Show: THEATRE ON FIRE
Theater: ACT Players Theater Company
Theater Website: https://actplayers.org/
Show runs: 10/23/2026 to 11/08/2026
The headline says it all: “Theatre on Fire: Children’s Theatre Company Burns.” But how did the Bee Hippo Children’s Theatre Company go from putting on a show to going up in flames?
Three days before the fire, we meet Nick, a theater employee and nephew of the company’s executive director, Mary. While Nick and the rest of the staff scramble to keep the latest production on track, chaos seems determined to take center stage. There’s a highly invested parent with opinions, a child who keeps getting stuck in the chimney, and a leading lady who refuses to share a dressing room until her demands are met.
Meanwhile, Mary is doing everything she can to keep the struggling theater company alive—while quietly putting her own needs somewhere near the bottom of the list.
As one ridiculous problem gives way to another, the situation spirals toward the inevitable conclusion we already know is coming: the theater burns.
Written by local playwright Nick Keresztury, THEATRE ON FIRE is a fast-paced comedy packed with the kind of backstage chaos, impossible personalities, and theatrical disasters that anyone who has ever been involved in a production will recognize.
Whether you’ve been onstage, backstage, in the audience, or simply survived a rehearsal—you’ll see something familiar in this wonderfully chaotic look at community theater.
Come find out exactly how it all goes up in flames.
TICKETS: https://actplayers.org/tof/
LOCATION: 1010 State Road, Lincoln University, PA 19352
CAST
Narrator: Walt Osborne
Nick: Nicola Murray
Mary: Sarah Paige Werner
Robert: Paul Batman
Sam: Caroline Czerpak
Sarah: Kaylee Hanrahan
Dave: Justin Elliott
Helen: Heather Williams
Charlie: Charlotte O’Loughlin
Dr. Giggles: Chris Murray
City Official: Steve Lelinski
PRODUCTION STAFF
Writer: Nicholas Keresztury
Director: Maggie Elliott
Assistant Director: Allison Hickey
Producer: Chrissy Root
Light Design: Jake Pease
Sound Design: Alan Hoffman
Theater Address: New London United Methodist Church Social Hall, 1010 State Rd, Lincoln University, Pennsylvania 19352-9055 (Map It)
Theater Phone: (484) 228-1222
Price: See Tickets URL
Purchase tickets online: https://actplayers.org/tof/
