A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
bOOK BY Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart
mUSIC & lYRICS bY Stephen Sondheim
DIRECTED BY kENNY bRIAN gAGNI
mUSICAL dIRECTION BY haNNAH hURST
cHOREOGRAPHY BY jEANNIE lARSON
May 30th-June 28th, 2026
Fridays at 7:30 PM
Saturdays at 7:30 PM
Sundays at 4:30 PM
Rated PG-13
Sondheim’s joyous, musical romp through Rome has desperate lovers, scheming neighbors and secrets behind every toga!
Broadway’s greatest farce is light, fast-paced, witty, irreverent and one of the funniest musicals ever written. A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum takes comedy back to its roots, combining situations from time-tested, 2000-year-old comedies of Roman playwright, Plautus, with the infectious energy of classic vaudeville.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum is a nonstop laughfest in which Pseudolus, a crafty slave, struggles to win the hand of a beautiful, but slow-witted, courtesan named Philia for his young master, Hero, in exchange for freedom. The plot twists and turns with cases of mistaken identity, slamming doors and a showgirl or two!
Content Warning: Mild Adult Themes
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Robert Tanner-Hansen
Pseudolus/Prologus
Jay Evans
Senex
Julie Rosch
Domina
Tanner Eddenfield
Hero
Ryan Reece
Hysterium
Trinity Abbott
Philia
Jelani Todd
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Lycus
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Lisa Gee
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The Geminae
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