Season 27 At a Glance

Disney and Cameron Mackintosh’s  
MARY POPPINS 
Original Music and Lyrics by Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman 
Book by Julian Fellowes 
New Songs and Additional Music and Lyrics by Anthony Drewe, George Stiles 
Co-Created by Cameron Mackintosh 
A Musical based on the stories of P.L. Travers and the Walt Disney Film 

August 18- September 11, 2022 

She’s Back! Mary Poppins will soar into the Lawrenceville Arts Center to kick-off Aurora’s Season 27 with a can’t-miss theatrical event for all ages. The “Practically Perfect” Galen Crawley will reprise the title role, a performance that earned her the 2014 Outstanding Lead Female Actor in a Musical Suzi Bass Award. Mary falls from the sky into our hearts. With the help of a carefree chimney sweep named Bert, she magically teaches the Banks family the immeasurable benefits of love, joy, and mutual respect. Rediscover this Disney classic with dazzling effects and a score that includes Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, A Spoonful of Sugar and Step in Time. 

CHRISTMAS CANTEEN 2022
An Aurora Original

November 25 – December 23, 2022

Gwinnett’s longest-running theatrical holiday tradition returns to the lavish Clyde & Sandra Strickland Grand Stage Theatre at the Lawrenceville Arts Center. Each year this stunning revue is an explosion of Christmas magic brimming with songs and comic sketches in a heartwarming yuletide treat that delights all ages. This cup of eggnog for the holiday soul will be the highlight of the festive season!  

KIM’S CONVENIENCE
By Ins Choi

January 19 – February 19, 2023

Mr. Kim dispenses fatherly wisdom, history lessons and potato chips from behind his convenience store counter. A Korean immigrant, he planned a better life and legacy in Toronto. When he receives an unexpected offer for his store situated in an up-and-coming neighborhood, he has a difficult decision. Take the money and give in to the developers that closed his wife’s beloved church or convince his daughter to follow in his footsteps. Amid these challenges, Mr. Kim navigates the needs of his customers and a strong-willed family. No matter what, humor finds its way onto every aisle of Kim’s Convenience, an award-winning play that is now a hit series on Netflix.

SUMMER: THE DONNA SUMMER MUSICAL 
Book by Colman Domingo, Robert Cray, and Des McAnuff  
Songs by Donna Summer, Giorgio Moroder, Paul Jabara, and others  

March 16 – April 9, 2023 

The electrifying Queen of Disco shot through the stars from gospel choir to dance floor diva. The 5-time Grammy Award-winner and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame legend is known for mega-hits like Hot Stuff, Bad Girls and No More Tears (Enough Is Enough). What the world didn’t know was how Donna Summer risked it all to break through barriers, becoming the icon of an era and the inspiration for every music diva who followed.

THE PLAY THAT GOES WRONG 
By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields, and Jonathan Sayer 

May 25 – June 18, 2023 

Welcome to opening night of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where things are quickly going from bad to utterly disastrous. You’ll see an unconscious leading lady, a corpse that can’t play dead, and actors who trip over everything (including their lines); this Olivier Award-winning comedy is a hilarious hybrid of Monty Python and Sherlock Holmes. If you loved Noises Off, Boeing, Boeing and Don’t Dress for Dinner, you are going to love this fall-down funny play that is so wrong… it’s right.  

“A RIOTOUS EXPLOSION OF COMEDY!” (The Daily Beast), COMIC GOLD! (Variety) and “A GUT-BUSTING HIT,” (New York Times)