Silver Scene Players Presents…
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by Ken Ludwig

June 27 - June 29, 2025

“Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” by Ken Ludwig, takes us back to Baker St. in a continuing tale after the “Hound of the Baskervilles”. Holmes and Watson find themselves back at the original scene of the crime to protect the last living relative of the Baskerville family.Through a series of old heartaches, family grudges, and forbidden love, will Holmes and Watson crack the case before history repeats itself? Or will they be too late?

In this play that includes only 5 actors, you’ll find yourselves tracing the story through the witty character switches and familiar antics of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Prepared to be rolling in laughter with this classic duo and on the edge of your seat in suspense as we uncover the true “hound” of the Baskervilles!

Tickets: $15.00 [Adults] & $12.00 [Seniors and Students]

Silver Scene Players Presents…
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by Ken Ludwig

June 27 - June 29, 2025

“Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” by Ken Ludwig, takes us back to Baker St. in a continuing tale after the “Hound of the Baskervilles”. Holmes and Watson find themselves back at the original scene of the crime to protect the last living relative of the Baskerville family.Through a series of old heartaches, family grudges, and forbidden love, will Holmes and Watson crack the case before history repeats itself? Or will they be too late?

In this play that includes only 5 actors, you’ll find yourselves tracing the story through the witty character switches and familiar antics of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Prepared to be rolling in laughter with this classic duo and on the edge of your seat in suspense as we uncover the true “hound” of the Baskervilles!

Tickets: $15.00 [Adults] & $12.00 [Seniors and Students]

Silver Scene Players Presents…
Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery
by Ken Ludwig

June 27 - June 29, 2025

“Baskerville: A Sherlock Holmes Mystery” by Ken Ludwig, takes us back to Baker St. in a continuing tale after the “Hound of the Baskervilles”. Holmes and Watson find themselves back at the original scene of the crime to protect the last living relative of the Baskerville family.Through a series of old heartaches, family grudges, and forbidden love, will Holmes and Watson crack the case before history repeats itself? Or will they be too late?

In this play that includes only 5 actors, you’ll find yourselves tracing the story through the witty character switches and familiar antics of Sherlock Holmes and Watson. Prepared to be rolling in laughter with this classic duo and on the edge of your seat in suspense as we uncover the true “hound” of the Baskervilles!

Tickets: $15.00 [Adults] & $12.00 [Seniors and Students]

Avalon Productions Presents…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 7pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 2pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Visit 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.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

Avalon Productions Presents…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 7pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 2pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Visit 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.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

Avalon Productions Presents…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 7pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 2pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Visit 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.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

Avalon Productions Presents…
STEEL MAGNOLIAS
Thursday, July 10, 2025 @ 7pm
Friday, July 11, 2025 @ 7pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 2pm
Saturday, July 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Visit 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.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $8.00 [Children 13 & under]

Sensory Friendly Series: Moana 2
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 4pm

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

Director – Jason Hand
Production year – 2024
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Auli'i Cravalho, Hualālai Chung, Dwayne Johnson, Rose Matafeo, David Fane
Runtime – 100 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Moana 2
Friday, July 18, 2025 @ 7pm

After receiving an unexpected call from her wayfinding ancestors, a strong-willed girl journeys with her crew to the far seas of Oceania and into dangerous, long-lost waters for an adventure unlike anything she has ever faced.

Director – Jason Hand
Production year – 2024
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Auli'i Cravalho, Hualālai Chung, Dwayne Johnson, Rose Matafeo, David Fane
Runtime – 100 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

The Sandlot
Saturday, July 19, 2025 @ 7pm

When Scottie Smalls (Thomas Guiry) moves to a new neighborhood, he manages to make friends with a group of kids who play baseball at the sandlot. Together they go on a series of funny and touching adventures. The boys run into trouble when Smalls borrows a ball from his stepdad that gets hit over a fence.

Director – David Mickey Evans
Production year – 1993
Rating – PG
Studio – 20th Century Studios
Cast – Tom Guiry, Mike Vitar, Patrick Renna, Chauncey Leopardi, Brandon Adams, Grant Gelt, Shane Obedzinski, Victor DiMattia, Denis Leary, Karen Allen, James Earl Jones
Runtime – 102 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Christmas in July
National Lampoon's CHRISTMAS VACATION - Shadow Cast
Featuring The Lucky Bannisters

The Lucky Banisters are a diverse group of performers based in Marysville, OH. Our goal is to perform creative and boundary pushing content in hopes of creating community.

Your favorite holiday disaster comes to life—literally. While the film plays, our shadow cast performs it live onstage, bringing every turkey fire, squirrel chase, and Griswold meltdown to glorious, chaotic life.

Christmas Vacation is the story of one man’s quest for the perfect family Christmas—and how everything goes hilariously, horribly wrong. Expect big laughs, bigger wigs, lots of audience participation, and full-on holiday mayhem, shadow cast style.

It’s part movie, part live theatre, and 100% holly-jolly ridiculous.”

Tickets: $20.00
Prop Bags $5.00 [Available at the door]

Sounds of The Avalon Presents…
Kat Edmonson
Tuesday, July 29, 2025 @ 7pm

Kat Edmonson is an award-winning songwriter and singer "with an equal foothold in jazz, cabaret and vintage cosmopolitanism pop" (The New York Times). Raised on the music and film of the early-to-midtwentieth century, Kat is a rare artist who embodies the spirit of the past while remaining resolutely au courant. She performs original songs and familiar classics in her live show, interweaving humorous anecdotes, philosophical musings, and her love of film with disarming candor and vulnerability. Her longtime band members’ keen and sensitive accompaniment allows Kat to freely veer off-script as she’s often inclined to do. She has been featured on Austin City Limits, Tiny Desk Concerts, A Prairie Home Companion, and The Tonight Show.

Kat’s sixth studio album Holiday Swingin’! A Kat Edmonson Christmas Vol. 1 was released in November of 2021 and was included on the NY Times list of "13 Albums That Revisit (and Redefine!) Holiday Classics" and was described by Jazziz as "impeccably hip”. In 2020, the vintage-pop and jazz artist was on a 40-city tour promoting her new critically acclaimed album Dreamers Do when the pandemic struck. Kat quickly transformed her living room into an attractive set where she performed live every Sunday night at 7PM ET. Drawing from her love of old variety shows, Kat dubbed her livestream The Kat Edmonson Show. Her modern-day variety show ran for 66 episodes.

Kat’s fifth album, Dreamers Do (2020) combines mid-20th century Disney songs (from Alice in Wonderland, Cinderella, Peter Pan, Pinocchio, Bedknobs and Broomsticks, Mary Poppins, Babes in Toyland), with familiar classics (“What A Wonderful World” as well as “All I Do is Dream of You” from Singin’ in the Rain), and features two new, original songs (“Too Late to Dream” and “Someone’s In The House.”) The LP, which debuted at #1 on the Billboard Traditional Jazz Chart, takes place in a single night, from bedtime till morning. “It's about our concepts around dreaming- all of the wonderful things, the fearful things, and the things that keep us awake in the middle of the night,” Kat explains of the music, “It's also about the quiet power of merely having a dream. There are interludes between the songs indicating different points in this nocturnal journey and if someone wants to listen to the entire record as an experience, it's available to them.” Of Dreamers Do, American Songwriter says, “terrific!” and UNCUT calls it a “Bewitching songcycle from a masterful vocalist.”

Recently, The Songwriters Hall of Fame awarded Kat the Abe Olman Scholarship Award for Excellence in Songwriting. “Intuitive about melody and handy with a turn of phrase (The New York Times), the songsmith has been writing ever since she was a little girl, having published over 40 songs to date. JAZZIZ magazine says, “…her lasting contribution might very well be her songs.” NPR says, “she's a savvy student of '60s film soundtracks, jazz-pop stylists and Brill Building songcraft, nodding to her influences at every turn. But her take on those stylized musical languages is so fresh and fluent that the referencing never feels cumbersome." Her original song “Lucky” was featured in the Coca-Cola “Footprints” ad from the 2014 Winter Olympics.

Tickets: $25.00
Sponsored by: Union County Tourism

2025 Avalon Film Festival VIEWING & AWARDS
Friday, August 01, 2025 @ 7pm

The Avalon Film Festival is a new annual event, bringing independent filmmakers and their films into the spotlight. Filmmakers and their teams were given 52-hours to write, film, and edit a 6-8 minute film. Team chose, at random, a specific genre and all films were required to include a specific prop [Buckeye], line ["If only camels could dance."], and character [Roberta or Raymond Hallohan].

Once the films were completed, a panel of experts in the film industry took time to judge the films following a specific rubric for the Avalon Film Festival.

Tonight we get to see the hard work of our teams on the BIG SCREEN at The Avalon Theatre, and award prizes in multiple categories.

Filmmakers and Teams include:
Andy Lindsey
Magnolian Pictures
Natures Eyes
Simon House Productions

Tickets: $2.00
Sponsored by Cool World Film

Sensory Friendly Series: Clue
Saturday, August 02, 2025 @ 7pm

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims?

Director - Jonathan Lynn
Production year – 1985
Rating – PG
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean
Runtime – 94 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Clue
Saturday, August 02, 2025 @ 7pm

Six blackmail victims are invited to an isolated mansion by a man who knows a dark secret from each of their pasts. On arrival, each is given a pseudonym drawn from Cluedo before being introduced to the blackmailer. Each is handed a weapon, at which point the lights are switched off and the blackmailer is killed. Can the guests uncover the murderer before they all become victims?

Director - Jonathan Lynn
Production year – 1985
Rating – PG
Studio – Paramount Pictures
Cast – Eileen Brennan, Tim Curry, Madeline Kahn, Christopher Lloyd, Michael McKean
Runtime – 94 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Waitress: The Musical
Friday, August 08, 2025 @ 7pm

Jenna Hunterson is a waitress and expert pie maker stuck in a small town and a loveless marriage. When a baking contest offers her a chance at escape, Jenna fights to reclaim part of herself.

Director - Diane Paulus
Production year – 2023
Rating – NR
Studio – Bleecker Street Media
Cast – Sara Bareilles, Drew Gehling, Charity Dawson, Dakin Matthews, Christopher Fitzgerald
Runtime – 144 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Sensory Friendly Series: Friday Nights Uptown
Friday, August 15, 2025 5pm - 9pm
[The Avalon Theatre will not be participating in the July 2025 Friday Nights Uptown due to our production of STEEL MAGNOLIAS]

The goal of our Sensory Friendly Series is to make each event as inclusive to all people as possible. Some people forgo attending certain viewing experiences, like movies, theatre performances, or other community events because of an expectation for attendees to remain quiet, and attentive, and doing so is difficult for them. Whether you need to move around to remain calm, or you are a mother with energetic and loud kiddos, or whatever the case may be, our Sensory Friendly Series is attentive to you!

Join us for Friday Nights Uptown streamed LIVE in a Sensory Friendly space at The Avalon Theatre in partnership with the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, the City of Marysville, Haven Community Church, Derek Schwyn and the generous support of Katie Crocco, UCO Industries, and the Law Offices of Schulze, Cox, & Will.

With the house lights brought up and the viewing audio brought down (with closed captions in some cases), there is no expectation for anyone to remain seated or quiet, the only expectation is to be yourself! This viewing experience caters to those who want a more relaxed experience, where everyone who attends knows that they can be comfortable being themselves!

At The Avalon Theatre, we strive to be an inclusive and safe space for everyone in our community. We are partnering with the Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities, to create sensory-friendly events and provide a safe viewing experience for the 1,131 people with disabilities in our community, and the community at large!

Follow The Avalon Theatre and The Union County Board of Developmental Disabilities on Facebook and Instagram to keep up with all of our new sensory-friendly events happening near you!

FREE Community Event - Concessions Available for Purchase

Shrek: The Musical
Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 2pm

Make room for ogre-sized family fun as the greatest fairy tale never told comes to life in a whole new way in this breathtaking Broadway musical adaptation of the hit movie Shrek!

Director – Jason Moore
Production year – 2013
Rating – TV-G
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Brian d'Arcy James, Sutton Foster, Christopher Sieber, John Tartaglia, Daniel Breaker
Runtime – 120 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Central Ohio Symphony - Summer in Brass
Saturday, August 16, 2025 @ 7pm

The Central Ohio Symphony brass quintet returns to The Avalon Theatre with a vibrant mix of jazz, rock, and your favorite movie music. From irresistible rhythms to virtuosic solos, this performance will showcase the versatility of brass like you’ve never heard before. This concert is a perfect way for music lovers of all ages to celebrate the height of summer.

Ticket Price - $15.00 [Adults] & $5.00 [Children 13 & under]

Waiting for Guffman
Friday, August 22, 2025 @ 7pm

When the town of Blaine, Mo., approaches its sesquicentennial, there's only one way to celebrate: with a musical revue called "Red, White and Blaine." Hoping the show will be his ticket back to Broadway, impresario Corky St. Clair (Christopher Guest) rounds up a cast of enthusiastic but untalented locals (Eugene Levy, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara) to perform his masterwork. But, when Corky reveals that theater agent Mort Guffman will attend the opening, things really kick into high gear.

Director – Christopher Guest=
Production year – 1996
Rating – R
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Christopher Guest, Catherine O'Hara, Parker Posey, Eugene Levy, Bob Balaban
Runtime – 93 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory [The Movie]
Friday, September 12, 2025 @ 7pm

Join the expedition visiting legendary Candy Man Willy Wonka (Gene Wilder) in a splendiferous movie that wondrously brings to screen the endlessly appetizing delights of Roald Dahl’s classic book. Coated with flavorful tunes and production design that constantly dazzles the eye, this effervescent musical never fails to enchant the young and old. On a whirlwind tour of Willy’s incredible, edible realm of chocolate waterfalls, elfish Oompa-Loompas and industrial-sized confections, a boy named Charlie (Peter Ostrum) will discover the sweetest secret of all: a generous, loving heart. And You’ll rediscover the timeless magic of a delicious family classic.

Director – Mel Stuart
Production year – 1971
Rating – G
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Michael Bollner, Denise Nickerson
Runtime – 98 minutes

FIRST FRIDAY FILM Pay-What-You-Can
Tickets: $4.00 [Minimum]
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Fried Green Tomatoes [The Movie]
Saturday, September 13, 2025 @ 2pm

On one of trapped housewife Evelyn Couch's (Kathy Bates) Wednesday nursing home visits, she encounters Ninny Threadgoode (Jessica Tandy), a colorful old woman who brightens Evelyn's outlook by sharing tales from her past. As Ninny recounts the exploits of her free-spirited sister-in-law Idgie (Mary Stuart Masterson), owner of a small Alabama café in the 1920s, and the bond Idgie shared with her friend Ruth (Mary-Louise Parker), Evelyn gains the confidence to change her own life for the better.

Director – Jon Avnet
Production year – 1991
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Universal Pictures
Cast – Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson
Runtime – 130 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Elvis [The Movie]
Friday, September 19, 2025 @ 7pm

A thoroughly cinematic drama, Elvis’s (Butler) story is seen through the prism of his complicated relationship with his enigmatic manager, Colonel Tom Parker (Hanks). As told by Parker, the film delves into the complex dynamic between the two spanning over 20 years, from Presley’s rise to fame to his unprecedented stardom, against the backdrop of the evolving cultural landscape and loss of innocence in America. Central to that journey is one of the significant and influential people in Elvis’s life, Priscilla Presley (Olivia DeJonge).

Director – Baz Luhrmann
Production year – 2022
Rating – PG-13
Studio – Warner Bros.
Cast – Austin Butler, Tom Hanks, Olivia DeJonge, Helen Thomson, Richard Roxburgh
Runtime – 159 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available

Music from the Heart - Avalon Benefit Concert
Saturday, September 20, 2025 @ 7pm

Enjoy an evening of music from the hearts of local musicians including students ranging from the Marysville High School jazz combo and the acapella group as well as various local adult vocalists and instrumentalists in a variety of musical genres that is sure to warm your heart.. These talented musicians will be performing a benefit concert to support The Avalon Theatre on Saturday evening, February 22 at 7 pm. Tickets are a suggested donation of $10 for adults and $5 for students/ children. All proceeds will benefit the Avalon Theatre.

Reserved Seating
Suggested Donation
$10.00 [Adults] and $5.00 [13 & under]

Sister Act [The Movie]
Friday, September 26, 2025 @ 7pm

When lively lounge singer Deloris Van Cartier (Whoopi Goldberg) sees her mobster beau, Vince LaRocca (Harvey Keitel), commit murder, she is relocated for her protection. Set up in the guise of a nun in a California convent, Deloris proceeds to upend the quiet lives of the resident sisters. In an effort to keep her out of trouble, they assign Deloris to the convent's choir, an ensemble that she soon turns into a vibrant and soulful act that gains widespread attention.

Director – Emile Ardolino
Production year – 1992
Rating – PG
Studio – Walt Disney Pictures
Cast – Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith, Harvey Keitel, Kathy Najimy, Wendy Makkena
Runtime – 100 minutes

Tickets: $10.00
Dessert & Show Add-on Available