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Legacy Stage’s mission is to produce, grow, and sustain high-quality, innovative professional theatre.

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Tickets for “Mary’s Wedding” and All Access Fringe Buttons are on sale! Come Fringe with us! Link in bio👇🏻

⛈️ “Every love story has its storm…” Enter to win ⛈️ “Every love story has its storm…”

Enter to win the Ultimate Date Night Giveaway — We’re giving away two tickets to “Mary’s Wedding”, a custom boutique floral bouquet, and dinner for two! 🎟️💐🍽️

To enter, make sure you’re following us, tag the person you’d take on the date in the comments below, and repost this post by Sunday August 9. 

We will announce the winner next week! 

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Join us for an epic historical romance set against Join us for an epic historical romance set against the backdrop of the First World War. On the night before her wedding, Mary dreams of Charlie, a young soldier she met in a thunderstorm years before. What follows is a deeply moving, poetic exploration of love, memory, and resilience, told entirely by our powerhouse two-person cast, @marlene.evelyn.bruce & @bencherington 

🎟️Tickets on sale now for “Mary’s Wedding”, performing on the Bow Truss stage at the 2026 Legacy Stage Fringe Festival, September 4-6!
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We are so excited and proud to announce a historic We are so excited and proud to announce a historic milestone for our company and the local arts community with our upcoming production of Mary’s Wedding. For the first time in our organization’s history, Legacy Stage will welcome an Actors’ Equity Association (AEA) member to its stage, marking a significant step forward in our mission to produce and sustain professional theatre in Butte County. Actors’ Equity Association is the national labor union representing professional actors and stage managers in live theatre.

We are thrilled to welcome AEA member Ben Cherington as our Charlie. Ben is honored to be at Legacy Stage. Recently, Ben has appeared in national tours of Parade, Les Misérables, and RENT in Concert, as well as in Sweet Smell of Success (Jazz at Lincoln Center), Platonov (Garden Variety Theatre), and Don’t Blink, Jane Jones (RUCKUS Festival). Other favorite credits include A Christmas Carol, Godspell, Kinky Boots (Pittsburgh CLO), A Gentleman’ s Guide to Love and Murder, Tuesdays with Morrie, Cabaret (Clinton Area Showboat Theatre), Jesus Christ Superstar (ACT of Connecticut), Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (West Virginia Public Theatre), Into the Woods, Tiger at the Gates, Cosmo St. Charles is Dead…, and Romeo and Juliet (Carnegie Mellon). Endless gratitude for all the places and people Ben calls home. BFA Carnegie Mellon School of
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Meet our Mary, Marlene Bruce. Marlene is thrilled Meet our Mary, Marlene Bruce. Marlene is thrilled to play Mary and Flowers in Mary’s Wedding at Legacy Stage. She received her BFA in musical theater and dance minor from Chico State in the fall of 2022.

“This play combines poetry and realism in a dream world which is super fascinating to me. I often dream of my past and future combined and sometimes even lucid dream, so I am very excited to portray a character that lives and exists in that realm. I’m also excited for the challenge of playing two characters at once that meld into one another. I hope that audiences take away the idea that love continues on forever, and that grief is also beautiful in its own way. Andrew Garfield says a beautiful quote about the loss of his mother that I feel embodies this play greatly. He says “I love talking about it, by the way, so if I cry, it’s only a beautiful thing. It’s all the unexpressed love, the grief that will remain with us until we pass.” This is a love story, but with love also comes great loss and that is still just a beautiful.”

🎟️Tickets on sale now at legacystage.org 
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Tickets are on sale now for “Mary’s Wedding”, head Tickets are on sale now for “Mary’s Wedding”, headlining the Main Stage at the 2026 Legacy Stage Fringe Festival, September 4-6! Get your tickets early or grab an All Access Fringe Button for unlimited access to this year’s festival featuring over 25 performances across multiple venues in the Chico area. 

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This year’s Shakespeare in the Park wouldn’t have This year’s Shakespeare in the Park wouldn’t have been possible without the help of our amazing sponsors and collaborators. A huge thank you to all of you! 

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That is a WRAP on our 2026 Shakespeare in the Park That is a WRAP on our 2026 Shakespeare in the Park production of “The Tempest” and we couldn’t be more thankful! Thank you Chico for showing up for us, and a huge thank you to all of our designers, artists, crew, cast, board and staff for giving this production life! And to @erin_kimberly_ our director… 👏 👏👏

Up next, the Legacy Stage Fringe Festival will be here before you know it, featuring our production of “Mary’s Wedding” directed by Jami Witt Miller! Follow @legacystagefringe for more!

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Doors open in THREE hours for the FINAL night of S Doors open in THREE hours for the FINAL night of Shakespeare in the Park! Meet us at the Cedar Grove Meadow and enjoy music from @thesunfollowersmusic at 7pm followed by “The Tempest” at 8pm - don’t miss out on this incredible show! 🌬️🌊🌳🎭

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🌪️ We can’t believe it’s closing night! If you hav 🌪️ We can’t believe it’s closing night! If you haven’t made it out yet, tonight is your FINAL chance to see “The Tempest” LIVE in Bidwell Park under the stars. Expect an incredible evening! We’ve got our friends @savoricecream in the house tonight making sure everyone in the audience has a free scoop of ice cream to cool off before the show! If you’ve never had a Savor scoop, that’s just another reason to be here... they’re delightful and their flavors are iconic. 🍦

Reserve your tickets at the link in our bio or www.legacystage.org and meet us in the park for the final night of “The Tempest”! Let’s go 🌊🌳🎭

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What an incredible run of “The Tempest” this has b What an incredible run of “The Tempest” this has been! There is ONE MORE NIGHT of Shakespeare in the Park and we invite ALL of you who haven’t made it out yet, to experience theatre in the outdoors under the stars. It’s magical. It’s other-worldly.✨

Sunday June 14 is your LAST chance to catch this show, and our friends at @savoricecream are bringing free ice cream for everyone with a ticket. This is the night everyone waits for, and it’s here! Join us for the closing night of “The Tempest” 🌬️🌊🌳🎭 

Ticket link in bio or at www.legacystage.org

Doors at 7pm with a preshow by @thesunfollowersmusic and the main show at 8. #shakespeareinthepark 

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Stop on by to hear the wonderful @ladylauriethiede Stop on by to hear the wonderful @ladylauriethiede on the harp and the rest of The Tempest cast’s vocals as they transport you to a mythical island 🏝️

ALSO! Don’t miss out on 🎶 @henrycrookbird & @ashiah_d pre show tonight and 🍨 Sunday 6/14 | Free ice cream scoop night presented by @savoricecream 

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Only TWO more chances to see The Tempest! We are y Only TWO more chances to see The Tempest! We are yearning for you all to get your tickets now at legacy stage.org while you still can. 

Don’t miss out on 🍨 Sunday 6/14 | Free ice cream scoop night presented by @savoricecream 

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