OXFORD, Md. – November 4, 2025 – Tred Avon Players proudly announces its 45th season, bringing an exciting lineup of live theater to Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Performed in collaboration with the Oxford Community Center, each production will take the stage at 200 Oxford Road in Oxford, Md. Season passes and individual tickets for all four shows are available now at www.tredavonplayers.org.
THINGS MY MOTHER TAUGHT ME
By Katherine DiSavino
Directed by Ed Langrell
Feb 12-22, 2026
Olivia and Gabe are moving into their first apartment together. They’ve just packed up all of their belongings and driven halfway across the country, to start a new life together in Chicago. But their moving day doesn’t go exactly as planned, and things become slightly more complicated when all of their parents show up to help. The play takes a generational look at relationships, and how sometimes parents pass their best lessons on to their children without meaning to.
DON’T DRESS FOR DINNER
By Marc Camoletti, Adapted by Robin Hawdon
Directed by Angel Perez
April 16-26, 2026
Classic French farce that ran in Paris for two years, in London for six years and on Broadway in 2012. Bernard is planning a romantic weekend with his mistress Suzanne at his French farmhouse, expecting his wife Jacqueline to be away. He has hired a cook to prepare dinner and invited his friend Robert to provide an alibi. What could possibly go wrong? Suppose Robert arrives not understanding why he has been invited. Suppose Robert and Jacqueline are secret lovers and Jacqueline decides to stay home. Suppose the cook and Suzanne have to change places. And suppose everyone’s alibi gets confused with everyone else’s.
DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Book by Jeffrey Lane, Music and Lyrics by David Yazbek
Directed by JW Ruth
August 13-23, 2026
Two con men, a beautiful woman and the elite of the French Riviera collide in a “sexy and irreverent farce.” After meeting on a train, two swindlers attempt to work together, only to find that a small French town isn’t big enough for the two of them. They agree on a wager: the first one to extract $50,000 from a young female target, heiress Christine Colgate, wins, and the other must leave town. Based on the 1988 film starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin.
RAVENSCROFT
By Don Nigro
Directed by Rob Sanchez
October 22-November 1
On a snowy night, Inspector Ruffing is called to a remote mansion to investigate the death of Patrick Roarke, who plunged down the main staircase. As his investigation proceeds, Ruffing becomes involved in the lives of the five women who live there: Marcy, a Viennese governess with a past; Mrs. Ravenscroft, the flirtatious first lady of the manor; Gillian, her charming but possibly crazy daughter; Mrs. French, the formidable cook; and Dolly, a terrified maid. They lead him through a bewildering labyrinth of contradictory versions of Roarke’s death and the earlier death of Mr. Ravenscroft. It is all much more than Inspector Ruffing bargained for.
About Tred Avon Players
Founded in 1982, the Tred Avon Players is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to enrich, educate and entertain its community by providing high-quality live theater. Hundreds of local performers, stagehands, audience members and donors have been the backbone of its success throughout the decades. To learn how you can get involved and to purchase tickets for upcoming shows, visit www.tredavonplayers.org and follow Facebook, Twitter and Instagram.
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