BIG THINGS ARE ON THE HORIZON!

Rehearsals start next month for Conscience, the political showdown by Joe DiPietro. And we close our season with a world premiere production of Agatha Christie’s Murder at the Vicarage in May.

Stay tuned for the announcement of AET’s 2026-2027 season!

UP NEXT: CONSCIENCE

Buckle up for what the New York Times called “A timely boxing match of a history play.”

Margaret Chase Smith bucked her party and the prevailing winds of politics when she took the floor of the Senate to denounce Senator Joseph McCarthy in a speech she called,, “a declaration of conscience.” Conscience, a smart, witty play about a woman who stood on principle, no matter the cost, comes to the AET stage March 12-29.

We finish the season with our 16rh world premiere! Be the first to see a brand new stage adaptation of Agatha Christie’s The Murder at the Vicarage! The vicar of the tiny English village St. Mary Meade, is staggered to find a dead man in the vicarage. And it’s no accident! Colonel Protheroe was shot in the head! Luckily, the vicar’s neighbor, Miss Jane Marple, is determined to crack the case. She already has seven suspects in mind… Agath Christie’s very first Miss Marple novel comes to life at AET in a new adaptation by playwright Margaret Raether.

Click here for tickets or call the AET box office at (815) 394-5004.

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