APR 25

Pygmalion
By George Bernard Shaw

Spilled Ink Staged Reading
2pm

Step into a world where a bold wager transforms a rough-edged flower girl into the toast of high society. George Bernard Shaw’s Pygmalion is a sparkling, razor-sharp comedy that pits the eccentric phonetics professor Henry Higgins against the indomitable Liza Doolittle. What begins as a cold academic experiment quickly spirals into a fierce battle of wits and wills, exposing the thin veneer of class and the explosive power of self-reinvention. With its crackling dialogue and timeless charm, this masterpiece asks: once you’ve changed everything about a person, can you ever really let them go? Don’t miss this vibrant production of one of the stage’s most beloved and provocative stories.

APR 30 – MAY 10

In the Next Room
OR The Vibrator Play
by Sarah Ruhl

Thursdays-Saturdays @ 7
Sundays @ 2

Set in the 1880s at the dawn of the age of electricity in a seemingly perfect, well-to-do Victorian home, proper gentleman and scientist Dr. Givings has innocently invented an extraordinary new device for treating “hysteria” in women (and occasionally men): the vibrator. Adjacent to the doctor’s laboratory, his young and energetic wife Catherine tries to tend to their newborn daughter and wonders exactly what is going on in the next room. When a new “hysterical” patient, Sabrina, and her husband bring a wet nurse and their own complicated relationship into the doctor’s home, Dr. and Mrs. Givings must examine the nature of their own marriage and what it truly means to love someone.

Dealing with themes of Victorian ignorance of female sexual desire, motherhood, breastfeeding, and jealousy, the play premiered at the Berkeley Repertory Theatre in February 2009, and it premiered on Broadway at Lincoln Center Theater in October 2009. The production was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and was nominated for three Tony Awards, including Best Play.

MAY 15

FOOLISH MORTALS
Improv Comedy

7:30

After a stellar debut season in 2025, WInston-Salem’s favorite comedy improv troupe returns to the Camel CIty Playhouse stage in 2026 beginning with their Spring Season Opener. on February 20th. These shows sell out fast when tickets go on sale, so don’t miss out!

MAY 17

ICONS : A Celebrity Illusion Drag Revue
Hosted by Brenda the Drag Queen

11:30am

Ariana/Beyonce/Cher/Dolly/Doja/Michael/Pink/Prince/Shania/Tina/Reba
featuring
Aida Stratton, Dana St.James, Dorae Saunders, Giselle Carter, Kirby Kolby, My’kel Knight Addams

MAY 23

The Pearl by Rebecca Massa & Robert Massa

2pm

Beneath the stiff corsets and proper tea times of Victorian London lies a scandalous secret waiting to be uncovered. Enter the world of “The Pearl“, a forbidden underground erotic magazine that threatens to turn a seemingly respectable household upside down. A disastrous wedding night, a marriage unconsummated, a man desperate to get a glimpse of… an ankle, Victorian treatments for hysteria… all are treated with a candor that will forever leave you in no doubt that our 19th Century progenitors were far for puritanical in their outlook!

A hilarious, raucous romp that strips away the veneer of 19th-century morality, “The Pearl” is a riotous comedy about repressed desires, family secrets, and the timeless urge to see exactly what is underneath those skirts. Leave your modesty at the door for this uproarious, unforgettable comedy!