret setting, great storytelling, drag, and even a concert reading of a brand new play! This year’s series runs on Sundays at 5pm starting Sunday, July 12 and concludes with a full week of nightly events between August 30 and September 5.
Our full line up of artists is still being finalized, but save the date for the following artists already confirmed for this year!
Sunday, July 12, 5pm - Nina West
Sunday, July 19, 5pm - John McDaniel accompanying a Broadway star to be announced!
Sunday, July 26, 5pm - Matthew Rosenstein in Make Me French
Sunday, August 2, 5pm - Ashley Williams
Dates and artists for additional appearances from John McDaniel, storyteller Ian Hawkins and his one person show The Answer is Always Why Not, and other performers will be announced with tickets go on sale!
Saturday Morning Children’s Theatre
Two world premiere plays just for young people 4 and up
For years, a summer tradition at Clear Space has been a series of stories for young people brought to life on stage by teens from the Clear Space Arts Institute. This year, that series grows as we present the world premiere of two 45-minute plays for young people by Clare Conroy Hughes, thanks to the generous support of the National Endowment for the Arts and the America 250 program.
Sybil Under the Stars tells the true story of a Connecticut girl whose Paul Revere-esque ride prepared the Colonial militia to face and turn back a British invasion. In Pinocchio 20XX, we jump from our revolutionary era past to the near future, where an artificial intelligence Pinocchio, created by a gaming designer, longs to find his own way to becoming a real boy.
Performances of both plays will be offered select Saturday mornings at Clear Space Theatre Company, with additional touring performances at venues across Sussex County. The full touring schedule will be announced before the start of the summer season, but confirmed touring site include Freeman Arts Pavilion and the Lewes Library.
Performances run on Saturdays at 11am from July 11 through August 29.
Concessions open one hour prior to each performance. House opens approximately 30 minutes before curtain.
The box office must be notified of special needs seating in advance. One companion will be supplied a seat adjacent to the patron with special needs.
For accessibility information, please call 302.227.2270.
Productions, dates and times may be subject to change