The Contemporary Theatre of Ohio has announced its 2026–27 season, a five-production lineup of nationally recognized works spanning a Tony Award-winning musical, a satirical comedy, and a drama with live music. Producing Artistic Director Leda Hoffmann described the season as an invitation “to grapple with big questions, to laugh together and to listen more deeply.”

The season opens September 17 with Jagged Little Pill: The Musical (through October 4), a two-time Tony Award-winning production inspired by Alanis Morissette’s debut album with a book by Academy Award winner Diablo Cody. It is followed by Jonathan Spector’s Eureka Day (November 7–22), the 2025 Tony Award-winning satire about a mumps outbreak at a progressive California elementary school. The holiday show is an intimate one-actor A Christmas Carol (December 11–20), returning for its fourth year with Angela Iannone performing all roles.

The spring half of the season includes Kimberly Belflower’s John Proctor Is the Villain (February 27–March 14, 2027), which earned seven Tony nominations during its 2025 Broadway run and follows young women questioning the narratives they have inherited while studying The Crucible. The season closes with Jeff Augustin’s Where the Mountain Meets the Sea (May 1–16, 2027), a music-filled drama about a son retracing his Haitian immigrant parents’ cross-country journey, with a live folk score by The Bengsons. The Contemporary maintains accessible ticket pricing through pay-what-you-want preview performances and $20 student rush tickets at the CBUSArts Ticket Office.

Source: CityScene Columbus