The new lineup is out for The Royal Players 2023-24 season, and it features a few favorites.
The Royal Haunted House will return with super scares and suspense. The Haunted House will open in October on Friday the 13th and runs until Halloween night. Wear a costume. Bring your friends. You’ll want to go again and again.
Next warm your cockles with A Christmas Story. It runs December 7-17, 2023. This suburban tale is based on humorist Jean Shepherd’s memoir of growing up in the midwest in the 1940s. It follows 9-year-old Ralphie in his quest to get a genuine Red Ryder BB gun under the Christmas tree. Ralphie’s desire is rejected by his mother, his teacher, and even Santa Claus, all giving him the same warning: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
In the new year, see She Loves Me. It’s a scented case of mistaken identity and letter writing. At the center are two feuding perfume clerks have no idea that they are in love. Join Amalia and Georg to discover the identity of their true loves, and all the twists and turns along the way She Loves Me will run February 2-15, 2024.
Bonnie and Clyde is set to premiere April 18th and run through April 28th, 2024. Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow were two small-town nobodies in West Texas. But they became America’s most renowned folk heroes and Texas law enforcement’s worst nightmares. Fearless, shameless and alluring, the Tony-nominated Bonnie & Clyde, from the legendary Frank Wildhorn, is the electrifying story of love, adventure and crime that captured the attention of an entire country.
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea? You guessed it, SpongeBob SquarePants! He’s ready to ride the wave to the Royal Theatre June 13- 23, 2024, to entertain and delight audiences in this brilliant, bright, hilarious musical – SpongeBob The Musical.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney animated feature, The Hunchback of Notre Dame will be the final show of the 2023-24 season. This is a lushly scored retelling of Victor Hugo’s epic story of love, acceptance, and what it means to be a hero, running August 8-18, 2024.
The historic Royal Theatre is located in downtown Benton at 111 S. Market Street. The Royal Players are currently seeking sponsors, partnerships, and advertising for our new season. If you are interested in any of these, email at [email protected].
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