Emerson Theater Collaborative

70 Scenes of Halloween
2024-10-26 19:00 - 2024-10-27 20:30 (America/Phoenix) | Verde Valley School|Brady Hall, 3511 Verde Valley School Road, Sedona, AZ, 86351, United States
Join the Arts Academy of Sedona for a quirky, inventive, and fun play in which time is out of joint as married couple Jeff and Joan contend with ghosts, beasts, and witches banging on their windows, wafting through their rooms, and wielding butcher knives. Marriage is scary! [Originally produced by Creation Production Company, New York]

Written by Jeffrey Jones. Produced by Camilla Ross. Directed by Craig Schneider.

October 26th | Friday | 7pm
October 27th | Saturday | 2pm & 7pm

Ticketing In-Person:
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Advance Purchase Premium Seating – $25
Advance Purchase General Audience – $20
At the Door – $30

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70 SCENES OF HALLOWEEN is produced by special arrangement with Broadway Play Publishing Inc, NYC

Carole's Christmas
2024-11-22 19:00 - 2024-11-24 17:30 | The First Methodist Church of Mystic, 23 Willow Street, Mystic, CT, 06355, United States
Emerson Theater Collaborative and Mysterium Theater Company present a reading of Carole’s Christmas written by Emma Palzere-Rae in Mystic, CT.
It’s July. Carole, a middle-aged dance professor and mother of a rising college senior, finds out that she has four weeks to live. Rather than fight her diagnosis, Carole decides to celebrate Christmas. Advent is four weeks, right? While her daughter is just about to launch her adult life, Carole’s is ending. As they start to unravel the significance of their journey, the magic of Christmas intervenes and books fly off the shelves to point their way. With her daughter Ivy, best friend Marla, estranged husband Paul — and even the benefits manager from the university — by her side, Carole refuses to succumb to sadness and instead searches for the light in her situation. In the end, the magic of Christmas prevails.
Inspired by Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, Carol’s Christmas asks: What if there are only the ghosts of Christmas past and present, but not the future?
This production is sponsored in part by First United Methodist Church.
Show Days/Times:
• November 22nd | Friday | 7pm
• November 23rd | Saturday | 7pm
• November 24th | Sunday | 4pm
Ticketing:
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.
• Advance Purchase / General Seating – $15
• Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $20
• At-the-Door – $20
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No Refunds!
Location:
First United Methodist Church
23 Willow Street, Mystic, CT 06355

Holidays on Ice
2024-11-29 19:00 - 2024-12-01 20:30 | Verde Valley School | Brady Hall, 3511 Verde Valley School Rd, Sedona, AZ, 86351, United States
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to present another unforgettable live theater production for the holiday season. Bring the holidays alive with David Sedaris’ Holidays on Ice hilarious stories. David Sedaris’s beloved holiday collection is new again with six more pieces, including a never before published story. Join us Nov 29th, 30 and Dec 1, 2024 for a little bit of David Sedaris.
We will read following holiday stories:

Santaland Diaries: Partial Reading
Let It Snow
The Cow and The Turkey
Us and Them
Christmas Means Giving

Written by David Sedaris. Produced & Directed by Camilla Ross.
Show Days/Times:
November 29th | Friday | 7pm
November 30th | Saturday | 7pm
December 1st | Sunday | 2pm
Ticketing In-Person:
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.
• Advance Purchase / General Seating – $35
• Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $45
• At-the-Door – $45
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No Refunds!
Location:
Verde Valley School | Brady Hall
3511 Verde Valley School Rd
Sedona, AZ 86351
Performed by:

Lisa Schatz Glinksy*
Sean Spencer*
Joan Westmoreland*
James Yaw*
Audrey Young*
Terra Shelman
Dave Belkiewitz
Kirstyn Lazur – Madam Elf
Cat Ransom
Sandi Schenholm

* Company Members
Special Quest: Red RockApella

Zora Neale Hurston & Langston Huges: A Reading of their Works
2025-01-29 14:00 - 16:00 | Verde Valley School|Brady Hall, 3511 Verde Valley School Road, Sedona, AZ, 86351, United States
Join the Arts Academy of Sedona, Verde Valley School and Emerson Theater Collaborative for the second annual Zora Neale Hurston and Langston Hughes Readings. January 29, 2025 from 2pm – 4pm. We will have local readers from the community and Verde Valley School.
This event is FREE!
Just RSVP for the head count. Click here to register!
Location:
Verde Valley School 3511 Verde Valley School Rd, Sedona, AZ 86351
For more information: (860) 705-9711
This reading is made possible from a grant from Arizona Commission on the Arts.

Driving Miss Daisy - Prescott
2025-02-21 19:00 - 2025-02-23 20:30
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Driving Miss Daisy to the stage on February 21-23, 2025 at Prescott’s The Hazeltine Theatre. This play is a winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple. Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady, as she teaches him to read and write and, in a gesture of good will and shared concern, invites him to join her at a banquet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. As the play ends Hoke has a final visit with Miss Daisy, now ninety-seven and confined to a nursing home, and while it is evident that a vestige of her fierce independence and sense of position still remain, it is also movingly clear that they have both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible—and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.
Driving Miss Daisy reinforces the lesson that every stage of our life is precious and should never be taken for granted.
Produced by Special Arrangement of Dramatist Play Service. Music by Robert Waldmen.
Playwright: Alfred Uhry
Director: Camilla Ross
Co-Producer: Jay Ruby
Cast:
Joan Westmoreland – Miss Daisy
James Yaw – Boolie
Joel (Tony) Digg – Hoke
Crew:
Stage Management: Sean Spencer
Costume Designer: Terra Shelman
Sound Designer: Ky Rial
Lighting Designer: Kevin Hough
Backstage: Audrey Young
Props: Craig Schneider
Photography: Larry Kane
Alfred Uhry is the only playwright ever to win the Triple Crown: an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize. He began his career as a lyric writer under contract to the late Frank Loesser. In that capacity he made his Broadway debut in 1968 with HERE’S WHERE I BELONG. He then wrote the book and lyrics for THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM and was nominated for a Tony Award. He followed that with five re-created musicals at the Goodspeed Opera House. In 1987 his first play, DRIVING MISS DAISY, opened at Playwrights Horizons Theatre in New York. It was subsequently moved to the John Houseman Theatre, where it ran for over 1300 performances. The play earned many awards, including the Outer Critics Circle Award and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. For the film version, he won an Academy Award and the film itself was voted Best Picture of the Year. Other films include “Mystic Pizza” and “Rich in Love.” Mr. Uhry’s second play, LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, which was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, opened on Broadway in February 1997. It has been chosen Best Play by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Outer Critics Circle, and the Drama League, and the 1997 Tony Award. He worked on PARADE, a musical play about the Leo Frank case, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Harold Prince. His film projects include a new adaptation of “Dodsworth” for Time Warner, “Cut Flowers” for Miramax, and “Taft,” commissioned by Morgan Freeman
Show Days/Times:
February 21st* | Friday | 7pm
February 22nd | Saturday | 7pm
February 23rd | Sunday | 2pm

Special Event of SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLING of the Southern Experience on Friday, February 21st from 5pm to 6:30pm. Celebrate the Southern Experience displayed through theater, music, fried chicken, collard greens, corn bread, sweet potato pie & sweet tea. Food by Greenway Catering & Events and El Gato Azul. Price includes show tickets and dinner / per person.

Premium Seating – $125
General Seating – $100

Theater Tickets Only:
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.

Advance Purchase / General Seating – $35
Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $45
At-the-Door – $45

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No Refunds!

Location:
The Hazeltine Theatre
208 N. Marina St.
Prescott, AZ 86303

Silence is Not Golden
2025-09-12 19:00 - 2025-09-14 20:30 | Verde Valley School|Brady Hall, 3511 Verde Valley School Road, Sedona, AZ, 86351, United States
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to present Silence is Not Golden coming to Sedona, AZ, September 12th-14th 2025.
Before the days of Phil Donahue or Oprah, no one talked about domestic abuse or self-esteem — it was a private and embarrassing subject. Linda, a young newlywed, is so in love with her husband Larry that she believes him when he tells her everything is her fault. The two of them are back in their home state of Ohio, but Linda has no friends and no one to talk to since her family moved to California. Each time there is an “incident” she continues to stand by her man and wait for a better day. What other choice does she have? Finally, she reaches her limit and fights back. But at what cost to her?
Written by Anita Yellin Simons. Produced by Camilla Ross. Directed by Camilla Ross & Kaycee Palumbo.
Dates / Times:
Friday, September 12th – 7pm
Saturday, September 13th – 7pm
Sunday, September 14th* – 2pm
*An Educational symposium follows
Location:
Verde Valley School | Brady Hall
3511 Verde Valley School Road
Sedona, AZ 86351
Ticketing:
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.

Advance Purchase / General Seating – $40
Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $50
At-the-Door / General Seating – $55

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NO REFUNDS.

The Dinner
2025-10-03 19:00 - 2025-10-05 20:30 | Sedona UMC – New Room, 110 Indian Cliffs Rd, Sedona, 86336, United States
Emerson Theater Collaborative proudly presents an Original Production, The Dinner, a staged reading.
The play tells the story of five friends who share their passions and lessons about life, relationships, children, and family with the younger generation. It’s the power of friendships that gets us through life’s toughest moments.. Believing that hearing and honoring each other’s stories, while recognizing their differences make them stronger. This is about women supporting women.
Written by Ross & Palumbo. Produced by Ross. Directed by Ross & Palumbo
Dates / Times:
Friday, October 3rd – 7pm
Saturday, October 4th – 7pm
Sunday, October 5th – 2pm
Location:
Sedona UMC – The New Room
110 Indian Cliffs RoadSedona, Arizona 86336
Ticketing:
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.

Advance Purchase / General Seating – $35
Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $45
At-the-Door – $45

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NO REFUNDS.

Driving Miss Daisy | A Staged Reading - Mystic
2025-10-10 19:00 - 2025-10-12 15:30 | The First Methodist Church of Mystic, 23 Willow Street, Mystic, CT, 06355, United States
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Driving Miss Daisy | A Staged Reading on October 10-12, 2025 in Mystic, CT. This play is a winner of the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
The place is the Deep South, the time 1948, just prior to the civil rights movement. Having recently demolished another car, Daisy Werthan, a rich, sharp-tongued Jewish widow of seventy-two, is informed by her son, Boolie, that henceforth she must rely on the services of a chauffeur. The person he hires for the job is a thoughtful, unemployed black man, Hoke, whom Miss Daisy immediately regards with disdain and who, in turn, is not impressed with his employer’s patronizing tone and, he believes, her latent prejudice. But, in a series of absorbing scenes spanning twenty-five years, the two, despite their mutual differences, grow ever closer to, and more dependent on, each other, until, eventually, they become almost a couple. Slowly and steadily the dignified, good-natured Hoke breaks down the stern defenses of the ornery old lady, as she teaches him to read and write and, in a gesture of good will and shared concern, invites him to join her at a banquet in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. As the play ends Hoke has a final visit with Miss Daisy, now ninety-seven and confined to a nursing home, and while it is evident that a vestige of her fierce independence and sense of position still remain, it is also movingly clear that they have both come to realize they have more in common than they ever believed possible—and that times and circumstances would ever allow them to publicly admit.
Driving Miss Daisy reinforces the lesson that every stage of our life is precious and should never be taken for granted.
Produced by Special Arrangement of Dramatist Play Service.
Original Music Composed by Robert Waldmen.
Playwright: Alfred Uhry
Producer: Camilla Ross
Director: Theresa Broach
Cast:
Darla Allen – Miss Daisy
Michael Vernon Davis – Boolie
Andre Keitt – Hoke
Alfred Uhry is the only playwright ever to win the Triple Crown: an Oscar, a Tony, and a Pulitzer Prize. He began his career as a lyric writer under contract to the late Frank Loesser. In that capacity he made his Broadway debut in 1968 with HERE’S WHERE I BELONG. He then wrote the book and lyrics for THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM and was nominated for a Tony Award. He followed that with five re-created musicals at the Goodspeed Opera House. In 1987 his first play, DRIVING MISS DAISY, opened at Playwrights Horizons Theatre in New York. It was subsequently moved to the John Houseman Theatre, where it ran for over 1300 performances. The play earned many awards, including the Outer Critics Circle Award and the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. For the film version, he won an Academy Award and the film itself was voted Best Picture of the Year. Other films include “Mystic Pizza” and “Rich in Love.” Mr. Uhry’s second play, LAST NIGHT OF BALLYHOO, which was commissioned by the Cultural Olympiad for the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, opened on Broadway in February 1997. It has been chosen Best Play by the American Theatre Critics Association, The Outer Critics Circle, and the Drama League, and the 1997 Tony Award. He worked on PARADE, a musical play about the Leo Frank case, with music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown and directed by Harold Prince. His film projects include a new adaptation of “Dodsworth” for Time Warner, “Cut Flowers” for Miramax, and “Taft,” commissioned by Morgan Freeman
Show Days/Times:
October 10th | Friday | 7pm
October 11th | Saturday | 7pm
October 12th | Sunday | 2pm
Tickets:

Advance Purchase / General Seating – $25
At-the-Door / Cash Only – $30

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No Refunds!

Location:

With support from the Connecticut Office of the Arts, which also receives funding from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), a federal agency.

Black Irish
2026-02-05 19:00 - 2026-02-08 15:30 | Sedona UMC – New Room, 110 Indian Cliffs Rd, Sedona, 86336, United States
WE’RE THRILLED TO BE CELEBRATING OUR TEN YEAR ANNIVERSARY IN SEDONA, ARIZONA!
Emerson Theater Collaborative is proud to bring Black Irish by Jeffrey Kagan-McCann to Sedona AND Prescott, Arizona. This play is a sharp, funny, and quietly gut-punching one-act following Ruairí Phelan, a young African-American man who crosses the ocean to a tiny Irish farming town in search of the Phelans—his grandfather’s family. They believe Uncle Patrick died decades ago. They have no idea he’s been alive in America all this time.
The script weaves twists, heart, and humor with the ease of a seasoned storyteller—“as intoxicating as a slug of good whiskey,” wrote Melanie McFarlane of The Seattle Times. The play also earned audience-favorite status, winning Best Play at the 2019 Hartford Fringe Festival.
Written and Directed by Jeffrey Kagan-McCann. Produced by Camilla Ross
SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLING of the Irish-American Experience
Opening Night, Friday, FEBRUARY 6, 2026 at the Sedona UMC – New Room.
An evening of Irish ambiance: light traditional music, small bites, One drink ticket, and a lively performance that sets the tone for a memorable night.
Tasty Delights by Chef David includes Irish Meatballs with Guinness Glaze, Beef Tips in an African Tomato Stew, Irish Whiskey & Maple Chicken Skewers, Stuffed Cabbage Roll with Potato, Beans, Carrots & Herbs. Sides are Mashed Potatoes and Jollof Rice. Followed by a savory Caramelized Onion & Fig Mini Pastry
Cost – $60 / per person
Limited Seating — Only 50 tickets available.
IMPORTANT: When ordering your tickets for this event please choose the 6pm Ticket time. This gives you the event, and the show for $60. There are no Refunds! No at-the-door sales for the pre-event, SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLINGS.
DATES/TIMES/LOCATIONS (SHOW ONLY):

February 5th – 7pm – Prescott (The Cosmos Theatre Arts – 222 N Marina St., Prescott, AZ 86301)
February 6th – 7pm – Sedona UMC – New Room
February 7th – 7pm – Sedona UMC – New Room
February 8th – 2pm – Sedona UMC – New Room

TICKETING (SHOW ONLY):
Pick your seats with our reserved “seating” map.

Advance Purchase / General Seating – $35
Advance Purchase / Reserved Seating – $45
At-the-Door – $45

No Refunds!
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