Based on Alice Walker’s 1982 novel of the same name, THE COLOR PURPLE spans 35 years in the life of Celie, a teenage African American girl living in Georgia who is given by her abusive stepfather to an even more abusive husband. Though Celie spends most of her days as a servant in her own household, cut off by her husband from those she loves, she tries to remain hopeful that she will ultimately be reunited with her sister Nettie and her children by way of her stepfather Adam and Olivia. Over the years, Celie, increasingly jaded by her lot, finds ways to cope with life — a potential lover in the fabulous Shug Avery, a friend in her stepson’s wife Sofia, and a love of making stretchable pants that turns into a booming business. Through her string of unfortunate events, though, Celie learns that the most important thing is that she is a survivor, and that no matter what happens to her, she is still here.

Join us for a special night of music and entertainment, featuring our company of professional actors who come to us from all over the country. Musical selections will vary from musical theatre to contemporary music, classic standards to holiday tunes.
Join us for a special night of music and entertainment featuring our company members as they perform iconic songs made famous on Broadway stages. Presented on the mainstage, selections will include such favorites as “Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera, “Simple Sponge” from SpongeBob SquarePants: The Musical, “For Forever” from Dear Evan Hansen, “Get It” from Little Shop of Horrors, “Bring Him Home” from Les Miserables, “Gethsemane” from Jesus Christ Superstar, “If I Were A Rich Man” from Fiddler on the Roof and many more!

Andy and Norman are two earnest young men using their apartment as a publishing office for a “protest” magazine in San Francisco. Sophie, an Olympic swimmer and all-American girl, moves into another apartment on the same floor. Sophie makes her first appearance paying a good-neighbor visit to the combination home and office of the two publishers. Her friendliness and charm leave Norman hopelessly smitten. Meanwhile, his partner is fielding telephone calls from the irate printer who wants to collect the money due him, and distracting the landlady from thoughts of back rent with motorcycle rides and surfing expeditions. Love and politics blend delightfully in a bubbling series of funny happenings, set forth with the masterly skill and inventiveness that are the hallmarks of Neil Simon.

You’ve seen them perform as a whole, now come listen to the fine musicians from our community who make up the Cumberland Winds! Featuring soloists and small ensembles performing varied styles and types of music in the intimate setting of the Roxy Regional Theatre, the evening will include special recital performances by the Cumberland Winds Flute Trio, the Cumberland Winds Trumpet Quintet and the Cumberland Winds Saxophone Quartet, as well as a selection featuring a trombone duet and solo performances by select Cumberland Winds brass and woodwind players.

The Cumberland Winds is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which exists to promote and foster excellence in wind and jazz ensembles in the regional Tennessee Cumberland River area. The organization provides quality professional level performing ensembles and promotes and provides musical educational venues, clinics and master classes for students and adults. The musical groups which make up the Cumberland Winds include a concert band, big band, dixie band, jazz combo, brass quintet and woodwind quintet, as well as a number of solo instrumentalists. For more information, visit www.cumberlandwinds.org.

It’s 1954. Everyone likes Ike, nobody likes communism and Wade “Cry-Baby” Walker is the coolest boy in Baltimore. He’s a bad boy with a good cause – truth, justice and the pursuit of rock and roll. Cry-Baby and the square rich girl Allison are star-crossed lovers at the center of this world. Fueled by hormones and the new rhythms of rock and roll, she turns her back on her squeaky clean boyfriend, Baldwin, to become a “drape” (a Baltimore juvenile delinquent) and Cry-Baby’s moll. At the other end of the topsy-turvy moral meritocracy of 1954 America, Baldwin is the king of the squares and leads his close-harmony pals against the juvenile delinquents, who are ultimately arrested for arson, sending the drapes all off to prison. It’s Romeo and Juliet meets High School Hellcats.

In 1967 Detroit, Motown music is getting the party started, and Chelle and her brother Lank are making ends meet by turning their basement into an after-hours joint. But when a mysterious woman finds her way into their lives, the siblings clash over much more than the family business. As their pent-up feelings erupt, so does their city, and they find themselves caught in the middle of the ’67 riots.

Kaitlyn Williams and Lane Lewis of Three Eighteen Productions present a free screening of Found at the Steps, a Christian short film, in its Clarksville premiere at the Roxy Regional Theatre. Found at the Steps tells the story of a young woman who is left homeless after the death of her parents, and how she struggles with her faith in both God and humanity. Nominated for “Best Short Film” at the 2020 International Christian Music and Film Festival in Orlando, Florida, this film is appropriate for all ages and illustrates a powerful and positive message of hope and healing to help others in their daily lives.

Kaitlyn Williams is currently a graduate student at Austin Peay State University, and Lane Lewis graduated from Austin Peay State University in 2016 and Western Kentucky University in 2018.

A small group of people help Jesus Christ tell different parables by using a wide variety of games, storytelling techniques and hefty doses of comic timing. An eclectic blend of songs, ranging in style from pop to vaudeville, is employed as the story of Jesus’ life dances across the stage. Dissolving hauntingly into the Last Supper and the Crucifixion, Jesus’ messages of kindness, tolerance and love come vibrantly to life. Led by the international hit “Day by Day,” GODSPELL features a parade of beloved songs, including “Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord,” “Learn Your Lessons Well,” “All for the Best,” “All Good Gifts,” “Turn Back, O Man” and “By My Side.”

All ages are sure to enjoy this variety of memorable jazz standards, featuring the Cumberland Winds Jazz Combo performing music from the Great American Songbook. Led by Gary “Bo” Clayton on trumpet and flugelhorn, the Jazz Combo will also feature Heath Rives on tenor sax, Darrin Hoffman on guitar, Roy Vogt on bass, and Zenon Garcia on drums.

The Cumberland Winds is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which exists to promote and foster excellence in wind and jazz ensembles in the regional Tennessee Cumberland River area. The organization provides quality professional level performing ensembles and promotes and provides musical educational venues, clinics and master classes for students and adults. The musical groups which make up the Cumberland Winds include a concert band, big band, dixie band, jazz combo, brass quintet and woodwind quintet, as well as a number of solo instrumentalists. For more information, visit www.cumberlandwinds.org.

ANGELS IN AMERICA, Part One: Millennium Approaches, is the story of a gay man, Prior Walter, a 30-year-old New Yorker whose lover, Louis, abandons him when he falls ill with AIDS. Transcendent forces — visions and angels — help transform Prior from a man dying of AIDS to a man living with AIDS. Along the way, several romantic and platonic couples come apart, and the final social configuration of the play comprises a loose band of multigenerational, multiracial, queer friends. In the end, Prior delivers a blessing to the audience in favor of “more life.”

Please note: ANGELS IN AMERICA contains strong language, sexual content, brief nudity and adult situations which may not be suitable for all audiences. This production also utilizes fog effects and pulsating lighting effects.

The Center of Excellence for the Creative Arts at APSU, in collaboration with MTSU School of Music, present a free performance of J.S. Bach’s “Coffee Cantata,” a comic work about a young woman’s struggle giving up coffee, followed by Opera and Musical Theatre duet favorites. Performers include Penelope Shumate, soprano; Will Perkins, tenor; Jeffrey Williams, baritone; and Richard Blumenthal, pianist.

His comedy club magic talents landed him a spot on America’s Got Talent Season 7, and now Sean Ridgeway is bringing his comedy-magic experience to the Roxy Regional Theatre! Perfect for all audiences (but recommended for ages 13+), this rapid-fire show combines hilarious standup comedy with mind-boggling magic in Sean’s unique style. Full of high-energy, engaging and interactive magic, audience members are used in almost every routine performed. This is definitely NOT the same old stuff you’ve seen before!

Sean Ridgeway started in magic at the age of 10 and has been passionate about it ever since. During his middle school and high school years, he performed at birthday parties and local charity events and, in 2011 while in college, Sean toured the state of Georgia, performing professionally at weddings, colleges, children’s hospitals, comedy clubs and restaurants. Close-up magic and magic with everyday objects has always been his passion, but after exposure to the comedy club circuit, he spent years creating a comedy magic show, picking up ventriloquism, pick-pocketing, juggling and hypnosis along the way. In 2021, Sean competed at FISM, the world championship of magic. For more information about Sean, visit www.ridgewaymagic.com.

Join the Cumberland Winds in the intimate setting of the Roxy Regional Theatre for “Seeking Our Soul,” a special evening celebrating Black History Month. This second annual concert takes a journey through musical styles from traditional spirituals to jazz and classical styles, identifying points of connection throughout. One featured work is “Suite Spirituale” by Clarksville-born and internationally recognized composer Clarence Cameron White.

The Cumberland Winds is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization which exists to promote and foster excellence in wind and jazz ensembles in the regional Tennessee Cumberland River area. The organization provides quality professional level performing ensembles and promotes and provides musical educational venues, clinics and master classes for students and adults. The musical groups which make up the Cumberland Winds include a concert band, big band, dixie band, jazz combo, brass quintet and woodwind quintet, as well as a number of solo instrumentalists. For more information, visit www.cumberlandwinds.org.

Suppose that life exists in a multiverse — a set of parallel existences that contain infinitely different futures. The possibilities in our lives are, quite literally, endless. Every possible event that could happen, does happen, in one universe or another. And if two lovers meet — are drawn together in every version of existence — every possible happy ending and heartbreak that could befall them, will. Nick Payne’s beautiful play, CONSTELLATIONS, explores how even the smallest change in our lives can dramatically alter the course we take. It is a spellbinding exploration of love, science, quantum theory, and infinite possibility for heartbreak or for hope.

Presented upstairs in theotherspace.

Film producer, writer and director Chris Zander presents his new documentary A PALETTE OF SHADES, featuring Dr. Eva Gibson, Dr. Monique Freemon, Harold Wallace III, Frances Hubbard, Sherman Wilson and Treva R. Gordon. Following the film screening, a Q&A session will be hosted by Ryan Bowie and Treva R. Gordon.

Nashville native Stephen Christopher Alexander “Chris Zander” is a model, film producer, director and on-camera personality. Since the age of 18, his mission in television and film has been to create content that adds value to the lives of all people. A recent graduate of Austin Peay State University with a Master of Arts in Communication, Chris wants all individuals to see themselves within his work and to understand that — no matter the ethnicity, age, gender, etc. of an individual — they are valuable because God created them.

Zander has partnered with L.O.S.S. (Lending Our Shared Stories), a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, to help spread the message about Colorism, the practice of favoring lighter skin over darker skin. For more information about L.O.S.S., please visit www.loss-events.org.

The inimitable Thomas “Fats” Waller rose to international fame during the Golden Age of the Cotton Club and that jumpin’ new beat, swing music. Although not quite a biography, AIN’T MISBEHAVIN’ evokes the delightful humor and infectious energy of this American original as a versatile cast struts, strums and sings the songs that he made famous in a career that ranged from uptown clubs to downtown Tin Pan Alley to Hollywood and concert stages in the U.S., Canada and Europe.

Treat your valentine to a special night of music and entertainment, featuring our company of professional actors who come to us from all over the country. Musical selections will include such love-themed favorites as “What a Wonderful World,” “At Last,” “O, Mio Babbino Caro,” “Lucky Lips” from The Marvelous Wonderettes, “What More Can I Say” from Falsettos and more!

The Emmy Award-winning 1970s Saturday morning cartoon series that taught history, grammar, math and more through clever, tuneful songs is not only making a small-screen comeback, but also lighting up the stage. SCHOOLHOUSE ROCK LIVE! follows Tom, a nerve-wracked schoolteacher who is nervous about his first day of teaching. He tries to relax by watching TV, when various characters representing facets of his personality emerge from the set and show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as “Just a Bill,” “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly” and “Conjunction Junction.”

Spread the word! Funny, outrageous, emotionally affecting and occasionally angry … Eve Ensler’s series of monologues about women and performed by women is back for the 19th year! This Obie Award-winning whirlwind tour of a forbidden zone introduces a wildly divergent gathering of female voices, including a six-year-old girl, a septuagenarian New Yorker, a vagina workshop participant, a woman who witnesses the birth of her granddaughter, a Bosnian survivor of rape, and a feminist happy to have found a man who “liked to look at it.”

Presented upstairs in theotherspace.

Join us for a special night of music and entertainment, featuring our company of professional actors who come to us from all over the country. Musical selections will include such holiday favorites as “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,” “Merry Christmas, Darling,” “Where Are You, Christmas?”, “Christmas in New York,” “White Christmas,” “When October Goes” and many more!

Enjoy traditional holiday tunes and carols performed by Clarksville’s own acoustic Celtic band, featuring Stephanie Taylor on hammered dulcimer, concertina and recorders; Melanie Beck on fiddle; Michaela Allemand on Irish flute and whistle; Toby Sooter on cello and vocals; David Magers on guitar, hammered dulcimer and vocals; Nate Wojciechowski on djembe and hammered dulcimer; and Grace Cantrell on bodhran, bowed psaltery and guitar.

Red River Breeze and special guests will play old favorites as well as new arrangements of ancient carols. Expect some special surprises as well!

Copies of Red River Breeze’s recordings will be available for purchase during intermission and following the performance. Previous years’ concerts sold out quickly … so get your tickets early!

Based on the beloved 1946 film, this musical version follows a young George Bailey, who, overwhelmed by family obligations and a sense of responsibility toward his community, feels tied down to a company he never had an interest in working for and a life he never wanted to live. As he ages, he sees his youth, dreams and opportunities pass him by. Unknown to George, all his friends and family have been praying for him to get through those hard times. Told through the point of view of a group of angels, he is met by his guardian angel Clarence, as he contemplates ending his life.

“What do you do when you’re not sure?” So asks Father Flynn, the progressive and beloved priest at the St. Nicholas Church School in the Bronx, in his sermon. It’s 1964, and things are changing, to the chagrin of rigid principal Sister Aloysius. However, when an unconscionable accusation is leveled against the Father, Sister Aloysius realizes that the only way to get justice is to create it herself. And as for the truth of the matter? As Father Flynn says, “Doubt can be a bond as powerful and sustaining as certainty.” In stunning prose, John Patrick Shanley delves into the murky shadows of moral certainty, his characters always balancing on the thin line between truth and consequences.

Presented upstairs in theotherspace.

Take a break from our full-size, mainstage productions and join us as we continue our Roxy Reads series with a reading of THE JUMP SHOT, a play with music, by Stephen Shore. This is the perfect opportunity to sit back and listen to what makes great plays work: the story.

The Jump Shot is a neighborhood brewery that’s about to close due to complications from the pandemic. Set in central North Carolina on a crisp October night in 2020, THE JUMP SHOT is about the five individuals who work there and the one regular who can’t keep away. This character-driven ensemble piece is a play with original music.

Please note: This production contains mature content (language, drug use, addiction, cancer/death, suicide and violence) which may not be suitable for all audiences.

Stick around after the reading for a talkback with our company of actors. We will discuss your thoughts, impressions and analysis of the selected work, and then our professional company will weigh in with their opinions to create a dialogue about each piece.

What’s wrong with nine-year-old Jesse? He can’t sit still, he curses, he raps, and you can’t get him into — or out of — pajamas. His teacher thinks it’s Attention Deficit Disorder. Dad says, “He’s just a boy!” And Mama’s on a quest for answers. Is Jesse dysfunctional, or just different? Don’t we all have ADD, to some degree? She consults a psychologist, a homeopath, a neuropsychologist, and an environmental physician. She talks to neighbors, whose kids have their own diagnoses. A psychiatrist prescribes Ritalin for Jesse, but surely a pill can’t solve all his problems. A hilarious, provocative and poignant look at a modern family and an epidemic dilemma: Are we so tuned into our 24/7 info-rich world that we’ve tuned out what really matters?

One fateful night, Brad Majors and Janet Weiss — a wholesome, well-behaved, utterly normal young couple in love — innocently set out to visit an old professor. Unfortunately, the night out is destined to be one they will never forget. A thunderstorm and a flat tire lead them to the castle of Dr. Frank ‘N’ Furter, an alien, transvestite scientist with a manic genius and insatiable libido. Brad, Janet and Frank ‘N’ Furter’s cohorts are swept up into the scientist’s latest experiment. The night’s misadventures will cause Brad and Janet to question themselves, each other, love and lust. A loving homage to the cult-classic, sci-fi film and horror genres with an irresistible rock ‘n’ roll score, THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW is a hilarious, wild ride that Clarksville will not soon forget.

Audience participation is encouraged, and patrons are invited to dress up in their favorite Rocky Horror attire. Bags of props will also be available for $5 in the lobby one hour prior to performances. Outside props will not be permitted, as they may damage the theatre or injure actors and/or audience members.

Harriet Tubman was born a slave but, at age twenty-five, she made her perilous escape from a Maryland plantation, leaving her family behind. Pursued by dogs and relentless slave catchers, she followed an escape route laid out by Quakers — secret hiding places in churches, barns, cellars and homes. The escape route that Harriet followed soon became known as the Underground Railroad, and she quickly became one of its most celebrated “conductors.” Up creek beds, through swamps, over hills in the dark of night, on nineteen secret trips, Harriet Tubman guided more than 300 slaves, including her aged parents, to freedom. “I never run my train off the track,” she said, “and I never lost a passenger.”

Join the Cumberland Winds in the intimate setting of the Roxy Regional Theatre for a special Oktoberfest concert, featuring your favorite German festival music. You won’t want to miss such favorites as “Alte Kamaraden,” “Liechtensteiner Polka,” “Einmal Am Rhein” and others with our featured vocalist.

Join L.O.S.S. (Lending Our Shared Stories) as they CELEBRATE their 2 YEAR ANNIVERSARY AT THE ROXY REGIONAL THEATRE on October 9, 2021. 

L.O.S.S. was founded in 2019 by Treva R. Gordon and is a grief support organization. The event, hosted by NŌREZ and Sophia Irvine, will provide food for the soul.

VIP Red Carpet Experience begins at 5:45pm by Sharita Wysinger Brown, Braiden and David W. Shelton.

Show begins at 6:35pm.

The event will highlight an evening of fun and shared stories to include star-studded performances coming to the stage. Featuring Comedy by Simone Bryant James, Fashion Show by Jonathan Johnson, Carlos and Carmen Gloria, Motivational Speaking by Chris Zander, Music by Robyn Renei, NOREZ, Selena and Renee’ Craig. Plus a Silent Auction, Giveaways, and More. Also, a snippet premiere of Harriet Tubman in FREEDOM TRAIN presented by the Roxy Regional Theatre.

Then the debut of:

THE TREVA GORDON STORY – RISE “I’VE GOT THE VICTORY”
A Treva Gordon Production
Written by Treva Gordon and Directed by Ryan Bowie

Treva Gordon shines the light of her truth on stage in this breathtaking musical performance depicting a timeless scene from her life’s story in a transparent way revealing her truth and pain of heartbreak and loss after her husband Robert passed away. From her brokenness, she discovers her path and sees the light. Music performed by Renee Craig, and featuring Praise Dance by Kiya Scott

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Join us as the Cumberland Winds Jazz Project teams with the Roxy Regional Theatre to recreate an old-time radio show from the 1940s. Traditional big band music will combine with radio skits, vintage advertisements, and maybe a war newsflash or two! In the intimate setting of Clarksville’s oldest professional theatre, The Jazz Project will present music from the popular big bands of the 1940s, including Glenn Miller, Les Brown, Gene Krupa and the Andrew Sisters. The evenings’ featured vocalist will be Charlie King, singing such all-time favorites such as “A Foggy Day,” “I’ve Got You Under My Skin” and “It Had to Be You.”

Take a break from our full-size, mainstage productions and join us as we continue our Roxy Reads series with a reading of EMPANADA LOCA by Aaron Mark. This is the perfect opportunity to sit back and listen to what makes great plays work: the story.

Now living deep under Manhattan in an abandoned subway tunnel with the Mole People, a very hungry Dolores recounts her years selling weed with her boyfriend, her return to Washington Heights after thirteen years in prison, her fortuitous reunion with an old stoner friend who lets her give massages for cash in the basement under his empanada shop, and the bloodbath that sent her fleeing underground. Loosely inspired by the legend of Sweeney Todd and starring Yarissa Tiara Millan, with stage directions read by Stephen Shore, this deliciously creepy one-woman play is contemporary Grand Guignol horror in the style of Spalding Gray.

Stick around after the reading for a talkback with our company of actors. We will discuss your thoughts, impressions and analysis of the selected work, and then our professional company will weigh in with their opinions to create a dialogue about each piece.

Celebrate 39 years of live entertainment on the corner of Franklin and First in Historic Downtown Clarksville with an evening of great food, fine art and stellar theatre!

Silent auction with cocktails by MB Roland Distillery and appetizers at 6:00pm, featuring Smoked Salmon Canopes, Puffed Pastry-Wrapped Smoked Sausage, and Cheese Ball with Assorted Crackers.

Dinner at 6:30pm, featuring Beef Tenderloin with Wild Mushroom Sauce; Red-Skinned Mashed Potatoes; Parmesan Roasted Whole Baby Carrots; Tossed Salad with Green Goddess Dressing; and, for dessert, Pineapple Upside-Down Cake, with wine by Bill’s Package Store. (Please contact the box office for the vegetarian entree substitute, a Wild Rice Stuffed Portobello Mushroom.)

Live auction featuring auctioneer Sammy Stuard at 8:00pm, followed by selections from ALL SHOOK UP.

Premier Level tickets include additional perks such as premier dinner seating (as available), limited-edition Season 39 notecards, and a Roxy plaque by Clarksville Foundry. Premier Level tables (seating ten) are $1,750 and include a complimentary bottle of champagne. (Please contact the box office for the Premier Level table discount.)

Please RSVP by Tuesday, September 14.

What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United States — and she is suddenly thrust into the spotlight? This witty, sly and deeply moving script explores the hopes, fears and loves of Lady Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon and Betty Ford. In three scenes taking place in the family quarters of the White House just prior to the end of living there as the wife of a president, each of the women confides alone to the audience. Secrets are spilled about their early years, their husbands’ rise to power, their romances with the men, their unique paths as wives in the White House, and their feelings about imminent retirement. Each of the three portraits becomes intimate, by degrees, as the women wrestle with what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.”

Presented upstairs in theotherspace.

Join us for a special night of music and entertainment featuring company members from our Elvis Presley-inspired musical ALL SHOOK UP (playing on the mainstage through September 24) as they perform your favorite Disney songs.

Presented on the mainstage, selections will include such favorites as “Kiss the Girl” and “Part of Your World” from The Little Mermaid, “I Wanna Be Like You” from Jungle Book, “Colors of the Wind” from Pocahontas, “Go the Distance” from Hercules, “A Change in Me” from Beauty and the Beast, “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppet Movie and many more!

Don’t miss our talented company of professional actors who come to the Roxy Regional Theatre from all over the country as we showcase their vocal talents in one special evening.

It’s 1955, in a square little town, in a square little state where one girl’s dream and a surprise visit from a mysterious leather-jacketed, guitar-playing stranger help a small town to discover the magic of romance and the power of rock ‘n’ roll. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night, this hip-swiveling, lip-curling musical fantasy will have you jumpin’ out of your blue suede shoes with such classics as “Heartbreak Hotel,” “Hound Dog,” “Jailhouse Rock,” and “Don’t Be Cruel.”