A New Dawn Arises
Our stage comes alive with courage, heart, and the hope of something better ahead. In a world shaped by fear and uncertainty, love endures, strength emerges, and the future begins to open. This is a story about finding the light again.
2026/2027
A New Dawn
Great theatre is about moments you cannot replay. The laugh that catches you off guard. The silence before the reveal. The applause that starts before you even realize you are on your feet. This season, Waco Civic Theatre brings together beloved titles and unforgettable stories in one extraordinary year.
With a Season Membership, you are not just attending productions. You are part of the energy, the anticipation, and the beginning of something worth sharing.
Upcoming Shows & Events
Miss Nelson is Missing
Miss Nelson’s class is the worst behaved in the whole school. Spitballs flying across the room, paper airplanes sailing every which way and uncontrollable children send gentle, long-suffering Miss Nelson over the edge. But the students of Room 207 are in for a surprise when Miss Nelson goes missing and is replaced by Viola Swamp, a no-nonsense substitute who assigns piles of homework! The students learn lessons of appreciation and respect as they set out to find their beloved Miss Nelson … but will they ever get her back?
Puffs
At a certain school of magic and magic, the spotlight usually finds one famous boy. Puffsflips the lens to the kids in the margins—the loyal, hard-working house that cheers from the sidelines, cleans up the glitter, and keeps showing up. Across seven increasingly eventful years, we follow Wayne (the eager transfer), Oliver (the logic-minded newcomer), and Megan (the reluctant rebel) as they try to survive pop quizzes, peril, and puberty—mostly in that order.
The jokes come fast and furious. Near-miss heroics, wrong-place/ right-time chaos, and a steady drumbeat of friendship force the Puffs to define courage on their own terms. The story becomes a love letter to the ensemble: not the chosen one, but the many who choose—again and again—to be brave, kind, and useful.
Dear Evan Hansen
Experience the Central Texas Premiere of the musical that spoke to a generation.
Funny, heartbreaking, and uncomfortably honest, it follows a teenager who wants what nearly everyone wants at that age: to be seen, to be chosen, to matter. Evan Hansen is a high school student struggling with anxiety, isolation, and the quiet ache of feeling invisible. When a misunderstanding pulls him into the center of a tragedy, he is suddenly offered something he has longed for: connection, attention, and the chance to belong. But what begins as a moment he does not know how to stop becomes a growing lie that draws in grieving parents, classmates, and the community around him. As the story deepens, audiences experience a moving, emotionally layered journey through loneliness, hope, family, grief, and the enormous pressure of trying to hold together a version of yourself that was never true.
With a book by Steven Levenson and an acclaimed score by Benj Pasek and Justin Paul, Dear Evan Hansen became a cultural phenomenon, winning the 2017 Tony Award for Best Musical. The Washington Post called it “one of the most remarkable shows in musical theater history.”
Parental guidance advised due to mature themes including anxiety, grief, and emotional distress.
