DramaOct 9 – Nov 15 · Main Stage
The Tempest
William ShakespeareA storm, an island and a father who must choose between revenge and letting go. Directed by Miriam Okonjo with a live score for cello and voice.
from $38Book seats
The Stagelight Theatre · Baltimore · Since 1911
proudly presents
The 2026–27
Now playingThe TempestMain Stage · Oct 9 – Nov 15Tickets from $38 →
The 2026–27
Season
Nine productions. Three stages. One velvet-lined room that has been raising its curtain every night since the year the Titanic was built.
Opening October 9
A storm is coming to Wolcott Avenue.
Miriam Okonjo’s Tempest puts a cellist in the rigging, a shipwreck in the stalls and Harold Okafor’s Prospero at the still centre of it all.
- Running time
- 2 hrs 40 min, one interval
- Stage
- Main Stage · 742 seats
- Age guidance
- 12+ · loud thunder effects
- Captioned
- Oct 22 & Nov 5
The season at a glance
Full season calendarOn our stages this year
Drama
DramaOct 23 – Nov 29 · Wolcott Studio
A Doll’s House
Henrik Ibsen · new version by Clare HaddonNora Helmer’s door slam, heard in a 120-seat room where you can see every flicker of doubt.
from $32Book seats
DanceDec 3 – Dec 27 · Main Stage
Swan Lake
Baltimore City Ballet · TchaikovskyThirty-two swans, a full pit orchestra and the most romantic December tradition in the city.
from $44Book seats
DramaJan 14 – Feb 21 · Main Stage
Death of a Salesman
Arthur MillerWilly Loman’s last week, staged on a turntable set that keeps the past only ever one revolution away.
from $36Book seats
MusicalMar 4 – Apr 11 · Main Stage
The Pirates of Penzance
Gilbert & SullivanPatter songs at full tilt, a modern major-general and a chorus of thirty. Pure, foot-tapping joy.
from $42Book seats
FamilyMay 27 – Jun 20 · Main Stage
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Shakespeare for familiesFairies, lovers and a donkey-headed weaver in a 75-minute romp for anyone aged six and up.
from $18Book seats
1911Curtain first raised
742Velvet seats on the Main Stage
9Productions this season
38kAudience members last year
An evening at the Stagelight
Make a night of it
Doors open ninety minutes before curtain. Here’s how regulars do it.
Act I
Supper at the Green Room
Small plates, a short cocktail list and the best people-watching in Mount Vernon. Order your interval drinks before the show.
Act II
Take your chosen seat
Every ticket is a specific seat you picked yourself on our map — from the front row of the stalls to the gods.
Act III
Stay for the talkback
After every Thursday performance the cast returns to the stage to answer your questions. Free with any ticket.
The notices
What the critics are saying
“A Tempest that genuinely storms — the most thrilling night I have spent in a Baltimore theatre in a decade.”
“The Stagelight remains the city’s most beautiful room, and lately its bravest.”
“You leave humming the patter songs and grinning like a child. Book now.”
Membership
Join the company of regulars
Subscribers save up to 30%, swap dates for free and get first pick of seats for every production — two weeks before public booking opens.
- Priority booking & best seats
- Free ticket exchanges up to 24 hours before
- Members’ bar at every interval
- Invitations to dress rehearsals
From the wings
All storiesThe Stagelight journal
Backstage · 6 min read
Inside the paint frame: building Prospero’s island
Our scenic artists spent nine weeks and 140 litres of paint on a single sky cloth.
Rehearsal · 6 min read
Why we still rehearse with a piano
Musical director Owen Park on the oldest instrument in the building.
Music · 6 min read
Scoring a storm: the music of The Tempest
Cellist Ana Ruiz on writing for one instrument and an entire tempest.
Box office open
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Choose your exact seat on our live seat map — no booking fees for members, ever.