Production Content Guides
2026 SummerStage Season
SYNOPSIS:
Step into Truvy’s beauty shop, where hair gets higher, and friendships grow deeper, as a close-knit group of women share life’s ups and downs with sharp humor and unwavering love. Full of heart and unforgettable one-liners, this modern Southern classic reminds us that the bonds we forge can carry us through anything.
LANGUAGE:
There is mild use of profane language as well as some crude humor in this production. Specific words include “h*ll” and “d*mn”. Additionally, there are topics of chronic illness, grief, and death that some audience members may find emotionally challenging. More mature topics within this production include chronic illness and death, loss of a child, grief, sexual innuendo and contraception, gun usage, judgments towards individual lifestyle choices, gender roles, and societal expectations.
SMOKING/DRINKING:
While there is no direct “use” of alcohol or smoking portrayed on stage, there are indirect references to alcohol and social drinking in conversation within this script.
SEX:
There are no direct references to sex in this play. However, there are references of sexual innuendo, infertility, and contraception.
VIOLENCE:
There are references to guns and gunshots in this play, along with references to killing a character.
RATING:
If this production were a film, Steel Magnolias would be rated PG for mature subject matter and adult situations.
SYNOPSIS:
Get ready to tap your toes and snap your fingers — Ain’t Misbehavin’ is a musical party set to the unforgettable music of Fats Waller. With a bandstand spirit and Harlem nightclub style, this Tony Award–winning revue brims with songs that defined an era. Flirtatious, joyful, and a little mischievous, it’s pure swing from start to finish. Produced in partnership with People’s Light.
LANGUAGE:
There is mild use of profane language use as well as some crude humor in this production. Specific words include “h*ll” and “d*mn”. Additionally, there are overt sexual innuendos and suggestive humor used throughout this production
SMOKING/DRINKING:
Simulated smoking using herbal or prop products does take place on stage. No tobacco or nicotine is used. The effect is for theatrical purposes only. While there is no direct “use” of alcohol, there are indirect references to alcohol / drinking and smoking / drug use contained within some of the music lyrics.
SEX:
There are no direct references to sex in this play. However there are several references of sexual innuendo.
VIOLENCE:
There is gun play and reference to weapons found within this production.
RATING:
If this production were a film, Ain’t Misbehavin’ would be rated PG for adult subject matter.
SYNOPSIS:
The Biblical story of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to dazzling life. Bursting with infectious songs in every style — from rock to calypso to country and more — a new vision of this beloved musical brings fresh energy, joy, and cultural richness to a show that audiences of all ages adore.
LANGUAGE:
While there is no use of profanity within this production, there are references to slavery, imprisonment, execution, and blood/gore imagery that some could find unsettling. There is also the occasional use of mildly suggestive language.
SMOKING/DRINKING:
There are no references to alcohol or smoking in this production.
VIOLENCE:
While there is no use of profanity within this production, there are references to enslavement, imprisonment, execution, and blood/gore imagery that some could find unsettling.
RATING:
If this production were a film, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat would be rated G.
SYNOPSIS:
From sharecropper’s daughter to U.S. Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn Elders’ journey is nothing short of extraordinary. Written and directed by Broadway’s Steve H. Broadnax III (creator of last season’s hit Me & the Devil), this world premiere play is a stirring portrait of resilience, conviction, and a woman who refused to be defined by anyone but herself- an Arkansas icon reclaiming her own story.
LANGUAGE:
A significant portion of conversation focuses around substantially mature material and adult subject matter related to sexual health – though most of it is intellectual and medical rather than graphic within this production. Specific word usage around these topics include “c*nd*ms”, “m*sturb*tion”, “s*x”, “s*xuality”, and “alternative s*xual release”. Additionally, mild profanity found within this play includes the word usage of “d*mn”.
SMOKING/DRINKING:
While there is no use of alcohol or smoking, there is discussion of drug legalization within this production.
SEX:
This production contains mature material and adult subject matter related to sexual health – though most of it is intellectual, political, and medical rather than graphic. There are references to sexuality education, m*sturbation, c*ndoms, HIV/AIDS prevention, safe sex, teenage pregnancy, and public health policy discussed within this play.
VIOLENCE:
There is no graphic violence within this production. However, there are metaphorical phrases to violence such as “blood in the water”.
RATING:
If this production were a film, The Remarkable Resignation of Dr. Joycelyn Elders would be rated PG-13 for mature subject matter and adult circumstances.
SYNOPSIS:
A witty and sophisticated evening of music and mischief, this sparkling celebration of Stephen Sondheim’s genius includes favorite songs from Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, West Side Story, Gypsy, and more.
LANGUAGE:
Through the varied music of this production, there are double entendres that contain sexual references and innuendo, which include references such as virginity and prostitution. Within this production, there is mild use of profanity as well as descriptive words that would be considered insensitive in today’s society. Specific word usage includes “h*ll” and “qu**r”. There are parodies of religious practices as well as ethnicity. Additionally, there is language contained within the lyrics of songs that make mention of death, mental health, and judgements on individual lifestyle choices in this production.
SMOKING/DRINKING:
While there is no direct “use” of alcohol or smoking portrayed on stage, there are references to alcohol and smoking within the lyrics of music included in this production.
SEX:
There are no direct references to sex in this play. However there are exchanges that are of a sexually suggestive nature along with innuendo.
VIOLENCE:
There are references to physical violence and death within the song lyrics of this production.
RATING:
If this production were a film, Side By Side would be rated PG for mature subject matter and adult circumstances.
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