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Season 2027….in emojis!

🎭✨ Season 2027….in emojis! ✨🎭 Think you know what stories are headed to the Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble stage in 2027? This show hits the stage in March and it might leave you questioning everything… Drop your guesses in the comments! 👇 🏆 No cheating! (We promise it’s more fun if you don’t Google.) We’ll reveal the answers soon—and trust us, you won’t want to miss what’s coming next. Here’s to another incredible season of bold stories, unforgettable characters, and amazing theatre!

There’s ALWAYS something going on over here at FTE

There’s ALWAYS something going on over here at FTE and this month we’ve got THREE amazing shows all working at the same time. 🎭🎭🎭 First up! In partnership with Fredericksburg Free Press we’re reviving our hilarious production of POTUS by Selina Fillinger, for ONE NIGHT ONLY, Aug. 14th! Next… Aaron Sorkin’s A FEW GOOD MEN coming to the Allstate Community Theatre, September 18th - 26th! And Finally… VERONICA’S ROOM by Ira Levin, running October 23rd - Nov. 1st! Make a plan to see all three of these incredible performances TODAY by visiting our website!

Introducing your revival cast of POTUS

Introducing your revival cast of POTUS: Or Behind Every Dumbass is Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive by Selina Fillinger! 🇺🇸🫪🚺 In partnership with the Fredericksburg Free Press we are reviving POTUS for ONE NIGHT ONLY! Friday, Aug. 14 | The Griffin on Charles | Doors at 6 p.m. for complimentary treats and a drink Your $65 ticket is your way in: the play, finger food, dessert, and one drink, all included. And when the lights come up, you’ll have done more than laugh — you’ll have backed two Fredericksburg institutions that do the real work behind the scenes: local journalism and

FTE’s 2027 Season reveal is coming SOON!

FTE’s 2027 Season reveal is coming SOON! ⏳🤫🎭 In the meantime, check out our new and improved website to keep up to date with all of our upcoming events! Go beyond the curtain with workshops, drag shows, concerts, and MORE! What do YOU want to see on the FTE stage?

Unit. Corps. God. Country.

“UNIT. CORPS. GOD. COUNTRY.” 🇺🇸🫡 👨🏻‍⚖️ Last night, a few of our actors got a rehearsal to learn what it means to be a marine from our very own Assistant Director and Marine Corps Veteran, Doy Demsick! Don’t miss these men in action! Get your tickets to Aaron Sorkin’s A FEW GOOD MEN before they sell out! Veterans and active military personnel USE CODE: AFGMMil20 for 20% OFF ticket price.

POTUS returns for one night only

The word is out! After our raucous run in 2024, audiences couldn’t stop raving about POTUS: Or Behind Every Dumbass is Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive! 🇺🇸🫪🚺 In partnership with the Fredericksburg Free Press we are reviving POTUS for ONE NIGHT ONLY! 🇺🇸 Get tickets HERE

A Few Good Men cast and creative team

🫡 ATTENTION!🎖️ The Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble is proud to announce the cast and creative team of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men. These outstanding performers and dedicated artists are reporting for duty to bring this powerful military courtroom drama to life. Their mission: to tell a gripping story of honor, loyalty, sacrifice, and the pursuit of truth. Join us in welcoming this exceptional company as they prepare for deployment to the stage this September. 📅 September 18–27 📍 Allstate Community Theater | 810 Caroline | 4th Floor 🎟️ Get your tickets TODAY! Veterans and active

20% off A Few Good Men for military and veterans

As a thank you to the brave individuals who have served our country, Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble is proud to offer 20% OFF tickets to our production of Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men for all active-duty military personnel and veterans. This powerful courtroom drama explores duty, honor, sacrifice, and the difficult choices made in service to one’s country. We are honored to share this story with those who know the meaning of service firsthand. 🎟️ 20% discount available for active-duty military and veterans. Use Code: AFGMMil20 when purchasing online. Please present a valid military ID or

Today is the last performance of Dance Nation

Today is the LAST performance of DANCE NATION by Clare Barron! 🩰😤❤️‍🩹 You don’t want to miss this poignant and hilarious look into pre-teen ambition and self-discovery. Get your tickets NOW 📸: Keri Church | Keri-VA Wedding Photographer

Two chances left to see Dance Nation

Experience the drama, the determination, the DANCE! ❤️‍🩹🩰😤 You have two chances left to see DANCE NATION by Clare Barron! Tonight at 8pm and tomorrow at 2pm! Get tickets HERE 📸: Keri Church | Keri-VA Wedding Photographer

TODAY ONLY: 50% off Dance Nation

TODAY ONLY! 🩰😤❤️‍🩹 Use code ZALMSAC to get 50% off your tickets to tonight’s performance of Clare Barron’s DANCE NATION! Enter at checkout online or give us the code when buying tickets at box office. Again this special offer is only good for tonight’s performance! Hurry and get your tickets TODAY! Video courtesy of Cam Cornell and B-Kpr Photography

Dance Nation trailer

“BRILLIANTLY CAST!” 🩰 “HONESTLY FIERCE” 😤 “I CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!” ❤️‍🩹 Audiences are buzzing about DANCE NATION by Clare Barron! But don’t take their word for it. You have three more chances to see this weekend! Get tickets HERE Special thanks to Cameron Cornnell and B-Kpr Photography for putting together this video!

A therapist’s perspective on Dance Nation

What a touching and insightful review of opening night’s performance of DANCE NATION by Clare Barron! 🩰😤❤️‍🩹 Local mental health professional, supporter of the arts, and founder of Renaissance Counseling and Consulting, Marty Ferraioli, gives her perspective on the show as a licensed therapist. Come see for yourself! You have two more chances this weekend to see this beautiful show about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all. Dance Nation by Clare Barron: July 17–26 Tickets 🎟️ A Therapist’s Perspective of Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble’s Production of

Can you guess our first show of 2027 based on the emojis??

Not only is it opening night of Clare Barron’s DANCE NATION… It’s also #WorldEmojiDay! 🤣😍😎 Can you guess our first show of 2027 based on the emojis?? Get excited! We’ll be revealing our 2027 Season SOON! 🥳🤫

It’s Opening Night!

🎉✨ It’s Opening Night! ✨🎉 The wait is over! Dance Nation by Clare Barron officially opens tonight! 💙🩰 To celebrate, today, we’re shouting out the production and creative team! From sleek set design, to killer choreography, these artists have poured their hearts into bringing this bold and unforgettable story to life. **Not pictured are our amazing lighting designer and technical director, Silas Alvarez and our lovely intimacy director, Kim Leone. Join us July 17–26 and experience one of contemporary theatre’s most powerful and talked-about plays. 🎟️ Get your tickets now and be part

Meme Nation

DANCE NATION WITH NO CONTEXT 💃🩰 You’ll just have to come see for yourself…. Tickets HERE:

A Few Good Men tickets on sale now

⚖️ Honor. Duty. Truth. ⚖️ Some orders are meant to be followed. Others demand to be questioned. Aaron Sorkin’s A Few Good Men is the gripping courtroom drama that inspired the iconic film and continues to challenge audiences with its timely questions about justice, loyalty, and moral courage. When the death of a young Marine leads to a military trial, two Navy lawyers uncover a web of secrets that forces everyone involved to ask: What does it truly mean to serve with honor? Packed with razor-sharp dialogue, unforgettable characters, and edge-of-your-seat suspense, A Few Good Men is a

Production Team Spotlight: Director & Assistant Director

🎭✨ PRODUCTION TEAM SPOTLIGHT: Director & Assistant Director ✨🎭 Every leap, every laugh, every heartbreaking moment in Dance Nation begins with a shared vision, and we’re incredibly fortunate to have an amazing directing team leading the way. A seasoned choreographer and FTE veteran director, Courtney Fox has guided this company through the wild, funny, vulnerable, and deeply human world of Clare Barron’s Dance Nation, helping each performer discover the truth, humor, and heart at the center of these unforgettable characters. Working alongside Courtney is Assistant Director Liam Thompson

Macbeth arrives at Mountain Run Winery

🌙🕵️ A dark ambition. A deadly prophecy. A trail of blood in the shadows. FTE is proud to announce that Shakespeare’s MACBETH arrives at Mountain Run Winery with a bold film noir twist. Experience Shakespeare’s timeless tale reimagined through the stylish lens of classic noir cinema, where every shadow hides a secret and every choice comes at a cost. 🗡🩸 🍷🎭 Fine wine. Summer evenings. Shakespeare as you’ve never seen it before. Join us at Mountain Run Winery, June 27th at 5:30pm. Tickets HERE

Show postponed

ATTENTION! SHOW POSTPONED! 🗡️🩸 Final performance is today, Sunday, June 21. We’ll see you tonight at 6:30 p.m. This post originally announced the weather postponement: Event Postponed! Due to the potential for severe weather tonight, we have decided to postpone our final night of Shakespeare on the Lawn to Sunday, June 21 at 6:30pm. 🎟️If you already have tickets for tonight’s performance, please contact us at learn@gwffoundation.org or 540-370-0732 ext. 1202 to move your tickets to the rain date or request a refund. 🎟️If you woold like to purchase tickets for Sunday, June 21, you can go

Stars, hide your fires

Stars, hide your fires; Let not light see my black and deep desires… 🗡️🩸 Special thanks to Keri Church of Keri-VA Wedding Photographer for these amazing shots! You have two more chances to see MACBETH on the Historic Lawn at Kenmore. Tonight and tomorrow at 6:30pm! Tickets here 🎟️:

Dance Nation

WE WANT TO CHANGE THE WORLD THROUGH DANCE! 🕺🌏😤 Join FTE this July when we follow a group of pre-teen competitive dancers as they strive for greatness, grapple with growing up, and discover what it means to find their place in the world. Funny, fearless, and unexpectedly heartfelt, Dance Nation explores ambition, friendship, identity, and the messy beauty of adolescence with unforgettable energy. - 📅 July 17th–26th, Friday & Saturdays at 8pm, Sundays at 2pm - 📍 Fredericksburg Theatre Ensemble Get your tickets HERE:

Announcing the cast and crew of Dance Nation

Announcing the cast and crew of DANCE NATION by Clare Barron!🧑🏻‍🩰🇺🇸💪🏼 Somewhere in America, an army of pre-teen competitive dancers plots to take over the world. And if their new routine is good enough, they’ll claw their way to the top at Nationals in Tampa Bay. A play about ambition, growing up, and how to find our souls in the heat of it all. 👯‍♀️😤❤️‍🔥 Running July 17th - 26th Tickets on sale NOW:

Something wicked this way comes

SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES 🩸🗡️ As we open MACBETH on the lawn at Historic Kenmore, we’re taking a look back at some fun rehearsal moments. Shout out to Nate Nelson and Marcus Lawrence who stepped in as fight choreographers for all of the intense battle scenes you’ll see TONIGHT! Shakespeare on the Lawn at Historic Kenmore The evenings of June 6, 7, 13, and 14 Gates open at 5:30 pm, performance starts at 6:30 pm. ADMISSION - Adults: $20 - Students: $10 - Children under 6: Free 🎟Tickets: Special thanks to Lewis Insurance Associates.

Everything you can imagine is real

“Everything you can imagine is real.“ 💫🍷🎨 Congratulations to the cast and crew of Steve Martin’s Picasso at the Lapin Agile on their closing performance! We will see you all soon on the lawn at Historic Kenmore for William Shakespeare’s MACBETH 🗡️🩸🎭

Picture it: Paris, 1904

PICTURE IT. Paris. 1904. Einstein and Picasso walk into a bar! 🍷☕️🎭 Steve Martin’s PICASSO AT THE LAPIN AGILE opens in just 3 days! Don’t wait! Get your tickets, TODAY! 🎨💫

Picasso at the Lapin Agile trailer

What happens when a young Picasso and a young Einstein walk into the same Paris bar? 🎨⚡️🍷 Find out in Picasso at the Lapin Agile, opening this FRIDAY, May 22nd! Written by Steve Martin, this clever and hilarious comedy imagines an unforgettable meeting between two brilliant minds before either became famous. Full of sharp wit, big ideas, and unexpected laughs, it’s a night at the theatre you won’t want to miss. Join us and experience the fun, philosophy, and chaos of turn-of-the-century Paris brought to life on stage. 🎭 Get your tickets TODAY: A special thank you to Robert Kendzie for