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PERSEVERANCE THEATRE

3700 Alumni Drive
Anchorage, AK 99824

Full Contact
12/1 - 12/22/2024


"Full Contact" is an exhilarating theatrical experience that will take audiences on a gripping journey of physical and emotional intensity. Set to open on December ...


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Perseverance Theatre Announces 2024/2025 Season In Juneau and Anchorage


by Blair Ingenthron - July 13, 2024

Perseverance Theatre, Alaska's premiere regional theatre, will present three titles in Juneau and Anchorage for their 2024-2025 season. Led by Artistic Director Leslie Ishii, Perseverance Theatre's upcoming Season will bring powerful stories by, for, and of Alaska to Juneau and Anchorage....

Photos: Paula Vogel's INDECENT Opens In Juneau This Weekend


by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2024

Perseverance Theatre has released first look photos of its production of Paula Vogel's powerful, Tony Award-winning play Indecent.  ...

Full Cast Set for INDECENT At Perseverance Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - January 10, 2024

Hannah Wolf directs Paula Vogel's INDECENT at Perseverance Theatre, featuring UAS Dean Carin Silkaitis, Roblin Davis, and more....

Photos: Perseverance Theatre's HEDWIG AND THE ANGRY INCH Comes To Anchorage in October


by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 22, 2023

Perseverance Theatre, Alaska’s premiere regional theatre, will bring their dazzling production of the rock musical sensation, Hedwig and The Angry Inch to Anchorage at the UAA Fine Arts Building Mainstage October 13th through 22nd. See photos!...

Full Cast Set for Hedwig and The Angry Inch at Perseverance Theatre


by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 19, 2023

Get ready for an unforgettable theatrical experience as Perseverance Theatre brings back the rock musical sensation, Hedwig and The Angry Inch. Don't miss out on this powerful and gritty story of queer immigrant liberation through rock and roll. Book your season subscriptions now!...

Photos: Perseverance Theatre Brings THE GREAT LEAP To Juneau


by A.A. Cristi - February 15, 2023

Perseverance Theatre brings The Great Leap by Lauren Yee to the Mainstage in Juneau, Alaska....

THE GREAT LEAP Comes to Perseverance Theatre This Month


by Stephi Wild - February 06, 2023

Perseverance Theatre and the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance have teamed up to co-produce The Great Leap by Lauren Yee, directed by Perseverance Theatre's Artistic Director Leslie Ishii....

Full Cast Announced For THE GREAT LEAP At Perseverance Theatre


by A.A. Cristi - January 18, 2023

Perseverance Theatre and the UAA Department of Theatre and Dance have teamed up to co-produce The Great Leap by Lauren Yee, directed by Perseverance Theatre's Artistic Director Leslie Ishii. This production features Morgan Gwilym Tso as Manford, Karen Li as Connie, Bostin Christopher as Saul, and Ed...

Perseverance Theatre Presents THE GREAT LEAP Beginning in February


by Stephi Wild - January 11, 2023

The Great Leap comes to Perseverance Theatre this year. The play is by Lauren Yee and directed by Leslie Ishii. Juneau performances are February 17 - March 5, 2023, on the Perseverance Theatre Mainstage....

Perseverance Theatre Presents THE GREAT LEAP Next Month


by Stephi Wild - January 03, 2023

The Great Leap comes to Perseverance Theatre this year. The play is by Lauren Yee and directed by Leslie Ishii....

Past Shows

Cold Case
Cold Case
10/11 - 10/20/2024


Winner of the 2022 National Theatre Conference Barry and Bernice Stavis Playwright’s Award,  Cold Case  depicts the heartbreaking story of an Iñupiaq woman in rural ...

Cold Case
9/6 - 9/22/2024


Join us at Perseverance Theatre for "Cold Case," a thrilling production that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Follow a dedicated team ...

INDECENT
INDECENT
2/14 - 3/24/2024


Set in the early 20th century, INDECENT follows the true story of Sholem Asch's controversial play, God of Vengeance . As this groundbreaking Yiddish work ...

The Thanksgiving Play
2/28 - 3/16/2024


"The Thanksgiving Play" at Perseverance Theatre is a hilarious comedy that follows a group of self-absorbed thespians attempting to create a culturally sensitive play for ...

A NICE INDIAN BOY
A NICE INDIAN BOY
12/1 - 12/17/2023


A chance encounter brings Naveen Gavaskar face-to-face with the man of his dreams: Keshav, a Bollywood-loving, Marathi-speaking Hindu, ready to fall in love. As the ...


Where the Summit Meets the Stars is an ethereal Alaska Native story driven by music, dance, and the culture of the Tlingit people. When a ...

Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
10/13 - 10/22/2023


Over the course of a singular, defiant performance, witness the spiral of anti-hero frontwoman of fictional rock band The Angry Inch. After a botched gender-reassignment ...

Hedwig and The Angry Inch
Hedwig and The Angry Inch
9/15 - 10/1/2023


Over the course of a singular, defiant performance, witness the spiral of anti-hero frontwoman of fictional rock band The Angry Inch. After a botched gender-reassignment ...

The Great Leap
The Great Leap
3/17 - 3/26/2023


Manford Lum knows the game of basketball like the back of his hand. After all, he’s basically a legend on the Chinatown courts. It’s 1989 ...

Little Women
Little Women
12/2 - 12/18/2022


Jo longs to be a writer and travel the world. Meg hopes to marry a respectable man and start a family. Amy wishes she could ...

Where The Summit Meets The Stars


Where the Summit Meets the Stars is an ethereal Alaska Native story driven by music, dance, and the culture of the Tlingit people. When a ...

The Brothers Paranormal
The Brothers Paranormal
3/25 - 4/3/2022


Ghost hunting is not your typical career path, but for brothers Max and Visarut, investigating spirit encounters is simply another day in the life. Spurred ...

The Brothers Paranormal
2/18 - 4/3/2022


Ghost hunting is not your typical career path, but for Thai brothers Max and Visarut, investigating spirit encounters is simply another day in the life. ...

A Tlingit Christmas Carol
12/20 - 12/26/2021


A Christmas Carol just got a lot more Tlingit! We've all heard the classic story: it's Christmas, there are spirits involved, a grumpy man says ...

Voyager One
10/29 - 12/13/2021


Which song would you choose to represent all of humanity? Something by Elvis Presley? Aretha Franklin? Maybe Little Richard? In the 1970s, two junior-level NASA ...

This Wonderful Life
This Wonderful Life
12/19 - 12/30/2020


Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings! Sound familiar? Cozy up with Perseverance Theatre this holiday season for a retelling of everyones ...

A Tlingit Christmas Carol
A Tlingit Christmas Carol
11/26 - 12/25/2020


A Christmas Carol just got a lot more Tlingit! Weve all heard the classic story: its Christmas, there are spirits involved, a grumpy man says ...

The Spirit of the Valley
11/6 - 11/15/2020


On a family vacation to their cabin nestled in the beautiful wilderness of Alaska, Tlingit twins Kaash and Shaa find themselves on the adventure of ...

Silent Sky
Silent Sky
2/28 - 3/8/2020


Silent SkyWritten by Lauren GundersonDirected by Leslie IshiiThe year is 1900 and the world abounds with curiosity about what lies beyond the clouds. When Henrietta ...

Silent Sky
1/10 - 2/1/2020


Lauren Gunderson Perseverance Theatre...

Devilfish
Devilfish
10/25 - 11/3/2019


In prehistoric Southeast Alaska, when humans and animals still talked and lived amongst each other, a monstrous sea creature destroys an entire village. Only the ...

GUYS & DOLLS
3/12 - 5/19/2019


The slickest high rollers are in town, and they’re depending on Nathan Detroit to score a secret spot for their floating craps game. Throw in ...

Whale Song
Whale Song
3/8 - 2/17/2019


Soon after a baby is born in a small Arctic village, her parents learn she has an unusual destiny: In order to restore natures delicate ...

Snow Child
Snow Child
5/25 - 5/27/2018


Eowyn Ivey's debut novel The Snow Child, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, is reborn as a magical new musical that dances on the edge ...

Cyrano De Bergerac
Cyrano De Bergerac
4/26 - 5/6/2018


Cyrano de Bergerac-soldier, poet, and musician, is clever, charming, and disarming, but he's ashamed of his appearance and believes he'll never win the love of ...

Cyrano de Bergerac
3/13 - 4/15/2018


An adventure based on the legend of 17th Century French dramatist and duelist Savinien de Bergerac, now known the world over as Cyrano. Afflicted with ...

William Inc.
1/23 - 2/18/2018


Lucas Rowley; dir: Randy Reinholz. Mainstage:...

The Arsonists
1/11 - 1/21/2018


INCENDIARY HILARITY ALERT! A Greek chorus of Keystone Kops guides us through a retelling of Max Frisch's absurdist classic, where sparks fly as an unemployed ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
12/15 - 12/29/2017


Witness Ebenezer Scrooge’s miraculous Christmas Eve transformation in Perseverance Theatre’s adaptation of Dickens’ famous book. Ebenezer Scrooge is a greedy businessman, with no place in ...

Dreaming Glacier Bay
10/24 - 11/19/2017


Joel Bennett; dir: Michael Haney. World Premiere...

The Elaborate Entrance of Chad Deity


Mace is the ring name of a Puerto Rican “jobber” paid to lose to the champion of his pro-wrestling league. Mace wants a break from ...

Steel Magnolias
Steel Magnolias
9/29 - 10/15/2017


ongtime friends in a small Southern town fill Truvy’s hair salon with laughter, gossip, and tears. Truvy’s new assistant Annelle, sociable M’Lynn, and her pretty ...

To Kill a Mockingbird
3/17 - 4/16/2017


adapt: Christopher Sergel; dir: Art Rotch. Mainstage:...

They Don't Talk Back
1/27 - 2/19/2017


Native Voices at the Autry Presents: They Don't Talk Back Written by Frank Henry Kaash Katasse (Tlingit) Directed by Randy Reinholz (Choctaw) Producing Artistic Director ...

This Wonderful Life
12/9 - 12/31/2016


Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...

This Wonderful Life
12/9 - 12/31/2016


Share the hope and humor of Frank Capra’s adored Classic Christmas screenplay It’s A Wonderful Life in this delightful re-imagining. The virtuosic James Leaming portrays ...

Hold These Truths
11/18 - 12/4/2016


Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre: Jeanne Sakata; dir: Lisa Rothe....

Hold These Truths
11/18 - 12/4/2016


Elizabeth Price Kenan Theatre: Jeanne Sakata; dir: Lisa Rothe....

Not Medea
10/11 - 10/20/2016


Allison Gregory....

Not Medea
10/11 - 10/20/2016


Allison Gregory....

Peter and the Starcatcher
9/30 - 10/16/2016


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

Peter and the Starcatcher
9/30 - 10/16/2016


Tony-winning Peter and the Starcatcher upends the century-old story of how a miserable orphan comes to be The Boy Who Would Not Grow Up (a.k.a. ...

SWEENEY TODD
5/19 - 5/29/2016


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...


At the dawn of the electrical age, a new medical device is developed to pacify "hysterical" women, but it produces a shockingly different result. This ...

Our Voices Will Be Heard
1/10 - 1/7/2016


Vera Starbard; dir: Larissa Fasthorse....

SWEENEY TODD
11/1 - 12/6/2015


Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, by Stephen Sondheim and Hugh Wheeler, is a darkly gripping musical thriller that has garnered numerous accolades, ...

Othello
9/6 - 10/4/2015


William Shakespeare; dir: Tom Robenolt....

Annapurna
9/24 - 10/3/2015


Sharr White; dir: Art Rotch....

TBA
4/26 - 5/24/2015


Imaginists Theatre Collective: -...

The Odd Couple
3/1 - 3/29/2015


This classic comedy opens on a friendly card game in the untidy apartment of divorced Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication, it’s ...

The Mountaintop
1/7 - 2/1/2015


The night before his untimely death, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. returns to his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis after delivering a speech ...

Summerfest Mainstage:
6/28 - 8/6/2014


Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike Christopher Durang; dir: Carolyn Howarth....

Boeing Boeing
4/27 - 5/25/2014


Based on the film starring Tony Curtis and Jerry Lewis, Boeing-Boeing is the story of Bernard, a successful architect living in Paris juggling three flight ...

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
3/2 - 3/30/2014


Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a 1955 American drama written by Tennessee Williams . It is considered one of his greatest works and ...

Rush at Everlasting
1/5 - 2/2/2014


This world premiere is also the Perseverance Debut by Anchorage Playwright Arlitia Jones. Against the backdrop of the 1930s, two women fallen on hard times ...

Treasure Island
11/3 - 12/8/2013


Mainstage: adapt: Ken Ludwig; dir: Anita Maynard-Losh....

God of Carnage
God of Carnage
9/8 - 10/6/2013


A playground altercation between eleven-year-old boys brings together two sets of Brooklyn parents for a meeting to resolve the matter. At first, diplomatic niceties are ...

GUYS & DOLLS JR
8/2 - 8/10/2013


Set in Damon Runyon's mythical New York City, GUYS AND DOLLS JR. introduces us to colorful characters who have become legends in the musical theatre ...


Surviving centuries of slavery, revolts and The Trail of Tears, a community of self-proclaimed Freemen (Black Seminoles and people of mixed origins) incorporate the first ...

the road weeps, the well runs dry


Surviving centuries of slavery, revolts and The Trail of Tears, a community of self-proclaimed Freemen (Black Seminoles and people of mixed origins) incorporate the first ...

Betrayal
4/11 - 4/21/2013


Sydney Laurence: - Harold Pinter; dir: Bostin Christopher....

Seminar
3/3 - 3/31/2013


Mainstage: - Teresa Rebeck; dir: Cynthia Croot....

Seminar
Seminar
3/8 - 3/31/2013


In Seminar, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard, an international literary figure. He is recklessly brilliant and under his ...

Betrayal
1/6 - 2/3/2013


Mainstage: - Harold Pinter; dir: Bostin Christopher....

Betrayal
Betrayal
1/11 - 2/3/2013


Robert and Jerry are best friends. Robert and Emma are married. Jerry and Emma are lovers. Over nine years, feelings are masked and words are ...


Sydney Laurence: - Mark Hollmann, Adrien Royce; dir: Elizabeth Lucas....

Oklahoma!
Oklahoma!
11/9 - 12/9/2012


Based on Lynn Riggs’ 1931 play, Green Grow the Lilacs, Oklahoma! was the first musical collaboration between Rodgers and Hammerstein and spawned the hits “Oh, ...

Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
9/14 - 10/7/2012


John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men is the heart-wrenching tale about George and Lennie, an unlikely pair of migrant workers armed with only the dream ...

PIRATES OF PENZANCE JR
8/3 - 8/11/2012


Wacky, irreverent and as entertaining as it's predecessor from 1879, THE PIRATES OF PENZANCE JR. spins a hilarious farce of sentimental pirates, bumbling policemen, dim-witted ...

Bigfoot and Other Lost Souls


In 1981 Bernie Bernstein, novice scriptwriter and shoe-size eleven narrow, is broke and having been recently dumped by her cross-dressing boyfriend, brokenhearted. She takes the ...

A Raisin in the Sun
4/13 - 4/22/2012

A Raisin in the Sun
3/4 - 4/1/2012

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun
3/9 - 4/1/2012


When a $10,000 life insurance check promises to change the lives of the Younger family, they must decide what to do with the money. In ...

The Blue Bear
2/10 - 2/18/2012


Based on the book of the same title, The Blue Bear follows Lynn Schooler's tale of finding and losing a close friend. Schooler grows to ...

Animals out of Paper
1/25 - 2/12/2012

Animals out of Paper
Animals out of Paper
1/27 - 2/12/2012


Playwright Rajiv Joseph folds love, creativity and happiness together in his brilliantly crafted new work. Abandoned by both her husband and her old dog, an ...

A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
11/26 - 12/24/2011


Charles Dickens' classic A Christmas Carol was one of the greatest influences in rejuvenating the old Christmas traditions of England. Written at the height of ...

The 39 Steps
The 39 Steps
9/23 - 10/16/2011


The chase is on! Alfred Hitchcock’s classic 1930s film comes to the stage as characters are pursued by a pair of clowns portraying cops, spies, ...

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Little Women: The Broadway Musical
49th State Brewing Company (10/1 - 12/31)
Full Contact
Perseverance Theatre (12/1 - 12/22)
Annie
Glenn Massay Theater (3/21 - 4/4)
Mean Girls (Non-Equity) in Anchorage Mean Girls (Non-Equity)
Alaska Center for the Performing Arts (11/4 - 11/15)
After Hours
Momentum Studios (10/4 - 4/4)
Beetlejuice in Anchorage Beetlejuice
Atwood Concert Hall (1/29 - 2/9)
Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity) in Anchorage Tina: The Tina Turner Musical (Non-Equity)
Atwood Concert Hall (4/2 - 4/13)
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