Play On! by Rick Abbot

The hilarious story of a theatre group trying desperately to put on a play in spite of maddening interference from a haughty author who keeps revising the script. Act I is a rehearsal of the dreadful show, Act II is the near disastrous dress rehearsal &  the final act is the actual performance, in which anything that can go wrong, does.

​A Party to Murder by Marcia Kash & Douglas E. Hughes

Six people have come in secret on Halloween to play a murder mystery game at a rustic island cottage. Tension rises. Secret passageways, incriminating letters, hidden compartments, bodies in the window seat & a twenty five year old unsolved mystery twist & turn toward the unexpected & terrifying conclusion. 

​The 39 Steps by Patrick Barlow

Adapted by Patrick Barlow from a novel by John Buchan; The 39 Steps a zany steam engine of a farce. With our four extremely talented cast of four actors playing a slew of madcap characters. This spy novel meets Monty Python adaptation of the Hitchcock classic will have audiences roaring until the curtain falls.

No Exit by Jean-Paul Sartre

No Exit, an existentialist piece written in 1944, originally in French by Jean-Paul Sartre. We open the door to the eternity of three damned souls, Vincent Cradeau, Inez Serrano, and Estelle Rigault. How do their choices affect their eternity? Do they decide their own destiny? Can they accept what they have done? What is hell & how do they end up there?
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Rope by Patrick Hamilton

Patrick Hamilton's critically acclaimed play that inspired the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name, Rope. With an astounding ensemble cast of seven; Rope delves into themes of murder, morality, pride & power in a society built upon the foundation of war. This fast paced and witty nail-biter will leave you on the edge of your seat until the final curtain falls.

​Damnée Manon, Sacrée Sandra by Michel Tremblay

Michel Tremblay examines the sacred and profane - their similarities and differences; how they merge and become one another. The play consists of two interweaving monologues on religion and sex spoken by Manon (from Forever Yours, Marie-Lou) and Sandra (from Hosanna).

​The Drowning Girls by Beth Graham, Charlie Tomlinson & Daniela Vlaskalic

Bessie, Alice & Margaret have two things in common: they are married to George Joseph Smith and they are dead. Surfacing from the bathtubs they were drowned in, the three breathless brides gather evidence against their womanizing, murderous husband by reliving the shocking events leading up to their deaths.

​Breaking Legs by Tom Dulack

The action occurs in an Italian restaurant owned by a successful mobster and managed by his beautiful unmarried daughter. When the daughter's former college professor arrives to ask for financial backing for a play he's written about a murder, the fun begins.

Death of an Artist: A Mortar & Pestle Productions Fundraiser

Mortar & Pestle Productions celebrates the start of our second season with a fundraiser premiering an original dinner play written by up & coming playwright Kiel Frank. Each scene paired with a course tailored to the emotion onstage. A unique outlook on dinner theatre designed to enhance the audiences experience.


Closer by Patrick Marber

Four lives intertwine over the course of four and a half years in this densely plotted, stinging look at modern love and betrayal. Sexual tensions arise between the characters as they attempt to overcome their emotional baggage and struggle to find intimacy but, despite their best efforts, can't seem to get closer.


King Lear by William Shakespeare

In this timeless and unrelentingly dark tragedy we watch as the title character descends into madness after foolishly dividing his kingdom between two of his three daughters based on their flattery. We are thrown into the harsh world in which these characters live and quickly realize that no one is safe from the nature of life.


Blithe Spirit by Noël Coward

In this fast paced and hilariously witty farce we meet Charles Condomine, remarried but haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife Elvira who is accidentally conjured by an eccentric medium, Madame Arcati, during a dinner party. With Charles, the only one able to see or hear Elvira; Elvira being murderously jealous of Charles' new wife, Ruth; and Ruth certain that Charles is losing his mind, hilarity is surely summoned.