Rehoboth Beach’s Clear Space Theatre Company launches the rest of its 2025 season next week, with a mix of familiar classics and wicked satire.
The season begins on September 18 with POTUS, an apolitical and satirical farce about an unnamed, unseen president and the seven women who navigate a PR crisis in the White House.
“You can come and laugh and have a great time in the way that you would if there were this wild mashup of The Office and The West Wing," says Clear Space’s Managing Director, Joe Gfaller.
He adds that the show's apolitical, satirical nature can be a balm in troubled political times.
“Given everything we're dealing with collectively in the world right now, there is huge value in pausing sometimes and to just enjoy what it means to laugh. We deserve that," Gfaller says.
Following that, in October, comes a musical version of Reefer Madness, a 1936 documentary laying out the supposed - and non-factual - evils of marijuana.
“It's this sort of B-movie, underground sort of a stage experience," Gfaller says. "People might end up shouting back at the show once or twice, and if they do, that's okay, because it's that kind of a fun, irreverent vibe and energy that the show is going for.”
Clear Space closes out 2025 with a production of Annie, performed by youth in the company’s Arts Institute in early November, followed in late November and early December by a musical version of A Christmas Carol.
More information on all shows is at clearspacetheatre.org.
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