Auditions for Stag Light, our opening show of the ’26-’27 season, will be held June 7 and 8. Mark your calendars! Both days auditions will start at 7pm at the Bonifas Arts Center’s studio.
George Frenel has one final wish: to have his ashes scattered from the top of his favorite lighthouse. Yet despite residing in Maine (known as The Lighthouse State), his last will and testament unexpectedly instructs the family to drive to Michigan, seven states away. With that, the enigmatic patriarch has found a way to drag his estranged wife and children on one last family road trip together.
After a record-breaking 450+ script submissions, AACT is proud to announce Stag
Light by Emily Turner as one of the six winning plays and playwrights selected
for AACT NewPlayFest 2026, presented with generous support from the Jack K.
Ayre and Frank Ayre Lee Theatre Foundation.
Each outstanding new work receives a World Premiere production by a community
theatre partner during the 2025–2026 season. AACT selects exceptional member
theatres to produce these winning plays. Producing theatres are responsible for
providing a fully realized, world premiere production between June 1, 2025 and
December 31, 2026, and for bringing in the playwright for workshopping the script
and a performance. Players de Noc is one of just six theaters in the country to be
awarded this world premiere partnership. Following their premieres, all six plays
will be published and licensed through Dramatic Publishing, expanding their
reach to theatres across the country.
Players de Noc couldn’t be more excited to be selected to premiere this award
winning play with its strong ties to Michigan. Stag Light will premiere as the first
production of our 2026/2027 season this coming Fall. Auditions are June 7 and 8.