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Comedy & Dinner Theatre: The Odd Couple #LiveAtTheLyric! September 24–26, 6:00PM and October 27 at 1:00PM

The Ozark Arts Council Presents
The Odd Couple!
Thursday–Saturday, September 24–26, 6:00PM
Sunday, September 27, 1:00PM

The Historic 12 Oaks Estate
The Historic 12 Oaks Estate

The Ozark Arts Council presents The Odd Couple by Neil Simon! It will be performed Live at The Historic 12 Oaks Estate: Thursday September 24, 2026 at 6:00PM will be a charcuterie and dessert theatre ($35); Friday September 25, 2026 will be a dinner theater at 6:00PM ($45); Saturday September 26, 2026 will be a dinner theatre at 6:00PM ($45); and Sunday September 27, 2026 will be a brunch theatre at 1:00PM ($45). Tickets may be purchased NOW by OAC members via the links below, and will open to the public soon…but seating is VERY limited, so become a member now at Join.TheLyric.org to have the best chance to get a ticket for this event!

This classic comedy opens on a friendly card game in the untidy apartment of divorced sportswriter Oscar Madison. And if the mess is any indication of how he goes through life, it’s no wonder that his wife left him! Late to arrive is Felix Unger, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together. The action unfolds with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.

Join us at 12 Oaks for the classic comedy by Neil Simon, The Odd Couple, performed Live at The Historic 12 Oaks Estate: Thursday September 24, 2026 at 6:00PM will be a charcuterie and dessert theatre ($35); Friday September 25, 2026 will be a dinner theater at 6:00PM ($45); Saturday September 26, 2026 will be a dinner theatre at 6:00PM ($45); and Sunday September 27, 2026 will be a brunch theatre at 1:00PM ($45). Tickets may be purchased NOW by OAC members via the links below, and will open to the public soon…but seating is VERY limited! Become a member now to have the best chance to get a ticket for this event which completely sold out quickly last year! It’s time to #Be a Little Odd  #LiveAtTheLyric!!

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Thursday’s $35 – charcuterie/dessert

      Friday’s/Saturday’s $45 – dinner

            Saturday’s/Sunday’s $45 brunch

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Auditions: Monday August 24 and Tuesday August 25 at 6:00pm for A Christmas Carol

Auditions! Saturday August 24 and Sunday August 25 at 6:00pm for

A Christmas Carol!

Auditions for A Christmas Carol will be held at the Little Theater on the South Campus of NorthArk College at 1515 Pioneer Dr., Harrison, AR. Performance dates are December 4-6 and 11-13, 2026.  

Please register by clicking HERE to audition!

The Requirements

  • Only those auditioning may be present, unless the auditioner is a minor
  • 30 second-1 minute comedic monologue, may be from any media (does NOT need to be memorized)
  • ONE 30 second to 1 minute monologue chosen from the play. Monologue does NOT need to be memorized. Link to monologues here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VhsGkkgtm2oCvbzs96lVB-ffm8c_OkDiwvLXVfKnJXg/edit?usp=sharing
  • Auditions will consist of performed monologues and cold reads of sides from the script chosen by the director.

The Story

Bah, humbug! The classic tale by Charles Dickens sees Ebenezer Scrooge, proserpous miser and curmudgeon, visited by three ghosts who must convince him to change his dastardly ways and learn the true meaning of generosity.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page!

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

2026 Summer Workshop Play: 101 Dalmatians KIDS, at the Lyric Theater July 23, 2026 at 7:00pm

 

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:

Disney’s 101 Dalmatians KIDS

Thursday July 23 at 7:00PM

The Ozark Arts Council present Disney’s 101 Dalmatians KIDS performed at the Historic 1929 Lyric Theater Thursday July 23 at 7:00PM. Tickets are $10 when bought in advance (prices rise $5 if purchased at the door) and may be purchased at the bottom of this page NOW!

Based on the classic animated film, Disney’s 101 Dalmatians KIDS is a fur-raising adventure featuring Cruella De Vil, Disney’s most outrageous villain, and 101 (almost!) of the most adorable heroes to set their paws onstage! 

Pet owners, Roger (Calvin Landis) and Anita (Gracelynne Knighten), live happily in London with their Dalmatians, Pongo (Grayson Clements) and Perdita (Finley Bailey), stalwart dogs devoted to raising their puppies (Abigail Harrison, Dylan Knighten, Jackson Bailey, Charlotte Dees, Cambry White, Elijah Humphreys), helped by Nanny (Charlotte Braschler). Everything is quiet until Anita’s former classmate, the monstrous Cruella De Vil (Abbey Jenkins), plots to steal the puppies for her new fur coat, assisted, of course, by her bumbling henchmen Jasper (Emma Braswell) and Horace (Griffin Motley). The Dalmatians rally all the Dogs of London (Sonnie Seawright, Wyatt Knighten, Nora Hood, Maddy Correll, Alyssa Trock, Aiden Grubbs, Fennlee Jenkins, Liberty Simon) plus tabby Sgt. Tibbs (Hayleigh Rodery) for a daring rescue of all of the puppies (Jase Tramell, Ayla Gould, Kenna Conner, Elle Ramsey), with the Police Officer (Ella Landis) and Dogcatcher (Amelia Steuber) there to finally put the villains away for good!

Theatre students aged 8-17 have been working tirelessly for 3 weeks, learning ensemble, improv, acting, choreography, swordfighting, set building, lighting design, and so much more, as they also produce a play! Come check out their hard work, PLUS see a great play based on the classic Disney film!

The Ozark Arts Council present Disney’s 101 Dalmatians KIDS performed at the Historic 1929 Lyric Theater Thursday July 23 at 7:00PM. Tickets are $10 when bought in advance (prices rise $5 if purchased at the door) and may be purchased right on this page beginning July 6!

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Auditions: Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2 at 6:00pm for Clue

Auditions! Saturday August 1 and Sunday August 2 at 6:00pm for

Clue!

Auditions for Clue will be held at The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater at 115 W. Rush Ave. in Harrison, AR. Performance dates are October 16-18 and 23-25, 2026.  

Please register by clicking HERE to audition!

The Requirements

  • Only those auditioning may be present, unless the auditioner is a minor
  • Ages 16 and up ONLY.
  • 30 second-1 minute comedic monologue, may be from any media (does NOT need to be memorized)
  • Auditions will consist of performed monologues and cold reads of sides from the script chosen by the director.

The Story

It’s a dark and stormy night, and our cast of oddball characters has been invited to a very unusual dinner party. Each of the guests has an alias, the butler offers a variety of weapons, and the host is, well, dead. So whodunit? Join the iconic oddballs known as Scarlet, Plum, White, Green, Peacock and Mustard as they race to find the murderer in Boddy Manor before the body count stacks up. Based on the cult classic film and the popular board game, Clue is a madcap comedy that will keep you guessing until the final twist.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page!

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

Auditions: Thursday July 16 and Friday July 17 at 6:30pm for The Odd Couple

Auditions! Thursday July 16 and Friday July 17 at 6:30pm for

The Odd Couple!

Auditions for The Odd Couple will be held at 12 Oaks Estate at 7210 AR 7 in Harrison. Performance dates are September 17-20, 2026.  

Please register by clicking HERE to audition!

The Requirements

  • Only those auditioning may be present, unless the auditioner is a minor
  • Ages 16 and up ONLY.
  • Auditions will consist of cold reads of sides from the script chosen by the directors.

The Story

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 no wonder that his wife left him. Late to arrive is Felix Ungar, who has just been separated from his wife. Fastidious, depressed, and none too tense, Felix seems suicidal, but as the action unfolds, Oscar becomes the one with murder on his mind when the clean freak and the slob ultimately decide to room together. The action unfolds with hilarious results as The Odd Couple is born.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page!

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

Comedy & Dinner Theatre: The Christmas Tree Farm! Twelve Oaks Estate, October at 6:00pm and October 27, 2024 at 1:00pm

The Ozark Arts Council Presents:
The Christmas Tree Farm

Thursday December 11, 6:00pm 
with charcuterie and dessert preceding
Friday–Saturday, December 12–13, 6:00PM
with a full dinner preceding
Saturday–Sunday, December 13–14, 1:00PM
with brunch preceding

The Christmas Tree Farm will be performed at Twelve Oaks Estate on December 11 at 6:00PM (preceded by charcuterie and dessert), Friday–Saturday December 12–13 at 6:00pm (preceded by a full dinner), and Saturday–Sunday December 13–14 at 1:00PM (preceded by brunch). Please note: there are 2 performances on Saturday at 1:00pm (for brunch) and 6:00pm (for dinner).

Thursday’s $30 – charcuterie/dessert – Sold Out!

      Friday’s/Saturday’s $50 – dinner – Saturday Sold Out!

            Saturday’s/Sunday’s $40 brunch – Sold Out!

“Isn’t it nice when something delivers precisely on what it promises? THE CHRISTMAS TREE FARM … is just such a considerate holiday present. An 80-minute rom-com full of meet-cutes and holiday charm, the play is a yummy Christmas cookie of a holiday show. The play is fun and often adorable, but that is not to call it trivial or without substance: this is by no means a plot rolled off the Hallmark Channel assembly line. Instead, playwright Adam Szymkowicz turns a warm, thoughtful eye on the people, relationships, and unavoidable tensions that weave themselves through a local tree farm.” ⁠—⁠NJ.com

A series of vignettes, mostly love stories, all take place at a Christmas tree farm owned by the narrator. From breakups to breakdowns, meet cutes to maybe too many Santas, this holiday play about love and joy will help put you in that holly jolly spirit while you get to feast on the delicious delights of Twelve Oaks dining.

The Christmas Tree Farm will be performed at Twelve Oaks Estate on December 11 at 6:00PM (preceded by charcuterie and dessert), Friday–Saturday December 12–13 at 6:00pm (preceded by a full dinner), and Saturday–Sunday December 13–14 at 1:00PM (preceded by brunch). Please note: there are 2 performances on Saturday at 1:00pm (for brunch) and 6:00pm (for dinner). Tickets on sale in November.

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Sponsorship Opportunity

The Ozark Arts Council Presents… Sponsorship Opportunities!

We want YOU to be a sponsor!

The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater/Ozark Arts Council would like to offer you/your business an opportunity to sponsor our 2026/2027 Play Season. 
 
From rights and royalties to costumes and lumber, plays can be quite the financial burden. To keep costs down (which means lower ticket prices!), we would love to be able to feature you or your business as a sponsor for one or more of our 2026/2027 season of plays!
 
Please click the button below for more info! If you have questions, or perhaps an even better idea for how we can celebrate you in our advertising, please email us at in**@**************il.org. If you know anyone who might be interested, please feel free to let them know, too!
Click HERE for levels of sponsorship!

Auditions: Saturday July 13 at 6:30pm and Sunday July 14 at 6:30pm for Little Shop of Horrors!

 

Auditions! Saturday, July 13 at 6:30PM
and Sunday, July 14 at 6:30PM for
Little Shop of Horrors!

Auditions for Little Shop of Horrors will be held at The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater. Performance dates are September 27–29 and October 4–6, 2024. Ages 17 and up ONLY. Only those auditioning may be present.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page to receive more information!

The Story

A deviously delicious Broadway and Hollywood sci-fi smash musical, Little Shop Of Horrors has devoured the hearts of theatregoers for over 30 years. Howard Ashman and Alan Menken (Disney’s The Little Mermaid, Beauty And The Beast, and Aladdin) are the creative geniuses behind what has become one of the most popular shows in the world.

The meek floral assistant Seymour Krelborn stumbles across a new breed of plant he names “Audrey II” – after his coworker crush. This foul-mouthed, R&B-singing carnivore promises unending fame and fortune to the down-and-out Krelborn as long as he keeps feeding it, BLOOD. Over time, though, Seymour discovers Audrey II’s out-of-this-world origins and intent towards global domination!

One of the longest-running Off-Broadway shows, Little Shop Of Horrors,the charmingly tongue-in-cheek comedy has been produced worldwide to incredible success with technical aspects running the gamut from Broadway to PTA budgets.

Please register to audition at our ticketing page to receive more information!

The Requirements

  • Only those auditioning may be present.
  • Please prepare a 30-second to 1-minute song from this play, which will be sung a capella.
  • Auditions will consist of sides from the script, chosen by the director, and your song (unaccompanied). To see more information, please register here.
  • Ages 17 and up ONLY.

  • Performance dates are September 27–29 and October 4–6, 2024.

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

Auditions: Saturday May 18 at 1:00pm and Sunday May 19 at 1:00pm for Steel Magnolias!

Auditions!

Auditions for Steel Magnolias will be held at The Historic 1929 Lyric Theater. Ages 18 and up ONLY Please register to audition at TheLyric.org to receive more information!

The Requirements

Only those auditioning may be present. Auditions will consist of sides from the script, chosen by the director. To see more information, please register here.

Ages 18 and up.

The Story

Auditions for Steel Magnolias will be May 18 and 19 at 1:00pm. Performance dates are August 8-11, 2024, with a tentative second weekend August 16-18.

Ages 18 and up ONLY.

The action is set in Truvy’s beauty salon in Chinquapin, Louisiana, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to have their hair done. Helped by her eager new assistant, Annelle (who is not sure whether or not she is still married), the outspoken, wise-cracking Truvy dispenses shampoos and free advice to the town’s rich curmudgeon, Ouiser, (“I’m not crazy, I’ve just been in a bad mood for forty years”); an eccentric millionaire, Miss Clairee, who has a raging sweet tooth; and the local social leader, M’Lynn, whose daughter, Shelby (the prettiest girl in town), is about to marry a “good ole boy.” Filled with hilarious repartee and not a few acerbic but humorously revealing verbal collisions, the play moves toward tragedy when, in the second act, the spunky Shelby (who is a diabetic) risks pregnancy and forfeits her life. The sudden realization of their mortality affects the others, but also draws on the underlying strength—and love—which give the play, and its characters, the special quality to make them truly touching, funny and marvelously amiable company in good times and bad.
Concerned with a group of gossipy southern ladies in a small-town beauty parlor, the play is alternately hilarious and touching—and, in the end, deeply revealing of the strength and purposefulness which underlies the antic banter of its characters.

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!

Auditions: Friday February 2 at 6:00pm and Saturday February 3 at 6:00pm for The Wild Women of Winedale

Auditions!

Auditions for The Wild Women of Winedale will be held at Twelve Oaks Estate (7210 AR 7 S) on Friday February 2 at 6pm and Saturday February 3 at 6pm. Ages 18 and up, looking for women who can look mature (youngest part is 40 years old). Please register to audition at TheLyric.org to receive more information!

The Requirements

Only those auditioning may be present. Auditions will consist of sides from the script, chosen by the director. To see more information, please register here.

Ages 18 and up.

The Story

Performances for The Wild Women of Winedale will be April 5-7, 2024 at Twelve Oaks Estate. Dinner prices on Friday and Saturday will be $40 and Dessert price on Sunday will be $30.

Show Synopsis:
This joyful and exuberant, yet ultimately touching, comedy focuses on three women at crossroads in their lives—the Wild sisters of Winedale, Virginia—Fanny and Willa and their frustratingly quirky sister-in-law Johnnie Faye. This feisty and fun-loving trio has supported and cheered one another through life’s highs and lows through the years, including the early demise of two of their husbands. And they really need each other now, as Fanny experiences a hilariously inappropriate reaction to her 60th birthday, while Willa is so stressed out from her nursing job she resorts to vodka and speed-knitting to cope, and Johnnie Faye, determined to put her year of fraught widowhood behind her, desperately tries to find a man—preferably a man with a house, since hers is somewhere at the bottom of a Florida sinkhole. These women’s lives are further upended by the responsibility of caring for their free-spirited, ailing aunt and the realization that they are drowning under loads of family keepsakes and possessions nobody wants—especially them! With equal doses of hilarity and heart, these extraordinary women come up with delightful and surprisingly unorthodox ways to clear the clutter from their lives, their homes and their relationships so they can move their lives forward. Together they prove it’s never too late to take another one of life’s paths for a grand new adventure. This Jones Hope Wooten comedy is guaranteed to drive you wild with laughter—and motivate you to keep hounding the kids to please take that stack of quilts and Granny’s Christmas china!

Thank you for supporting the Arts and good luck!