a co-production of Pier One Theatre and Homer Council on the Arts

February First Friday: February 7, 5PM-7PM, a gallery exhibit celebrating the work of women in science

February 14 & 15: Silent Sky by Lauren Gunderson

February 28 & March 1: The Half-Life of Marie Curie by Lauren Gunderson

The gallery exhibit and Performances are at Homer Council on the Arts: 355 West Pioneer Ave. Homer, Alaska 99603

The Mud Bay Bards and KBBI present the Sonnets of William Shakespeare read by local community members on air for the month of February.

A Sonnet a Day in February is underwritten by Coop’s Coffee.

This year, you can celebrate the “month of love” along with us by supporting the sonnet project and dedicating a sonnet to a loved one!

Do you have a special talent? Are you a musician, actor, dancer, juggler, ventriloquist, or yodeler? We want to see your stuff! Pier One Theatre, in collaboration with The Porcupine, is seeking performers for our upcoming talent show!

Details about acts and tickets coming soon.

You can check out the venue HERE!

The Kenai Peninsula Community Chorus & Homer High School Concert Choir under the direction of Kyle Schneider present We Are Phonix, An oratorio for Voice and strings by Tim Takach.

We are Phoenix is a new work being performed by a consortium of choirs located in all 50 states. KPCC & HHS are proud to be the Alaskan representatives.

Presented here with other material focusing on loss, redemption and recovery.

April 25 & 26 at 7:00PM

Homer High School Mariner Theatre

“The Earth has shown itself to be a powerful model of how to overcome obstacles through continual rebirth and evolution. Through poetry from multiple authors, We Are Phoenix illuminates the analogy between humans and our planet: we both suffer loss and devastation and yet rise again and again, becoming stronger each time.”

additional works include

Cantique de Jean Racin´e by Gabriel Faure

O schöne Nacht!, Op. 92 by Johannes Brahms

Weep, O mine eyes by John Bennett

Locust iste by Anton Bruckner

'We move back and forth between grief and laughter,

each adding meaning to the other.

Alone, now together.

Broken, now whole.

We are Fire. we are ashes.

We are Phoenix.'

excerpt from poem I Fall, I Rise by C.J. Nichols

Directed by Jennifer Norton

Cast: Christine Kulcheski, Katherine Brennan

In 1911, Marie Curie won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discovery of the elements radium and polonium. By 1912, she was the object of ruthless gossip over an alleged affair with the married Frenchman Paul Langevin, all but erasing her achievements from public memory. Weakened and demoralized by the press lambasting her as a “foreign” Jewish temptress and a homewrecking traitor, Marie agrees to join her friend and colleague Hertha Ayrton, an electromechanical engineer and suffragette, at her summer home in England. THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE revels in the power of female friendship as it explores the relationship between these two brilliant women, both of whom are mothers, widows, and fearless champions of scientific inquiry.

February 28 & March 1 at Homer Council on the Arts

May 15 - 18 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

"THE HALF-LIFE OF MARIE CURIE is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)"

Directed by Val Sheppard

Cast: Regi Johanos, Carolyn Norton, Jenna Gerrety, Deb Rowzee, Curtis Jackson

When Henrietta Leavitt begins work at the Harvard Observatory in the early 1900s, she isn't allowed to touch a telescope or express an original idea. Instead, she joins a group of women "computers," charting the stars for a renowned astronomer who calculates projects in "girl hours" and has no time for the women's probing theories. As Henrietta, in her free time, attempts to measure the light and distance of stars, she must also take measure of her life on Earth, trying to balance her dedication to science with family obligations and the possibility of love. The true story of 19th-century astronomer Henrietta Leavitt explores a woman's place in society during a time of immense scientific discoveries, when women's ideas were dismissed until men claimed credit for them. Social progress, like scientific progress, can be hard to see when one is trapped among earthly complications; Henrietta Leavitt and her female peers believe in both, and their dedication changed the way we understand both the heavens and Earth.

February 14 & 15 at Homer Council on the Arts

March 8 at the Susan B. English School in Seldovia - in partnership with the Seldovia Arts Council

May 22 - 25 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

"SILENT SKY is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. LLC, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)"

by Robert Louis Stevenson

adapted by Jules Eckert Goodman

Directed by Kathleen Gustafson

This classic swashbuckling story of adventure on the high seas is brought to life by the Pier One Youth Theatre Production Camp.

June 19 - 21 & 26 - 28 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

“Pier One Youth Theatre is made possible in part by the Homer Foundation Opportunity Fund, & 100+ Women Who Care.”

The Seagull

by Anton Chekhov

~ in a new version by Christopher Hampton

based on a literal translation by Vera Liber

Directed by Cristen San Roman

July 11 -13, 17 - 20, & 24 - 26 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

A classic drama in four acts by Anton Chekhov, first performed in 1896. The play centers around a group of artists, all guests at a country estate, exploring unrequited love, fame, and the unfulfilled life of artists.

"The Seagull (Hampton) is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing. LLC,

servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)"

by Jean Anouilh

translated by Lucienne Hill

directed by Jennifer Norton

August 8 - 10, 14 - 17, & 21 - 23 at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

“An excellent lark loaded with humorous whims, romance, and masquerades.” Three enterprising thieves and a fortune-hunting father and son finagle an invitation into the home of Lord Edgard, Lady Hurff, and their two daughters. Torn between the job, blossoming romance , and enjoyment of their hosts’ rich lifestyle, the thieves linger overlong and arouse the suspicions of Lord Edgard, and jealousy of the other guests.

"Thieves’ Carnival” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com”

Pier One Theatre is seeking unpublished ten-minute plays for performance in August, 2025. Submissions must be no longer than 10 pages in 12 point font, not including a title page and character list. Cast must consist of 6 or fewer players. Please email submissions to info@pieronetheatre.org between April 1 and May 15, 2024. This festival is open to Alaskan playwrights only. Brand new local works encouraged!

Deadline to submit: May 15, 2025

Performances at Pier One Theatre on the Spit

August 29 - 31, & September 4 -6

A new collaboration in development led by Shoshana Bass. In partnership with Bunnell Street Arts Center.

Sandglass Theater is a renowned theater company specializing in combining puppets with music, actors, and visual imagery. We are delighted to partner with Bunnell Street Arts Center to host them for a week long residency and performance.

They will be in residence at Pier One Theatre on the Spit September 13 - 21

“Feral”

A wolf-who-is-no-longer-a-wolf returns to the forest, within her the violation of domestication, a claim of ownership on her body. She yearns for instincts of which she feels only traces. This is a story of the disruption within a woman’s life when the wolf inside her howls, and the possibilities of reintegration with that feral voice.

The Mud Bay Bards of Pier One Theatre present William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar.

Directed by Kathleen Gustafson

OCTOBER at the Homer High School Mariner Theatre

Jealous conspirators convince Caesar's friend Brutus to join their assassination plot against Caesar. To stop Caesar from gaining too much power, Brutus and the conspirators kill him on the Ides of March. Mark Antony drives the conspirators out of Rome and fights them in a battle. Brutus and his friend Cassius lose and kill themselves, leaving Antony to rule in Rome.