Princeton Summer Theater’s 2023 season opens June 15-August 4, featuring three mainstage works and the presentation of two new works including the annual children’s show.

Founded in 1968, Princeton Summer Theater is a semi-professional summer stock theater company located in Princeton University’s Hamilton-Murray Theater. It recently won the 2019 JerseyArts.com People’s Choice Award for “Best Small Theater.” Notable alumni include Tony Award-winning actress Bebe Neuwirth (Chicago), Tony Award-winning producer Geoff Rich (Avenue Q), and actor William Hootkins (Star Wars, Batman).

The season begins with a production of Kate Hamill’s adaptation of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice. The show, a comedic stage adaptation of the novel, directed by Eliana Cohen-Orth, will run for three weekends, from June 15 through July 2.

Dave Malloy’s Ghost Quartet, a musical told by four actor-musicians set at the end of the world, directed by BT Hayes, will follow for two weekends from July 6 to July 16. The last
mainstage show is Jiehae Park’s Peerless, a dark comedy retelling of Shakespeare’s Macbeth about the cutthroat world of college admissions and what it means to be an Asian American teenage girl, directed by PST artistic director Eliyana Abraham, showing for two weekends from July 20 to July 30.

The season will also feature a new children’s comedy by Sam Melton, The Woman Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge, telling the story of Emily Roebling, a female engineer who helped complete the iconic bridge. The last weekend of the season, August 3-5, will feature a workshop of a new musical by Allison Spann and Maeli Goren-Wilson titled We Ride Upon Sticks, an adaptation of the novel of the same name by Quan Barry.

Visit princetonsummertheater.org for more information and specific times and dates.