2022-2023 TCT Season Card 

Celebrating 52 years of excellence in theatre.  Join us at the Lyric for everything from beloved classics to Tony award-winning musical hits. Don’t miss a beat!

Please consider becoming a patron of the theatre. The Star level starts at only $20 more than the cost of your season tickets. Call our Box Office Manager Lisa Hall at 662-844-1935 to purchase your tickets.

Once • August 25-27, 2022
Book by Enda Walsh with music & lyrics by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová. Based on the motion picture written & directed by John Carney
Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who’s about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them
grows, his music soars to powerful new heights… but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. This highly celebrated winner of eight Tony Awards, including
Best Musical, strikes a resonating chord with theatergoers and critics alike.

Christmas Belles • December 8-10, 2022
By Jessie Jones, Nicholas Hope, & Jamie Wooten
A Christmas program in the small town of Fayro, Texas, spins hilariously out of control, and the Futrelle Sisters – Frankie, Twink, and Honey Raye – are not exactly in a festive mood. When Frankie lets slip a long-kept family secret, all hope for a successful program seems lost, even with an Elvis impersonator at the manger! Between Honey Raye’s hot flashes, Twink’s time in the slammer, and the impending birth of Frankie’s second set of twins, this Southern holiday farce is sure to bring joy to your world.

Tea for Three • January 26-28, 2023
By Eric H. Weinberger & Elaine Bromka
What is it like for a woman when her husband becomes the president of the United States and she is thrust upon the world stage? This witty, sly, and deeply moving play explores the hopes, fears, and loves of Lady
Bird Johnson, Pat Nixon, and Betty Ford. From the family quarters of the White House, each of the women confides secrets about her early years as well as her feelings about imminent retirement, depicting the deeply
personal portraits of how each wrestles with what Pat Nixon called “the hardest unpaid job in the world.”

Clue • March 9-11, 2023
Adapted from the screenplay by Jonathan Lynn, written by Sandy Rustin, additional material by Hunter Foster & Eric Price
It’s a dark and stormy night, and you’ve 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 whodunnit? 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!

Big Fish • April 27-29, 2023
Music & lyrics by Andrew Lippa • Book by John August
Based on the novel by Daniel Wallace and the Tim Burton film
Big Fish tells the story of Edward Bloom, a traveling salesman who lives life to its fullest and then some! Edward’s larger-than-life stories thrill everyone around him – most of all, his devoted wife Sandra – but their son Will, about to have a child of his own, is determined to find the truth behind his father’s epic tales. Overflowing with heart and humor, Big Fish is an extraordinary musical that reminds us why we love going to the theatre – for an experience that’s richer, funnier, and bigger than life itself !